Quilting A Bento Box Quilt

Here it is, a nasty, dreary old Friday night. Lots of rain (we need it) and it has turned COLD!!!!!
Where is our beautiful spring weather?To me, rain is soooo depressing, maybe by tomorrow it will be "outta here".
The last 3 days have been very busy in my sewing room. I am making a "Bento Box' quilt. It will be 60" x 60". I won the kit at the local quilt show last weekend. The colors are very "fallish"
lots of browns, dark greens and deep reds. I have all the 8" blocks together,now have to sew 4 of them together to make 15" finished blocks, then sew them together. I have been pleasantly surprised, as I haven't had any trouble with it, so far. Most of you folks will probably think that is a funny statement, but I am not real comfortable with making a quilt from a pattern.I like to look at a picture and figure out what I want to do from that. But, since I won the kit thought Iwould see what I could do. The owner of the LQS said she would like to hang it in her shop when I finish it. I told her she may be sorry she asked. LOL
Hope to have pics as soon an I get the top pieced. I am still learning about doing the pictures. The light in my house isn't too good for pics, so will take them outside asap.
Our LQS has been having demos at her shop all week, I have gone over there everyday, that has messed up my days bigtime. The demos were at 12 noon and 6pm. but today she fed us a very nice lunch and gave each of us a very nice quilting book " Patchwork and Quilting Book #2. There are 20 projects by Kaffe Fassett and some other stuff. I am going to save it to look at while on our trip.Las Vegas is a LOOOOOng way from here. She also gave us 4 fat quarters. I thought that was awfully nice of her. But am glad we are through, I will only get to sew 2 or 3 days next week. Will have to get our "things " ready to go.
Sunday, We will go to church with our DD and her family, Our DD and GD are going to join this new church and also going to be baptised. Then we will go to lunch with them, so will not get any sewing done, but that is ok. There really are a few things more important than quilting!!!
I do hope all of you are going to have a wonderful weekend, why don't you do some quilting memories for me. Later everyone!!!!

Ceramic Quilt Santa

Am I early or am I late????????? I know you will think I am crazy, but I wanted to post a pic of something I had painted. I have had a ceramic shop for 24 years,well until August of 2006,when we closed it. I have not sold it yet, but would love to. Anyway, over the years I painted LOTS of ceramics. I started a collection of Santas,many,many years before so many other people did, My collection contains about 500 or so.I keep a lot of them out on display. Probably half my Santas are tree ornaments.But most of the rest are in my hutch. NO dishes , just Santas!! Anyway this Santa is my quilt Santa.The quilt he is holding is a bearpaw pattern.I hope you enjoy looking at him as much as I do. He is my sewing companion. The bear was a gift from a friend, he's fuzzy and holding a spool of thread. Cute,huh???

Hubby and I were told last week our next working trip will be in a couple weeks , we are going to Las Vegas.When we get there, we will have some free time, I'm sure. Does anyone know or any fabric shops there????? I am looking forward to being in Vegas. WE went through there about 30 years ago, but didn't even stop. Our DD wasn't old enough to go into any of the casino's,and at the time, I wasn't looking for any fabric shops.I also am not much of a shopper of anything else, except fabrics. So we just came on home. Of course from LV it takes about 4 days of driving about 8-10 hours a day. But we both love to travel, so this trip will be fun.We are both looking forward to going, we also have a friend who moved out there just a few months ago, so hopefully we will get to see her. We worked very close to home this past weekend, but had to stay the night. So didn't get any sewing done over the weekend either.

I have been cutting out 2 quilts, so maybe in a day or so , I can start sewing, I am so ready to sew again. But I cleaned house yesterday and I must iron today. It will take me at least 2-3 hours to get my ironing done. Then I will go to our LQS, she is doing demonstrations every day this week as part of her anniversary sales promotions. Yesterday one her salesladies demoed the new software for our machines. Quite interesting, but I don't mess with those types of things, Hubby does all those things for me, then puts everything on a CD, and I embroider whatever it is.He was impressed with the new software tho. I am thinking that would make him a nice Christmas gift. Haven't made my mind up yet!!!!!!!!

This isn't getting my ironing done, so think I will get off here and get busy. Even though I can't sew today, hopefully some of you will be quilting memories today. Quilt a block for ME!!!!!!!!

Later!!!!!

Sewing Room Pic.

