Pinning

Have you ever pinned a king size quilt? After this morning I can say that I have. I went over to our Church building this moring to pin because I didn't have enough room in my house to lay it out. But I must say I wish I could pin all of my quilts in this wide of space.

(ingore the uneven backing...I got lazy)

Travis was very kind and helped me pin the quilt. Kimball helped too, well was a little of a problem child, but we did call him our little helper.

Now that the quilt is pinned I can work on it next week. My goal is to get it done next week. I have quite a few projects I want/need to finish this week. But I am glad that I got it done this quilt pinned.

Guess What Came!!!

My fabric from Moda (United Notions)!!! I am so excited!! I want to start working on my project tonight, but unfortunately I need to take good pictures and I just don't have a good enough camera to do it tonight, so I will do it tomorrow while I have some nice light from the sun.

Soon you will all see what I have up my shelves!

Progress

Lately I have been making lists...lists...lists... and lists. I feel like I have so much I want and need to get done, that if I write it down so then I can cross them off when I have finished them. This way I can see some progress, even if I don't actually see it.

To start off, I have joined Spring to Finish challege, hosted by Tallgrass Prairie Studios. She had something similar to this last fall and it helped me stay motivated and to get everything on my list done, so I have once again signed up. I have a lot of ideas and projects that I wanted to get done, but with a 6 week period I have limited me to 10 different projects.

1. Finish String Quilt

2. Finish Sandie's Quilt

3. MBS project one

4. MBS project two

5. Pinwheel quilt along Quil- finish

6. Hang shelves in computer room, complete with boxes for storage

7. -9. Make dress shirts for 3 little girls

10. Hang pictures in my stair hallway

One of the greatest things about this challenge is that it's not only quilts, but ANY project that you have.

So to get things done, I was able to get 20 string blocks made last night, which was my goal for April. I have about 60 more to do to finish the quilt top, then I can easily finish the quilt, I just need to do it.

Then I was also able to make a rice pack for the male teacher aid, for teacher apprecation week. Nathan LOVED it. He picked from my fabrics and found the cover he wanted. I used Handmade by Heidi's tutorial. Although I used rice instead of corn, because well I had rice.

Tonight I am planning on quilting the mini quilts for the teacher apprecation so then I can get working on my other projects. But now I get to finish some cleaning on my house. Any volunteers to help me?? No? Well that's fine I will recruite my little boys to help!

Also if you want to enter a giveaway, head on over to A Stitch and a Prayer for a chance to win a Moda Charm pack!

All Dressed Up

Usually for Easter I get the boys a new church outfit. Since General Conference (A world wide meeting for the LDS church) landed on Easter this year we didn't get to wear our new outfits to church. This was okay with me since I didn't get my new outfit ready either. Today before church we were able to take some pictures. My boys just look so grown up!

(do you see Travis and I in the window?? I thought that was so cute!)

Brandon

Nathan

Kimball

Yesturday I took a break from quilting and made me a skirt. I have wanted one of these for some time. Although I had to alter the pattern to make it a little bigger for me, but I think it ended up being too big. Oh well I will try to make it again with some other fabrics, more casual.

Friday Night Sew In Results

I didn't get as much done as I wanted, the quilt tops actually took a lot more time than I thought. I have one top done but still have 3 more to do. Then the backs. So I will be working on those today and tomorrow as well. Teacher apprecation week starts Monday.

Now I need some help. Nathan has a male aid that comes in about 2 hours a day. I wanted to include him, but since he is a male and a bachelor I am not sure he would like a quilt top. I would like to make him something, but have no idea what to make.  Any ideas?