Ready to hem!

Hi friends!
I finished quilting Sat. after noon and put it on the bed to trim after i sewed on the binding. I used the same fabric that i used in the last border.

Here i had finished and my gran daughter was ready to trim hers This was her first try at sewing and she loved my feather weight. But who wouldn't?  They are the best thing out there to make straight stitches, and nice and quit.

She will be 15 in August and once she learns to drive she wont be interested in sewing. Maybe i can get her mother interest in quilting one day.  I can only hope!

Hugs

Babs

Still quilting.

Hi friends!
I just like a little finishing but with my back hurting can't sit for long any where. I feel better moving around so i do!
One more time should do it and then I will have to find a good binding fabric.

I managed maybe 15 minutes on it last night. then i had to get up!

Doing stars !

I have to fight my hands they want to make petals but i saw where Colette had made stars and had to try making them myself.

Have a great weekend 

Hugs

Babs

Still quilting

Hi friends!
Still quilting.
I think i have finished half of it so far.

I am trying to do stars, my first time for that!  But i really need more patterns .  I don't like every inch quilted to death , just enough to hold it all together.  Maybe i will finish before Friday since i am going to have to lay off the cutting for a while. My back has had a fit!  It doesn't act up much in the last few years but i have had problems with it since i was in my 20es.

Have a good one

Hugs

Babs

Quilting

Hi friends!
When it was time for the race to come on i started quilting my quilt.  Ran into trouble right off. I had oiled my big brother after my last quilt but hadn't cleaned her.
It would not go!!!
So i had to take her apart and clean her good.

There was so much lint under the feet dogs that they couldn't drop.
It had been nearly a month since i had used this machine but i quilted Alisha's big quilt and it packed it in there.

After that i didn't have any problems but it got late and i quit a little after nine o'clock.
I spent all my quilting time cleaning, but i should have already cleaned it so my bad.
Have a good one
Hugs
Babs

Ready to start quilting

Hi friends!
 I am all set up to quilt this this weekend.
I have tried every thing to quieten this machine and it didn't work so i just bring her back into the dining room so i want drown out Tommy's t v.
I think it turned out to be more of a full quilt instead of a lap.

 Maybe i will finish this weekend but who knows, Alisha [granddaughter] is suppose to come and spend the night tonight and we are going to sew. I have been cutting 3 inch squares for her to sew with.

Have a great weekend 

Hugs

Babs

Sandwiching my Quilt

Hi friends!
Yesterday i ironed this to get the wrinkles out.

You can see it was wadded up!

I spread the backing out and then the battening and put the ironed quilt top on it to make sure it was wide enough. Then i turned half of the top back and sprayed the battening , smoothed out the top and pinned. Then i did the same thing to the other half.

I folded the part i already had done over so i could have plenty of room to work.

Then i ironed it again!

Maybe i can get it quilted or at least started by Friday.

Have a good one

Hugs

Babs

Ready for Sandwiching

Hi friends!
Finally got the last border on.

Next step Sandwiching!

Just as soon as i get some battening! Going to go to Hancock's and see what i can find.  I called them to see if they would still be open this week and they said they would . Hope i get a lot of great stuff!

Wish me luck!

Hugs

Babs

Adding Borders

Hi friends!
Just got my yellow border on when we had company last night. So that's all i got done to this.
Next i am going to add back that grey mixture fabric.
It's just going to be a Lap quilt!

This is the way it will look when i finish the borders. That yellow will make the sampler part stand out. Like a light show casing the blocks. At least that's what i am hoping for. 

Have a great weekend

Hug

Babs

Still looking for borders

Hi friends!
Since Monday i have looked and looked for some thing in my stash to make a small border.
This morning i woke up with the answer.
This yellow didn't do it for me either.

This is more fabric i found but didn't like!

I like this with it better than any thing else i own. but when i woke up i thought, a really small yellow border and then add this back. That would high light the sampler blocks!
So that's what i am going to try!
Have a good one
Hugs
Babs

Pictures of Easter

We had the best time!
Hugs
Babs

Trying to Find a Border

Hi friends!
This looks OK next to the grey but it doesn't go with the blocks that much! In this picture it kinds looks Ok.
I think i will have to buy some thing to finish ! On the Internet it's hard to find just the right fabric to match because some times the colors are different when you get them.

I tried to find some thing else from the stash but i don't have a thing.

That is the best i could find.

I will keep looking!

Have a great Easter weekend

Hugs

Babs

Aunt Eddie's Quilt

Hi friends!
I added the last row to Aunt Eddies quilt..
I laid out some fabric that i had a large amount of but this is the closest i could get to some thing that went with it.

I am not real happy with this choice but it has grey in it. It picks up a little bit of the other colors. I may be able to find some thing better but i laid out 4 or 5 and none went as well as this. I may have to add one side and see if i like it.  I can always rip it back out. It may just be to busy!

Well i will look some more and maybe add one side! wish me luck

Hugs

Babs

Three Rows Together.

Hi friends!
Some of my blocks were larger so i did less in the saching to fit them in on the third row.

Love the multi-colors in this one and the grey!  I even have some Christmas fabric in it. Worked on it Sat afternoon , because Sis came over on Friday and stayed until supper.  Of course i was cleaning so she didn't interrupt sewing.  That's what i must do this week because of the Easter dinner this Sunday.

But hopefully i will get in some sewing each day.  Spring Cleaning! 

One day i must buy some chocolate eggs maybe the Dr. day

Have a good one

Hugs

Babs

Working on Aunt Eddies Quilt

Hi friends!
I started putting together my top yesterday. Decided on the grey for a change.

Did two rows and then added them together.

I think i may like this! I have planed on using a different color for months now , guess i just love white but i am  going to do this again.

This is where i quit for the day. Ready to add the next row of blocks when i get them sewed together. This is cleaning day and i don't mean just my sewing room.

I wanted to show you my next small quilt.

Don't know when i will start this with 4 quilts going on at the same but i will!!

Have a good weekend

Hugs

Babs

All my blocks , I hope!

Hi friends!
This is Hayes corner!

This is a cute block and would make a great dark quilt.

I laid them out to see how many i need.

With saching this may be big enough. I laid out different fabric's to see what i liked with it.

This is the grey, i like white for some reason with every thing, just trying to change, i see lots of dark quilt that i just love but i always lean to white.

I like this and i have plenty, found it at a resale shop, i think it's three yards.

I am thinking that the grey might be best , just looking at the pictures. It changes what you see when you take a picture of it. So i guess I will go with grey!

Have a wonderful day

Hugs

Babs

Next to the last block!

Hi friends!
This block is called "Austin"

After i made that block i laid them out to see how many more i need, just had one hole so i am getting  close to a top.

Maybe i will get it put together this week.  I am debating on what to use between each block! I have some grey and some white. and solid red. I may lay it out with them to see how it would look. I bought the gray for this purpose a while back.

Sis and I went to a small quilt show Sat. here is a picture of  a few.

Some amazing quilts and most of them hand quilted. I saw friends that i worked with for years but didn't know that they  quilted. Of course i have just been doing it for close to 5 years and hadn't worked there since 1994.

That dress quilt.far left, had loose arms sewed down on both ends and the top of the  skirt was open and lose over the under skirt.

I had gone to a show in another close town but they only person that talked to me was my niece and her mother so this was a peasant surprise. I did miss Freda that i wonted to see , she had come earlier

Until Wednesday!

Have a good one

Hugs

Babs