Quilting like a Maniac- Relaxing through Quilting.

I'm entering the Q4 Finish-Along.  As you can see from t wo blog entries ago , I have a number a BOMs that have finish and now I have to finish the final blocks/rows and quilt everything together. There are 3 of them in total.  For the "A Year of Lovely Finishes" I decided to complete the Globetrotter quilt.  But for the "Q4 Finish Along 2014" I'm looking at the different block of the month by Quilt Doodle Designs as well. I still have to do a row of lights for the quilt, but I have all the other blocks completed.  I'm looking at this.... What I have done What the quilt looks like To turn into this...... I'm even thinking of adding one more row, of something like circles of christmas ornaments, to make it longer.  Who knows.  But I'll have it done by the end!!  I started this in January. It will be a record for me, two quilts finished at once and the other blocks of the month that are not completed.  Good luck t

Was sick today.  For the most of the day I was sleeping, the rest of the time I was writing on this blog.  By 2:00 I was feeling better but I was thinking of the quilting I had to do, so I started to quilt.  And here are the results.... Globetrotter top, this picture doesn't do it justice closeup And I started to put the Doodle Quilt together.  Stay tuned.

Well September was crazy.  Teachers were on strike for the first two weeks and that meant picketing at the schools from 1:00 - 4:00.  Which meant of course that I didn't have much time to do some sewing, and really I wasn't really feeling like it.  You really have to be in the mood to be creative and for the first time in years, I was not in the mood to be creative. So I have quite a lot to do, as well as new things that happened at the end of September.  Five of my Blocks of the Month are finished online, two are quilted and finished.  This month three more finished.  See the links to your left to go to the designers of the BOMs.  They're fantastic.  Those are: Debbit Mumm's Quilt of Honor that is a manly military quilt.  I have the corner/stars to complete, but all blocks are completed.  It's a matter of putting things together and making the sashing.   Globetrotting by Pat Sloan .  Makes a 9 block quilt like a sampler.  Was a surprise at the very end.  Thi

And we're starting to turn on our furnace.  It's still warm enough to wear a jacket vest, but at night it is starting to cool down.  The trees have most of their leaves still, and most are green, but here and there (especially the vine plants) leaves are starting to turn. My quilting has started to turn as well.  For my New Year's resolution I promised myself I would be more of a presence online, meet others from other places online and get myself networked to quilters all over the world.  Well I certainly did that!!!  I joined 9 blocks of the months, where every month we make a new block that at the end up becoming somewhat of a sample quilt.  I started them in January, and my last "A Lovely Year of Finishes" was one of those quilts fully quilted, binded, and right now is on my queen size bed because it's warm enough for the winter.  Makes me smile just thinking about it  ;)   This month I have had directions from three of my BOM (blocks of the