Pears, Bananas, and UFOs

I can't seem to get motivated to finish my current UFOs, but our guild has a challenge going, maybe that will help.  I have even been procrastinating about making up the list of projects.  It's probably too long for comfort.  Instead, I seem to start new stuff.  But at least I finished something.

I tore apart my old, well used and stained mixer cover this weekend and made a sparkly new one.  I had this fabric in my stash, bought to make curtains for my kitchen, thinking it was a great combo for my counter tops.  It makes a better mixer cover, I am so glad I didn't make those curtains up.  It's even reversable, with the batik of the pocket as the inside.  Gee,  I have banana fabric, too.  Maybe I will make that up and it will be my summer cover.  But then, I would have to change it back to pears when Pete and Nicole visit, as he is allergic to bananas (lol).  Hmmm, maybe I will make reversible curtains, pears backed with bananas, to suit my mood and my houseguests.

I have a bed sized quilt to finish up to send as a gift, and I need to do it soon for my MIL who needs cheering up.  I am going to try the basting method that Aunti Nicole sent me a link to the UTube video, with two boards to keep the top and back straight.  I will let you know how I like that method.

Happy quilting!

Oh No, another UFO!

This lovely block is just one of 25 I won at the June 2010 First Saturday gathering at Tater Patch Quilts.  It's another UFO for my closet, but the good news is I don't have to make any more to set a quilt, just maybe get borders, back and binding.  Just as I thought I was getting caught up with my list.  I have put it away for "later", as I am in the middle of machine quilting something for the Labor Day Quilt Show in Mt. Shasta.  But, I did play with my camera and settings.  The simple block makes a great secondary pattern when set with every other one rotated 180....See?

  

The bag is sitting in my UFO drawer (thank you Nicole for helping me organize my quilt room).  It will probably finish up sometime this year.  I think I know a home for it already.  All I need is time.

Guild Retreat is spelled FUN!

I have been missing in action for two days.  Here is why.  Our Shasta Lily Quilt Guild held a two day retreat this week and finally, I was able to attend both days.  Like day camp for quilters.  We all brought our own projects and got lots done.  Some of my To Do items got knocked off my May list, hooray!

I put buttons on a baby sweater I just finished...now I have a gift for the next baby shower I go to.  I am in the process of making the matching socks before I box it up.  I like to knit at night when I am relaxing, it keeps my hands limber.







I finished the pillowcases I wanted to make.  The main fabric is a map of France, this may be the only way I get to travel to that country.  I actually chose it because I like the colors and it matches my new sheets.  The map is the bonus.  Thanks Joanna Figueroa from Fig Tree for such beautiful fabric.

I also finished making the top for the EQZ block exchange from 2004(?), my basket blocks.  The area with the white vertical strip will get a chunky stem,  and 3-D flowers and leaves once the quilt is quilted.  This was my stretch toward asymmetrical.  I plan to machine quilt it so I can show it at the Labor Day quilt show up here in Mt. Shasta.  Helen C, I found your block in a bag in the box, it is featured in the upper right hand corner border.  I almost missed it, my sample block will go on the back for a label.  Thanks girls, I love it now!  I can't wait to finish it.


I also got some other little tasks accomplished, too numerous to mention here..Ahhh, such a sense of satisfaction.  Good times, good friends, and pizza, what could be better?

Little Ol' Art Quilter Me, Really?

This is the art project in which I am currently participating.  It's a reproduction of a photograph by Jeremy Franklin of the Sprague River (OR).  There are 7 panels, each done by a different person.  Mine is the fourth from the left, there are two "slices" missing from our 5/8/10 get together.  This is a mixed media type of project and anything goes.  It is amazing how well they are fitting together.  We turn them in for binding in August, and the project will circulate for 2 years to shows and galleries, etc.  This work is a stretch for me, Yoga for the mind, I guess, so it's a good thing.