In the Hive

These were some of my favorite quilts at the show!

I finished up my Grandma's Porch Quilt! I finished piecing my Beautiful Blooms quilt... Got some new books... I got this book the other night at guild! Eleanor's sister was our guest speaker.

Finally got my borders. On to the next step.

Well, the Fall pumpkin quilt did not go so well, I tried machine quilting it and I did not like it one little bit!!  I LOVE MY QUILTING FAIRY!  - I wonder if she can hear me??  So, I thought let's take machine quilting out and hand quilt it.  Well, between my shoulder/arm and finger injury there was  no way to hand quilt it.  Then I spotted a little hole in the one pumpkin!!!!  It's more like a 1/4 inch slit.  I am frustrated.. I guess i could stitch in closed an maybe put a lady bug or bee button on it.   Hmm.. well then the seasons changed, so I decided to start a winter/christmas project.  I found a photo in one of my old magazines and decided to do it in christmas colors!

I got the borders on today!  Hurrah.  Yikes, now comes quilting.  I HATE my machine quilting....but I would like to hang this up soon!!

I can only sew in bits and bites with this darn shoulder and arm injury!  I got the center of my pumpkin quilt put together today. Not sure if this will get done for this season.  Oh well!

I finished my king size quilt top this am. It goes to my friend, Gisela, to quilt on her longarm machine in January. I am trying to be better about finishing my ufo's, this one was started last fall in 2006. My little boy and I had a fun time trying to fold this huge top up! It's 110 x 110 inches!

Thanksgiving has come and gone. My dumpling dough really gave us a laugh! It definitely doubled when it rose! We had our second snow storm of the season today, so I spend the day catching up on my sampler blocks. I have one more block to catch up on!

I managed to piece 1/2 of the quilt for our king-size bed. This is quite a task!!!! I think we need a smaller bed.

I finished piecing this cute wallhanging this morning. Now I just have to quilt it!

I started this project during a quilt retreat I went on in May. My sewing machine had broken during the retreat and when I took it home to get my other one, I stopped at the fabric store. I picked up some Loralie fabric with cartoony sewing machines and notions on it. I ended up making a twin size quilt to take with me use during my quilt retreats. My friend just finished quilting it on her longarm with a really neat sewing notion pattern!

I finished piecing my lanterns quilt top today. Now I just have to layer it and quilt it. It helped lift my spirits using the bright colors and I added the butterflies thinking about Mom and that her spirit is now free.