Will Work for Fabric

She's leaving this Joint- Effort

Our friend Julie is moving to a foreign land where they speak in a funny accent, they "pahk the cah" there instead of parking the car.  And we're gonna miss her.  She has worn many hats in the guild and especially the Queen of Hanging for our guild shows.  So what better way to send her off but with a quilt....ok, it a quilt top, but this way she can quilt it and think of us!

So I did the center and her friends made the nine patches.  I think it's a nice group project---a little piece of everyone's heart----and she got a few extra 9 patches to start her next project too!

Happy Trails Julie.....but beware, we know your forwarding address!

And speaking of funny accents....we had Joan Shay last night at the guild.  She's a hoot!!  I did not think I was going to be quite so interested in her technique, but she really has spent alot of time perfecting her flower technqiues, and baskets and so on and so on.  And she is a entertaining speaker, self -effacing, and informative, not at all dry.  If you get a chance to see her, do it! 

Hugs and Stitches!

Megan

Aunt Millie Update

Last nite was the sit n sew at the guild and thwalking around I saw alot of Aunt Millie blocks in progress.  My goodness, they were all so beautiful!!!!

I have 3 finished so far and aren't they playing nicely together??

and now I prepped the 4th to get started on.....unfortunately, there was so much chatting, there was no actual sewing for me last nite.

Seeing everyone else's blocks really gets me energized to get working on this....thanks ladies!!!

Hugs and Stitches!

Megan

A little gardening....

Today I get to meet up with Millie-ettes, to work on our gardens. Being part of a group project like this always gives me that little push to stay on task and actually get something done...'cause you know I have no attention span when it comes to all these wonderful projects.

So in preparation for today's gathering, I finished prepping block #2

oooo, I'm just loving these browns in the background....hey did you hear it's the black? 

Hugs and Stitches!

Megan

Note to Jo Ann:  I cannot be held responsible for any applique that results from this post

Learning New things

So I'm sending out my postcards for the exchange I signed up for ....just in the nick of time.  It's been fun doing these.  I spent some quality time with my machine playing with stitches but decided not to use any of them on the postcards, I think I need to do more practicing on these, like one of those "book of stitches"

but here's my card to celebrate autumn's splendor---there's 6 more that match.

I hope they all get to their recipients safely!

And from the "stump your stupid parents department":
the boys came home with this one today....
add one line to this equation to make it true:  5 + 5 + 5 = 550

We sent them to bed with the satisfaction of having stumped the weary parents, but finally figured it out.....did you ?

                         or were we the last people on the planet to see this math riddle?

Hugs and Stitches!

Megan

Ta-Dah

Hugs and Stitches!

Megan

Random Acts of Color

I'm finishing up the lollipop borders.....it's a study in random, I'm not concerning myself with the combinations of fabrics or if they will all look good in the borders when it all comes together, cause, well look at this mess.....

if one or two fabrics were off, would you even see if or notice?

I figure I need to focus on finish this project , not sweating the small stuff, or the orange stuff or purple stuff.....hopefully next time you see these little beauties they will be trimmed and sewn into the borders, but not until a very important person turns a very important birthday later this week (it's not me!)

Hugs and Stitches!

Megan

New Project Brewing......

The Lollipops are nearly complete for me.....I'm only doing 9 of the 16, and I'm working on the borders during my week in the woods.  So now it's time to look forward to the next project of applique insanity.

This one's been brewing for a while.  I've been trying to convince my friends or maybe it's convincing myself that this one's next.  But really, it's sooooo beautiful!

So that's it, I'm doing this one next.....anyone want to play along?????  I'm thinking I'll do one a month-ish, once I settle on a color scheme, starting next month-ish.

Hope you enjoy this last week of summer, bring on the fall! I'm so ready for school to start!

Hugs and Stitches!

Megan

The Natives are Restless

it's the start of the "can we go in the pool" season, and I've been caught unaware and unprepared.  Usually I accumulate a pile of books for light poolside reading.  So far, I only have these...what else do you suggest????

and I better get some applique to work on as well.....Block#6 is prepped.

I thought maybe it was toooo pink, but it seems to play well with others, so I'm sticking with it.

This time of year is MADNESS!!!! with all the end of year goings on, and some secret project commitments, but the pool beckons and the natives must be appeased, so I'm getting a glass of iced tea and  taking the lifeguard chair.  Hope you find time for a little break this weekend too!

Hugs and Stitches!

Megan

Civil War Blocks

Today I decided to tackle a few Civil War Blocks in between the deadline projects...

 
these blocks are so rewarding, little 6-1/2" victories!  Hope you are victorious today too.

Hugs and Stitches!

Megan

Time out for a Lollipop

I've been feeling the effects of the spring sprouting of trees, grasses, flowers....spring is definitely a mixed blessing here.

I should be working on a certain medallion quilt and some class samples and some magazine quilts, but the decided instead to work on a lollipop block.....something a little less taxing on my foggy brain...
 
I'm finding more and more that a photo reveals things that the eye doesn't always see.....like things that don't look symmetrical (like those light green leaves).  In this monster of a quilt there's so much going on that a little un-even-ness will probably not really show, but while it's still pinned I might as well fix it.

Working on this block definitely has helped to brightened by day....now I guess I'll do some hand sewing, cause it's probably not safe to operate heavy machinery like the vacuum, stove or oven, while I'm on allergy medication.

Hugs and Stitches!

Megan