Finish It Up Thursday?

I was late for WIP Wednesday and early for Finish it up Friday.  I wonder  if I'll ever get it right? ;)
So the two quilts for my neighbors who moved are all finished :)  Hopefully these gingham cutie pies can bring them a little comfort and LOVE from us :D

The two quilties having a cup of tea on the porch ;D

Rachel's Primary Color Quilt

Heidi's Pastel Quilt

The two hanging out on the bridge together just like old times :)

A close up of Heidi's

A close up of Rachel's

Rachel's red bias binding

Red minky for Rachel.  It's her favorite color :)

Pink minky for Heidi.

I'm so happy I put the pink gingham in the corners :)
...and I REALLY love the pink gingham binding cut on the bias :)

A last close up of Heidi's Quilt.
I wanted to do a pinwheel quilt but I messed up AND don't follow instructions well :(
BUT, if you focus on the white, you've got PINWHEELS, on point, no less !! :D  WhOO hOOO!!!
See, Annette, I did it ;)

I did stipple quilting on both quilts.  They each have our boy's names quilted into the quilt along with 2012, my name and the girls name.  For Rachel's quilt, I was teaching a friend of mine how to FMQ and so Rachel's has a star and a flower too ;D
There is one thing that I did differently on these two quilts.  I did not hand stitch the binding on...OOoooooooh.  I felt like these would be a good place for me to try my hand at binding with my machine.  They turned out well.  On one I did a top stitch and on the other I did a narrow, small zigzag.  I think I prefer the zigzag.  I am kinda sad that I don't have anything to bind tonight while we watch TV.  I guess I'll keep working on my knitting or cutting out the next project ;D
My boys are working on cards to add to the box for the girls.  I'll ship them out Friday morning :)

Now I just HAVE to make one more quilt this week (Saturday, probably) for the Relay for Life auction in Spanish Fork next week.  I am planning on the left over blues and whites from a few quilts that I have done.  I am also hoping to piece the back so I have to make NO trips to the store :)  That would be AWESOME!!!  I think it will be pretty simple and VERY scrappy ;)  Anyone want to donate a back? ;)

I am going to be linking this up with Elizabeth and SHOW OFF FRIDAY over at a Pieceful Life :) and Sarah over at The Fabric Addict for CAN I GET A WHOOP WHOOP???

WIP Thursday????

I'm a little late for WIP Wednesday, oh well :D
I forgot to post the new $29 kit from Morganson's Stitches & Sew Forth :)  It's BEAUTIFUL and I can't wait to cut into it :)  Also, they are shipping their kits each month :)  Be sure to call them if you are interested :) THIS is their blog.  Here is the quilt...

Becky does an AWESOME job with design and fabric choices :)  Here are the fabrics for next month :)

YUMMY!!!
ALSO, I can't believe I forgot to post this, but I WON Emily Herrick's new book Geared for Guys!!!

I wanted it SO bad and I did from the WONDERFUL April at Making Ends Meet.  You can read the funny story about how I won on her blog HERE.
I think that is all...  WAIT!  I taught my first FMQ class last night :)  It was super fun!  Whoo Hoo!!!
So, now for what I did yesterday sewing-wise amid the dishes and house work!
The quilts for the girls who moved are coming along nicely.  I got the tops made and one basted for quilting. As soon as I press "publish" I am off to baste the second one ;D  I am toying with the idea of machine stitching the binding on totally.  I am not sure and have not decided yet.  My top stitching has gotten MUCH better, but I still LOVE to hand bind... Oh the dilemma!  Here are the pics of the tops... One basted one not...

 Rachel is more of a tomboy and loves red.  The minky on the back is red and the binding will be red gingham, courtesy of April :)

 This one is for Heidi and she is ALL princess.  Her favorite color is pink, of course and her minky will be "PINK! ...of course, with pink gingham binding...on the bias, of course... are you sick of "..." and "of courses?"

WAIT!!!  I also made this skirt for my daughter..

