Jelly Roll Race Quilt is Done!

My Jelly Roll Race quilt is done!  The fabric strips are all sewing-related items, so the quilting I chose for it is sewing-related as well.  It's been done awhile now, but just haven't taken a picture and posted.  Finally!  Now I can add it to my 2015 completions...

More to come,

Suzy

Allietare Mystery Quilt Progress

I've been busy the past five weeks trying to keep up with Bonnie Hunter's Allietare Mystery Quilt. Clue 4 seemed to take me forever...

Clue 1

Clue 2

Clue 3

Clue 4

Clue 5

Whew,
Suzy

MIA

I realize I've been MIA for awhile. Sorry about that, but real life intervenes. The largest portion of time was computer-related. Just before Thanksgiving, my computer started running very, very slowly and things were loading slowly or weren't loading at all...software or internet-related items. I had a sinking feeling my computer's hard drive was about to crash (it IS 6 years old). So after a few days of dealing with the awful lag, decided to go out and buy a new one.  Brought it home and was waiting for the next day when I hoped my geeky youngest daughter could hold my hand through setting everything up.  Meanwhile, I left my old computer on.  The next morning I awoke and went into my office, turned the corner to sit down at my desk, and...you guessed it...the BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH.  At least I was prepared with a new computer ready to hook-up and I have Carbonite, so everything was backed up.

Then comes a whole 'nuther part of the story.  I had splurged and not only bought the CPU tower, but a new monitor as well.  Well, in hooking up the monitor, all I got were funny black lines on a white background.  Knew everything was hooked up properly, so I reboxed the screen and returned it (1/2 hour each way, mind you).  Got the new screen home (same type) and hooked it up.  It worked fine until the screensaver activated, then I got those wonky lines again.  After a few choice words (I won't repeat them here, LOL), I did the boxing and returning thing again.  This time I changed up the monitor to the same type as the CPU.  Got it home and all seemed fine.  Spent THREE straight days downloading all my backups off Carbonite (during which time you turn off your screensaver, per instructions *you know where this is going, right*) and then start using my computer and loading on all the software and stuff so the backups work (another two days) and have my computer all set up the way I want.  Put the screensaver on again, and....yep, you guessed it!  ARRRGGGHHH!

Figure the only thing it could be is CPU-related at this point.  I mean, come on, it's only coincidence up to a point!  So I have to completely reformat the computer back to factory settings ('cause all my stuff was on it at this point), take EVERYTHING back and get a top-of-the-line gaming laptop and have been in heaven ever since.  Of course, I lost another week reloading everything!  So I essentially lost 2-1/2 weeks of my life I can never get back...

Regularly scheduled programming shall resume shortly.  :o)

So there you have it,
Suzy

A Quilty "Treat" for Halloween

Hear ye! Hear ye! Bonnie Hunter's new mystery quilt has officially begun with the revelation of the color palette. She is calling her new mystery quilt Allietare! -- and the colors are right up my alley! The name and colors are inspired by her recent trip to Tuscany, and you can find out all the info on Bonnie's website here.

I am happy to report that all (yes--ALL) the fabrics are from my stash. And there is way more where they came from. LMAO! No, I don't feel embarrassed in the least. It's taken me almost 20 years to get my quilt stash where it is now. I'm sure there are many of you out there in the same boat. Are we gonna jump overboard? Heck, no! Just pile more in and hope we don't sink the ship! Hehehehehe.

Looking forward to the first clue on Black Friday,
Suzy

Seeing Stars...

Yesterday was our usual Wednesday get-together. Mona forgot to bring the girl blocks (LOL!), but luckily we had our supplies for the boy's charity quilt...so that's what we worked on.

There were five yesterday, but only three of us worked on the charity quilt.  The other two had projects they needed to finish up.  Even so, we now have a total of 10 blocks done (40 quadrants). What fun we had!

A couple of us are meeting tomorrow at Mona's to work on the girl's quilt.  Her hubby is going to be away for a long weekend, so when the cat's away, the mice will play!  After we sew during the day, we are going to the fair in the evening.  It's gonna be a fun, fun day!

On another note, I made this quilt top for our guild's charity in which we supply lap-sized, wheelchair-friendly quilts to veterans.  I had a leftover charm pack (not a full charm pack) of red/white/blue fabrics, so decided to do a quick disappearing 9-patch and then added the white border and some stars to the corners. I hope it gives comfort to someone special. 

Here's to more fun,
Suzy

Making Progress

The gals and I wound up not meeting last week, as we all had other things pop up.  Hence, no progress was made on our girl's charity quilt.

But yesterday we accomplished quite a bit!  Ta da...

The quilt blocks are all done and de-papered.  Next week when we meet, we will be sewing the blocks into rows and the rows together.  We should have a top before the end of the day and maybe even time to...

work on the boy's charity quilt!

Yes, this where were the boy's quilt stands.  These were made by me during some down time at home.  I wanted to get to a point where I could see how the spiderweb was evolving.  I brought it yesterday and everyone loves it!  So this should be a fun one to work on, as well.  Plus, it will go together much faster.  I love the colors together!

Having fun while making progress,
Suzy

More Charity Quiltin'

My quilty friends and I only have about 10-12 more blocks to make for the girl's charity quilt.  Then we can assemble the rows together and get it into tip "top" shape.  :o)  Last week we were at Kathie's house and left the blocks and foundation paper pieces there as she was going to finish up the couple we had in progress when we had to leave at 5pm so she could get to an appointment.  

I only printed enough foundation pieces to make the top so we would know when we had enough; and since they are all at Kathie's, I decided to play with the boy's charity quilt we are planning to make also.  I got four quadrants done and this goes together so much faster than the girl's does.  I posted it onto Facebook to see how the gals liked it and it is a thumbs-up.  So, we will use the constant bright yellow in the center (star shape) and strings that read blue or green for each side.  Once we lay them all together block after block, the strings will form a spiderweb shape.  I think it will look awesome!  It's a bit brighter than the picture reflects.  So, what do you think?

I'm pretty sure we'll be able to finish the remaining girl's quilt blocks this Wednesday and maybe even start sewing rows together.  Woohoo!  I'll post a pic of our progress on that quilt either Wednesday nite or Thursday.

Chuggin' along,

Suzy

Strange Happenings

Funny thing...

I went to the quilt shop today to buy the Stripology Ruler I've been wanting.  Somehow a new book and all this fabric jumped into my bag.  I just don't understand...  LOL

You can never have too many neutral Batiks or Repro anything,
Suzy

A Different Kind of Cruisin'

My latest acquisition.  Not exactly quilting-related, but fun nonetheless.  :o)

Cruisin'
Suzy

Charity Quiltin'

A couple of my girlfriends and I met at my house today and worked on a charity quilt (girly colors). This was our progress as we broke for lunch around 2pm (as noted on the grandfather clock, LOL)...

And this was our progress as we broke for the day at 5pm (also as noted on the grandfather clock, LOL)... 

We have 21 of the 63 blocks needed for the quilt; so we are a third of the way there. I will work on more tomorrow on my own as I'm apparently not as much of a speed demon as are my girlfriends. Hehehehe. They are really fun to sew and I made a paper-piecing pattern for us which made it easier to use with scraps -- no precutting necessary.  :o)

This will be our Wednesday project for awhile.  After we make this girly one, we will make a charity quilt geared more toward a boy.  Maybe using a spiderweb block or something to that effect.

Charity quiltin',
Suzy