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The elves have been busy...

So the quilt elves have been busy making secret things.  And this big elf has just been plain busy and worn out from work!  I realized it has been almost two weeks since I have posted!  I haven't even instagramed because of the secret projects.  So her is a little catch up on some things I can share.

I finished quilting  my Scrappy Stellar star quilt.  The pattern is my friend Kelly's that I learned in a great class with her.  

I sewed my garden quilting gloves quite a few times.  But I think it turned out beautiful!  

And it is huge!  This pic is before I bound it in strips in the same fabrics.  Im taking pics outside later this weekend of the finished quilt.  

Out of order but this was squaring it up and sharing the binding.  I bought a bunch of old factory spools in Hillsville just so I could wind binding.  I like storing it this way.

Ok and a little out of order, here is mom and dad's Jazzy-girl  aka Princess Jasmine helped me baste it.  

And then hand-sewing the binding while watching Bonnie Hunter sew on quilt cam.  Its virtual sewing with a friend.

I will try to catchup on more happenings later.

keep dreaming...Colleen

And I got my hair cut.  But not too much before the wedding per sister.

To boldly quilt where no one has quilted before...

Finally I have finished this quilt top!  Now I just need someone who will quilt it for me.  I need someone who understands the need to quilt it carefully because of all the applique and special embellishments.  If you know any one please contact me Ive been running out of option.

**How weird I just discovered this post somehow got unpublished.  So republish!

keep dreaming...Colleen

Pulled my hand dyed to work on a little art project.

Saturday ritual

Every Saturday I look forward to a new blog post from Barabara Brackman on the Grandmother's Choice QAL blog.  I love her QAL because she combines American history (my fav subject!) and quilting.  Last year she did a Civil War QAL in honor of the anniversary of the start of the war.  I loved the history and will definitely buy the book when it comes out, but I did not make it past the 9th block.  Life got busy and I stupidly tried to make each 8" block as a 12".  I have enough for a quilt but would have loved to do the whole quilt.  So this year she is doing a shorter quilt along with a focus on women's suffrage   I'm doing great so far but last week's block was a b@#$%.  

This is the basket of civil war era repro prints that I am pulling from to make these blocks.  

Below are my blocks so far.  Click on the name of the block to read the history that goes with it.

Block #1-Grandmother's choice

Block #2-Amethyst-Suffragettes

Block #3-Union Square-Red for Rebellion

Block #4 -Kansas Sunflower:  Yellow and Gold (aka block from hell)

I hated sewing the curves on this block and it is a mess!  Those are not artful tucks!

Block #5 - New Jersey-Suffrage Pioneer

This block was a JOY to piece!  

First I selected 4 fabrics.

I pulled out a 3' hst Marti Mitchell template to trim the corners.  It makes piecing triangles much more accurate.

 

And here are all five so far!  Not bad!

keep dreaming...Colleen

Stretching after run.  Doing 4th No boundaries!

Randomness

Random pictures and cant seem to ever have time or energy to blog about.

Modern Scrappy bits swap-made my partner a glasses case.  Used the pattern for pencil case in Zakka Style(love this book).  Included the requisite fat quarter of scraps.

This is my awesomeness by Teri!   OMG The best sewing kit ever-a Tardis!

My blocks I swapped in Triad MQG, this was block #2.  Block #1 did not square to 12.5.  What's up with that?  Original pattern 'Led down the garden path'

Because these blocks sure had me going in the wrong direction.  More blocks for the trunk.

and here at the ones I received from the swap.  Should be a great quilt someday.

Ive finally gotten Kalli-cat to sit near my sewing machine and not be scared when I sew.  she is even starting to pose a little.

He feels superior sitting here, and she can look out the window,

and touch me with her paw,

keep dreaming...Colleen

been making lots of these flowers for the shower