This is a new shelf my DH put up for me in January, that completed ALL the space I can use in my Sewing Room. Of course this isn't the entire shelf unit.It has 8 shelves,and is 5 ft. wide. I can store lots of stuff. All the rest of my storage units have doors. As Judy said in her blog it takes a while to get everything where you want is. I like my machine at the window. I like to look outside and see nature and whatever is going on up and down the road. I also have a nice cutting area. It is higher, so that makes it easier to stand there for long periods of time. Will get some pics soon.
I remade a BOM yesterday, It was the second one we made and I wasn't satisfied with it, but now it looks better. If the weather is nice tomorrow I plan to take them outside and take pictures. I do think it is supposed to be bright and sunny. I sure hope so, I love it when I can see the SUN.
Today I decided that I will use another panel to make the baby quilt for my G-Nephew. That is what I done for his cousin,so it will be ok. I am trying to get all the panels I have made into baby quilts. Will not buy anymore. Bought the ones I have, before I started piecing my quilts. So It won't take long, but I will not complete it until he arrives, as I will embroider his name at the top and birthdate at the bottom. but will have everything that I can, done, so when he gets here I can get it to them within a couple weeks.
I am the type person, when I start something I finish it before I start a new project. I have NO UFO'S. That would drive me crazy. I truly don't like to have more than one thing working.I know I am crazy, but that is me.
I did start cutting out the quilt I talked about in my last post, so will have that and the baby quilt working at the same time, so you will probably read a lot of whining!!!!
I will also try to get some more pics of my sewing room, I am just happy to have my on space for sewing, it was our darughters bedroom for 21 years, we made a guest room out of our sons room. I sewed for many years in my dining area, and that was really inconvinent. But we all make do with what we have.
Tomorrow is Monday, hope everyone will be quilting memories, as for me, I will be in my sewing room but unfortunately, the laundry will have to get done also. So it won't be all fun, but some. Take care and make some time for quilting Memories.

"Do You See What I See" Baby quilt

This is my 1st. wannabe baby quilt. I wannabe a great grandmother but my grand children aren't helping.!!!! What I am doing is making 3 baby quilts so I can ""hand them down" to my grandkids when they have a child. I'm not getting any younger and I want to make sure each one has at least one baby quilt I have made.So I tease them and tell them I'm a wannabe grandma!!!! I only have one GS married, the other GS is in college and the GD is in the 6th. grade. So I will be waiting a while I guess. This is an I SPY quilt. Hope some future GC likes it!!!!

Did get an email from nephew and his wife today, they are expecting a BOY, I think she is due in September. So am going to get busy and make one for him. I can't wait. I do enjoy making baby quilts. Hope everyone is going to have a nice weekend, tomorrow I am going to watch our GD play soccer, she has 2 games. So when they are over, will probably not do a thing. I do hope the weather is nice. I think it is supposed to be in the low 70's and sunny. So should be nice.

Today I finished my 2 BOM's , always glad to get them done, I'm not very good at all those small pieces. I like Blocks (sguare), rectangles, and strips. When I do anything else I am definately out of my comfort zone. I also cut out a block I had done before, I wasn't satisfied with the way it turned out, so got some more fabric and am going to make that one again. As a matter of fact, I want to make all of them again. I think they are all very pretty. Will post pics of what I have done in a day or so.

Hope all of you find some time this weekend to be quilting memories. Have a good weekend!!!!

More pics

This baby quilt was made for a great nephew in 2005,mostly made of panels, but done all the quilting myself.Really did not know enough about how to put a quilt together, but did manage, and they loved it.

The one on the right was the very first quilt I ever pieced, The designs are embroidered and the fabric is a very light weight fleece. This one was done in 2004. It is hard to believe these children are as old as they are, seems like yesterday they were born. I'm sorry the blue quilt is sideways, but I don't know how to straighten it up. Hubby isn't home this am to help me.

Well, its time to get up from here and get to cutting out my BOM'S. OK, MS. GN, time to get going!!!!

Hope everyone has a wonderful day and is going to be quilting memories.

Finally, PICTURES

I done it !!!!!!!!!!!! All by myself this time. Thanks to a very patient husband and a wonderful new found friend. This baby quilt I made last year for my good friends new great grand daughter. The hand bags ,I also made. They were for the same friends 2 grand daughters. And Yes, that is me. A terrible picture, but then I don't like any pictures made of me. I try real hard not to get in any , but got caught in here.

The 2 pics below are curtains for the sewing room , I made a couple years ago, I had fun with them.The design in the middle of both the checked part is an ornament from Bernina with a lace piece behind them. The other designs I embroidered on my machine.

Well, hopefully now I can post new things that I do, I do have some more things I want to share ,but that can be another time.

Tomorrow I plan to start my new BOM"S that I picked up today and then start cutting out the new baby quilt I have planned.. SOOOOOOOOOO, tomorrow I will be quilting memories.Hope everyone is warm and dry with their feet still on the ground. (We have had some horrendous winds).

Sewing room curtains #2
We are going to get the pictures right yet.!!!! Please bear with me.