It's the last day of April, and I'm crossing my big One Monthly Goal off my list in the nick of time. I feel like that player in Sports Ball who slides into Home Plate right before whatever happens that makes him Struck Out instead of Safe. That other dude who is dressed like a cross between a skunk and a raccoon yells SAFE -- and the crowd goes wild!!
read moreAs of Sunday night, here's what Anders' high school graduation quilt looks like on my design wall:
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| All Nine Rows Completed! |
All of my 11" kaleidoscope blocks now have their corners attached, and they are all sewn together into nine horizontal rows with their points matching up neatly at the seam lines. Now all I need to do is to sew those rows together into a finished quilt top (or "flimsy") before I can load it onto my long arm frame for quilting. My One (Two!) Monthly Goal(s) for April was(were) to finish piecing this kaleidoscope quilt ...
read moreHello, hello, and happy Thursday! Is it a "sunny day, sweeping the clouds away" where you live today? If not, don't despair -- "I can tell you how to get, how to get to Sesame Street..."
Seriously; by the time I finished quilting this one, I could NOT get the Sesame Street songs out of my head. "C is for cookie, it's good enough for me. Cookie cookie cookie starts with C!"
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| 4 inch Tumbler Quilt with Floral Swirl E2E Quilting Design |
Guess what? If a quilter spends less time writing about quilting on her blog, she can get more actual quilting progress completed in her studio!
read moreHello, my lovelies! Did you miss me all week? Since my last post, I finished quilting my bear paw quilt (and I LOVE how the graffiti quilting came out), but it's still waiting to be labeled and bound because I had to play catch-up with my son's graduation quilt.
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| 4 Kaleidoscope Rows Completed, 3 Rows Remaining |
Earlier this week, since I was all caught up with customer quilts and right on-track with the kaleidoscope blocks I'm making for Anders' high school graduation quilt, I finally -- FINALLY -- got my UFO Bear Paw quilt out of the Purgatory closet and loaded it on my frame for quilting. I am so excited to finally be finishing this quilt for myself! I stewed over how to quilt this one for three years, but when I discovered this digital edge-to-edge quilting design, Graffiti E2E #7, by Karlee Porter, I knew it would be perfect for this top.
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| I'm Loving ... |
Anders' graduation quilt is starting to take shape on my design wall! My goal for the past week was to get 23 of the necessary 63 block centers cut and pieced, and I pushed myself to get 8 block centers finished yesterday to stay on track with that goal.
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| 11 inch Kaleidoscope Block Centers on my Design Wall |
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| One ... |
Oh-Ma-Goodness; It's MARCH Already! I'll save you the suspense and tell you right up front: Finishing all 63 blocks for my son's high school graduation quilt is my one-and-only monthly goal for March. By which I mean, finishing the octagonal centers of all 63 blocks is my goal -- I'll be deciding on the corner triangles once all of the octagons are completed and arranged to my liking on my design wall.
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| Nine 11 Inch Kaleidoscope Blocks Completed |
Son-the-Younger's high school graduation quilt has begun! And it's SOOO exciting!
Our nephew Adam will graduate from high school this May, and I’ve completed his flannel quilt with a few months to spare. Last fall I asked Adam if he had any special requests for his graduation quilt, or if he would trust me to select the pattern and colors. He texted back, “I trust you Aunt Taunja. Go for it!” He’s such a great kid. I hope he loves his quilt!
This past year I’ve made three quilts featuring the Farmhouse Flannels II collection by Primitive Gatherings for Moda: one for my husband, one for my son ...
read moreAlright you guys, I know you've heard me sing this song before, but THIS time I mean it. THIS is the quilt I'm making for Son-the-Younger's upcoming high school graduation:
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| 77 x 99 Kaleidoscope Quilt in Blues, Greens, and Purple |
