Only one this month

Hello everyone,

Just a quick note to let you know I'm still alive and did complete one item. It's the tree that goes with the small skirt I completed last month. I was able to stuff, sew up the small holes and put it together. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it. Here are the pics:

I think this is number 10 for 2012.

Wanda
http://wandas-quilts-crafts.blogspot.com/

My finishes for February & March

Here is a couple of finishes...Very old finishes.

I actually finished this one the end of February.

It's a white canvas apron I bought about 8 years ago and some fabric I bought to "fancy" it up about 5 years ago. My kitchen is apples so this will look great hanging in my kitchen.

A small Christmas tree skirt.

I bought this "kit" a long, long time ago and found it while going through my fabric. All the pieces were cut out and all it needed was to be cut out, stuffed pieces. There is a tree too but I haven't gotten it stuffed yet. The only thing I completed (with machine embroidery stitches) was the skirt. I think it turned out cute. I'm going to finish the tree soon and will show you.

Still plugging away but also dealing with health issues.

Wanda
http://wandas-quilts-crafts.blogspot.com/

A Little Late

This was supposed to be a Christmas gift for my son's girlfriend. I had the panel stitched but didn't get it finished until yesterday. Here it is (and I'm really pround of this one):

Here is a good view of the panel. It is an applique pattern from Erin Russic at One Piece at a Time.

Here is a good picture of some of the quilting I did to it. The center is cross-hatching, the flower border is a surpentine and the green outer border has a pointed design. It turned out just like I planned.

Thank you for looking and for encouraging me to push forward with the UFO's.

Wanda
http://wandas-quilts-crafts.blogspot.com/

Some more finishes!

Hello everyone,

This is going to be quick. I have finished a project that I had planned but didn't get to (not sure if it counts here or not - if not let me know). It is for a Pay it forward that I did the first of last year. It is a small doll/table quilt & matching pin cushion.

I used a small charm pack of Amelia to make them.

If it counts I think this is 6.

Wanda

http://wandas-quilts-crafts.blogspot.com/

Some more finishes

Hello everyone,

I've finished a couple of more items, both were started last year:

A felt flower that is also..

a sewing kit. Everything is hand stitched.

 This is something I started because I had joined a quilt guild that meets to sew every other week. I can't go right now because I watch my grandson. Hope to start back this summer.

This is pockets that I made from log cabin blocks.

This is a pin cushion that has a bit of storage.

This is a small ironing pad that I made from an old ironing board cover.

I also made a matching mat for my cup.

I have more pictures on my blog if you want to see them. You can go here.

This makes 5 finishes for January so far and I have another couple that I want to work on.

Wanda
http://wandas-quilts-crafts.blogspot.com/

What I've been up to this year!

Hello everyone,

Thought I would let you know what I've been up to the last week or so. It's been a bit crazy but thought I would try and get a couple of things finished this month.

This is a stitchery that I started last year and the colors match my kitchen. This is a decorative pot holder.

This is the front of my purse. I started the pieces last summer. I finished it today. I'm loving the colors and it's just the right size.

There are 2 end pockets. Both have pleated bottoms and elastic on the top. I put half a hexie on the top of the pocket.

This is the other side. The flap was easy and I used a magnetic snap for the first time. I think it was very easy to put in and it works great.

This is the two pockets in front of the purse. There are also 2 large pockets inside. Roomy!

This is a mini quilt I started years ago. All that needed to be done was to put the binding on. I pieced it together using some of the same fabric from the top. One corner didn't work out right but other wise, I love it.

Hope to add more later,

Wanda

http://wandas-quilts-crafts.blogspot.com/

I'm getting there in really small steps.

Hi,

I hope everyone is making bigger progress than I am, it seems that I work on stuff but nothing get's finished.

There has been some small steps though.

This is the piecing I am working for a 9 patch that my grandmother started (you can see the rest of the story on this block on my blog).

I need to work on the pieced sashing and then I can sew the whole top together.

I've also been working on Kaaren at The Painted Quilt's Raggedy Ann & Andy redwork stitched pieces. She has been doing these as a BOM and I'm nearly caught up (as you will see below). I'm doing these a bit different than she is, mine will be a wall hanging.

This all the blocks, so far, layed out on my bed.

These are stitched pieces from block one.

Block two.

Block three.

Block four.

Block five.

Block six.

The last bit of stitching to do. She will have another block out at the end of the week.

