Saturday, October 24, 2015

Slow Stitching with Frank and a New Project


I was at a conference for a few days this week for work.  One of the vendors had an artist present doing caricatures of whoever wanted to stand in line long enough to pose for a picture.  I had to tell him how I love to spend my time...of course, I told him I was a quilter!  He immediately asked me if I had Rubbermaid bins of fabric.  I had the feeling that he had run across a few quilters in his time!  He has me quilting by hand and machine at the same time, using my feet for the machine quilting.  I am not so sure I could do that in real life.  

I made some progress on Frank this week and only have a bit of outlining and cross stitching left to do.  There will be some time tomorrow during a car trip to see if I can finish this project off.



I spent some time this past week organizing my sewing room.  In the process of putting things away, I found a jelly roll and decided I needed to make something.  I have made 16 blocks and will be putting them together this week into a baby quilt in waiting.  No baby on the horizon to give this to but it is good to be prepared with a gift just in case!

Here are my fabrics:




And here is what I did with them:



I have 16 blocks made to make this into a square quilt.  I hope I can find something in my stash for backing.  I will quilt this myself.  

Happy sewing to you!!!


10 comments:

  1. I need to get a couple baby quilts put together too - they are always good to have on hand aren't they -- cute drawing

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  2. I always have 3 baby quilts ready, blue, pink and cream and yellow. Along with a few tote bags with key fob and zippered purse I have instant gifts covered.

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  3. Such pretty fabrics ! Oh I love that caricature ; too funny!! :)

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  4. So bright and cheery, and a easy quilt that has a great appearance. I like.

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  5. Visiting from Slow Stitching Sunday. That cross stitch is so Deco, love it!

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  6. Fun caricature! :) I can see great progress with the cross stitch, Happy slow stitching

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  7. Such pretty fabrics--love that setting--
    good work on Frank, too it's really coming....hugs, Julierose

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  8. Great caricature. I can't believe that Frank is so close to being finished. Wow. Love the fabrics of that jelly roll. Enjoy all of your stitching.

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  9. Yay!! You got in sewing time this week!! Hand sewing and machine sewing.. you’re getting back into the groove.

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  10. Congratulations on an almost finished - keep on keeping on! Great to see your new quilt, it's really bright and cheerful, just what any new baby would need :)

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