Summer Sewing Stuff

Welcome, Welcome, Welcome....  Just time for a quick recap of the week.....(from John Oliver's HBO show)

My Center Block on my medallion quilt.  I have all the stems, birds and berries sewn down - yay!!

Last weekend Andrew and Sig came up from NJ and the boys worked on a project together.

You can really sense the brain power here.

 Love to see those power tools in use.

They turned this

Into this - 2 sets of Corn Hole!  wee what fun

I made 16 corn filled bags with duck cloth.  Andrew had 2 themes:  Green & Yellow for John Deer; and Blue and Orange for the Miami Dolphins.

What a great action shot!  The tables still need their paint, but are definitely playable. 

Coco was confused as always.... Silly Pup.

Kelly of Pinkadot sent me this adorable handmade bird pin.

She also sent this fabulous Cowboy themed Toile' - I only need about 6 more yards of this!  Thank you, Kelly.

Pat, from Midland Texas sent me this wonderful tea towel.  When I was there in March I tried to find one.  How sweet of her to think of me and send it.  Thank you Pat.

I am making a Rainbow Heart Quilt for a victim of the Pulse Tragedy.    You can find information here on the Orlando Modern Quilt Guild site if you are interested.  They are taking blocks, quilts, supplies, etc.

And now this......an evening picnic of Chipotle at the beach last night.  Summer zooms by so fast, I'm determined to slow it down a bit.

I love the late day shadows on the sand.  It was low tide so it was fun to watch the kids looking for gifts from the sea.

I'm off to the Vermont Quilt Festival Saturday morning.  If you see me walking around say hello!
xo

A Banner Day

Happy Friday!

I've been wanting to try making a bunting and finally gave it a whirl.  There are a lot of ideas here on Pinterest.

Here is mine made with a Kaffe fabric.

I made a paper patterns until I found the size I liked.   I made a cardboard template to mark the pre-fused fabric.

I fused a solid on the back and left the edges unfinished.   It would be really fun to make it two sided and hang it in a archway.

I used dritz single fold bias tape.   I pressed it in half to make a channel for the pennants.

I arranged them and held them in place with binder clips.

I stitched them in the channel close to the edge.

Waa-La (as Norma and I like to say :)

Aaahhhh.....spent a day at the beach last weekend with a great book on my ipod, an iced tea and applique'.

You just can't beat the view.

Happy Friday!  Grab a little summer before its gone!

Smooth Sailing

Today I'm sharing a quilt I made in 1999 for my Husband's 40 Birthday.   He's been sailing his whole life, so I thought the paper pieced sailboat would be perfect for a signature quilt.  There are 40 boats, of course.

It's very scrappy.  The blocks were finished and signed at his Birthday Party

As a little joke, I put his upside down.

 I used a lighthouse panel for the backing.

This summer Rich has been playing with a friends' used Laser.   He and Andrew went sailing in it over the 4th of July weekend.

Small craft advisory?  No problem......

I can't remember is this was before or after they capsized.  

Boys just love messing about in boats, don't they?