Belated Merry Christmas everyone!

Just getting some time on the computer. I've had company since Sunday night but have been able to get a little sewing time in. I have a quilt top completed - green and tan pinwheels that is about 60x83. Just need to get that pinned and ready for quilting. I have the charity quilt all pinned and ready for quilting tomorrow. Did a few Christmas coasters.. which Aidan likes to play with. I also did a little more quilting in DH's quilt border so it was completely finished before Christmas! That just needs to get washed to get the kitty hair off it so he has a dander free quilt to snuggle with.
I did get a new camera for Christmas! So now I'll take some pictures of the above things tomorrow to post. Never did find my other one.....
Have a great weekend everyone!

1 week until Christmas!

Is anyone ready? I think I have all my shopping done...just need to pick up one gift certificate for a family exchange and then I'm FINISHED! The tree is up and decorated, some things are out but not all of them. I really need to finish that and clean the house up good before Sunday when my MIL flys up for the holidays. She is allergic to cats... and we have 2 of them.

I have gotten a little time in the sewing room... I have some pinwheel blocks into rows with the sashing on each row. Just need to zip those together and add the borders. I also have all the pieces for the black and white quilt done, just need to sew them together. Also will sew up a few coasters for some quick extra gifts this weekend.
I am hoping that I can get 2-3 quilts quilted while my MIL is here to watch Aidan. The two above and a charity one for the quilt guild that has been sitting as a finished top for a good 4 months! Then I can just work on the bindings by hand in the early morning hours... since I seem to be waking up really early (5AM yesterday morning) or for an hour or two in the middle of the night lately. I'm also considering 'marking' one of my tops for hand quilting. It is a bear paw quilt in white and blue that I did about 7 years ago that has never been finished. I really want to do a big feathered design in the open spaces but have been putting that off for years. Might as well mark it and pin it while I have the room to do it in.

I also need to get back to working on fixing the quilt for my Mom....I've hand sewn what I can but need to 'repair' blocks now. Just have not been able to figure out the name of the blocks to find a pattern. Guess I'll have to try and 'make' the design from the original and see how it turns out.
Hope everyone has a happy holiday season.

Pictures....

A few pictures for you. Here are some of the bib's that I made for Aidan.



Parts 4+5 of my mystery quilt... although I will bring the triangles into the shop to verify that I cut them correctly before doing the last 30. The instructions say the triangle lines should only go to the inside edge of the template....so I'll just verify that.


The last is DH's quilt. Pretty much finished and in use well before Christmas! That was one big quilt.

Another quilt I am starting will end 60x60 and be black and white and red. I started cutting the white pieces out on Saturday night. This will be a work in progress for a couple of months.


I also had time and energy yesterday to work on my fall chelsea bag....got it quilted and then read the directions. It seems I cut the piece wrong! Should be 21x36... and it is 21x23! Oops...we'll see if they have similar fabric at the store when I go to check the mystery instruction later today...or I might just add some fabric to get the size I need. We'll see.
The pictures seem a little dark....I'm not used to the fancy camera. I did actually 'pick up' the sewing room and still can not find my camera...maybe Santa will bring me a new one for Christmas.
Time to jump in the shower and then maybe dust and vacuum the house before we head out to storytime later this morning.
Have a great day everyone.

Long time no post....

I have misplaced my camera so have not had any pictures to share. I really need to find that soon, I've gone through most of the house, car, etc and have NO CLUE where it is. DH got his out and charged so I guess I need to use his until mine turns up.
Aidan had pictures taken on Thursday and this was one of them...

I did get some sewing done this last week. I have made a bunch of bibs for Aidan since the ones I have are small and the velcro is not holding up well... he can pull it off too easily. So, I found this pattern and have been working away on that project.
I have most of DH's quilt quilted and the binding sewn down on the front. I just need to go back and quilt the outer border and hand sew the binding to the back! I should have that done before Christmas, thank goodness!
I also did just a quick blanket for Aidan using some snuggle flannel...I did the quick turn method and just need to sew it closed and put some ties into it.... he loves playing with them on my irish chain quilt that lives on the couch.
Ok, time to go trim down DH's quilt so I can start the binding tonight after Aidan goes to bed.
Have a great day everyone. I'll take some pics and post them once I figure out DH's camera.

It's a GIRL!!!

Just a quick note to let you know the Ultrasound yesterday looks like Aidan is getting a little sister!

I did get some quilting time in this weekend and have 34 of the 35 blocks of DH's quilt quilted..... ran out of thread.... so used some of my birthday gift cards to Joann's yesterday to get more. Hopefully I can get the last block done.. then figure out what to do in the borders. I am thinking leaves in the small green border and possibly the big green border.... not sure what to do in the flying geese border.... may just do in the ditch up each side. We'll see. I ended up with just a meander puzzle stitch but added some 'surprise' things in some of the blocks like a couple of hearts, a pumpkin, a bat, a flower, etc. I also finished my mystery quilt homework. I need to take some pictures and post them. Will try to add that in later today.
Have a great day everyone.

November!!!

Well, it has been a while since I posted. Aidan is much better now and is over his bronchitis. He did get his third tooth last week, so has been sleep crying once or twice a night since last Wednesday.... I can't wait until all the teeth are in and that will stop!
I did bring my machine in for service and there was thread clogged in the tension area, so it is all better now and sewing great. She also told me a trick.... use a very used dollar bill (so it is soft), fold it and run through the tension to clear it of threads. Anyone ever heard of that or is it just a Quilt Designer Viking thing?

I have made progress on my mystery quilt from my LQS. I did buy a new tool, the Tucker Trimmer and it works great! Part of the blocks are hourglass ones that are oversized to trim down.... I tried one without the new ruler and decided to invest in the trimmer. Used it once and am in love with it. This is a Deb Tucker ruler... she actually was talking at our guild meeting this spring and has some neat patterns and tools. I'll try to take some pictures of the 'quilt in progress' later today to post.

I also started machine quilting DH's quilt... I only got 3 blocks done but that is progress. I hope to get a couple more blocks quilted today while Aidan is napping if I can get some quick outside stuff done... fill the birdfeeders, toss the pumpkins and take down the halloween stuff.

Today we are off to Church Street for lunch with Greg and then since it is nice out, Aidan and I will stroll around and do some window shopping this afternoon. Tomorrow, we'll travel down to visit with my parents since they haven't seen him in about 3-4 weeks. Boy has he changed in that time! He is walking while holding onto things now.....I am so not ready for him to start walking yet! He's not even 9 months until tomorrow!
This is him in the swing after our walk yesterday.

Two days ago in big boy clothes...he pulls himself up onto everything right now.



The next big thing..... our Ultrasound is Monday when we hope to find out if the next baby is a boy or girl!
Ok, time to get moving so I can get quilting!
Have a great week eveyone.
Deb

Sick kid....

Well, no time to play with the machine tension yet, hopefully tonight. I have done some knitting - finished another dish cloth and plugging away on some socks. A little tough to do though, since Aidan is worse than the cats with trying to get the yarn... so can only do it while he is sleeping.
I took Aidan to the doctor this morning and he has bronchitis! Poor little guy. He has been coughing for over a week and is not his usual self... although it hasn't stopped him from pulling himself up onto anything he can find! Got some medicine into him this afternoon and hopefully that will kick in soon and he'll start eating again.
I get a day out Sunday! Card making from 9-2 and then I need to prebowl for my Tuesday night league since G has to work late that night. I missed this week because I picked up Aidan wrong that morning and strained my lower back. Better now, but I need to be more careful when picking him up from now on.
Ok, will go try to play with the machine while he is napping.
Have a great weekend everyone.
Deb