friday finish!

Well, technically, I finished it yesterday...but I didn't take pics of it until today.


I still have to pack it up (with other goodies) and send it off to it's new owner.

I'm almost done with this quilt top. (I had to get border fabric today.)


It is intended for the Pirate's family. But...it is awfully bright. I like it. I think it's summery and fun, but I'm not sure about whether or not Pirate's family will like it.


I started a quilt that may or may not be for my mom for Christmas.

Speaking of mailing (I did at the beginning of the post, at least)...I hit the post office today.



I sent off charm squares for the Rainbow Swap, Round 2.

And *drumroll* I sent off packages to New Bee on the Block folks!
I'm hoping they'll get to the folks who are abroad before my birthday (mid August).

Teaser:


I won't post the tutorial link for the folks until next week.

Also, I need to issue some major thank you's.
I won a Kona bundle from Canton Village Quiltworks on Ryan Walsh's I'm Just A Guy Who Quilts contest.
It's luscious.


And I won coffee and a french press over at duodishes:

Kraken likes coffee almost as much as I do!

WIP Wednesday!

I finally finished the quilting and the machine stitching of the binding.
All's that left is the handsewing!





I've cut up all my charm squares (all 112) of them for the Rainbow Swap.

I started cutting up all the bits I can for my bee block mailing. As soon as the rest of the fabric comes, I'll finish cutting an mail out the blocks (at least the international ones).
Super excited! There should be a tutorial coming on that as well.

Done so far this week:
charm squares GO!
test square for bee
Rockin Robin, Row 3

Fabric assembled for round robin quilt with quilting pal


Still left to do:
*start mom's quilt (I got the supplies)
*Assemble top for Pirate's family's quilt
*finish my big item for the Make Mine Modern swap (in progress)
*Finish my small item

Tabled for now:
Farmer's Wife Quilt (I'm going to paper piece them eventually)

Blarg....

Note to self: Don't be a dumbass. When you have been having tension problems with your machine, don't assume that the tension will be correct when you go to straightline quilt.

Made it almost 1/2 way through the quilting on red, white, and black quilt before I realized the problem. Spent a while picking out that puppy. On the upside, I decided I prefer black thread to white on this one...which will mean another trip to the store tomorrow.

At least I'll have a work in progress to post tomorrow.

Phew...done!

I picked out a ton of the messed up quilting on the Pirate's quilt yesterday. Finished the binding today. I'll post a pic tomorrow.
I think I've settled on my bee block fabric. Going to do a retest tomorrow.
I think I have to do some last minute fabric ordering.
I've got the bits laid out for my MMM swap item.
Gonna sew tomorrow...
Night Night.

Also, my batik quilt that was mailed to my friend (as opposed to the one I'm still working on for the Pirate's family) was received and made her cry. Awwww....

I've got my list...

So far, Skill Builder Block done.



Going to paper piece after I eat something...and start picking out mucked bits of Pirate's quilt.

Oh, and I made a blanket out of a horribly early 80s jellyroll doing the jelly roll race methodology. It's got metallics...SERIOUSLY, I think I had pink metallic stirrup pants (remember those?) when I was in 6th grade that looked like some of these prints. Oh, and I definitely had a purple tiger striped bandanna. Ah, the 80s.

Edit: Did the paper piecing...I have spatial issues.
Also, picked out bad bits of Pirate's quilt...only took me about 5 hours.

Still trucking...

*cough* I may have signed up for more bees and swaps.
Frankly, I'm trying to get my crafting fix in before school starts again.

I made progress today.



It still needs borders and I have to piece the back still.

Pirate's family's quilt:



I have to slice up and rearrange the blocks. Pirate must supervise this, maybe tomorrow.

I played around with bits:


On tap for tomorrow:
picking out mucked up bits of quilting on Pirate's quilt
Skill Builder block
Test driving Bee block for The New Bees
Cutting up border for quilt top above (and maybe pieces for the back)

I think I'm going to make my Make Mine Modern object (or at least one of them) over the weekend. I've had a kind of quiet partner. This was stressing me out until my quilt buddy told me today that all that means is that I get to choose...and do what I think is fun/pretty.
I hope she'll like it.

WIP wednesday...

Finishes this week:
Row 2 of Rockin Robin
Bee block for Holly
Mailed trees for Misfit Quilters tree swap
Mailed package for Needlebook swap

Projects I'm working on:
*Quilt for Trollop


*Quilt for Pirate's family


(I'm not sure Kraken approves of the batiks.)

*Choosing a Bee block
*Quilt design for mom's quilt (I think it's going to be some Prince Charming pinwheels...using the tutorial Holly sent)


Projects I should be working on:
picking out the boo boos of the Pirate's quilt
Farmer's Wife blocks

I'm linking up to WIP Wednesday over at Freshly Pieced.