Contests: Get Free Quilting!

Lately my quilting business has been a little slow. Maybe it's the dog days of summer? I thought it would be fun to give away free quilting. But I need a quilter to give it too! Soooo, here's the plan leave a comment below why and what you need quilted, if I can get 100 unique comments, I will pick one to quilt free. Only limitations is the quilt can not be over 90 inches. So here's a great chance to reduce your UFO pile. If in the meantime you need something quilted give me an email you will be surprised how affordable it can be. Leave an email so I know how to contact you or email me with your comment number and I will record your entry that way. Don't forget to follow me:)

How I am needleturning the first Border on CW Bride

Layout the traced pieces till I am pleased. Glue baste in place.

I am starting to see the Border take shape of the Civil War Bride Quilt. I have made the first 5 blocks of the top row, so I decided to make the left side border, then go back to the blocks.

Since these blocks are so organic I can, work on them in my lap without a lot of prep. I simply cut and go doing one section at a time building the border.  I cut out the image glue in place using Roxanne's Glue Baste ( the tiniest drop!).  I then needle turn the piece. My goal is too perfect my needle skills so it is just me and my needle.  I have no patience for freezer paper or all the other prep methods.  I also use a jelly roll white pen. They write very smoothly and so far has washed out of everything.

After the pieces are needleturned in place continue to next section.

I have been asked how I know where to place the pieces.  In this case I traced the stem and appliqued that first.  I place registration marks where I think things should go and make adjustments as I needleturn the pieces.

Those sneaky UFO's --Just like Tribbles!

It’s amazing how quilters can build a huge quilty to do list!  Mine is a little out of sorts right now so I think It’s time to address it just a little!  First I need to make a quilty list of things I want to get done, Trust me its far to long to list everything so I will try to break it into parts so I can reduce it a little and make some type of Dent! I think I will start with 12 projects and come up with a way to finish them. My quilty list in no particular order of importance: 

1. CWB ~  The Civil War Bride almost 4 blocks done
2. Birds of Feather ~ Working on Borders
3. Elizabeth Pride ~ Working on block 14 then the center and ready to finish in December.
4. Celebration ~ Old ufo need to applique and piecing the setting triangles
5. Lizzie May ~ Another BOM making the sawtooth blocks
6. Elegant Garden ~ All applique 15 blocks done
7. GSS ~ Putting the last rows on now should be ready to quilt soon, pictured below.
8. FWS ~ Farmers Wife Sampler Bom working on blocks 53-60
9. Hot Shakespear in the Park~ Hot Bright Pink batik quilt lots cut out 
10. My Pink Support quilt ~ Need to set it just so torn about how too.
11. Web sampler ~ Got 8 blocks made
12. The Patriots Quilts ~ Gifts for friends simple rail fence design 

Wow, six of those are major applique projects to pluck away at. I also not on the list are my tops to quilt~ I need to quilt one of those each week and fit binding in there too. What a pile! Oh my those darn Tribbles, where did they come from.

The Bride Block

I just finished my third block for the Civil War bride Quilt and so far each block is so much fun to do and so creative!   

I think its time to organize some of my quilt projects. I have so many wonderful works inn progress like this spectacular quilt I am just finishing up came from my on line quilt group www.quiltingaroundtheworld.com.  I have one more row of sawtooth stars to add.  This was a six month swap where each month we swapped out blocks. The great thing is even though we swapped out the same blocks our quilts are very individual!