A Peach in Stitches

I am now caught up with the Jelly Roll Quilt along’s blocks.

I did two blocks at my bee this past Saturday (where has the time gone??).  Sorry for the blurry pictures, I don’t know what happened when I took them.

And one today:

Five blocks down, seven to go.

Tags: Jelly Roll Sampler - Kashmir

This quilt was completed September 2009.

I made this from exchange blocks. It was made just large enough to cover Kirah in her car seat and not hang down and get caught in the base of the car seat.

It was taken out the day it was made and lost that very day.

Tags: Butterfly Quilt

Ravelly wanted to know our sewing rituals so here goes mine:

1.  I always sew barefoot.  No matter the weather.  Since living here in Hawaii, it has been easier to get my shoes on and off, especially since I wear “slippahs” all the time. Even at sewing bees and retreats… off go the shoes.  I only wear them to go to the bathroom and outside.

2.  When I go to sewing bees or retreats, I have to take a LOT of projects.  I never know what I want to work on, so I take a lot of things.  So much that I get teased about it.  I never take just one or two items, usually about 2-4 projects for a short be, 4-5 for a long bee, up to 10 for a two-day retreat.  I may get bored you know.  It isn’t like I don’t have a ton of projects to choose from that I am currently working on, ya know?

3. I always have background noise in the room I am in at home.  Sometimes, it is my Ipod on the dock, but usually it is the TV.  The TV is set to a movie I have seen 1,000 times or old CSI reruns on SPIKE. 

4.  I have a little home-made iron stand (from an old tv tray) with my Oliso Iron and a bottle of Best Press next to me.  This is home and away.  I don’t like big ironing stands and they take up too much room anyway.  The Best Press stuff is awesome if you haven’t tried it yet.  I need to find out how much it is to ship a gallon here – it may just save me money in the long-run.

5.  I have to make a list of what I need to accomplish in the sewing room otherwise, I will get distracted and work on something totally off the wall or even start a new project.  I don’t always follow the list, but at least it is there and I feel better about trying at least.

I couldn’t wait on the fabric I ordered.  I found something in my stash for the centers of each block.  I don’t know if the fabric in the picture will make it for the corners or not.

I tell you, this quilt is going to make my eyes bleed and test my patience… it is SOOO out of my comfort zone.

Tags: Dotty

Last summer, the shop hop on Oahu had prizes.  I won one, a jelly roll of assorted fabrics.  The theme of the fabrics was dots.  It contained 30 strips.  Most of the patterns that I wanted to use needed 40+ strips. 

I scrounged around my stash and came up with 10 more dot fabrics to add to them:

Why am I bringing this up?

My son came downstairs this morning and stated his favorite cuddling quilt was getting too short.  I guess that it was inevitable.

I was looking for a fabric collection that was good for a boy, but couldn’t find one.  Everything seemed too girly.  I then remembered about the fabric I won.

I will be making Pineapple Surprises from the book "Jelly Roll Quilts”.  I ordered some tan Moda Bella Solids for the background.

Hopefully this quilt will be long enough for him for a while.

Tags: Dotty