Hooked on Quilting

Gosh, the summer is over and I had promised to blog everyday and that just didn't happen. Life gets in the way so much! I'd been working on my Mother Goose quilt to give as a gift for my daughter's baby shower, well, those one-inch cornerstones just never matched up and I finally realized it wasn't going to get finished by the deadline, so I just haven't been doing anything. I've still got some time before the baby comes, so I'll work on it...maybe, lots of frogging to do. To help (or hurt) the quilt, I thought I'd throw in something else to do while procrastinating...a Halloween wall hanging that didn't get done last year! Sounds good, don't you think? Well, I have no idea where I left off and the directions are just awful. I see I've checked off some steps, but it seems very haphazard. Maybe I can glean some info from last year's posts. Sigh. Thanks for reading...my bad for not posting, I hope to do better. Gloria

When I first got the quilting bug, I bought all kinds of supplies...took a couple of classes that needs special rulers, etc. Got the swivel mats in two sizes. Got this, got that. I'd gotten the 6 1/2" Quilt in a Day ruler and I couldn't remember it's use (squaring up HSTs)! It's not the typical ruler that has inches along the side, so why in the world might I have bought a ruler like this one??? So, I'm sitting here dreading the Mother Goose star blocks because there were eight HSTs in each block and there were 32 blocks!!! Dread, dread, dread...these things never seem to go easy for me. Sigh. So, I was reading my Yahoo Groups and someone mentioned this ruler as a quick and easy way to square up HSTs! I dug out the ruler (buried under a ton of "had to have" rulers that have specific uses) and you will be amazed at how quickly and easily an HST is do!!!!! Shall I say that again??? Now I know why I'd bought that ruler!!! Here's a video in case y...

Well, I finally started sewing my Mother Goose baby quilt. I'd cut out all the squares, unfortunately, they were all the wrong size and have to be cut down. Here's the photo:

I'm working on the next step of Carol Doak's Anniversary Mystery quilt. I'll add photos once I get further along. Here's a photo: Can't believe I'm keeping up with this one! I'm also working on my Mother Goose baby quilt, just doing HSTs, in between other sewing. Put together one color of the 128 HSTs!! I need to throw in a Project of the Month and a few calendar strips, but... Sorry, played tennis, shopped, took my first golf lesson so I didn't blog yesterday, but I really want to get in the habit, so later... Gloria

I completely finished cutting the Mother Goose quilt today (except the 8" panels - scared!!) and have a 12" x 12" scrapbooking box full of the goodies. This is what I'm going to do with each project, so the pieces don't get lost. I use binder clips rather than baggies, not sure why, oh, probably because they were up in the "office" part of my studio and the baggies were way down in the kitchen. So, tomorrow, I'm going to play tennis and take my first golf lesson - unless it rains and then I will start again on my Ohio Stars & Rails by finishing the rows and maybe cut a border or two. If I end up playing tennis, I need to buy some new blades and numerous other things, so I won't get to sewing. I plan to also start on the HSTs for Mother Goose and use them as leaders and enders. I really want this to be ready by November 1 as that is my daughter's due date!!! So, that's my update for today. I found a bunch of Web sites that I want to ...

Today I felt like cutting and now I have a dull blade, any suggestions for a way to sharpen them with things I might have on hand? Here's a pic of the cutting I did today: It was a kit and some of the fabrics were a bit short...grrrrr! I still have the borders and sashing to cut, but the bulk is finished. I was hoping to use these as leaders and enders or maybe just go ahead and sew it up!

Oh, no, I think I've just gotten side-tracked AGAIN!! I happened on this blog by Pat today and she has just finished the Mother Goose quilt that is in a kit that I bought at the Quilt Box in Dry Ridge, KY in September. Here is Pat's blog and here's my kit...I really need to stop jumping around and finish something. :) I posted to her blog and hope she won't be upset that I love her quilting technique and want to "copy" it! We shall see. Gloria