Celtic Solstice Part 2

Small steps!!

It's about time! I tell you this step took me FOREVER!! I think part of it was my frustration. See, I'm no ta big fan of a wasteful block. Not to be rude, but this is kind of a wasteful block. I saved all my little cut offs triangles from the edges and YES I will find a way to use all of them, all 1,952 of them! They make 1 inch finished HST's! Am I a nut??? YUP! But I love the craziness! I guess if I use them as a leader end er project... 976 little squares will come along quickly right!!
I am about half way finished with steps 3 & 5 also. I had to twist it up and work on something else so I didn't lose my mind! I just love this quilt and can't wait!!

DONE!!!

OK Friends! I have some running and sewing in mind for today! Stay warm!
And Quilt on!!
Josie

Celtic Solstice Part 4

I love quilting. I after such a long vacation away it was wonderful to sit and relax with my stitchin! It was made even more special by my special visitor! OK I have to start with we don't really do much for New Years. Honeyman Had to work on New Years day so it was not going to be a late night... it was not a late night! We made it till 10:30! LOL Any way! I said I was not going ANYWHERE on New Years Day! (OK not true I said I had to make a quick trip to the fabric store and then I was going nowhere!) My Oldest and Bestest Friend in the whole wide world (I know I have mentioned her before) was in town and asked if she could pop over. I told her my plans and she said she was happy to chat as I did my thing! Well then! Company other than Netflix!!! I'm in! She came over I cut fabric for the next four steps of Celtic Solstice (because we were on vacation I was just a bit behind!!) I even put Bec to work! I decided that I had TONS of 4 inch squares so I would use those for my four patches in stead of cutting strips!!! I did not get any sewing done that day, but I got all but one of my cuts done! So this next week I am free to sew away without having to do cutting!!! Oh, did y'all want pics?? LOL Here are my Bazillion four patches!!

That's it for tonight! I go back to the real world in the morning! Wish me luck after 3 weeks off!!
See you soon friends!
Till then,
Quilt on!
Josie ;o)

Not our typical Christmas

Well Hello Friends from Sunny Florida! Well kind of overcast this morning, but NOT snowy so I will take it!

Back

It is hard to believe that our two weeks is almost up! We have had such a great time! Uncle Timmy has been such a great host and so wonderful to take the four of us in! We have packed a LOT into this time down here!


Front

I finished up a quilt and gave it to my Niece Natalie for Christmas! I worked on the binding on the flight here and on the drive down to Key West!

our view from our room!!

My Fam!

We Drove down to Key west for the weekend! Drove over the Seven Mile Bridge! And visited the Southern most point of our United States!
We rode on a hover thingy I the Everglades and drove down Alligator Alley and saw a BAJILLION alligators!!!

Uncle Timmy and Lil

Darien and Natalie

Uncle Timmy and the kids made gingerbread houses!







We celebrated Christmas in true Timmy fashion! We watched the Family Guy Star Wars trilogy, Darien, Timmy, and Honeyman played a Star Wars fantasy something or another game, then we watched Star Wars I, II, & III! Yes we are in that kind of home! LOL

 

We also went to Bush gardens and rode coasters and Lil had the high light of her vacation when she got to meet this guy...

Just look at the sheer joy!
 

 

Oh he knew he was making this kids day, too! He was playing it up! It did my heart good!

 

We also visited MOSI (Museum of Science and Industry) And are planning Lego Land for today!

 

WOW that is a LOT! I'm glad when we get back I have a few days to recover from this vacation! But really, it has been such a wonderful trip! We did not exchange gifts, the time together WAS our gift! I just hope our children see it as such!

 

We fly out on Monday! I do so hope Allegiant does not mess up our return flight... Oh, I forgot to mention our flight here was SUPPOSED to be at 4:00! It got moved back to 5:15... and then to 8:30!!! That is a late flight and they had no other options! Since booking we have heard from several friends who have also had HORRIBLE experiences with them! I will not fly with them again!!

Sorry, done with rant! LOL

 

I'm off to start my day!

 Have a great one friends!

And QUILT ON!!

Josie

Celtic Solstice Part 1

Oh, I did it! I started! Normally I like to wait till the end of a QAL to start. I like to change up the colours, I like to make it my own and sometimes I like to do mulitiple steps at once! Especially when I'm working on. One that is as labor intensive as a Bonnie Hunter QAL! But thins time...
Well I have step one finished all but triming up the last dozen or so. I know, week 2 has already been posted, but I went and wrecked up my back and spent all day Sunday druged up and lying on a heating pad! So I am trying to take it slow and let it heal up.
One more week and we will be out of here for 2 weeks! Let's cross our fingers for good flying weather!
Have a great day friends
See you soon
Till then, quilt on!
Josie

November wrap up

Sheesh! I feel like I'm so far behind! But what else is new! LOL
OK SO I was last working on my Rainbow round! I only had the binding to go!! And my FAVORITE is a good striped bias binding! So I went with Purple!! SQUEAL! This quilt SCREAMS me! It is bright and has lots of red and purple! I am psyched I can put it on the DONE list!

