Peekaboo Rag quilt class

I had a full classroom for yesterday's Peekaboo Rag Quilt class. I had given them a cutting sheet, along with the supply sheet so they could cut ahead if they wanted to. For this quilt, that works well, since the cutting is simple. That way they can spend most of the class time sewing.  

 This rag quilt has peekaboo Xs made by using a chenille technique, so that was something new to learn. Sometimes sewing straight lines is the hardest! My Peekaboo model is hanging on the wall (left side) on the
above picture.


 They were very enthusiastic about jumping in and sewing.

 It was a first quilt for one lady!

 There was lots of friendly chatter....and snacks of course!

 The time seemed to fly by!

What could be more fun on a Saturday afternoon than working with layers and layers of flannel?

This beats Saturday football any day in my book!

National Corduroy Day!

As it is National Corduroy Day, many quilters are sharing their quilts made with corduroy. You can see some here. I didn't get in on this show, as I only found out about it this morning, but thought I would share pix of my corduroy quilt too.

 I made this several years ago. I loved the texture of the corduroys, there are so many pretty prints as well as different wales. I only used solid corduroy in this one.

 I made scrappy 9 patches to go in between, thinking that it would help with bulkiness in the corners as well as look really nice and homey.

 I tied it and put old buttons on the corduroy squares.

I used a soft flannel for the back and a scrappy binding to finish it. This is still one of my favorite quilts. I take it to my beginning quilting classes sometimes to show them a simple but beautiful way to quilt! 

More letters...and a contest!

 I worked on some more letters the other night....I like this q a lot...

 not as sure about this one.  I thought I would love the curves, but not so sure now.

This time I am making a phrase, so it is easier because I am making multiples of the letters as I go, so if I need 2 of the letter u, I make them both.

 Here are a couple more letter i s. The first ones I made are here.

I love the lower case i, so fast and easy and chunky and cute!

I think it would be fun to run a little contest along with making these letters, so the first person who guesses the phrase correctly, wins something squishy and fun! 

A squishie in the mail!!!!

 And it came all the way from Australia! I was so excited to win the giveaway at Cherry Red Quilter a week or so ago. Jan had made this cute lunchbag and stuffed it full of goodies. I couldn't wait to open it up and see what was inside.

 I pulled out the chocolate first.... guess quilters on all continents need some handy!

 Then some gorgeous fabrics...notice the kangaroos on the orange fabric. I love these prints!

 Potholders to match the bag....

 and a cute personal size kleenex cover.

Can you believe her generosity? Thanks Jan...I love it all!

More on the round robin and a few letters...

You might remember when I paper pieced my block for the medallion round robin.  Then the first go round, I added a border to Jo's block. 

 This time I got Cindy's Christmas Star block. Jo had added the cool ribbon border, but when I got it,  I was stumped.  I tried a border on 2 sides, with appliqued holly and berries, but it looked terrible, so I took it off.

 I really thought it needed a border of some kind at this point, but wasn't sure what to do. We had decided not to send fabric with the block, so everyone could be more creative. I knew I wanted to bring out the dark green, but had a hard time coming up with just the right one.

 This is what I came up with. I hope she likes it.  I know that usually people don't see them until they are finished, but  we decided to show and tell each time we exchanged and it was fun! I'm taking my camera next time.  ( Rose had put a piano key border on mine! Can't wait to see it now.)

I started a new letter project Sunday night...this is it so far. I wanted to try making lower case letters this time. I have lots of fun florals so decided on a black background.  This project will be a phrase, not the whole alphabet. 

Saturday's Christmas runner class went well. Dianne got her top finished...the rest of the ladies promised me they would bring them back for a pic when finished.

Sunday stuff...

I spent Sunday on lots of different projects. Cleaning and laundry being first on the list....though not my favorite! Then I pieced the back together for the baby puzzle quilt. I put a surprise on the back, but forgot to take a pic, so you will see it when I finish quilting it.

I am using a blue flannel with large blue polka dots for the back of this quilt, and quilting it with the Asian Clouds pantograph. I like the circular motion of this panto.

 I always loosen up the quilt when I am stopping for the day, so it can relax. Plus I can see how the quilting is looking!

 I made the binding, using the same fabric as the small border. I love polka dots!

I finished my part on a round robin and started a new letter project, too... more on those tomorrow.

Puzzle quilt, baby style...

I took the baby puzzle quilt outside to get a better picture.  I added a narrow green polka-dot border to it after I took this picture. It is ready to quilt!