October quilting

I have been busy, although  you'd never know it by my blog.  I've tried to post from my iPad, but apparently it is complicated  I'm not up for complicated, so until it's as easy as on the computer there will be big gaps of time between posts!  I did Google how to do it...not simple.

So I have 4 quilts pinned and ready for quilting.  I want to get all caught up on various quilt a longs and mysteries so I can just sit down and quilt!  Here's what is ready for quilting:
Big Star baby quilt

Chuckles baby quilt

Triangle Trove baby quilt

Children's Library, a Pat Sloan mystery.  I really wanted to find an aqua sheet for the backing, but found something else.  I show it after quilting!

and I just finished putting the blocks together on this one, Hedge Maze, a kit I bought a couple years ago and then forgot about!  It has a border I will put on, and I'm waiting on the backing material.  Then it will be ready for quilting.  It is kinda wild!  The fabric is Kaffe Fassett, such yummy material!  Taken outside...

Here is Hedge Maze with the border, taken inside...

 

and the mysteries I'm working on are the Fat Quarter Shop, Magnolia Mystery and Jet Girl.  Before you know it, Bonnie Hunter's mystery will be starting, Yeah!

 

September, and catching up

I am glad the hottest summer on record is slowly being put behind us.  Meanwhile I have been getting my projects either finished or up to date.  I made a new list of quilts I want to start, it looks like I have three quilts I'm currently working on and 8 I'd like to start, some of the new ones would be baby quilts.  Glad to see I'm still in the 'biz' because I was afraid I'd lost interest..must have been the heat.!!

So I'm up to date on:
1.  Children's Library (Pat Sloan) one more block to go 

2.  the Fat Quarter Shop block of the month:

3.  the Magnolia Mystery, clue 1

Looking forward to the  Wayward Transparency quilt-a-long, due to start in a few days...it's more along the lines of a modern quilt.  I'm intrigued by modern quilts.

And I forgot to post a picture of my Solstice challenge, final...

QOV - final

And now it's done!  love it!

Quilting done on latest QOV

I love this little quilt with the big stars!  It is quilted, looking for the perfect binding!

and I adore the backing, a sheet from Ikea,

Then I finished the 3rd block in the Fat Quarter Shop's quilt a long,

and one more on Pat Sloan's Children's Library,

So I am all caught up, just waiting for next clues.  Need to put the binding on the QOV and then pin and quilt my Summer Solstice!  Getting close to needing a new project...

QOV Mystery Top

Mystery revealed:  It's cool, I like it.

Then I worked on getting caught up for the Children's Library mystery:

Summer Solstice top done

Here is my version of Pat Sloan's Summer Solstice quilt-a-long, done in patriotic colors.. Not sure if I like it or not but oh well... (it should be turned  90 degrees to the left)

I now need to catch up on the other Pat Sloan mystery that I started at the first of the year, The Children's Library...also start cutting on the Magnolia Mystery!  busy busy
and here are my fabrics for this mystery,

Playing catch-up

After an eventful July, I am home and ready to catch up on projects!  I just finished the 25 blocks for Pat Sloan's Summer Solstice quiltalong, done in patriotic colors.  Just need to add some creative sashing for a very large 83" square quilt top.  This quilt is asymmetrical...

Then I am up to date on the Block of the Month from the Fat Quarter Shop:  picture is upside down!

And working on another QOV mystery quilt, this is half of the current one of Alycia's

and the fool I am, am starting the Magnolia Mystery at Meadow Mist Designs, still playing with fabric selection, but favoring pink and brown combo.

We had a fun family reunion in Flat Rock, North Carolina: