Has it really been a year?

I have been quilting and knitting, you would not know it from here, but I have posted things to Ravelry and I have a quilt ready for the quilter.  No pix here, but soon.

Knitting Auntie is Quilting Auntie…

so i made 2 sewing machine covers this weekend – using a free pattern from spool.  the black one is using a fat quarter of project runway fabric plus other sewing black and white fabrics and the bottom one is shades of green and purple that i made for my best friend…hers got a monogram too…

 

I also made a bag – The Party Tote – using 2 Hunky Dory Charm Packs.

it was a good sewing weekend, and I think I am addicted to Charm Packs….will have to look for more at the Summer Shop Hop this Friday….in NH.

Bye Bye 2009....its been interesting knowing you...

the year is over, ended with a Wii Bowling Tournament and the movie Julie and Julie which I liked very much. Must have been the blog stuff that got me because the idea of cooking over 500 recipes in one year gives me the willies. I would much rather sew and knit and quilt than do anything in the kitchen.

I did host my annual NYE party (just good friends and family) for pasta, some cherry dessert (looked horrid, tasted ok) and cake for bowling food. I did make my celery dip, put out sweets, chips and oops, just realized i never got the dip out.

On the quilting front, the quilt in this picture was finished in 2009 - the binding finally done the last days of the year. I knit a little, scarfs and hats and a sweater (baby) or two. I have more planned for 2010. I have been spending most of my time on facebook. But will continue to post here as I think of it.

Happy New Year to all...

take us our to the ball game....

Connor and I went to a Red Sox Game - -it was a lot of fun and the SOX won...

T-Shirt Quilt Disney Style

My Disney T-Shirt Quilt in progress...its off to the quilter already, it was started at a class at the Country Heart Quilter Shop in Plymouth NH. I had a great time making it and am going to make a second one. I have some t-shirts from Disneyworld Christmas parties that I have attended.

Trio gone Bad...when life gives you lemons...

Well, I had such good sucess with the first trip around the world, I decided to make a second one as a birthday gift for my bother. Well, the prep work was fine, making the strip sets was good. Then, it came time to put it together... Well I guess my brain took a vacation yesterday, and I ended up with sonething that is not a "Trip around the World", but a quilt top that looks like its going in a single direction, not around the world. It needs one more strip (its not symetrical yet, and borders so that it will be big enough for his bed. He has a queen platform bed so the borders don't need to be huge, it does not need to hang to the floor. I have to find a few more quarter yards of the fabrics to be able to make the last strip or i will have to piece a few blocks to get what I need to get it done. Once that is done I can start thinking about the back and quilting. I will be sending it out. There is no way I am going to quilt this myself. To big and not enough time to get it done.

Trip Around New Hampshire 2009 Shop Hop Results

I have completed the top for my Trip Around New Hampshire 2009 quilt. This picture does not have the borders on it, but imagine a 2" black inner border and a 5" outer border done in the "Blue Paisley" fabric "Penelope by Alice Kennedy" is the actual fabric line. I did this quilt using the Trip Around the World instructions from Quiltville.com.

These are great free instructions that took me through making my first "TRIP". I have a second one planned already - it will be called "Stan's Trip through the Orient" using the Legacy Studio "Oriental" line is shades of gray, black, red and white. Once I get it done (the top anyway) I will post a picture.

a window on maine

this quilt is made to showcase an image i took a few years ago during a late spring/early summer (last week of may) trip to the Acadia national park area in Maine. we stayed at a wonderful cottage on Elsworth lake with a juvenile bald eagle sitting in the tree in the side yard. the place was a wonderful spot to vacation, just far enough from bar harbor to be peaceful. its a wonderful memory. i will bring this to my office to add a window in the place.