Anna's Wedding Quilt is FInSihED :)

Being sick this past week really cramped my quilting mojo :p  I am SOOOOO happy that Konda asked if she could quilt Anna's wedding quilt for her wedding gift.  I would have NEVER gotten it finished, being sick, AND Konda is such an AMAZING la quilter :)  

(Long story short, I had a few other quilting friends offer to quilt it for me :)  Aren't I a lucky gal?)

***NEWS FLASH!!  Today is the one year anniversary of me learning how to quilt!!!  One year ago today I decided to start quilting :)  You can read about my quilting adventure HERE.  This quilt is my 58th finished quilt since I started :)  You can see my finished quilts in the tabs above :) ****

We now resume our regularly scheduled programming :)

Konda picked up the quilt Tuesday and dropped it off to me Thursday morning :)

I was feeling well enough Thursday, so I hurried and made the binding and got it sewn on.  

Then I curled up in bed with season 2 of Downton Abby and bound and bound and bound!!!

I even made a label :) 

This quilt is a whopper, measuring in at 89.5" x 98.5"

With the help of Annette, I designed a border of HST's for two sides of the quilt.  Konda did the math, and two more rows of hst's on the two sides would make the quilt the right size to fit on a king size bed.

(You can read more about the making of this quilt HERE and HERE.)

The pattern is by Konda (over at Moose On The Porch Quilts).

It's called Charming Old Maid

You can find the pattern HERE in the Simply Charming Collection

I wanted to use a different hst technique than Konda used in her original pattern, so Konda redid the math to make my technique work ;D  Anna's wedding quilt is not made with charm squares.  We used different sized squares and that combined with the different hst technique, made this quilt unique-ish ;)

There wasn't enough of the AWESOME bird fabric, so I had to piece the back with this cool Joel Dewberry print.

It actually forms an "L" on the back... for "love" ;)

I am giving this to my daughter at her bridal shower tomorrow.  I hope she loves it as much as I do!!

xo

Super Mario Bros is FINISHED!!!

Konda finished the quilting and dropped off the quilt last week, but my hubby was around so I couldn't bind it :(  ...until Monday :)

She actually had to slyly sneak it into house so he wouldn't see it. ;D

I made the binding last week.

Isn't it cute all rolled up?

Get ready...

Ta-Da!!!  

Unfortunately my quilt model is short... and does not have super uber freaky long arms ;)

The back is grey minky with a bit of stripe along the edge to make up the width for the back.

For the quilting, Konda did an AWESOME Starwars design that she created!!

X-wings and Tie fighters!!!

In glow in the dark thread, no less.

My hubby is going to actually FLIP!!!

For the binding I used a Denyse Schmidt print that April picked out for me :)

I am SO happy to have this one checked of my list :D

The Brown Quilt Blues are OVER!!

The quilt is finished :)  It is SO big that my girls had to hold it over the edge of the porch, sideways :)  It measures 104" by 97".  It is for my daughters 20th birthday next week.  She recently moved into an apartment with a queen size bed.  Blue and brown are her favorite colors.  I hope she likes it :)  It's in the dryer right now.  I'll post some close ups and retake these pictures later.  The sun was funky.  Just for those who don't know, this is the second quilt top that I did.

Full view sideways.

The full view of the front, properly oriented :)

The back, oriented correctly.

Full view back sideways.

Here are the "post wash" photos.  I have to say that I liked it better after getting back from quilting, but now that it is bound and has been washed...I LOVE IT!!!   I really do like it now :)  Just a bit of a warning.... there are at TON of photos!

It's so soft and squishy now :)  I am sad that there is no minky on the back.  I'll have to make her a tv quilt with minky later :)

Official Quilt Business

I sewed on the binding and have made it about half way around. I should be able to finish it off tonight. I am planning to put the boys to bed early so I can start to baste Ford's quilt. We have an important appointment at 8:30pm and I am debating weather or not I can be crawling around on the living room in front of our quests pinning my quilt sandwich ;D What do you think? I dont think they'll mind...

I finally tossed this one in the washer. It is even softer now than it was before. It took so long to get in the washer because a RED crayon made it through the last load of clothes :p I have been him hawing over how to fix the issue, and between that and forgetting about it all together, I didn't get them cleaned until this morning. I also needed to run another regular load through to make sure there were no more RED crayon remnants any where. The reddened load came out mostly better :) I soaked the whole load in HOT water (medium water level) for 1/2 of the day in the washer with 4 heaping scoops of oxyclean and one regular scoop of laundry soap ( Kirkland brand). Then I put the load size setting on "large" and on the longest wash cycle, still HOT, adding 2 more scoops of oxyclean and one more scoop of regular laundry soap. The RED came out of nearly everything. There are a few little bits left that I can live with, or should I say the son who's crayon it was, can live with on his pants ;D

Back from the Quilter

Plopped on my bed for a looksie last night.

At bed time, I tossed it on the living room floor so I could get a fresh look at it first thing in the morning. Since the kiddos are gone, I wasn't worried about them running all over it :)

Konda Lukau (Moose on the Porch Quilts), my quilter ;), told me that some time away from it would do me good. She was right. I am still not in love with the colors and would do many things WAY differently now, but this was my second quilt and it has a special place in my heart. It is for my oldest daughters 20th birthday in a few weeks. She will love it. It's so big and heavy, I am not sure how I am going to wash it. It fits our California king bed PERFECTLY, so her queen bed will be really well covered. I hope she likes it. I post more after I get it bound. It will take me several evenings to get this bad boy done ;) I am binding it in a dark blue and tan gingham.
PS- I have lost .6# this week :)  I am WAY happy about that!  I haven't been as good as I should be with the eating and exercise so down ROCKS!  A weird thing has happened, I would rather sew than get on the elliptical. ;)
PPS- I have been doing a lot of talking to myself about getting a grip about exercise.  I am still sad that running has not come back into my life like I'd hoped after the accident.  I am focusing on losing the weight with the elliptical, but I have an itch to run.  I think I'll get some lubricant for the treadmill and start walking a few days a weeks too.  Oh the things life likes to throw in our path...
PPPS- Konda told me that they are starting a quilt guilt down here, actually right up the street from my house!!!!  I am SO excited!  I joined the modern quilt guild at Broadbent's in Lehi yesterday, and now I'll have one close to home!!!!  It is even during the day, 10-2 :)  I am SO excited!!!!