September's Project

Hello everyone, September's get together will be here before we know so I thought I'd give you a heads up on what we will be working on.  You can click on this link to see the Christmas Table Topper.  I've done one up and it's being quilted right now.  It was really easy and fast to put together.  Check your calendars and hopefully Tuesday, September 29th works out for everyone.  Let me know if you've got any questions.
Lori

ENVELOPE PILLOWS

LeAnna put together our project this month, envelope pillows.  She did her's for Fall.  I chose to do mine to match whatever or wherever year round, but it's funny how you always seem to want what you don't have.  When I saw LeAnna's and Lori's Fall pillows it made me want to do one of them too.  I've got more WANTS than I know what to do with!

Anyway, here's mine.  I wasn't able to finish it that night because I didn't bring any colored thread.  Instead I tried out my design on this little bib to make sure I'd like it.  I did!  I've kind of got the Bird Bug right now.
Okay, now EVERYONE get your ENVELOPE PILLOWS done and post the pictures on the blog. Remember, it's fun to share!

SHOW AND TELL

It's been so much fun getting together once a month to work on our quilting projects. One of the funnest aspects about it, is getting inspired by each other. This month Lori was voted the "MOST INSPIRATIONAL!" She brought three of her lastest projects to show us. I'm sad to say that for somehow I deleted the picture of one of her quilts off my camera. (Lori- you're going to have to take a picture of the turn-over quilt and post it.) It's worth seeing so we need to make sure it gets on the blog.

Lori's Bull's Eye quilt was done with three other friends.  They each did a certain number of blocks and them cut them in forths and traded with one another and put them all back together again.  It turned out awesome.

The other one is a seasonal sampler that she did with a class. It's so darn cute too!While the rest of you were buying cute designer fabric I was rumaging through my scraps and shopping for remnants for this. I call it, "I've Created a Monster". I don't know if it's the actual size or the busy-ness of it, but it seems HUGE and WILD.  Sometimes I look at it and hate it and then other times I look at it and kind of like it.  I can't wait to have it quilted to see if I end up liking it full time.  I think next time I'll stick to cute designer fabric!

Project Schedule

Here is the monthly project list. Sorry I didn't get it on here sooner!

August-LeeAnna (envelope pillow)
September-Lori
October-Debbie
November-LeAnn S.
December
January-Tammy B.
February-Merry
March-Kayla
April-Tammy M.

Hopefully we can keep this going! It has been so fun. I am excited to come tonight. I just wish I could find more time to complete all of these projects I have going.

UPDATES AND CHANGES

Since I'm playing on the computer I thought I'd do a little remodeling to our blog. It's mainly a test to see if anyone notices or comments! So make sure if you've been here, you comment and let us know.
Our next get together is this Wednesday at 6:30. Hopefully all of you got your email and instructions for the pillow LeAnna is directing us on.
It will be fun to see everyone's works in progess, finished projects and see and hear ideas for new projects.
P.S.
Don't forget your Swap Block!

Pinwheel Quilt finished!!!

Thanks for the hint, Connie--I know, I know! I really just couldn't find my camera cord, and had to hunt it down in my storage unit! Here are the latest quilts I've finished:

TAXI:


SULTRY:


FRESH-SQUEEZED:







And, in memory of my very first quilt:


Leslie's quilt top-- she just needs to have it quilted now! Seriously, darling.


Cheers!

Carli :)

Baby Bedding

We got Kylee and Conner moved into their new house and Nixon's room all set up. It was fun to see the crib bedding all come together since it's been stuffed in a corner for the past couple of months.
I thought I'd post a couple of pictures to show you all how it turned out.

Nixon gave me a "thumbs up" so I think that means he liked his new bed! I made it so it could be reversible, but for now we went with the wild side.

For those of you who were not able to attend last months get together, you missed seeing some darn cute quilts done by Carli and Leslie. Carli took some pictures so hopefully she'll put them on the blog (hint, hint) for everyone to see.

It totally got me excited to get my whirlygig quilt done but I'm sad to report that not much has happened with it. Summer is just plain TOO BUSY. Oh well I guess it keeps us from spending too much on this fun hobby.

See you all soon..