My New Toy

I've seen this iron on the Internet and just knew that I had to have one.  Jenny from "The Missouri Star Quilt Company" uses one in her tutorials.  Here is a link to them. 

I just love this iron.

It is an Oliso Pro and I bought it from Amazon.com.

You do not stand this iron up, as soon as you take your hand

off of it, it rises off the ironing board;

then when you go to pick it up, the iron becomes flat.

I finished two more small quilts this past week,also.  The tops were made a long time ago but they needed to be quilted and the binding put on them.

This little quilt was made from a charm pack

that I won from Morning Glory Designs.

 I couldn't decide if I wanted to make it bigger or not so I finally decided to leave it the size it was and to use it as a table topper.  It is very fresh looking for the summer on the table.

I used a Hexagon Ruler from Fons and Porter to make this small quilt.  When you use this ruler to make a braid quilt there is no waste because there is no trimming after the strips are made.

I got the pattern also from Fons and Porter but I only made 4 strips instead of 5 that the pattern called for.  This will be a donation comfort quilt for the local Quilters Guild.

Peggy

Lots of finishes in October, getting ready for November

I have been waiting too long for the blocks to finish my Ireland Quilt so I decided to do my own thing for a few of the blocks.  I will wait a little while longer to see what the last blocks look like and if they don't get posted soon then I will do another one to finish that quilt.

I left my heart in Ireland

Flowers and greenery of Ireland

I like the flying geese block

so I am calling this block

"Flying over the Emerald Isle"

I was able to finish the last 3 of the Morning Glory Designs BOM and now there are 20 completed blocks.

Block 18

Block 19

Block 20

I also took a picture of the first 20 blocks in this BOM.

Morning Glory Designs Vintage Sampler

I also made a Casserole Carrier.  I thought I might make a few for Christmas gifts so I made one for myself to try the pattern out.  I changed the pattern by putting binding around the pieces instead of flipping them inside out and used webbing for the handles instead of fabric.

the outside

the inside

I also made 4 placemats for a friend that I do yoga with twice a week.

I used a pattern from Atkinson Designs book I have.

She wanted burgundy and black so I combined

the burgundy with beige and used black

for the backing and binding.

Peggy.

September Blocks

I am busy doing Christmas projects which I will post after Christmas and I have finished most of my September blocks. 

This door hanging I made is actually

called O Canada but I thought

autumn leaves would look really

nice on it too.

Joined at the Hip

All the Blocks of this quilt can be found here.

The gal that has this blog is a little behind so

I decided to just continue on my own.

She has some nice ideas for blocks

and I want to complete this quilt

with her blocks.

In Color Order

This block of the month uses four colours 

in some of the blocks, but this one

only uses three plus the background.

Apple Avenue September 

and we have 4 apples.

Morning Glory Designs

Country Junk'tion

I like this one with the

sunflower and the crow.

Peggy

Getting Caught Up

I was so far behind on my BOM's that I spent the last 2 days doing nothing but blocks.  YKW was up at the cabin and I was alone at home with outside temperatures too hot to enjoy.  So what does one do under these circumstances?   Well you sew, if you are me.  The temperatures the past few days were in the 30C range with humidex around 37C.  Far too hot to be out and about.

Block #15 Yellow Roses

Morning Glory Designs

Block #16 Three Tulips in a Vase

Morning Glory Designs

 

 

Block #15 Ohio Star

Craftsy Block of the Month

 

Block #16 Double Star

Craftsy Block of the Month

 

August Block

Apple Avenue

This block took me a long time to do because

of the small pieces all around

the outside edge.

 

The Letter P and Pretty Pinwheels

Lyn Brown's Alphabet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retreat Time And Some More Blocks

The Quilt Therapy Group needed a little bit of therapy so we decided to have a 3 day retreat.  It was held in Joyce's beautiful sun room this year and we all accomplished a lot of work and even went shopping one morning for more fabric.

Pierina was working on making pumpkins.

Four delightful Pumpkins

Three more and a little bit of decoration on 2 

of them.

She also made placemats to match but

I didn't get a picture.  I will

on our next therapy day, next week.

Joyce is making a purse.  The fabric could be summer or fall so it isn't too late to get started on it.  She picked up this beautiful fabric in Duluth when we were there in late May.

Lovely fabric

Joyce is quilting the inside of the

black flowers with black thread,

and then filling in some of 

the lines around the white and black

areas.

Maria has made 6.5 inch squares that she will

add to a wall hanging.  They will

become pockets on the wall hanging for 

baby essentials.

She appliqued a heart on the top.

This wall hanging is for a niece who is

expecting her first child.

I was working on some doll quilts.

They came out a little larger then

I thought but they will be great.

Doll Quilt number 2

The borders are different and that will also

be the backing and binding.

These little doll quilts are for Toys for Tots

 and are given to less

fortunate little ones for Christmas with a

Teddy Bear wrapped in them.

I have also made up more blocks from my BOM quilts.  I'm a little behind but catching up slowly.  Summer is such a busy time that it is hard to keep up, but with summer winding down I will be up to date in no time.

Morning Glory Designs

Letter N and Nostalgic Nine in Nine

Letter O and Old Oak on Point

In Colour Order August Block.

Some Things I am Working On

I am a saver and save scraps and large pieces of leftover fabric after a project is done. I really hate throwing scraps away.  After I finished the Shades of Autumn quilt there was a lot of leftover fabric and half square triangles so I got to work and found a small quilt that I could make with them. I am calling it Autumn Harvest because I harvested it from leftovers.

Autumn Harvest.

It measures 38 x 46 and made from scraps.

The only thing I purchased was the backing.

This is a small quilt made from a Charm Pack

that I won from Morning Glory Designs.

I added the white which was in my stash.

I have to purchase some fabric for the borders

and I will do that this week when I

am in Southern Ontario.

I have been working away on it so that I can take it with me when I am choosing fabric.

Right now it measures about 30 x 30.

These 2 fabrics are being used in 2 gifts that I am

working on for this weekend.  I can't

post them yet but will post later 

after they have found new homes.

Tomorrow Is A New Month

Tomorrow is a new month with new blocks to be downloaded and sewn so I have been busy finishing up this months blocks.  Some of my blocks come out at different times of the month or week so it seems I always have new ones to make.

This is June's block from Apple Avenue.

4 cute lady bugs

June Block from Canton Village Quilt Works.

These blocks come out on the 25th of the month

so I am not behind on this one.

June Block from Joined at the Hip.

I am doing mine in just 2 colours

and not scrappy.

The letter M and Mariner's Compass.

This is from Lyn Brown

her Quilter's Alphabet.

Spring Basket Block #12

from Morning Glory Designs.

Block 13 from Morning Glory Designs

Pink Daffodils.

My daffodils don't look like the ones on the website.

I just couldn't put green leaves where the

pink petals should be.