Cutting Table

The cutting table is always a mess.  I start things or cut extra items to make one for me and set them aside and there they sit.  I have found some extra fabric boxes that I had cut out and pinned together and then another project took over.  (Don't you love how projects have a life of their own?)  I got those sewn together and quilted, but now I am at the stitching it into a box part.

I did work on the Scrappy Mountain Majesties blocks.  I now have 20 made.  This block is so easy, but for me a little time consuming.  I'm hoping I get faster the more I make.

All different shades of blue for the "sky" and homespun's for the mountains.

Vest Number Three

Vest number three is finished.  It only had one side seam and top stitching left to do.  So it was easy to finish up.

I used a cotton/poly mix fabric for the gold as it matched the look I wanted, but I sure don't like how it finished.  Cotton looks so crisp and this still looks wrinkled after a good pressing.  This may be part of the reason I like to use 100% cotton for my quilts.  But you use what you can sometimes.

Vest Number Two

Vest number two has made it to the finish line and is off to live somewhere else.

These vests are reversible.  So you can get 2 different looks out of one vest.  I loved wearing them, especially when we traveled to visit friends or family.  I had two vests for one.  Used less space in the suitcase and I felt I had different outfits!  And other people seemed to like them too as they sold fast at the craft fairs.

Confession Time

Confession time!  I really wanted to quilt on my quilt last week, but I managed to procrastinate and not do it after Monday.  Why is it I'm having such a hard time with finishing this quilt?  I think some of it has to do with the "wrestling" in order to get it quilted.  It's not easy.  I'm hoping to get back in the groove this week.

I did finish this hexie though.  I've been working on these for a number of years also.  I saw this quilt at "stitched in color" and fell in love with the setting.  I've been inspired to work on the hexies again.  

Bag Of Scraps

I have a bag a scraps in my cupboard that needed to be sorted out and cut up.  So I decided a couple of weeks ago to start on that.  In the bag I found 3 vests from over 20 years ago when I did craft fairs and sold vests and sweatshirts.  I have gotten rid of all the sweatshirts as I showed in this blog post and here.  

All the vests needed was to have the side seams sewn and top stitching done.  So vest number 1 is done.

Two more to go!  Nice to create some space in the cupboard to store something I use more often.

Quilting

I did my 15 minutes of quilting yesterday.  More like 15 minutes of wrestling a quilt.  I really should have decided on a different way of quilting.  But I'm not ripping it out as I feel like I'm making progress.  I did do a little piecing after my wrestling match.  

This is a kit I picked up on my bus trip last Fall.  I have another one to make like this using the Minnesota Shop Hop fabric.  The table topper went together very fast.  Now to find backing so I can get this one finished. 

Quilting

I need to do some quilting.  I have a number of projects that I have pinned backing, batting and top together and are waiting to be quilted.  One I have been working on (looking at) for over 2 years, Lillian.  I blogged about it here.  

So this week I'm going to quilt at least 15 minutes every day.  If I want to do some piecing, I can, but only after my 15 minutes of quilting.  Hope this works!!