Running on Low

I decided that I did not like the pink petals in the corners of the House Medallion quilt. After much auditioning, I carefully removed them and came up with this idea instead:

Here is a closer look:

The fan blade is leftover from the fans and I then appliqued the green around it. It is now ready to be quilted!

I caught up on both Creative Prompts tonight too. The first is CORE:

I did the Earth's core in Roger Dean fashion!

Next is KNOT:

I think it is pretty self explanatory! lol

Now I am left with the U is for Unicorn quilt and Christmas presents. Trouble is, I don't feel like doing either one of those projects!!! I don't have an idea for a new project right now either. I think I will just concentrate on getting the Thanksgiving feast ready for Thursday and take a break from 'projects' for the rest of this week.

It's a Cloudy Day

I've been disappointed that only two folks have entered the drawing for the magazine, FQ's, and ornaments. I might extend the deadline to December 15th and try to get more folks to sign up. I will look to see if I have something extra special to add to the prize too. My guess is that interest is low due to a combination of a lackluster prize and low traffic on my blog!

I've been slowly working my way through the charity quilts for the quilt guild. I have five to do. I have the third one almost done.

I did hearts in the green squares and the flowers in the purple ones

I had goobers on the back of this quilt, in a few spots. I ripped them out and will re-quilt them today. I really watched my tension, but still, I have loopys on the back side every now and then. I am thinking about trying the Juki on the frame to see if the problem is with the machine or with me! lol

I am working on the final flower petals for the House Medallion quilt. The size of the cornerstone is about four inches. Those are very tiny flower petals!!! I am hand appliqueing them with silk thread.

Lady Lego has been in my studio, causing all kinds of mayhem! She was last seen to be bear wrestling.

I have had this six inch art block for a long time. It was a gift. I just hadn't found a way to use it. I have now trimmed it in black with gold lame' binding.
The quilt guild is promoting Ami Simms' Alzheimer quilt project. I had made several for the project a few years ago. I am hoping to get in touch with of the giver of the block and ask her permission to donate this finished quilt-let to that project.

That's all for today. I have a bunch of quilting to work on, as always. It is cold and cloudy outside. That makes for a good day to work inside on projects!!!

Make a Wish!

I finished my Creative Prompt yesterday. It is WISH, and I did a mouse making a wish upon a star. :)

250 Posts! Let's CELEBRATE!!!

I haven't posted because it took a while to get things ready for this posting! This is my 250th posting on this blog! I am celebrating with a little give-a-way for you! I have the last issue of 'Quilter's Home' magazine with Mark Lipinski's picture on the cover. (Oct./Nov.)This is a duplicate issue I had and is in pristine condition.
Along with it, are three holiday fat quarters. Added to this will be some tiny home-made ornaments for your tree! To enter, just leave a comment on this blog entry. For TWO chances to win, mention my contest on your blog and let me know you did.

I will draw a winning name on December 1st.
Be sure I can contact you through your comment posting so I can get your address.

In other news, I have the fan border attached to the House Medallion quilt. I didn't get them done perfectly, but this quilt was one that I was practicing different techniques on anyway.

Next I put on the last round of borders on the quilt. All the fan blade tips have been appliqued down. Next I will be appliqueing flowers in each of the four corners to round out the quilt. For an everyday-type quilt, this one sure taught me a lot! My applique skills from the center blades compared to the outer blades are like night and day in quality!!!

I went to the local guild meeting on Monday. I left with five charity quilts to quilt for them AND I somehow am now the membership leader. lol Nothing like going into something full blast, eh? lol

Here are two of the quilts on my frame:
A closer look here:

I am doing a meandering star pattern on four of the quilts because they all have a patriotic theme to them.
I am so happy to have this chance to practice my short arm quilting set-up without all the pressure of doing it for a customer or for a very important quilt of my own. The lady from the guild was just thrilled to have these quilts done in any way that they'd be usable! She's had them sitting around for a year or more, she said.

I have used three bobbins up, this morning, on the charity quilts. I think I will go eat lunch and do some hand work that I always have sitting around. Or perhaps the creative prompt *WISH* from last Friday! Enjoy your day! Happy sewing!!!

I really AM in the studio!!!

The posting after this one will be my 250th posting. I plan to have a give-a-way to celebrate it! I haven't decided if I should or should not include a bag of scraps or not though. What do you think?
Lady Lego was 'helping' me today. She reminded me that I need to clean the lint out of my machine EVERY TIME I change the bobbin!!!

I am attaching the borders to the House Medallion quilt today. It is hard!!! I know I am not doing it right. Of course the fans are not lining up the way they should either. I will take some closeups of my mistakes and you will be able to see what I mean. I am glad this is a utility quilt! I know I should take more care in making it 'right', but I am only experimenting with this pattern. I learn from mistakes and experimentation. Plus I AM the LAZY Quilter!!! :)