Fabricholic, who me?

I went to my friends for a retreat this month and made on quilt top , the brown and green "Patience Corners" below and completed another, my Pointless Wonder. I need to fiqure out the backing and have them quilted. I also have completed two  X & O's baby quilts one shown below in Woodland Wonders and a Pooh fabric with blue trim. I place flannel on the back, so they would be oohh, sooo soft.

I do like the feeling of accomplishment when I complete a project. A friend of mine said a quilter will have so many project going at once. I have in the past have had 2-3, maybe. I now find myself with 11, starting 12 today. I am going through my stash and have all this fabric and am thinking....what am I going to do with this or that. Thank heavens for plastic totes and storage.

Where did all this fabric come from and why is there always more that I want. I have this crazy sickness of "Fabricholicism." Now, if there is truly such a disease, Please, please do not find a cure. I will accept my illness. I am more than sure it will not be fatal and kill me.

You Know You're a Fabricholic when...

1. The employees in the fabric store know your name.
2. The employees in the fabric store invite you to dinner.
3. You have your own parking space at the fabric store.
4. You make your children share a room so you can have a craft room.
5. In your sleep you moan, "Ohhh Alexander Henry."
6. You can tell someone how many yards on a bolt without blinking.
7. You own more than 3 bolts of fabric.
8. You'd rather sew than have sex, eat, sleep or well anything!
9. You can NOT, NOT go a week without buying fabric.
10. Your Favorite place to go is your LQS.

Happy Quilting!

Making stuff for my girly-girls and others

I was inspired by my friend Todd to pay it forward. So, I posted on Facebook to make some handmade gift for friends who responded. Well, I have one quilt top done and have also decided to make my granddaughters pillowcases. Plus make my littlest one a quilt. Now I need to plan 3 more quilts.
what to do, what to do!

I am drawing and planning out a new quilt pattern. It will be basic but bright colors 

Work in motion

I find that I have to make time to sew. I have completed two baby quilts and still need to complete the binding on the queen size black quilt. So I started a new quilt class. I hate picking out the fabric, maybe I should have going with the designer's fabric, but it was so not me. I am using browns and creamy reds with gold and greens. some blend and others well we will have to see. I may need more creams in it.

Then today I learned a new block which I will have to try out. I love learning new techniques, it is amazing the shortcuts there are in quilting. I have found I love working with precuts and they do help make some of the pattern sew up so quick and easy.  I have learned so much from my friends at http://tutorials.missouriquiltco.com/

Off to cut some fabric, I am trying a new fast idea shared with me to make another baby quilt!

New year, new projects....ok UFO's I am ready

I start the year out right, sewing. I spent the 31s of December 2010 at Missouri Star Quilt Company working on a mystery quilt. I had it finished by the end of the weekend, well the quilt top. I decided I like the fun pattern, so I am cutting another one out this week and taking it to Friday night sew.
I also have a few UFO's I will turn in on guild night. Our project director is razzing us to push it to the extreme and clean up some projects I have put to the wayside. I guess I need all the push, I can get. Where does the time go, why do I have all these great ideas and started projects that just keep adding up. I am all in!

Happy Quilting!

I need sewing time, Please!!!

I find that working 5-6 days a week, just cuts into my sewing time. So I have made a deal with myself to sew on certain nights. I believe if I stick to my plan I will have time to finish project and start a few fun ones too.
I do not know how the ladies in my quilt guild work and have time to sew as many things as they do.
I can say I still am working on my Jan Patek applique quilt, working in stitches on my lunch hour. I see myself completed with it by 2015 at the rate I am going. Well that works for me!!

I can not believe 2010 is almost away and I will have a new year of quilting. UFO's here I come.....

Autumn

I was at my guild meeting in October and Jenny showed us how to use a dresden plate ruler tool to make a quilt
Turkey , you can view her Tutorial at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHBW_VbX6QY&feature=player_embedded#!

Pink Pink Pink

I have not been very faithful with blogging lately. Well when have I!!
I admit I have not been sewing much either.
I am in the middle of a Turkey wall hanging, 3 quilts and I now have another quilt I will start
at my Friday night sew. I must say one thing that has me busy, is my Jan Patek applique quilt.
OK, Jan ....you are kicking my butt. Yes, you have challenged me.

Here is an update in a nutshell.

1) Moving, Stuff is everywhere.
2) Start up of a new Quilt Guild, not too much time but it all adds up
3) I am between homes and going out with friends is fun, ah the life of
    a wantabee party girls is crazy!
4) Donation and volunteer time is a good way to share yourself
5) Did I say moving, I can not believe how much fabric/ sewing stuff I have
    I need a sewing room, a big sewing room. Is it bad when you have more
    fabric boxs then clothing boxes and where do I store all my sewing machines.
6) Work, why does the 8-5 job take up most of my day
7) Friends, I love my friends, some day they will all have one of my quilts.
8) I have a new grand daughter "Matilda", I finally was able to take her the
    baby quilt I made her.
9) I have finished all quilts for my grand daughters. Boy they should be warm this
     winter. I love my girls, can't blog and play at the same time.
10) I am utilizing my lunch hour a few days a week to applique, who does that?


Maybe I just need to make sure I update my quilting once a week.
I promise to post picture soon

Happy quilting
Daniela

Below is a Donation quilt (picture is the quilt top) For the Northland Pet Pantry.
Which Jennifer won.