QAYG QAL

Amira is having this great QAL ...I have never done QAYG; so this should be interesting...at least for those looking at mine....hahaha.  Today we are getting started by showing our fabric choices.

here goes:      This is what I've chose so far; now it could change a bit.  But I plan on white for the background, solid blue for sashings...and blue prints for the pieced blocks....will probably add more of those.  Now I am linking this post up to Amira(link above).  Come see what the rest of us are using.    

Sewing Day Creation

I told you yesterday that us girls got together to sew for the afternoon. Marla posted her table runner last night(speedy)...lol.    I got mine appliqued this afternoon; now to quilt it. Here it is so far!!

                                         

WIP Wednesday

Good morning folks....it is so nice to be back. I have slacked the last couple of weeks with my WIPs.

So; back in the saddle..so to speak.

This week I have a large quilt in the frames being hand quilted: It looks just like this one,but on a large scale....92x96 .

I have made a little progress on the 'Bluenose'....no new pic, but it has some borders on it now...still more to go.

I finished and posted my 'In Your Words' piece today..

I am working on a little table runner....about ready to FMQ now.

I have 2 friends visiting this afternoon...Marla and Connie will have tea with me while we dig deep into some new project in the sewing room. They invited me a few weeks ago to join them one afternoon a week to create...lol.  We take turns hosting....it is so very much fun

...I love it!! Thanks ladies. I'm sure we will all show you what we end up working on.  Now; I am linking up to Heidi  and Monika  

so; come take a look at the rest of the lovely work going on this week.  Thanks for sticking with me.

                 

FMQ Linky Party

SewCalGal is hosting a linky party on FMQ...tips; what we've learned, anything we would like to share. For me; this past year was up and down with FMQ. I am so very glad I took this challenge, and hope to do more of it. I did take a short class in a local fabric shop; it was ok; but the challenge taught me much more. I may never be good at it; but I am much better and more relaxed now. I do actually FMQ most of my small projects now.

I started out with absolutely no control over machine quilting...lol. You would have laughed to see me at the machine!!  I was terrified of it...pedal to the floor; and hands could not keep up. Now; I can at least sit down at my machine and plan my path...it doesn't always work out just the way I thought....but I enjoy it most of the time. 

I have used a few different threads; liking Aurifil and YLI the most so far. I have a lot to try yet.

I really like rayons; they seem to run smoothly in my machine, and I love the sheen of them.  I have tried cotton batt and poly batt; they both work, but prefer the cotton because of less loft.  Fabrics; I used mostly cottons, but did try a rayon with sheen once...I loved how it looked!

I want to take another class in the spring; mainly to get as much stress free practice as possible. I enjoy the social part of a class; and it relaxes me to joke with others doing the same thing. I hate being too serious....lol.  

Here are a few things that I have FMQ 

Ok,,,,enough pics for you to have to look at. But wanted to show you that I am getting more at ease with this. I want to thank SewCalGal for this past year; as it has meant a lot to me to be part of this group.  I have learned a tremendous amount since this started. I hope to keep it up in the coming year.

I am linking up to SewCalGal; link at top of page.

'In Your Words'/Giveaway

It is the second day of this blog hop; and I have been anxiously waiting for it.  We have Madame Samm and Linda to thank for this one. I can't imagine the work these ladies have put into this for us.  We have a long list of bloggers taking part; so I hope you will visit each and every one of them.   
I had a blast working on my project and it went very well. What I did was; print up my words to describe me in 'Word Perfect'. It was the only program I had that made the letters the size I wanted. Once that was done, I printed them on Inkjet Printable Fabric Sheets. It went like clockwork;I have used this for Memory quilts before and love it.

Then cut the words out and sewed them onto the background fabric. Once that was done; I did a bit of decorative stitching to set it off. Then FMQ the whole piece. Bound and a hanging sleeve on the back; ready to hang!!

So without more talking(reading for you); here is my project:

The tree about me....lol.  Since these words describe me...I couldn't resist calling it 'all about me'.
And I did say there was a giveaway, right?  Here is what I am offering this time around.  A little pattern for a bag and 4" Ruler to make it with.

So; no hoops to jump through....just leave a comment telling me how you are liking the hop for one entry. Followers of my blog get a second entry. I will randomly draw after the hop is over.

Here is today's list of fellow bloggers; please visit each one.

                                                           Tuesday, January 8

Piece Peace (Patricia G.) 

A Stitch in Time (Patty D.)

krislovesfabric (Kris T.)

Marjorie's Busy Corner (Marjorie)

Grandmamas Stories (Jane H.)

Mrs. Pickles Garden (Hayley)

Patchouli moon Studio (Daryl P.)

Till We Quilt Again (Helen E.)

The Slow Quilter (Felicia F.)

Quilting Time:Terry

It All Starts Here Tomorrow!!!!

'In Your Words' starts tomorrow.....go here for the whole schedule.....going to be lots of fun!!

                                                                  

A Reminder for the next blog hop

Happy New Year to all my Blogging Friends!! Just got in from snowshoeing with some of the family; fun time.

I want to remind everyone of the 'In Your Words' blog hop coming up on the 7th. Not far away now; and it is going to be fun. There are 89 people taking part..lots of creative projects to see and most likely giveaways to take part in.  So; get ready folks....fun to be had!!!! My day is the 8th; and there is a giveaway.

Each participant will post a list of blogs taking part on their day so you can visit all of them.There is a button on my sidebar that will take you to the whole list if you like. Have fun!!!!!!