Mail Arrived...

I went to check the mail today and I got all my quilt packages that I have been waiting for... I got the fabric for the caterpillar quilt from Ladyfingers Sewing studio. This got here quick (4 days vs the normal 7 days to a month). I got the thread I ordered to quilt both Laurens quilt as well as the VHC (very hungry caterpillar) quilt. I also received quilting on a roll, which I am going to use to quilt Laurens quilt together. It feels like Christmas in June!!!

MISS-Adventures in Applique.

OK, so I sewed down sun bonnet sue last night. Then I started on the hearts. First let me say I now recognize the need to "practice" before actually working on the quilt. I have learned a few lessons on this quilt...

1. First Nine patches leave lots of room for showing off imperfections.
2. If your 1/4 inch seems are not that great, you need to "fit" your boarders to your quilt before you cut them, do not assume that the directions are going you fit "your" quilt. (this was made evident by having to add 1 inch to the top border. Which was even caught by my non crafty husband with a " Why is that side different?" Remind me that I do not want him to know too much about quilting in the future.
3. When Appliqueing hearts you what to pivot the fabric when the needle is on the inside of the zigzag stitch. Or your zigzag is well really zig zaggy.
4. Do not make your children Smores prior to sewing, those things are really messy and will end up some where you do not want them.
5. Any time a project calls for 100 hearts, laugh and then subtract about 70 of them for your own project. Who says the quilt has to look JUST like the picture.

I am going to finish the applique and iron, prior to taking another picture of the quilt.

Adventures in Applique

So I got all the hearts, letters & sun bonnet sue cut out, I have most of them ironed on and I have started stitching them down. One of the biggest pain in the rear about being stationed overseas is the fact that it is hard to get supplies. The closest quilt shop is 1 1/2 hours away. I hate driving up there and occasionally the guild will take a field trip. I was able to find some steam a seam in my stash so I lucked out and did not have to make a trip. So far every thing is going according to plan, I actually can not wait for my 1 year old to take his nap so I can get to work. :)

Speaking of 1 year olds, I have ordered new fabric for his next quilt. He already had a mother goose quilt but silly me I ran over it with the stroller and now there are holes and permanent mud stains on it. :( So I saw the Very hungry Caterpillar fabric and I fell in love. Of course who can not fall in love with all those colors. Here is a picture from Andover Fabrics on what the quilt should look like when I am done. I ordered the fabric on line so it should be here in a week or so depending on the mail.

Quilt top--- Done!

OK, so today when my 1 year old was napping I was able to get some serious quilting done. In fact I got the whole top done and put together. Perfect it is not, pretty it is. Now i have the task of cutting all of the hearts and the sun bonnet sue and Lauren (the babies name) out of the remaining fabric. This is going to take forever, then not to mention appliqueing them to the quilt it self. So while the kids are in bed for now on I will be cutting it all out. I think I will end up dreaming about hearts. LOL. So does anyone have any suggestions for "squaring" my quilt top and appliqueing a hundred hearts?

The first blog

Ok, so this is my very first blog. I am not sure how often I am going to post or if I will always post about quilting, but here I go...

I am currently working on a quilt for our unborn daughter, it is the most difficult quilt I have made so far. It is called PS I love you from the PS I love you 2 book. The first picture is from the book to show you what it should look like and the second picture is what I have so far. I am using Moda's 3 sisters simplicity fabric. This fabric is great, it is girly, soft and timeless. I have 2 months left to have the quilt done, Ok I know she will not know if it is not done, but I will. :)