Working on UFOs

I finished quilting another quilt today. That makes four that I have only binding yet!

I also got a good start on my monochromatic quilt for this month. Considering I just started it a few days ago, I think that's good, lol. I'll get some pictures on tomorrow.

I Can't Get Motivated Today!

I did get a quilt basted and another one is ready to be basted, but I just can't get motivated!

Do any of you have those days?!?!?!?

Hope you're having a quilty day!

Addendum:

Well, I found some motivation...in a small bottle of 5 Hour Energy, lol. I got another quilt basted and started the dishes and cooked dinner.

I'm meeting with a friend this afternoon and taking my two older girls to a movie tonight, so I won't be doing much more today, but at least I got two quilts basted this morning! YEAH!

Monochromatic Challenge

I'm going to challenge myself to do a monochromatic quilt each month. I want to get rid of some of my stash, and this seems as good a way as any, lol. I'm going to use a twister pattern because they use big 10" blocks and they go together quickly. Then I'll cut up the rest of the fat quarter into smaller blocks and organize them by color as I go.

These are the colors I'm going to use:

January - Yellow
February - Violet
March - Brown
April - Orange
May - Red
June - Indigo
July - Blue
August - Pink
September - Green
October - Two-color
November - Black/White + Another color

I borrowed this idea from Judy Laquidara. She did this challenge in 2011.

This is what I'm going to base my colors on.

Pink, Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet

Rail Fence Baby Quilt

I have another finish! I have finished several quilts over the last several weeks and it feels great. I finished the binding on the quilt while the kids were watching Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs last night on TV.

Rail Fence Baby Quilt

I LOVE my Sweet Sixteen! I named her Emily. I have almost five million stitches on her.

Emily

Hope you've had a quilty day!

A Finish

I just finished a baby quilt. I finished the binding during the games yesterday.

This quilt doesn't have a place to go yet. I will probably donate it.

Working on a Quilt-in-My-Head

So, I got this fat quarter pack and it's kind of Christmasy, but not too Christmasy. (I don't like Christmasy fabric AT ALL.) I saw a quilt online and then I couldn't find it again, so I thought I could make it anyway.

I made all negative 9-patches rather than positive 9-patches.

When I put them on the design wall, I realized that there was nothing I could do with them, lol. Nothing that I could figure out, anyway.

So I went looking for another quilt to make.

I found this one at allpeoplequilt. It's a pattern for a quilt called Suite Dream.

So, I've converted my 9-patches to 16-patches.

I may or may not follow the pattern, but I think I will make the border the same.

Hope you're having a quilty day.

Slow Day

Not feeling well today. :-(

We finished school in good time this morning, though. I always feel better when all the kiddos school is finished.

This afternoon, I took a nap and I still don't feel much better, but I'm going to work on a block so I can go sew with my friend, Candice tomorrow. We're doing a quilt together, so I'll try and get some photos to share with you all.

Hope you're having a quilty day!

I've Been Busy

I've been busy this last week. I quilted four quilts and a friend quilted two and now it's time to bind.

Here are some pictures of the quilts held by my faithful quilt holder, Josiah.

Now, some obligatory kid pictures.

My public school kiddos

My homeschool kiddos

Hope you're having a quilty day!

Working on David's Quilt

This is the first quilt that I'm going to be finishing. It's for my brother who recently moved up to Bismarck.

I LOVE having my brother nearby. The rest of my family lives in Kansas and Colorado, and that's a LONG way from North Dakota!

David's Quilt

I'll have to see if I can find the book that this quilt came from. I love it!

I'm going to be quilting the heck out of the background causing the shapes to pop up.

Quilting the background

It's going to take a bit of time, but I think it will be awesome.

Addendum: This quilt came from the book Beyond Neutral. There are quite a few modern quilts. I really like several of them.

 

Goals for Remainder of 2015

I need to get my UFOs finished!

So, here's the deal. My goal is to get all the quilts (in various stages of finishment) finished by the end of the year.

This is a wardrobe

This is a wardrobe full of quilts!

Think I can do it?