Jack O'Lantern is finished

Last October I was making a few wall hangings for Halloween when I decided to make this one. Putting it together wasn't hard at all. My friend and fellow quilter Sherry sat and make ours together. They turned out really cute and then in the end all I had left to do was to put on the binding and hand stitch it down. Well, when Halloween was over I put it away and forgot about it. During our UFO Finish It Summer, I pulled it out and added the binding and then it sat again. Finally tonight I stitched the binding down and hung it on the door. I guess now this means I have to do the rest of my decorating for Halloween. I might as well start early and be done with it. It just feels so good to have one more UFO finished.

English Paper Piecing, Oh My!

Last Saturday I went with a group of friends to the Madison Quilt Expo. We had a great time as always. I didn't come home with much but what I did bring home I know I can accomplish. I did pick up several small pattern of paper piecing so I'll need to get started on those soon. While we were walking around checking out the vendors we came across one booth that was strictly English Paper Piecing. I glanced at the booth and thought no way would I ever be doing that. OK, we stopped and watched the demonstration, I was being reeled in slowly. They had these tiny little paper pieces I think they were 1/4 inch and you needed to make 56,000 to have a queen sized quilt. First off there is no way I'd even consider something so small and to think of making thousands of them, NO. We watched and listened and then moved on. Towards the end of the day we were going through the aisles one more time. We stopped at the booth again and the next think you know I was buying 3/4 inch hexagons to give it a try.

I looked at these for a couple of days because I really wasn't feeling well so I couldn't get myself to start on them. I made one and stopped. Last night Jen and Holly came to visit and I started on my hexagons. I'm using the 1930's fabrics and so far it's going along just fine. It's a little addicting. I have one flower going now and hopefully when it's just a tad bigger I'm going to turn it into a table topper for my Mom for her birthday. I've really improved since last night and they don't take me nearly as long to make. I've also improved on my sewing them together. It's a great project for when you're watching TV and it keeps your hands busy.

Last Start to Finish for the summer, Notebook cover

I just finished my final Start to Finish for the summer. It's a notebook cover that I made to use at work. I had this Campbell's Soup fabric that Jen got for me a couple of years ago and thought it would be great to make to use at work. So, here's my last start to finish for the summer. I finished this just in time to make the deadline. I have gotton so many projects done this summer it's feels great.

August Accomplishments

I thought I'd give posting my monthly accomplishments a try since I've never done it before. The list isn't all that long but I feel great about what I did get done.

1. Finished and quilted a Christmas Table topper that was a UFO

2. Started and finished a birthday banner for Ethan's 1st birthday.

3. Made a quilt as you go notebook cover for Linda's birthday.

4. Finished my Flying Geese quilt top.

5. Did a start to finish Peaches and Dreams scrappy quilt top.

6. Did a start to finish Maggie Mae quilt top.

7. Made a small drawstring bag for my purse.

Not bad for the month of August. I did things I've never done before like the scrappy quilt top and the quilt as you go notebook cover.