Monday Morning Stars

I finished 3 full stars and another half star this past weekend on the way to my parent's house for some family photos.  My star count is up to 28 with many, many more to go.

 

                                      

 

Some people have asked about the fabrics or commented on the scrappiness of the quilt.  I am using leftover pieces from every quilt that I have made.  Once my stars are finished (no timeline), I will have a history of the quilts that I have given away.  This grouping of stars, from the top around clockwise includes: fabric from my niece's baby quilt, fabric used to make a quilt for a young woman who I advise that was just diagnosed with cancer, and fabric from the quilt I made for my MIL's 60th birthday.  The only fabric that I have actually bought for this quilt is the white.

 

I am linking up with Monday Morning Star Counts.

 

 

WIP Wednesday

I am making a quilt to be auctioned over at Charlotte's Grace for a Cure.   The proceeds will benefit brain tumor research. 

                                                 

 

The quilt is going to be a twin size with Kate Spain's Honey Honey fabric line...it is going to be slightly larger, but a near twin, to the quilt I made for my daughter's third birthday.  I am piecing using grey thread for my top thread since the quilt is raising money for brain tumor research. 

 

I am linking up with WIP Wednesday over at Freshly Pieced.

My Quilt is Finished

I finished 3 of 4 quilts in time for Christmas.  Since the last one was for me my deadline of Christmas was not firm.  I finished up my quilt Sunday afternoon on the drive back from my parent's house.  Now all of us have the same quilt. 

 

We all have grey ribbons on our quilts in support of my Dad and his battle with Glioblastoma.  I am happy to say that he is responding well to his chemo and had another clear scan a few weeks ago!!

 

 

I am linking up with Fabric Tuesday, Show and Tell Tuesday , Can I Get a Whoop, Whoop?, Needle and Thread Thursday and Finish it Friday.

Monday Morning Star Count

I haven't worked on my EPP in a long time.  I picked it up again last night while we were at a Super Bowl party.  With all the chatting, I only finished 1 full star.  I am up to 25 stars now and plan on adding to this quilt every week. 

I am linking up with Monday Morning Start Count over at Life Under Quilts.  Happy Monday!

WIP Wednesday

I had high hopes of finishing this quilt last week and then my 3 year old got sick and wanted snuggles from her momma all day.  How can you say no to snuggles?

I am hoping to finish up the top this week and get it basted and quilted this weekend so I can start a quilt for a brain cancer auction.

My rows are all sewn, just need to be ironed and pieced together.

I am linking up with WIP Wednesday over at Freshly Pieced.

A Finished Baby Quilt

I bought a bunch of solids a few years ago for a solids challenge. I was able to participate due to some other commitments/conflicts, so the fabric sat in my stash. I saw a great churn dash quilt pattern in Camille Roskelley's new(ish) book Simply Retro and loved it. I decided to use up some of my solids for a quick and simple baby quilt. I backed it in minky, a first for me. I'm not 100% happy with how the quilting turned out. I didn't use batting because the baby is coming in April and lives down south...not exactly ideal for a baby quilt backed in minky with batting, so I didn't use batting and the thread pulled some of the minky through the quilt top. There was no fixing, changing, altering no matter how hard I tried. It isn't really noticeable on the black part of the quilt, but it is noticeable in the pink and in some areas more than others. My husband thinks it looks fine and that we should give it to his friends for their baby...what do you all think?

 

Sorry for the indoor photos, it is way too cold in the Northeast to be outside taking pictures of anything right now...last I looked with the wind chill it was -35.

 

I am linking up with Fabric Tuesday, Show and Tell Tuesday , Can I Get a Whoop, Whoop? Needle and Thread Thursday and Finish it Friday.

Sunday Sewing

My mom asked for some mug rugs using any scraps from the quilts I made every one for Christmas.  I was able to cut up 3.5 inch squares and make 5 mug rugs using scraps from just 1 quilt.  I also practice some FMQ such as orange peel and writing.  I used up most of the leftover grey fabric that I used for the appliquéd grey ribbons on the quilts.  

(Hope). It is hard to see because I matched the grey thread so closely for the appliqué.

(Orange peel). I hope to use this technique on a scrappy quilt I made late last year that is all patchwork.