More Snow-No Quilting

The weatherman was wrong and instead of receiving only one inch of snow we received over 7 inches of snow. Since DH is out of town and DS is at school I am the snow plow. So my quilting time is going to the snow shoveling today. Hopefully, I can quilt tomorrow.

Carpenter's Star Block #3

Today I spent time cutting out squares for Carpenter's Square #3. This quilt will be in shades of green and blue. My thinking today was that if I got another one cut out, then I could sew both top together at once. It always seems that it takes me longer to cut than it does to sew.

Marking Squares

The last few days have been filled with things that did not allow for quilting time. Today is not much better, but I did get time today to mark my squares so I can get back to stitching the next Carpenters Star. I also mailed off the scrap bag for the scrappy block swap. I should receive my bag soon and will have a swap to work on. I also mailed off my scrappy house block swap.

More Squares

The only time I had for quilting today was while I was waiting for DS. I cut 50 more 5" squares. I should certainly have enough now for the Nickel Quilt.

My goal for tomorrow is to go through my projects and put them in order. Perhaps making kits with info of what is there, who it is for, and what is missing.

Nickel Block Quilt

I needed a take along project today so grabbed a bag of scraps, my 5 inch (nickel) square, small cutting board and rotary cutter and as I waited for DS I cut scrap squares. I don't know when I will actually begin sewing the quilt but I now have 125 squares ready to sew together. I am actually thinking about setting them on point, just to give them a bit of a punch.

Quilt Guild Meeting

I was unable to attend my guild meeting yesterday. So I spent my quilting time today working on my 9 patch charity quilt that I will donate to our children's organization. I cut the spacing squares today. Next time I will start sewing the nine patch blocks to the spacers. Cute, but easy.

Scrap Baggie Block Swap

Well the swap has closed and I now know that it will last 7 months. Each month I will receive a new bag of scraps. From those scraps I will add the same amount of my own scraps and then make 2 - 12 1/2" scrappy blocks. At the end of the swap, I will send the hostess half of the blocks that she will swap out and send me the same amount back. By the end of this swap I should have enough blocks to make a quilt. Need to finish stuffing my baggie and mail it off.
This should be so fun! Can hardly wait to get my first bag of scraps!!

#2 Memory Quilt Cut Out

I have all the squares cut out for memory quilt #2. This will be the same Carpenter's Star as the last one. It is #2 out of a series of 5 for my Aunts as a memory of their brother. The quilts are being made from his old shirts and blue jeans.

First Carpenter's Star Memory Top Finished

Was able to sew today even though DH was home and I got the top sewn together. It still needs to be pressed well and more threads trimmed, but it came out really well. Now I will need to figure out how to quilt it.

Ready to Sew Together Carpenter's Star Block

Well the pieces are waiting to be sewn together. I will be working on finishing this today. It is coming together really well. I hope to cut the next set of blocks this afternoon also. I think I will make all 5 blocks then sandwich and quilt them all.

House Swap Ready to go Out

Finally got my house blocks pressed. The challenge was to have the blocks say something about who we are. I have lived all across the US. The one thing that remained the same no matter if we lived in an apartment, rental house, government/base housing or our own home were flowers in the yard. Sometimes we had containers of flowers and veggies, sometimes we had flowerbeds, and sometimes we had just hanging baskets. All was good with the world as long as I had flowers in the front of the house. So I picked fabrics that depicted flowers for the house. At first we had only 6 people sign up so I made all my houses the same, as the swap grew I had to add houses with different flower fabrics. This was strictly a scrap swap so I had to keep digging for flower fabric. I think they came out really cute.

House Blocks all Done & More Snow Shoveling

I have all of my House Swap blocks finished. I need to give them a final press and trim and then put them in an envelope ready to go to the swap hostess. I have seen photos of one of the swap groups houses and if they are all as cute as Mary's we should have some really great houses.

We received another 8" of snow so again my quilting time is limited due to shoveling. We now have so much snow in the yard, I can't shovel it any higher without falling back on the drive way. May need to dig out the little red wagon, so I can haul the snow out to the street.

Carpenter's Star Block

I have all the pieces of the block cut and sewn together. I now need to press all the squares and lay them out so they can be sewn together. This quilt will finish at approximately 32" square. Will make a great table topper or wall quilt. I think all my aunts will love these remembrances of their brother.

Big Snow

I did not get time to sew as we received 20+ inches of snow. I spent my time when I could have been quilting--shoveling. While it is beautiful, I do not enjoy shoveling, but need to do so to get the car out to the street. Hope it quits so I don't have to shovel again. Here are photos of my back patio.

No Quilting Time Today

Well, today I had Dr. appointments so no quilting. We are expecting a BIG Snowstorm tomorrow, so I hope to quilt all day tomorrow! I am playing with the Carpenter's Star block design. I really like this block.

Memory Quilt Progress

I have finally decided what I will do for the fifth memory quilt! It will be the Carpenter's Star. My Uncle was a carpenter and this seems to be very fitting to honor him. Now, I need to draw out the pattern so the star will be approximately 32 inches square. Will need to get to work!