One finished... one off to the quilter....

The Brown Quilt Blues is all finished and ready to head off to the quilter :)  It's going to Konda because it is HUGE, 88x99, and I DON'T LIKE IT!! :p

Nice neat corner

My FAVORITE corner...

Larger view of the finished quilt top

The HIDEOUS quilt back

Close up... still ugly :p

Less ugly in this picture

Here is my FAVORITE quilt!!!  MY Valentine quilt just makes me HAPPY!  It is SO soft and cozy with the Minky on the back :)  It just brings joy to my soul :D  

Binding using my bobby pins :)

The back side all finished

The front.  I LOVE this quilt!

SO cute all wadded up on the chair :D

MY Valentine Quilt is ALMOST finished :)

The back of MY Valentine Quilt

Minky is SO cute quilted!!

Close ups of the front.

My name... it's hard to see :)

The back of my name quilted

 I started quilting this last night.  It didn't take as long as I thought it would.  I took several mental health breaks from the quilting.  By three o'clock today I had it trimmed and the binding all sewed on.  I can't wait to get the binding finished :) ....and start another quilt ;D  Well, actually, I am going to finish the Brown Quilt Blues Quilt first.  I may sent it out for quilting.  It is SO large!!!  We will see how I feel after I finish the back tomorrow.

Below is the Stitches & Sew Forth $29 quilt.  Each month they do a mystery quilt for just $29.  The BIG chunk of fabric at the bottom of my pile is matching Minky for the back of my quilt :)  It was $30.  The binding was also $4 extra.

Here is what it should look like when I am finished ;D

The $29 Mystery Quilt form Stitches & Sew Forth

Time to QUILT!!!

The top all sewn :)

The Back all ready to go!!!

Safety pins EVERYWHERE

More pins in my quilt sandwich

Full view of the quilt sandwich

Starting to quilt!

MY Valentine Quilt top is all pieced up :)

 I've got to learn how to rotate my pictures.......

 Now, I've got the cut the borders and make the back :)

Quilt diet report for the week.... I gained .6 lbs :(  I didn't exercise at all this past week :p  I only ate 3 meals and no snacks.  This week I won't skip exercise and I will stick to my daily PPT :)

It folds up nice to tote around :)  It will even sit on my lap!

 I bought this this morning at Creative Sewing in Provo after my quilting class. (See block below)  It has an ironing board on one side and a cutting board on the other :)  It's called The Omnigrid FoldAway Portable Cutting and Pressing Stations. It fits perfectly on the table next to my sewing machine.  I am SO happy!!!  The quilting class is pretty awesome!  You pay $5 the first time you come.  So long as you don't skip, are on time and bring your finished block, the next class and block fabric kit is free.  I'm pretty excited!!!

Cutting Mat

Ironing board 

My first block for my quilt of the block club

My neat pile of blocks waiting to be sewed :)

First row of sewn blocks

Three rows sewn, three rows to go!

I also bought, or should I say, got the correct walking foot and my first yardage of Minky for the back of MY valentine quilt :)  ...and a bit more border fabric... the paisley one :)

A little here, a little there...

The center strip for the back of the Brown Quilt Blues

I went rouge and totally remodeled the Sweet Baby Quilt.
Now it is going to be an awesome throw ;D

A sloppy lay out to get the colors right.
I used the Little Apples jelly roll for the borders.

Sweet Baby Quilt

This is the fabric for the quilt I am going to make next Tuesday at the 5th wards quilting class.  Isn't it CUTE???

This is the example quilt made by Jill Wilson.  My fabrics are a bit different.  I can't wait to get started :D

Shopping therapy

Little Apples Jelly Roll
I used this for MY Valentine's Quilt

How The Grinch Stole Christmas

Treasures & Tidbits - Roll Up
I'm using this for
Kate's Over the Rainbow Quilt

Little Apples Quilt Project Sheet,
I'm using this for Ford's Quilt 

I had a CRAPPY migraine this morning so I went internet fabric shopping.  I really wanted to check out the Jelly Rolls that I have heard so much about.  They are VERY expensive.... at least to me they are.  I found these two on sale.  I also got sucked into a Christmas quilt for next year and a darling quilt pattern.  Simple and cute.  I found these all at  http://www.quiltablefabrics.com/.  I am planning on having a bunch of fun!!  I also signed up for another quilt class at church :)  The teacher is dropping off the fabric tonight at my house.  I'll post a picture tonight :)  I am still working away at trimming up all of the half square triangles.  Boy, it is going to take me a while!  I am hoping to be done with it in the next day or so, so I can get that bad boy pieced :)  I did design the pattern for it because I have decided to do it "on point."  I learned this term as I was surfing the net looking for a pattern to follow.  It will be a bit tricky, but I think I'll prefer it in the end :)