This is the fabric I will use on the wall hanging. It will go really good with the blocks because...

I plan on doing the last pieces with this.

Well, nothing finished but there is progress.

If you have nothing better to do or just want to look for typos in a blog, take a peek at mine, trust me there will be alot of typos because I don't seem to be coordinated enough to type or spell well. Plus, I'm one of the weirdest people you will ever "meet".

Thanks for reading along,
Wanda
http://wandas-quilts-crafts.blogspot.com/

I've got my work cut out for me!

Hi,

I'm Wanda from http://wandas-quilts-crafts.blogspot.com/ . I'm new to blogging but not quilting. A while back, I had to pack up my fabric into bags, boxes and totes because there wasn't room for me to have them where I could get to them. I've started going back through the bags, boxes and totes; washing, drying, pressing and folding all the material - a daunting task.

This is the post I just put on my blog to show where I am so far:

Well, I've been working on the fabric pile and found some UFO's and thought I would share what I was attempting to work on.

1. I found a bag of knit fabric that I had started cutting out for an Eleanor Burns pattern. It's the Quilt Block Party Series #2 Baskets and Flowers. I found a copy of the book cover on-line.

I love knit fabric quilts. I love the way they feel (my grandmother used everything she could in her quilts and since she made all her own clothes she had alot of knits - all the rage when she was raising her kids).  I believe I received alot of the knits from her.

2. This is a quilt I started over 20 years ago. It had panels that had a black outline which you painted with the fabric paint in the pen style tubes (see below).



One of the panels that I painted. Looks like I started quilting this one. All the square panels are painted but only a few are actually quilted.



This one is painted and quilted. One of the few but I like the way it looks (I used black thread to quilt it.)



This is the type of fabric paint I used. Will probably need to buy more because even though the blocks are painted, the sashing and blocks aren't all done.



I made this up for the cross sashing. I like it but I only have the one done.





This is the corner (joining the sashing). I have them all painted but only a few are quilted.





This is the up and down sashing. I had decided not to paint them but just quilt them but now that I look at it I think I want to just quilt all the sashing pieces.



3. Then I found a quilt that my grandmother had started using either 4 or 5 squares. She started putting them together in 3X3 blocks (also known as 9 patch). I like the colors that she picked. It looks like alot of shirting materials. The pictures below does not do the colors justice.



I love the color combos and the simplicity of the pattern. Not sure what I will end up making with it.




These are the colors that were cut out by my grandmother. This should be easy to put together.

4. There is one that I watched Georgia Bonesteele do on TV a long time ago and have no clue what the name of the block is but I thought it was really neat. You take blocks with rounded corners and sew a sandwich of 2 blocks and batting, flip and sew up the opening. then you take the blocks and sew them together at the corners (see below), flip the corners in different directions and add a button.  I started one but didn't get one whole "block" together (a block consists of 4 smaller squares).




This is one of the small squares. It has rounded corners and is a sandwich of 2 pieces of fabric and batting.




Here is another one, it's not finished with the opening sewn up.



This is 4 of the squares put together to make one block. The back is a blue material. See how the pieces are sewn at the corners (where the lines were drawn in the first picture). Then you flip them and sew a button on it. See the next picture.



This picture shows several "blocks" put together. They are pinned and not sewn (I think I was checking out the color combo on this one) but you should get an idea of what it looks like in a large piece. (I'm not sure of the combo, may need to put some of the more "solid" looking one's in between).


5. Then there is the WIP that I started. I'm using Bonnie Hunter's  design for one side (it has green, red and white - see the tutorial of how she does it) and the other side will have pink, purple, blue and white (some how I ended up with nearly all stripes so far on this side).



How did I end up with all stripes so far on this side - I don't intend only using stripes?!?! I will also use the same white on both sides (I have alot of the same fabric).




I love how this is looking so far. Again, I ended up using all the same fabric for each color, this is supposed to be a scrappy quilt.

 I'm using a 1 1/2 inch punch size to make the fabric hexi's (see Bonnie's tutorial for the punches) and a 1 inch for the small card pieces for the middle.

Well, that's all I have found for now. I know there are more, because there are several that I inherited from my grandmother that I haven't found yet.

Thank you for taking a peek at what I'm doing, come by and see me, I don't blog yet alot but hope to get into it more as I learn things.

Talk to you later,

Wanda

http://wandas-quilts-crafts.blogspot.com/