Design Wall Monday

I am finally ready to join DWM by Judy again.

Have a look at my UFO Flying geese:

I have sewn all the blocks into long rows 

and now need to add the sashing.

And right behind it

are my first 2 Swoon blocks:

(sorry for the poor lighting)

only 7 more blocks to go...

Please go and check all the other beautiful creations

linked up on Judy's blog!

Barb

National Quilt Day

Happy National Quilt Day and

Happy St. Patricks Day!

Hope you will find some time

to fit some Green Sewing into your day.

Flying Geese quilt update - and yes, there is some (lime) green in it!:

I added a few more geese and finished sewing the top long row.

Current lay-out is 15 x 5 geese with 3 inch long sashing:

Who knows -

maybe I will finish the top this weekend?

Can you see the sunshine in the bottom left corner?

We are enjoying a great Spring here in SE Michigan

with temperatures in the 70s! 

Unreal!

Linking up to Pat Sloan's NQD post,

Barb

Friday Night Sew-in...

Somehow I felt like starting a new project,

but instead ended up pulling out

my Flying geese blocks and added about 20 more!

Not yet sure if this will be the final block count.

It still needs sashing strips between the (long) rows.

Linking up to FNSI and Whoop Whoop,

Barb

Beary Patch

It's been a while since I have posted -

but I have the perfect excuse to start blogging again.

I just entered my favorite Baby quilt "Beary Patch" 

in an online contest by the Quilting Gallery.

Even though you may have seen pics before:
isn't he cute?

And the quilt is being used daily -

what more could I ask for?

Voting will start tomorrow and
here is the direct link -
just look for Beary Patch.

Thanks so much for stopping by -

and who knows maybe you'll vote for me?

Barb

Mid week update

Just a quick update on my Farmer's Wife quilt blocks:

I added 6 more blocks for a total of 16 blocks!

This may be my second wind

( and I will need a few more of these to finish the 111 blocks...)

Yep, 15 minutes sewing a day (or more) can get you there.

Slow and steady...

I really like the concept of doing a block per day or week.

Then each block is a small project in itself -

that's something I can handle

and not as intimidating as the number 111.

Eek,

Barb

Design Wall Monday

It's already Monday evening

but I will still add my DWM post.

I have pulled out my Farmer's Wife blocks -

and made 2 more for a total of 12!

As always my paper piecing starts with

sewing

and unsewing

and sewing

 and un-sewing

 until I finally get it right.

And by then the paper is shredded...

Nevertheless I managed to get

Basket #3 ( no handle yet/ upper left corner block)

and Box # 9  (lower right corner) done.

I hope in the next weeks I will be able

to squeeze in some more Farm blocks.

I also tackeled another UFO

and am working on the binding

for Christmas Lights

(modified; a Bonnie Hunter mystery from Quiltmaker):

You can see the not-yet-joined binding strip

on the top of the picture.

I amchien sew the binding to the quilt back and then sew

a decorative stitch from the front.

That's the only way I ever get binding done...

And last but not least:

my Orca Bay has not changed much

and is still in half assembled blocks:

That's it from my end.

Please go and check all the other beautiful design walls

on Judy's Patchwork Place!

Barb

January UFO - done!

Here is my UFO report for January -

following Judy's UFO 2012 challenge:

I had to shuffle a bit and re-assigend my UFO # 10 for January -

binding for my Jelly Roll QA quilt.

It is done -

and I can also enter it at the QG meet on Thursday in the UFO category - nice!

Just 11 more UFOs to go in 2012....

Barb