Two of my favorite things...quilting and destroying rooms!

Thought I better do a little updating while I have the chance.

It's been pretty busy around here. I am not only sewing as much as possible, but, I am also in the process of redoing our master bathroom. I know, another room to add to my list of re-do's.

Here is my latest quilt on the design board.

"Half Crocked" a self portrait. lol

Half Crocked

Half Crocked

The pictures don't do it justice, it is made of all Batiks and
it's very colorful, fun and a bit off beat.
So, in that case, it really is a self portrait. 
This quilt started out straight, but, I couldn't stand it, so, out came the rotary cutter and away I cut. Not sure what I am going to do with the back yet, but, I am sure it will be just as wild and bright. 

This quilt already has a home, it's going to live with my
Brother and Sister-in-law. When Carol, my sister-in-law saw it, she said it reminded her of stained glass and would be more than happy to take if off my hands. But, I had to finish it first.
No problem.
I'm thinking of doing a straight line, OK, not so straight line, machine quilting on this one. I really liked the way the
zig zag quilt turned out with it's straight line quilting, so,
my thoughts, don't fix it if it's not broken.  

Now, on to the bathroom.  
Couple of pics of the destroyed bathroom shower. Do have to tell you that my hubby is really thrilled with me, NOT????

One thing you can say about me, I don't do things half way, it's either all or nothing.

We have all the tile off the walls, ceiling, and floor of the shower so far. Now, all we have to do is remove the tile in the rest of the bathroom. My hubby really LOVES me!!!!!

Can't wait to get this room finished so I can start on the living room and dining room,  and their NEW wood floors!!! 

Don't tell my husband, I will deny, deny, deny.

Update on Paisley, her quilt, and a couple more

I finished Paisley's quilt and it looks amazing. (You're going to have to trust me on that, since my camera is not working right now. )
Still waiting on word if she has made her entrance yet, but, it's any time now. Can't wait to get my hands on her and welcome her to our family.

I also finished the zig zag quilt posted earlier, and, I have to say, it might be one of my favs. I really, really, like the way it turned out. (again, you have to trust me). I did straight line quilting outlining the zig's and zag's and threw in a couple down the middle of each one. It was the first time quilting that way for me, and, I love it. I can see a lot more quilts quilted this way in the future.

I am in the process of cutting out a new quilt top, it's batik squares in squares in squares. Guess you can tell I like squares by now.

I will get pics of all the quilts and Paisley as soon as I can.

Paisley's quilt is on the frame.

Paisley's quilt is finally on the frame and getting quilted.

Just to update you, Paisley will be my newest Grand Niece that is due to arrive sometime this month. I guess I better get with it and get this quilt finished before she gets here. I have for some reason, (I don't want to screw it up) put this one off, and now, time is running out on me.

I work best under pressure.

Check out the pic below, don't you love my bag of Pinto Beans for weight????

I had to use something, the quilt's a pretty big one. It started out as a baby quilt and I just kept adding some here and adding some there. You know how that goes!

First two rolls completed, lot's more to go!


Guess I better go, I hear the quilt calling me.

Trying to catch up.

Yeah, I know, I'm still not keeping up with the blog postings, but, I'm trying and I have been busy!!

Been sewing a bit over the past couple of weeks, not to mention, I am still hand quilting the big King Size quilt, spiked with color. So, I'm not sitting around watching TV and eating bon-bons. Although, that would be nice ever so often.

Anyway, here are a couple of the things I have been working on:

This is the front of the baby quilt I am doing for my niece, Lesley's baby girl due to arrive around the end of July.

A friend of mine (thanks Vicki) gave me several cross stitched blocks she had done and told me I could do what I wanted with them. So, here is the first quilt from them.

Lesley picked out most of the fabric from my ever growing stash, then I worked on the layout and added a couple more fabrics to the mix.

This quilt, front and back (pic to follow), are ready for the Flynn Frame.
I am hoping to get this one, at least, partly quilted before Wed of this week.

We shall see.

I love bright colors, or, can you tell!

Next Quilt

I saw this flannel fabric at Hancock's and fell in love with, but, had no idea what I would do with it. I just knew I had to have it. Low and behold, a new baby is on the way and I had the perfect fabric to use. It just so happened, in the quilting class I was taking, she wanted us to make a rag quilt to show us how to quilt via the embroidery attachment. Now, I call that perfect timing. Sadly, I didn't purchase enough of the large floral print, and I could find it anywhere. The fabric was no longer a stock item.

So, the hunt was on.

Website after website, no luck.

Just when I was about to give up,

I received an email about a new fabric shop on line.

Yep, they had it and the other coordinating fabric.

I was in business.

I really love this RAG quilt.

Here's one of the quilting designs we learned in class.

Here's a couple other tops I have been working on over the past couple of weeks.

Enjoy.

Shadow quilt top.

ZIG ZAG

Quilts for 2010

Started a new quilt yesterday and this is what I have finished so far. I found the pattern on line free and just had to make it. The best part, I'm using fabric I already had. So, this is a stash buster. Got to love 'em.

So, here's the pattern, notice I had to mark it with the colors I would be using.

Here's all the pieces cut, numbered, and stacked ready to sew.

This is my quilt on the design board. Looks pretty close if I do say so myself. The dark purple and olive colors don't show up very good in the pic, but, you can see them in person.

Not a bad days work.