Quilting day in Earling, birthday party and baby shower!

 I went to my hometown last weekend for my mom's birthday, so we decided to have a sewing day too. My mom and sister had sewn their squares together for Twister quilts, sowe got busy and cut them with the Twister ruler and they proceeded to sew them together.

 They both have gotten them sewn together since I took these pix, and are trying out borders.

 My mom with her newest great-grandson.

My niece's baby shower was the next day....she loved her baby twister quilt. She especially loved the little twisters around 2 sides. They really do add to the fun!

I have all my shopping finished and have been cleaning to get ready for my sister's arrival from Canada tomorrow night. She will stay with us for a couple days and then up to my hometown. I have to work until Thursday, then 2 weeks off! I can't wait!

Love the Twister

 I have been working on this Twister quilt for the past few weeks. The quilting is completed now and I am ready to bind. Maybe tonight.

When you make this quilt, you have squares left over in between your cuts that are approximately 4.5" - 5" so I squared them up to 4.5", sewed them together and then used the little ruler I adapted to make the mini Twister last summer to cut a small twister border.

 I was trying to get a good pic of the little twister border, but it doesn't show up that well here. They would show up better with a bit more contrast in the background fabric, but I wanted to use the same as I used in the quilt so they would float. You will just have to take my word for it, they are really cute!

The quilting panto is called Oriental Illusions. I like it because it is a nice allover design. It reminds me of  the tops of palm trees, or maybe even claws. I used a variegated gold/green thread. I am going to bind it with the same fabric as the back.

Long weekend...

I love long weekends! Especially when we have a holiday mixed in. I traveled to my hometown with my daughters to celebrate Thanksgiving with family. It was a great day and it really helped that the weather was nice for everyone who traveled.

I don't really want anything bad enough to get up in the middle of the night to shop the Black Friday sales, but I always meet my sister who does,  mid-morning. I shopped with her and her family for awhile, ate lunch with them, then met my other 2 sisters to shop the rest of the afternoon. It was a fun day! 

I am even getting some sewing in this weekend. Made 4 letter Es for my next project. I tried to use the circular pattern in the orange dots to help make that E look rounded, even though it isn't. Remember, the first person who guesses the phrase I am making wins something squishy and fun! At the rate I am going this may take a while!

 The new Twister center is finished, and I decided to use up the leftover squares in a twister border. I am just putting it on 2 sides of the quilt. It is already about 55", so I don't want it to get too big. Plus that uses up the squares.

 We have already had Conrad 2 weeks. You can probably tell he has grown and fattened up a bit. He spends much of his time racing around and then resting up to race around some more. He is still cuddly. He wants to eat Smokey's food, not his. I gave him a divided dish with both foods in it, so he wouldn't eat out of her dish. But he does it anyway.

 He is really grayish under the longer black hair, so it will be interesting to see what color he ends up.

Of course he loves to quilt!

A new Twister quilt

I think I mentioned that I started a new Twister quilt the other day....here it is with the squares all sewn together.  The twister blocks are all cut and sewn into rows now. If I could've mustered up some ambition last night, I would've sewn the rows together, but it didn't happen. Wednesday, I'll do it Wednesday!

I will be spending Thanksgiving with my family in my hometown this year. It's large family and most of them will be there. I have a niece who is due to have her baby any day now, so that might be happening on Thanksgiving, too!