Not my bags for Houston!! It’s hundreds of 2″ charms ready to mail next week! Have you signed up to swap? Check out The Curious Quilter for all the details!
What am I going to do with hundreds of new charms? Keep sewing charms quilts, of course! Here’s a link to my first completed PSQ, which I love!
My PSQ #2 is a Bonnie Hunter Dancing Nines pattern. I love this one, too! Sewing nine patches is so therapeutic!
It won’t be long and I will be packing my bags for Houston! See you there!
🙂 Linda
I was excited to help Diane finish the t-shirt quilt she started for her son.
But wait, the quilt is reversible! There is another set of t-shirts on the other side!
I have to admit, I was reluctant to quilt a two sided t-shirt quilt. But after a little research on my trusty longarm forum, I decided to jump ahead and do it. The large borders allowed me to stagger the shirts on the “back” and keep the intersections from being on top of each other. The result was great and the fabric trimmed from the top was used to make the binding. All done!
Have you made a 2 sided t-shirt quilt? Thanks! Linda 🙂
Another scrap quilt started!! Denise gave me a great tutorial on making Mile a Minute crumb blocks at our fabulous retreat during the AQS Des Moines quilt show last weekend! I’m auditioning possible fabric for the sashing strips.
What do you think?
Here’s an example of a crumb quilt with diagonal setting and a fun crumb strip detail giving it an argyle look. This was a favorite from the Des Moines quilt guild’s show.
I have enough crumbs to make multiple quilts, so I’ll make the straight set first and then argyle set.
Did you make it to the AQS show in Des Moines?
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Thanks! Linda 🙂
And this is only my So Fine! #50 collection! My wonderful hubby replaced the lights over my longarm for my birthday, which prompted taking a thread inventory and cleaning. As you can see, I love using Superior Threads So Fine! #50 thread! Believe it or not, I made a short shopping list for the AQS show in Des Moines this weekend.
The lights are on!
I’m excited to load a quilt and see if the new lights are in improvement. Just in time for the shorter days, so I can keep stitching later!
Are you going to the AQS show in Des Moines? I’ll be working at Rainbows and Calico Things Thursday, come see me when you’re driving to Des Moines! And I’ll be Des Moines for the weekend, sewing with friends and cruising the quilt show and vendors! See you there!
🙂 Linda
Okay, it’s a design pile of future quilts!
I love that my 10 year old granddaughter, Haley, knows me so well that she’d give me a big bag of scraps she got at a garage sale. And I love that when Haley told the seller she was buying them for her grandma, she gave them to her for free! What a great birthday present!
After all the company was gone, I enjoyed my quiet time sorting and ironing the scraps! Here’s my sorting process. 
1. Pieced remnants for Mile a Minute project
2. 1 1/2″ strips for Trash to Treasure Pineapple quilt
3. Small strips and pieces to be cut into 2″ and 2 1/2″ charm squares for PSQ quilts and swaps
4. Large pieces sorted by light, mediums and blacks
5. Bright strips for string pieced Tummy Time quits
6. Batik strips and pieces
Because I’m a scrap quilter, these fabrics will be used! Most of the fabric is quilt shop quality fabric, too! Haley did a great job!
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This week is a Houston warm up! It starts with a small group quilting retreat in Des Moines and the AQS quilt show. Stay tuned for updates!
Thanks! Linda 🙂
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