MORE 4-PATCHES

 It's 7:15 AM and I have been doing a little sewing before it's time to walk with my neighbor.  We usually walk at 7:30, but it is raining so we are going to wait a while.  In the mean time, I have been making more 4-patches for the 4-patch quilt-a-long. It is easy and fun sewing scraps together and I just finished 37, so now I have a grant total of 94.  I need to make 320!!

I love the little bucket that I put the blocks in - but it won't be large enough for 320.

Yesterday I added the word HOME to 3 pillow fronts that I made recently.  I made one for our couch and really like it, so I decided to make s few more which I will probably sell or give away.  Here is one of them.

Stitching around the words is a pain, but necessary.  One top done and 2 more to go.  Tonight, our oldest son will come over to watch the World Series with the hubby.  It's nice to have him nearby, and that he is able to come over quite often.  He is a pilot, so is also gone a lot.

I've been trying to clean up the sewing room lately and have made some progress.  I also found quite a few UFOs.  Some of them are not really necessary, but others are important and I want to get a lot done before Thanksgiving.  I better make a list starting with the most important.

Have a great week!

QUILT-A-LONG WITH LORI!

 Lori, at humblequilts.blogspot.com having a quilt-a-long.  She has been doing this for years and I think I joined in her first one and many (but not all) after that.

This one is quite easy and needs 1 1/2" strips or squares.  I just happen to have lots of those on hand, so I will join in.  Here is what I found and I know where I can get lots more!

This basket has lots of strips in it that are the right size or a little larger, so I can trim them and have some 4-patches in a few minutes!  The project ends up about 25" square and will make a nice little mat that you can use on a table or counter.  It's fun to try to not use the same fabric more than once!  I have several little quilts about this size that I do use and one more will be fun!

Busy with Donation Quilts

I have been really bad - this is the longest time between blogs that I have ever had, I think!  Nobody will probably look for my blogs if this keeps up.  I have been very busy lately.  I've made and/or quilted several donations.  This first one was made by a friend in one of my guilds (Gone to Pieces which meets in McMinnville, OR).  She does beautiful work but doesn't quilt.  We have 2 long arm quilters in this guild and one has been out sick for quite a while and the other one is super busy with jobs (probably busier because the other long arm quilter has been out), and neither one of them is able to quilt the donation quilts.  As you may know, I always quilt my own quilts on my domestic sewing machine, so I have been quilting a few for this quilt guild.

This pink one is one that I made (totally) and it will be donated through the guild to "The Family Place" which is an organization that helps new parents adjust to their new role.

This is another quilt that I just quilted for donation.

TheThe second guild that I belong to (Willamette Valley Quilters) meets in Dayton, OR and they also make quilts to donate.  This is one that I made for them.  They had the fabrics bundled together along with the pattern and it was easy for me because I have made several "Cat" quilts from a different pattern, but that has the same type of cats.

At the one of the last meeting of the Willamette Valley guild, we had a speaker who does beautiful work and I took several pictures.  I love the blue chickens with the orange background.

This dog face was amazing!!

Thanks for visiting!!  These next few months will be busy.  I have been working on some Christmas table runners that I hope to sell and we will be traveling for Thanksgivins and possibly for Christmas.  The weather is now getting cooler and it is raining more, which we need.  I like the cooler days, but don't especially like it when it is super cold!!  Happy fall!!