Bye Bye

Never was I so happy to see two quilts leave.

I will be taking a break from sewing for a little while, but until then I am leaving you with a clue each day about my next project. See if you can guess what I'll be making...

Done Again!

The last quilt for the Feeder Canal Alliance Basket Raffle is done! Isn't it a cute little baby blanket? I suppose it could be a wall hanging too, but really, who doesn't want to wrap a bundle of joy in this?

Let's recap:

53 x 69" blue lap quilt

34 x 34" pink/green baby quilt

Each a basket you could win at the Basket Raffle on Sunday, May 2nd, from 1 to 3 PM at the West Glens Falls Firehouse on Luzerne Road in Queensbury, NY. An admission ticket is $10 for 10 raffle tickets. Each additional set of 10 raffle tickets is only $5. There will be over 40 other baskets there to try and win, as well as door prizes, baked goods and a silent auction.

Help support a wonderful organization. The Feeder Canal Alliance maintains and preserves miles of trail and canalway that are free and open to the greater community. And it doesn't hurt to try and win one of my quilts!

In Just ONE Hour!

I went from this......

to this.......

Done!

The blue quilt is done! Don't you just love it? I do. It's bigger than I anticipated, hence the intricate backing. I've always loved quilts that had just as decorative backs. It's like a reverisble quilt. I've just never made one until now.

Now to move onto the pink quilt. Any ideas on what clever pattern I should come up with? I am thinking the pink quilt will be a bit smaller than the blue quilt just to speed things up. Well lets be honest...I'm thinking baby quilt or table runner. I'm tired and pressed for time.

Nearing the End

Well I spent the weekend putting all the pieces together. Now all that is left is hand sewing the back of the binding on. I wonder if this will feel different because I don't know who this quilt is going to. This is the part of the quilt process where I put love into the quilt for the receipient. But how do I do that for a yet to be determined basket raffle winner? We'll see.

Perseverance

Burn Out

I knew this might happen. Over reaching to make two quilts by the end of April. I'm piecing together the back of the first quilt and I'm starting to feel it. The urge to procrastinate. The urge to sit in front of the boob tube and forget about the seams, bobbins, walking foot, pins and stitches. The all encompassing need to not sew for just one night, then two nights, then...

I can do this.

Head Over Heels

I am falling in love with my blue diagonal square quilt. Why does this always happen to me? I commit myself to making a quilt to give away and I fall in love with it. Here's to a quick and painless breakup come May 2nd.

ps- if anyone wants to purchase raffle tickets for the basket raffle that this quilt is going to, perhaps you could win the quilt and gift it back to a loving quilter *wink wink*

Procrastination

It's hard to work on this...

When there's so much of this outside...

Maybe I'll just clean the house instead.

Upcoming Projects

Another reason I needed to finish up the Spring Circle Quilt was to make room for two more projects on my table (or floor really). I'm trying a blue quilt with 6.5" squares, but in a diagonal pattern.

And of course I always have left overs from each project, so I'll be making another pink circle quilt, but with a bit of a variation this time.

Both these quilts will be donated to the Feeder Canal Alliance's Baske Raffle. It's on May 2nd at the West Glens Falls Fire House on Luzerne Road in Queensbury, NY. I'll be working the ticket table.