"Are you taking a picture of my face?"
Anyhoots, I used THIS as my inspiration, I think :(  I can't remember where I got the idea last week, but this website is pretty close.  I did not do more than the circumference of her hips.  The fabric is VERY stretchy! It is SUPER simple but not super easy.  I am not accustom to sewing on knits so there was a lot of unpicking and resewing :p  It turned out WAY cute though ;D ...and only $6!  I bought the fabric at Hobby Lobby, without a coupon!  I'll go get more fabric with a coupon for extra savings.

Peteetneet Quilt Show

The 10th Annual

Peteetneet Quilt Show

"A Decade of Creating Heirlooms"

The show starts June 15th and runs through the 26th.  Classes and Demonstrations are Friday June 22nd and Saturday June 23rd.  If have a quilt you would like to enter in the show they will be accepted June 11 from 10am to 4pm and June 12 from 9am to 12pm.

For more information, entry forms, and class sign ups go to

peteetneetquiltshow.wordpress.com

So today was the 3rd meeting of the Payson Quilt Guild at the Peteetneet Museum.  It was SUPER fun and you can read about it all HERE on the guilds blog.  We had a super fun time!

I worked on a quilt for my neighbors who just moved FAR FAR away to Michigan.  I got a heart breaking text from one of their little girls who is missing us all a bit too much :(  I am using the layer cake of vintage ginghams that April gave me at the retreat.  I ended up making quarter square triangles with white fabric.  Here are the pictures.

There are a lot of squares so I think that I will be able to make one for each of them, instead of two different ones.  I plan to have them ready to ship Thursday. ...or Friday ;)  I have got to get some minky for the backs of these.  I hope Hobby Lobby has some stuff that will match :)  They both like different colors, so I should be able to split the blocks to make two different yet the same quilts ;)

I am teaching a fmq class tomorrow night and we will quilt one of these :)

Quilt Retreat :)

Yesterday I got to attend my very first quilt retreat :)  April and Sue picked me up at 9:30 and we headed off to the American Ford Presbyterian church for two days of quilting organized by Ella of PinkPickleQuilts.

Maggie made one of these for all of us :)

Ella gave each of us one of these cute notebooks :)

Maggie made these darling pouches too. My cell fits into it perfectly!  Isn't Maggie sweet?

The fabulous April brought us these  SUPER cool gingham layer cakes!

I just have to say that I had the BEST time with these ladies!  Ella throws the GREATEST party ever!  We sewed, ate, sewed and ate!  I am not sure that quilting retreats are very good for my health ;)  Here are the things that I was able to accomplish...
#1 the binding on my Retro Flower quilt.  You can see the photo shoot HERE!
#2 I made the Zakka Zip Organizer out of the left over Retro Flower fabrics

There are so many prints here that it is hard to tell what is what.  On the left there are 3divided pockets for credit cards.  On the right there are three long pockets for my checkbook and cash, etc.  In the middle there is a pen holder tab.

My checkbook cover slides in perfectly :)

This zipper pocket is the size of the whole organizer.

I whined a lot while made this and Sue helped me make it through :)  It is so cute and I am LOVING it!  I stayed up making the organizer with Ella and Pamela until about 1:30am :)  PARTY all night long!  First thing the next day came #3...

#3 I made Maggie a mug rug as a thank you for all of her wonderful gifts!

Once this was under my belt, I started working on my Dad's quilt.

#4  I got 6 blocks finished, 3 more cut out with 11 to go!

One of our fun events was a field trip to a WONDERFUL fabric store in American Fork called the Quilting Cottage.  I bought the fabric for the Granny Square quilt block exchange next month.

I just had to buy this ant fabric by Michael Miller.  It is WAY TOO CUTE!!!

There were so many fun ladies there!  I sat next to Hannah who made her first quilt top while we were there.  She designed and cutout this whole thing.  Be prepared to be impressed!

The quilt attacking Ella and Hanna ;D

Hannah's SPECTACULAR owls!

Isn't this little fox cool?

We all told her that she has got a major future in applique design and needs to get these patterns up and ready for sale.  She is SO talented and I have to say, watching her sketch her idea and then make it into fabric was AWESOME!!!

Sue and April dropped me off at my house a little after 10pm Saturday night.  Again, I had a GREAT time and can't wait to do this again!!

Linking up with Peiceful Life