Quilting like a Maniac- Relaxing through Quilting.

OK, I did an update but now I want to show the completed quilt that I call "The Garden".  It's my own pattern, and i quilted as I went.  This post is only of pictures of the completed quilt. Silly cat.  It's 42 (91 degrees) here and he wants under the quilt. I'm hooking up to One Monthly Goal at Tanya's Elm Street Quilts. Original Link stating goal here. 

Been gone for 13 days.  Drove from Vancouver to California, stayed in Anaheim, did plenty of walking, relaxing, baseball games, and so much more....  But before I start in any of this I have to mention right away a tragedy in Medford in Oregon. See more about it here at this link-    http://www.kdrv.com/content/video/488343601.html Those poor people who lost their homes.  The entire area and Ashland had tons of firefighters in the area, very busy trying to save homes, and many were, but with 101 lightning strikes, it's amazing how bad it was.  And we drove through it. You could see the smoked areas and how black it was.  Although we saw some areas already burnt from last year (still black and barren), we were not sure if we already saw this or not.  But in the end we realized that these were fresh and we found out later it happened 2 days before we were on the road.  They even closed the I5 for a day (the route we were taking). It smelled smoky even before we saw what

This month's OMG (one monthly goal) is already completed.  Thanks to stress of the end of the year as a teacher.  When I am stressed it is either eating, painting or sewing and sewing sure won this time.  The start of the project looked like this: And has now ended like this.... Look at the quilting on this quilt   My cousin requested a quilt with butterflies on it, one that I have previously made twice before, but this one became my own design, and I added butterflies to this garden of purple and orange.  Who would believe those two colors look great together?  Will be hooking up to One Monthly goal at Elm Street Quilts  and this one also goes with " All People's Quilt Challenge " for one of my unfinished UFOs but not one of the ones that they drew (one of the numbers - check out this link for an update and some pictures of the quilts that I have completed on that challenge  - very helpful).  And as I type this I'm thinking "maybe mor

Another month has gone by and another number has been drawn for the 2018 UFO Challenge.  It's now #7.  And what quilt of mine is that one?  It's the triangles in old fashion material.  One that I purchased for my cousin Garrett and his family.  I don't have a picture of the finished product, just a roll of old fashion material (2 1/2 inch strips), and some white.  And a pattern.  So lets make this a little different, and I'll post when done..... I still have the Missourri Quilt Company quilt to complete (number 11) I decided to do this one : This one needs 1¾ yards dark solid fabric 1¾ yards light solid fabric BINDING:  ¾ yard BACKING:  3¼ yards - horizontal seam(s) This one is smaller.  But I am also trying to complete my #9 which is the table runner for a very good friend of mine, Anna.  So I'll try to do both this month as well as my UFO challenge and the #7 one.  Am I taking on too much???  You better believe it.  Here's an update of the c