Also on the done list are Sunshine's Quillow AND Terra's Quillow!
I do feel bad because I'm pretty sure I'm not going to be able to get the other 2 done before we leave for vacation! OOPS! But Sean loves me! He will forgive!

Close up of quilting!

Back

Terra's front

I took pictures at night and had a difficult time getting a good one. The top is the best representation of colour. I do love this one and hope Terra does as well!

Sunshine's DONE!

I also finished Sunshine's, but had to go with the flow! I didn'[t buy enough white (and it is a white on white) and when I went back to the store they didn't have any more! SO I decided to make the center bottom black! I think it works! And like me it is something UNEXPECTED!! LOL
Those are the only updates to my WIP list! I don't think 2 started and finished in one month is bad! LOL I'm pretty sure because we will be gone for almost 2 weeks in December that I probably will NOT have such a productive month! But one NEVER knows!!

Have a great day!
See you soon!
Till then...
Quilt on friends!!
Josie

Sunshine's Quillow Started

I have begun Sunshine's Quillow! I guess I have to back up a step! When my baby Brother was home for my Dad's triple bypass he saw Lillian's quillow and asked if I could make one for each of his girls! There is his girlfriend Sunshine (yes, her real name not a nickname) and her three daughters Terra, Desiray, and Karina. Of course I said yes, because any time someone wants to buy me fabric to do work I'm all in!! He asked each one what their favorite colours were and HE chose what patterns to use for their quillow, OK I may have given him a little direction and guided him toward some of the patterns!

Ruler is TO small!!

9 'sunshines!

OK So Sunshine's birthday is the end of November (two days after Sean's) so he wanted hers done first. No problem! I have NEVER used a Dresden ruler and did not own one and since we were going for 'sunshines' well Dresden it was!! My only problem was I wanted the 'blades' to be about 12 inches and the only ruler I could find was only 8 inches. Well, I made it work because that's the kind of gal I am!!!
I have all of the fans (or in this case suns) finished and am planning to get the 9 blocks quilted up today. I am going to to the QAYG method to join them like I did for Lillian's!

LOOK it is a sun!!!

I just LOVE how simple the quilting is and LOOK on the back it gives the appearance of a sun!! I know I am such a geek! But I own it!! LOL

Quilting on the front

 Sean also requested that instead of just putting her name on it I do 'You are my Sunshine'! Well I am just the bestest sister in the whole wide world so you know I did!!!
OK friends! I have 9 more of these to get done!!
Have a great day!
See you soon!
Till then...
Quilt on friends!!
Josie

An update on work for the month!!

The beginning of the month I took FOUR days off! All to myself!! it was our Guild retreat weekend and I planned on getting a few finishes!!

I finished up this guy and it is bound and DONE!! This was the Modern Orange/brown/green. I took a little time to try out different stitches in the squares and used this as sort of a 'practice' in FMQ!  All in all I think it turned out great and with any luck I will give it away this weekend! Shhhh don't tell! It's a basement warming surprise!! The colours are not really me, but they will fit her basement PERFECTLY!!!

Next up I got ring around the rainbow all quilted

Close up of quilting

Ring around the rainbow

 I think I decided I am going to bind in a deep purple to really 'frame' it up! I LOVE this quilt! It is bright and ME!! I hope to get it finished soon, I already know what I am going to do with it! EEK!

Quillow front

Friends it is true! I started a new project! I blame it on my cousin (she's my favorite but it is still her fault) Courtney! See when we went on a trip together this summer she brought along a quillow that our Aunt had made for her and it got me thinking... Crap here I go again! I am not really a fan of tie quilts so I decided to to a quilt as you go method (this was a first!) and I let Lillian choose the fabrics! She LOVES Yellow!! I personalized it with her name!! I do still have to bind this, but it is DONE other than binding!!

Packed up Quillow for my Daughter

Quillow back

Now to top it off my brother came home (my father had triple bypass surgery) and when Sean saw the quillow he enlisted me to make one for each of his four girls!!! SO I have to add those to my list of things to do!! 

Is there anything more beautiful??

I also spend a minute or two sitting by my father who also suffered a small stroke following surgery and I love to bind and often take charity tie quilts from guild to work on. I bound and tied three of them and was very thankful for the hand work to pass time by!!

I just love the stack of finished quilts (even if they are not my own!) 

So to update my prior list of ELEVEN tops...

No change to ...

-Impromptu 
-Bento Box
-Honeyman's Swoon
-Star Surround
-Halloween QuiltUberFest (and the back is pieced and ready to go!)
-Easy Street

-Brown Blocks
-Luke's Shirts
Top in progress...
-Medallion Star

Basted and ready to go...

-Twisted Sister

To be bound...
-Rainbow Round

-Lillian's Quillow

DONE

-Modern Orange/brown/green

Recently added to I HAVE to do...

-Sunshine's Quillow
-Terra's Quillow
-Desiray's Quillow
-Katrina's Quillow
Well, I have my hands full! I think I need to take another four day weekend just to get some of these done! LOL
It was really nice to get the two quilted and another basted and ready! 
OK friends, I'm off... what to work on today???
Have a great day and see you soon!
Till then...
Quilt on friends,
Josie