SWF

Yes, I've been Sewing With Friends, again. What relaxation it is to sit around a cozy kitchen with like-minded friends and stitch to our heart's content. I so enjoy the time I spend with these special ladies.

As I said in the previous post, we were at Sharon O.'s yesterday. In addition to that fantastic table cloth, this pretty burlap wreath adorned the wall above the table. Sharon will be able to use this until she puts up her Christmas decorations. Now let me show you the variety of handwork we had before us.

JoAnn worked on finishing a small wool applique. JoAnn says she thinks she will make more effort in the coming year to add applique to her work. She spoke specifically of adding applique to the border of a quilt top she recently finished.

Terry brought out a project that she'd worked on awhile back. These hexies are so, so tiny. I tried making a couple, and it is really challenging to make such small pieces. The project is really striking, navy, cheddar and gray. I will be sure to bring you the finish on this one because it will look great.

Sharon worked on two projects. First, she too was doing English paper-piecing. Later, as we were finishing, she had a cross-stitch project out. She is the queen of hand stitching, so it doesn't surprise me that she has so many fine, detailed projects going at once.

And, yes, I am still trying to get this Cheddar and Crackers doll quilt finished. It's close; so close, in fact, that I think it will be my top priority this weekend. Our time change goes back to Eastern Standard Time, so with that extra hour I will have, I am going to finish this UFO. That will be a big deal for me.

Sheryll was unable to be with us this time; she was spending a girls' weekend with her mother and sisters in Amish country. Hope the weather hasn't been too awful for them. Brrr!

Today was to end the book giveaway. I hope to have information on a winner soon. Last I checked we had around 30 entries, so your odds are good if you entered.

Happy Quilting, Friends!

SWF at Terry's

If you are needing help getting motivated to stitch, then this is the post for you today. Terry had a day of sewing at her house yesterday, and a total of 6 of us were in attendance. Man-oh-man, is there a LOT of fun stuff coming together!

 

Sharon O. was appliqueing a Halloween wall-hanging.

 

Sheryll was also in Halloween project mode. She was working on the quilt on the cover of this book.

 

Every time I looked over at her machine, Sheryll had an assembly line of pieces lined up for stitiching. She will have this done in no time, I have no doubt.

 

I am sure some of you recognize this bit of gorgeousness. Terry was finishing up her Generals' Wives quilt. I MUST make this quilt someday. I have loved on it ever since first seeing it almost a year ago. Here's more of Terry's work.

 

At the end of the day, Terry spread the quilt top out on her bed - oh no!! Do you see the unsewing she is going to have to do?? I could sense her discouragement, but she's a go-getter, and I imagine this will be corrected pronto!

 

 

 

Monica was working on a BOM from this book. The block is called Blind Man's Fancy.

 

 

Quite an involved block, isn't it? I am unsure if she is making more of this same block, or if her BOM is different each month.

 

 

JoAnn spent the better part of her day playing with fabric. Her intent is to make this quilt - or at least a major part of it. So she was digging through a bin of fabric, putting combinations together for many of the pieced blocks.

 

My project involved these leftover blocks from the last Thrifty quilt I made a few weeks ago. I dug around in the stash and located several tan-neutrals and burgundy-reds to add to these 4-patch blocks. I will be making something along the line of a Jacob's Ladder. And I will share pics in a later post. *wink*

 

The bonus of the day was the show and tell from Terry and Monica, who had been to a quilting event in Iowa at a shop called Country Threads. OMG! You are now in for a treat!

 

 

Monica shows off a finish from the workshop.

 

 

This one is a bit blurry, but I think it's evident that it's a Courthouse Steps/Log Cabin-style block. I believe it was one of Terry's finishes from the workshop.

 

 

This Jelly Roll Race Quilt is Terry's. I notice that she did her seams on the bias, whereas the ones I've seen have all been straight seams. Interesting change up; I like it.

 

Terry was on a real patriotic streak with the following three beauties.

 

 

 

 

Quite inspiring, isn't it? I should add that they came home with numerous oh-so-gorgeous kits and a stack of patterns that had me drooling! I am so ready to get things sewn - how about you??

 

This conclude your inspiration for the day!  Now, go get busy!!

 

Happy Quilting, Friends!

 

So Behind!

Here's a post that should have been issued a week ago. Last Tuesday, JoAnn came over for some quilting (it was Frankfort Girls' sewing day, but we had a big snafu in the scheduling department; and that's all I'm going to say about that!)

Anyway, there were just the two of us - JoAnn and me - but we just visited and sewed and ate coffee cake like any other sewing day! I even had a 2nd cup of coffee - rare for me!

JoAnn worked on binding this wall-hanging. It's still not quite finished, but don't you just love it? If you recall, she bought this kit when we all traveled to Lebanon awhile back for a quilt show; then we saw her machine quilting it just a few weeks ago at a sewing day at Terry's house. Now it's almost ready for hanging!

I spent the morning picking out those Lone Star points I showed you all in a recent post. Dreadful work, but made so much more pleasant with friend over to visit with - curbs the grumbling, you know.

Off to Terry's today for more sewing. My machine is ready and I've got not one, but two, projects I can work on!! Yay me!

Happy Quilting!