Man Cave Update

Mr. B. is getting excited to finish the man cave.  He was so excited yesterday that after work but before we went to a pot luck dinner he was adding caulking to the new wood he put up on Saturday.   It also has been raining so he wanted to get the caulking in before moisture entered behind the wood.

South side eave done

The problem with this was he was in his good going to work cloths and good outside cool weather jacket. 
Now does anyone else see a problem of being in your good work cloths besides me??
You guessed it he now has caulking on his pants and he jacket and he comes in to the house and said, "I tried to be so careful."  Really?!?!?! When does a man and caulking and careful all go in the same sentence?  

North side eave started

He wants to work on it after work this week but of course, he has something to do every evening this week. 

Progress Made on the Double Irish Chain

Look I made some progress on our daughter's Double Irish Chain!!  Yesterday I had four rows done today I added three more rows.  I only have 8 more blocks to add.  All the blocks are chained stitched together.  After I sew on the last eight blocks, I'll start sewing the rows together in the other direction. 

I am planning on doing a Seminole border.  This will be a king size quilt.  I haven't done a quilt this big in awhile.  It is big!
It has been fun to get some sewing done.  Back to work tomorrow.

To take this photo, I draped the blocks on a mattress that is in our soon to be guest room.  The bed is leaning against the wall, so we can remove the popcorn ceiling and replace the carpet. A project to start next year.

Happy Stitching!

Man Cave Update

I am a week late posting this but I wanted to catch up.  Mr. B. finished all the siding on his man cave!!  All he needs to do is caulking and painting.  I almost forgot he needs to close in two ends of the eaves.  Getting closer to being done!


 

Fun Fun Easy Easy Project

While at the Quilter's Mercantile in Williams Arizona one of the gals brought in a cute table runner she had made that morning.  The fun thing is I know this gal, her name is Debbie and I have been to quilt camp with her.  She is the only person I know who lives in Williams AZ.  It was really fun to see her.  I was so excited about this fun little table runner and I am thinking fun gift idea.  So I watched a little demo on how to make the table runner and purchased some fabric to make one. 


Teal Fabric from Williams AZ

After we left Williams we drove to Cottonwood, AZ a see the quilt shop there.  At Quilter's Quarters I found some fall fabric which what I really wanted but couldn't find in Williams. So I purchased some.  

Fall Fabric

I didn't time the teal runner, I did time the fall runner and it took me 30 minutes but I was taking pictures of each step and I was watching TV.   I see Christmas gifts for co-workers.

Happy Stitching!!

Class Sample Is Done!

My Sweet honey took me on a little trip to Williams Arizona to take the train to the Grand Canyon.  Of course I like to bring some handwork with me.  I worked on the binding for my Fly to the Star Class sample.  Here it is on my lab in the car.

Here it is all finished and ready to take the shop as a class sample.  I quilted it during the week and added the binding so I could do the hand stitching on the trip.  I finished it about 1/2 an hour before we arrived at our home.

I did simple quilting, in the ditch, and a 1/4 inch inside the square of the star and some of the geese.  Around the three dimensional geese I quilted the background of the blocks in a small meandering so the geese would pop.  I don't think it shows real well in the photo.  I did larger meandering in the border. You can double click on the picture to see it bigger.

Happy Stitching and Happy Halloween!

Class Sample

I offered to teach a class on different ways to make Flying Geese.  It is for newer quilters and I will also teach them how to use their rulers for cutting 45 degree angles.  I found some fabric I really liked and started thinking about a layout. 

Not my real fabrics

Of course I played with some layouts in EQ7.  I even scanned in my fabrics for a realistic look.  Here is one of my first ideas.  The problem was I liked both of my colored fabrics and I could not decide which one to use the most.  So I was trying to go for balance of both colors.  What a mistake that was. 

First layout

This is what kind of craziness you get when you cannot decide on colors.  The next morning I woke up and had a great idea.  So after work on Monday night I did some frog stitching and made more flying geese and a star. 



Final Layout



I planed it out in EQ7 and loved it right away.  I named it Fly to the Star.  The red geese I am just going to make a single strip hanging.  No waste here.

Here it is all basted and ready for quilting. I have five different ways to make the flying geese.  There are more ways then that but a couple of them are too strange for new quilters.  Plus I won't want to use them myself so why teach them. 

One of the fun techniques I am teaching are three dimensional.  See the rulers tucked in the folds?  Here is where I learned how to do the goose on the left. The one on the right I learned on the Dear Jane list many years ago, when I made a one inch star. 

Now to go start the quilting! 

On Sunday I also finished my Beyond the Basics EQ7 class handouts I will be teaching on the 5th.  I have been a busy girl!

Happy Stitching!

The Quilt Has Crossed the Pond

Today I received an email from my cousin in England below is what she wrote.  This was nice to receive before going to work.

Wow Mary



The parcel has arrived this morning. Thank you so much. Michael thinks I am a very lucky girl! The book and sea turtle all arrived safely.

I have been walking around the house trying to find the best place to display the quilt. Probable place is on the stair landing. We shall see. Picture will be taken to send to you.

Thank you, thank you.


Much love from your cousin Sue. xxxxx

I think she likes it!!
Now I can unveil the label.

I did the flower design with my machine using the same variegated thread I used for the quilting of the borders.