Getting back on track

Well it's been a busy week sew far.  ( at least that is how it feels)
Monday I taught a class on D9P aka Disappearing 9 patch / 9 patch with a twist.

I have 6 ladies taking it this time with a few brand new to quilting.

Spring Fever by Moda

Next week I will take a few pics to share the ladies fabric choices. Everyone is different and all look great. Every time I teach I put a few together as well and try to change it up a little with how I finish it, just to give the ladies more ideas. This also shows them that you can change up a pattern and it is okay to add those touches that make it yours and one of a kind.
I used a Spring Fever charm pack from Moda and then some fabrics that I had from my stash. I was able to build the whole quilt without buying a single piece of fabric, the charm pack was left over from another project a couple years ago.  : )
I surprised myself by getting it all ready to quilt..... borders and pin basted.

I also had pieced together a little dolly sized quilt with the left over strip pieced sections from the Easter eggs from the table topper that Amanda Murphy has on her site.I cute 2 1/4 in. units from the scraps and added a 2 in. strip to the l 3/4 in. side and the sewed them in alternating directions to get the finished top.
This will be a great place to play with some free motion quilting.

 I know a little girl that will be getting something in the mail before Easter........

Sew other than work that is the playing that I have been able to get to this week.
 some last minute happening's.....
This weekend we will have company .... Dance competition here in town as well as Provincial Mixed Curling.
 Not many places left in town. It will be nice to have a visit with our cousins., and maybe take in some of their performances.
I have some fresh Pumpkin/orange and cranberry muffins baked tonight and a pot of soup ready to cook in the morning. I'll have to figure out a couple other things, but that just might be on the fly.
 I do not think I will be getting any more done until mid next week
Well it's getting late
    better head off to bed
        in stitches and sweet dreams
Annette

Boxing day project ... reveiled

 This was the sneak peak a while back of the project my daughter and I worked on over the Christmas holidays.
The baby has been born and now after a few of life's little twists and turns he has his new quilt to cuddle in.

 This pattern is from MODA Bake Shop.  Building Baby Blocks Baby Quilt by Cindy Lammon one of MODA'S chefs.  ( look under baby quilts in the recipe section)   It went together very nicely , an easy project for a beginner.

I chose to do a two fabric binding sew that the back and front both matched the fabrics used. I was happy with how it turned out and that it was not  difficult to do.
We had the quilt done in just a couple days.
This is one I will do again. : )
 In stitches
Annette

catching up..........

Well I have caught up with the Easter table topper that Amanda Murphy is hosting on her site. It is a fun, not sew little project, they measure 28.5 inches across sew far. It is a nice and bright topper covered with Easter eggs. I have two on the go this uses up one charm pack. I saved the extra bit left over from the eggs and I want to make a little something out of them.  A little playing to see what they become. We all need to play every now and then.

Here are a few  of the eggs that I have stitched











I have also played a little with my fmq for this months challenge on sewcalgals site.
now to go and do a little prep for the class I will teach Monday night.

Next I will quilt a baby quilt with the techinques from this months lesson.

In stitches
Annette

Boy did this week fly by. Back at work, still have bronchitis. Not a lot of energy but I think I am on the mend.
Sew what have I been up to.
I did get a little more done on the topper for Easter
they eggs are ready to go on the wedges

I hope to get caught up on this and the fmq challenges this weekend.In the morning I will be helping a fellow quilter pin baste her quilt.
Well I am going to try and get a little more done on the table topper.....
in stitches
Annette

W.I.P. Wednesday

Well this week is flying by.
And this is what I have on the go
DUETTA is almost done ...... just a little stitching and a button

stitching the yoke on
almost done : )

And I have started another project from Amanda Murphy's site
a table topper with Easter eggs I am a little behind but  I hope to catch up soon.

pieced and ready to fuse and cut out the eggs

I have a question for all you ladies that might have entered any type of contest show etc. with your quilts.
Have any of you ever insured your items?
 If sew, Did you have an appraiser do an appraisal?
Or where you able to have a member of a guild or quilting organization ( with some type of credentials) do an appraisal that was accepted by the insurance co.? With out the appriseal it would only be insured for the cost to make it.
 We have found one co sew far that would insure it under a fine arts poliy. at a cost of $200. / yr or any part of a yr.
I am starting to wonder if I should bother with the insurance ..... I have found out that you can not just assume that it will be covered by your householder policy. For that to work you have to be in controll /custody and care of your quilt at all times. 

Any feed back would be great in helpping me make a call on this one.

As it is Wednesday be sure to check out what the other ladies have been up to check out the link on my side bar for THE NEEDLE AND THREAD NETWORK.
in stitches    and knots  too
Annette

off to the next step

 with my pattern testing that is......
I have been testing  the pattern "Duetta" for Grandma Coco Designs.
I have finished the body of the sweater and have done a test of the yoke.

my first attempt at blocking......
I think I'm doing it right

sew today I hope to get the yoke made and who know maybe   get-r-done.

practice piece of the paper piecing
of the yoke

Trimmed to  see the next step
now to do the real thing

off to sew                                   
have a great day



in stitches
Annette

a Friday finish

Well yesterday I finally finished Jewels of the Night.
Complete with label and hanging sleeves. I used two shorter sleeves sew that one can use a center support if needed.I thought this would make displaying it at the conference easier, and with out any damage to the quilt.

I had a lot of fun working on Jewels of the Night. It was the First time I have taken part in a challenge. I created my own design and was able to learn more about EQ7 (Electric Quilt 7  Quilt design software )
 When using this software it helps you to put your ides on a quilt layout and change it up as much as you like. You can change color/fabric placement as well.You can print off the yardages needed.  You   also can print off templates , rotary cutting as well as paper piecing .... which ever applies to the block. You do how ever, have to figure out how to put it together.

Sew now I just have to get it entered and over to the shop in Humboldt this month sometime. The deadline is April 15,2012.  Good luck to all who enter.

boxed and ready to go

 I would like to take a few pictures of it first sew that I have them ready to share with you all out there, as soon as the conference starts.
in stitches
Annette