It's been awhile since I took the time to write in my blog. Always hoping to do more! Work it seems takes up a lot of time.

Last month I finished table topper-in Pink! Guess that one will be for me.I don't have a picture of that one yet, but will post it later. I also finished the Christmas piece that is called "Over the Edge".

It is to go on the edge of a table such as a buffet. My thought was for it to go on the fireplace mantel, but our mantel is shorter in depth than the piece is. I like it anyway, or maybe it will turn into a Christmas gift. One never knows!

Here is a picture of the whole piece, so you can see that a few rows do hang over the mantle. We have a table that is meant to go behind a sofa that it could live on at Christmas instead of the mantle.

Of course we quilter never have just one project going, and I have been working on several BOM's.

We are now on block four of a black and white quilt that has brights as the accent pieces in them. When I say we, my 83 year old Mother goes to this monthly meeting with me and is sewing up blocks, too.

I also joined the Applewood BOM which is called "Now and Forever". This block has lots of appliqued roses and sweet peas. This will be a challenge, but I just loved the pictures of the prospective quilt.

Here are the first two months blocks. The third month was making applique roses. I have a few of those done. My goal was to do one a day for a couple of weeks, but that only lasted one day! ROFL! I spent one whole evening getting some for pay work done and I guess that took precedence. Fourth month were green blocks and those are done, but now it is time for the fifth month so will post pictures of the last four at the same time.

The first weekend in June, my husband and I went on the "Motor Ioway 500" tour. He likes vintage autos, and I like them, too, but don't feel comforable driving one-have never been very good with stick shift vehichles. But this car shouts out that it is "ME". Can you see why?

So one of these is on my 'want' list. But then a convertible is on that list, too.

That's it for tonight. See you again soon!

Heartland Dollers Wallet Project

Doll club went pretty much as planned today. We spent the morning with Show & Tell, the business meeting, lunch, and then on to work on the wallets. Of course, we did not get quite as many completed as hoped, but we did get thirty or so almost completed. Only the top stitching and the fasteners left to take care of. We will work on these at home, and if necessary finish at the March meeting.

Here we are with our little Janome Sew-Mini's which we really like except for no lights and they are a little noisy. But they sew well and that is the key point.

What good sewing project doesn't need a raft of pressers! Three people sewed, two pressed and three or so people pinned pockets into place. All twelve of us present worked on the wallets in various stages.

We have one junior member and she was right in there helping us line up edges and turning corners.

More pinning being done!

And here are most of the wallets that are mostly completed. Nice variety of colors and prints. I am so excited to see this project under way. We had lots of fun and good conversation while working on these.

Next month we are on to Charity Quilts. Wish us luck and good weather!

Until next time!

Judy

Quilting and other projects

It's been a while since I posted here. I hope to do better! It has been really cold here, but sounds like it will be better next week. When not working, I have been working on quilting projects. Since the first of the year I have made a table runner and pieced the blocks for the NYE Mystery quilt.

The NYE Mystery was the first I have done in this kind of setting. I had to work on New Years Eve day, so got a late start, but all the blocks are finished and I have tried several settings. The hard part is chosing which one to go with. Take a look at the pictures. What do you think?

Tomorrow is the monthly meeting of my doll club, and we always have lots of fun at the meetings. Our project for the day will be making wallets for the tote bags for the annual convention. I hope we have a good turn out so that we will get this project finished tomorrow. Some of us have cut the fabric already so that we can sit and sew during the afternoon.

At the February meeting, we are to start some lap quilts for a charity project. This is hopefully to help use up some of our collective "stashes".

See you all later!

Judy