Show-N-Tell at the Shop

Yesterday we had Show-n-Tell at the Shop.

Everyone who participated was put in to a drawing for a $25 Gift Certificate.

Barbara was the Lucky Winner of that Gift Certificate!

Barbara C. showed a little heart that she made from a kit from Quilt Vine.

 Linda showed a table runner she just finished that she started about 10 years ago.

 Mary showed a comfort quilt she made with yard sale fabrics and her mother's buttons.

 Another quilt by Mary.

 Nancy's Starburst Quilt she made in a class at Quilt Vine.

This was made using a Kaffe Fassett Jelly Roll.

Another Starburst Quilt from class made by Barbara W.

 Tammy made this "Bricks" quilt in a class at Quilt Vine.

 She made this quilt from the leftovers.

 

 Tammy is working on one more quilt from those leftovers.

This block was made using a "Trash to Treasure Pineapple Quilt Ruler" by Gyleen Fitzgerald.

 Cheri showed a quilt she made from fabrics she got at Quilt Vine.

 Caroline showed this beautiful blue and white quilt.

 This is the back of Caroline's quilt.

 Lou showed a quilt she made at retreat.

It is a Pat Sloan pattern using Pat Sloan fabric.

Lou finished this quilt at retreat. It is French General fabric by Moda.

February UFO Completed

I know it is almost the end of March and I have just finished my February UFO. This quilt was started last year in a class with Gyleen Fitzgerald. It is her Trash to Treasure Pineapple Quilt.

Yes, I am a little behind. I will not get my March UFO done this month but maybe I can get 2 UFOs done in April. To be realistic, probably not. I really do have a lot on my plate right now.
 

It was an absolutely beautiful evening to be out taking some photos. The sun was just going down behind those trees.

My Trash to Treasure Pineapple Quilt

I did some quilting today.

Finished quilting my Trash to Treasure Pineapple Quilt.

This is my UFO for February. Yes, I am a little behind.

 I am going to bind it in the red.

I don't even know when I will get it bound. Friday night I need to work on a dress for my daughter for her birthday party.

This is the back of my quilt. Love that Jane Sassaman fabric!!!!!!

 I did a pantogram for a customer today. (I do not usually take pictures of quilts with pantograms.) Anyway, I used the "Leader Grips" that I got at the Lancaster Show to put the quilt on the longarm. The purpose of them is to save time. I guess I need to get used to them because I do not think they saved me any time. Let's see how the next one goes.

Eunice made this quilt. 

It is a Trash to Treasure Pineapple Quilt using Gyleen Fitzgerald's Pineapple Tool.

It is a great way to use up scraps. 

I love scrap quilts! 

Friday Night Sewing

Last night at 7-Sisters I got my back put together for my Sew Simple Pineapple Quilt. I am not really into these colors of fabric anymore so I tried to use a lot of it on the back. Earleen really likes these fabrics so I gave her some of my leftovers. I gave her about 2 1/2 yards. I told her that would be good for my weekly stash report.

 This is Earleen's quilt. She was auditioning borders. We all think she will need to purchase something darker for the small inner border.

Chris put the final touches on the top of her Trash to Treasure Pineapple Quilt. I am loving this quilt. The border is just perfect!

2012 UFO Challenge

Once again for 2012 I will be participating in Judy's UFO Challenge. Since Judy posted her list and the sign up to participate in the upcoming year, I have spent a lot of time thinking about my UFO list. Last year I foolishly listed 18 UFOs. This year I am only going to list 12 (really 13) even though I do have more than that. The other thing that I decided to do is that I am going to prioritize my list. I will be completing my UFOs in the order that I have listed. I have several UFOs that I do not care to finish this year that I will not even be listing.

Here is my UFO list for 2012 in the order that I will most likely be completing them:

0.      I started this jacket in April 2010 in a class at Bayside Quilters. The sleeves are too short and I need to add cuffs. Other than that it just needs a binding. I did not give the jacket a number because I WILL be finishing that jacket sometime this year when I decide what to do with the cuffs.

 1.      “It’s All About the Green” This quilt is just like the one I made for my son’s girlfriend for Christmas. I pieced the top in December 2011.

2.      This Round Robin Quilt top was made in a Round Robin Bee that I participated in 2010-2011.

3.      This Signature Quilt was started in 2007 for SON #1’s graduation from college. I did not finish it sooner because my son had blocks that he was going to have friends sign. Well, he never did have friends sign them. It looks like his quilt will only have signatures of family members. I told him that I wanted to finish his quilt this year. He is to give the unsigned blocks back to me. If he can’t find them I will have to make more.  

4.      This Trash to Treasure Pineapple Quilt was started in a class at Bayside Quilters with Gyleen Fitzgerald in May 2011.

5.      This Sew Simple Pineapple Quilt was started in a workshop in January 2011. I had collected the dark red and gold for many years. For about a year I had been thinking about what I could do with those fabrics. I am very pleased with this pattern. They are really not my favorite colors anymore but I love how this quilt is looking.

6.      This quilt is really an old one. It is so old that I started hand quilting it. It is from before I had my longarm, and even before I took my quilts to a longarmer. It probably dates to 1999. It was a mystery quilt taught in a class by Peggy of Peggy’s Sewing Center at the 7-Sisters Quilt Guild. You can see on the back where the stars are hand quilted. I plan to finish it on the longarm so I can get it done.

7.      This quilt was started in a workshop with Jane Sassaman in August 2011. I am fascinated with Jane’s work and was very excited to be able to take her workshop.

8.      I think this log cabin was started in 2000. I was making it for my bed. I really am not crazy about those fabrics anymore. I plan on painting my bedroom this year, so if I do not get it done soon I may never get to use it on my bed. This one was on my UFO list for 2011. I really do need to get it done.

9.      This small quilt is hand appliquéd. I finished the top in early 2010. It was on my UFO list for 2011. 

10.      This wholecloth quilt top was purchased at the Lancaster Quilt Show in 2004 before I got my longarm. I have wanted to make a wholecloth quilt, but before I spend the time designing my own it does make sense to practice on this one first.

11. And 12. These 2 quilt tops were made in about 2007. They are for the twin beds in one of the guest rooms. If I do not finish them soon I will probably repaint that room. Again they were on the UFO list for 2011.

I am trying to get organize for 2012 and I hope to get all of these quilts completed.

Stash Report, Week 39, 2011

Used since last Stash Report: 1.75 yards

Used Year to Date: 104.5

Added since last Stash Report: 3.5

Added Year to Date: 95.25

Net used for 2011: 9.25

 I just had to purchase fabric this week. Remember I told you about my September UFO here. In order to make it larger I needed fabric for borders. I had no left over fabric that I could even piece for borders because when I made my circle quilt I used what was left on the back. I bought enough solid red to also use as an inner border on my Trash to Treasure Pineapple.

I got these 16 blocks finished and put together on Saturday. I will probably use the red for an inner border and the Jane Sassaman print will be the outer border.

Trash to Treasure Pineapple

On Saturday some of us worked on our 

Trash to Treasure Pineapple Quilts.

This is Lou's stack of working blocks.

Lou's first block done.

This is Cheryl's stack of working blocks. 

Cheryl and Lou are using the same fabrics.

Cheryl's first block done.

Margaret and I are using scraps.

Here are Margaret's first 4 blocks.

I have 16 blocks done and that is all I am doing. 

Now, on to the borders!