Friday Night Sew In: Part 2

It's amazing how much you can get sewn if you just sit down and sew.  I have been looking at this quilt for a couple of weeks as I would pass my sewing room.  I knew I needed something that would just make me stop everything and sew for a little while.  Heidi's Friday Night Sew In was the best way for me to get this little quilt finished.

From the Spring 2011 Issue of "Quilts and More"

I had the top sewn together, and Terry quilted it for me.  I still had to applique the little bird and sew the binding on.  I fused a piece of light weight  batting underneath the bird/background applique so that the quilting wouldn't show through.  Then I zig zagged along the edges using thread the same color for each piece I appliqued.  Terry's technique of sewing on the binding by machine made this project quick to finish.

I didn't have anyone at home to hold it up for me, and it was raining outside so I couldn't throw it over my wooden fence, but it's larger than it seems. 

The floral brown fabric, the brown polka dot, the stripes, and the pink print behind the bird came from Hobby Lobby.  The other fabrics came from stash.  I bought enough of the pink print to do the binding. 

Terry free motion quilted the feathers all over.

Sometimes that's all that our UFO's need; just a few minutes here and there, and they would be finished.  What I'm really excited about is that I have a present completed weeks ahead of when it's supposed to be given.  That rarely ever happens! 

You can go see what everyone else was sewing on last night by going here.

Have a great weekend!

Amanda

Friday Night Sew-In

Hello!  Yes, I know it has been January since I have written anything on my blog!  I haven't forgotten about you, though. 

I love the new button! 

I worked most of the day today, and, as I was working, I was really wishing that I was sewing.  Then I thought it would be fun to sew with friends, especially since it is a cold, windy, rainy Friday night.  So, I popped in over at Heidi's blog to see if it just happened to be another Friday Night Sew-In, and it is! 

You can join in on the fun, too by signing up on Heidi's blog, Handmade by Heidi.  We will sew tonight, and show what we are working on tomorrow.  I'm hoping to get a baby quilt appliqued and the binding attached.  Sunday, a prize will be given away, but the prize for me will be finishing something. 

Have a great weekend!

Amanda

I'm Ready to Sew

I spent most of the day  getting ready to sew for the Friday Night Sew In.  I cleaned house and started putting  Christmas away.  I'm sure the neighbors are glad to see the wreaths out of the window.  Just sayin

I am in the process of trying to finish my Scrappy Hearts quilt.  It's been 2 years in the making.

 

Oops!  It looks like I forgot to take the Christmas quilt off my bed.

This is how much I had done when I put it away 2 years ago.   I  look at it and think, "Wow!  I made that?"  With so many quick and fast quilts that I made for the kids and grand kids sometimes I wonder if I still know how to make a half square triangle! 

I loved the idea of knowing that all of us were sewing together, but I sort of got  lonely. I messaged my quilting buddy  Mary Ann on Facebook to see what she was doing, and she  was sewing at the Friday Night Sew In.  We chatted while we sewed, and it made for a fun night.  Neither one of us could stay up all night, but sewing for a little while is better than not sewing at all. 

The quilt is a queen  size quilt. I didn't get it finished last night during the sew in, but I did finish making all of the hearts, after I ripped out a couple that I had sewn together the wrong way. 

I know that it's fun to get things finished really fast, but for me, I need to slow down and enjoy the process of quilting.  I really had fun matching seams, squaring up blocks, and admiring my beautiful half square triangles. 

Thank you Heidi for hosting the Friday Night Sew In. 

Amanda



Friday Night Sew In

So much for decluttering my blog.  I'm a softie for cute blog backgrounds, especially ones with Valentine's Day themes.  It's this adorable little day smack dab in the middle of a cold, dreary winter, and it involves chocolate!

I'm trying to get back in the groove of things, as I have already told you.  I saw on Kim's blog where tomorrow night is the Friday Night Sew In.  It's perfect since it's snowing a lot here.  I still have a couple of hearts to rip out and sew back together sew and some sashings to make, so that will most likely be what I am going to be doing. 

You can join in on the fun, too!  We sew on Friday night, show and tell on Saturday (I don't think you have to have something finished; just show that you sewed something), and on Sunday there will be a giveaway.  There's another "special", too, but you will have to go to Heidi's blog to see. 

So, what project are you sewing on this weekend? 

Have fun!

Amanda

Excuse My Mess

Please excuse my little mess here on my blog.  As you can see, I have been changing things around and doing a little "house"keeping.  I'm still in the process (I can't believe I finally learned how to change my blog into a 3 column blog!) and I'm on my way to, hopefully, making it a little less cluttered, a little more organized, and maybe it will be easier to read.

And just so this post isn't pictureless, I'm sticking to my New Year's resoultion, so far.

This is Terry and I holding up a quilt that I started a year and a half ago.  Since Terry works at home being a long arm quilter, and I work at home, it's easier for me to come to her house and sew while she quilts.  My work doesn't involve being tied down to my house.  I can answer my phone and take orders.  Our other friend, Alana, is a former police officer and is now a 911 dispatcher.  What's most important, though, is that she is a beginner quilter.  We have decided that every Wednesday we will meet at Terry's house and sew while she quilts on customer quilts.  It gives us something to look forward to, and I'm beginning to get some things finished.  This week I finished squaring up the blocks to my Heart quilt. I hope to get all of the hearts sewn together so I can put the quilt top together next Wednesday.

It's nice to get some quilt tops tops finished, the backings sewn together, and out of my sewing room (and into Terry's for her to quilt them for me).  It's amazing how much space it takes to keep unfinished projects unfinished. 

I'm back to working on my blog, again.  I would like something, though, and maybe you could help.  I really like to look of simple blogs; uncluttered with a simple background.  I love puting other blog buttons on my blog and sometimes I feel that when I have a busy blog background there's just alot to see and it's sort of chaotic.  If you have any suggestions, they would be greatly appreciated.

Have a great weekend! 

Amanda