A Little Machine Quilting

Today was the first day of deer season (rifle) We decided it best for Andrew not to go because of his shoulder. Didn't want the kick from the gun to make his shoulder worse. So it was just Richard and Hunter. Here is Hunny Bun at 5am this morning! All big eyed and ready to go!!! They are still gone so I guess they haven't gotten a deer yet!
Here is a photo that I took this morning out my front door. This was around 6am, so pretty isn't it?

Andrew is gone. Last night he went to the last high school football game of the season. They have won every one of the games this season!!! Today he went to a Marshall University football game in WV. Should be back home very late tonight.

I loaded a customer quilt on the frame and quilted two passes on it and will work on it again tomorrow. I probably will not show more of this quilt until it is sent back to it's owner, she has a blog and I'm sure she would want to post it. Anyway, the quilt is really beautiful!! It was made by her great grandmother. It is all black and white stars appliqued down on the blocks. Very pretty. I love old quilts like this. I always wonder about the fabrics, the people making them and I also wonder what was going on in their lives while they were sewing it.

I plan on working on some bindings tonight while watching a movie. I bought the dvd, "Comanche Moon". It is the prequel to "Lonesome Dove" and I just love that movie. Richard teases me because we have watched it a million times and I cry every time that Gus dies! :)

Kristie

I hit the Bookstore....again!

I finished quilting the "Turtle" quilt for my nephew, but haven't taken a photo of it yet. Actually I forgot about the photos until I started doing this post. :( I will try to do that tomorrow.

Today I stopped by the bookstore found a few more goodies! I bought these 3 quilt books for $11, at least I will have plenty of books to look at this Winter. They told me that they would be getting another shipment of quilt books in sometime within the next couple of weeks.
Also I picked up this magazine today at the grocery store! It is WONDERFUL! I love it! It has 100 blocks in it and they are very nice blocks too.

I haven't had much time to sew other than quilt the "turtle" quilt today. Seems like it took me forever to put the groceries away. :( Oh!!!!!!! And I stopped by the "junk store" today and bought a DOOR! It is brand new! Never been hung! I called Lowe's to see how much they cost, he told me $253, I bought mine for $15. I was soooooooooo happy! It will be used upstairs for the door that opens to the deck up there, in the new house.

Andrew is at his uncle's tonight and will be home tomorrow. Hunter is at mom's visiting for a bit. Chantal came out for a few minutes and he wanted to go home with her. Of course, he will not be spending the night, she will bring him home in an hour or so. So right now it is just me and Richard! Tomorrow is the opening day of deer season. (rifle season) Richard, Hunter, Andrew and his uncle Hoss are all going! Hopefully, by the end of the day we will have some fresh deer meat!!!!! Me.....I will be quilting! I have a customer quilt to put on the frame!
Kristie

Lot's Of Sewing!

It has been a busy day here. First off, Richard is feeling better, not sure what it was but he went to work today anyway. At least he looks a lot better.

This morning after getting Richard off to work and the boys off to school, I did my morning feeding and cleaned the house. Then I started sewing....I did 3 more Turkey Track blocks, that makes me a total of 6 of them finished. I'm loving these blocks.

I also pinned this top on the frame and quilted three passes on it. I think I will try to finish it tomorrow if I can. This one if for my 1yr old nephew for Christmas. Just trying to get them all finished so I'm not rushed. I have some customer quilts coming up so I need to get these out of the way. It is hard to tell much about the quilting in the photo but I am using a panto called "cotton" I will show a photo of the design when I get the quilt finished.
Oh and I started sewing the sashing strips on my Stacked Coin quilt too! I didn't take a photo of it yet, but hopefully I will have that top finished tonight or tomorrow!!! I like how it is looking, it reminds me of Spring!!! :)

Hopefully I will get more sewing done tonight. I will be up really late! Andrew had a school field trip today to Louisville Ky. They left the school at 8:30am and should be back around 2AM!!! Yep! 2AM!! I will pick him up then. And he has school tomorrow, he will be sooooo tired! But they sent a note home stating that they had to go to school tomorrow or they would not be allowed to go on anymore field trips! :)

Kristie

Donkey's Quilt

It has been a long week for us. Thank you all so much for all your kind words for my boys. They are very sad and it is hard not being able to make it all better for them when they are hurt and upset.

This morning, mom and I made a trip to town. Didn't really buy anything, just looked around. She is gone for 28 days at a time on that boat so she likes to get out some when she is home. Anyway, when we got back home, I quilted a small quilt top for Donkey, my cat. I pieced it not long after we got him, because there was a certain place that he wanted to sleep all of the time. It is very simply pieced but it will serve it's purpose.
I quilted it with the "Blackberry" pantograph. I really like this design, I do plan on using it again for some of my others.

Richard came home a few minutes ago, sick as he could be. He looks terrible! He got out of the truck ( I always meet him outside when he comes home, because I can hear his truck coming and I still get excited knowing he is home ) anyway, he got out of the truck and he was just as pale as he could be. He was like a pasty white color. I instantly asked what was wrong, he answered "I am sick" He came in the house and didn't even sit down, just kicked his boots off and took some Motrin and went straight to bed. He has only been in bed for about 30 minutes, but I will go and check on him in a little bit. I sure hope it is not that nasty flu!

Hopefully tomorrow I can get my other nephew's quilt on the frame. It should not take too long to quilt. I planned on doing it yesterday but I had to deal with the dog issue. I'm going to try to work on a little bit of piecing tonight if I can.

Kristie

What a week!

How much more? As I posted a few days ago, Ida Belle and Jazz are gone, no sign of them at all. Today my son's (high dollar) Beagle, named Major had a stroke and had to be put down! :( My boys are heartbroken AGAIN! What is a mother to do?...
Kristie

John Deere Quilt

First off, thanks for all of the prayers! Deb is doing better, she got to come home yesterday evening, she is very weak but she is home. :)

I got the John Deere quilt quilted yesterday. It measures 60x72. This will be a Christmas gift for my 3yr old nephew. He just love John Deere. I know it is upside down in the photo but I was just unrolling it from the frame.
Here is the back of the quilt.
I used this pantograph, it is called Frequency. Not one of my favorites but it goes fast and it would be nice on the right quilt. I didn't want to do anything really fancy on this quilt so I picked this design. Now I have to work on the binding somewhere between now and Christmas.

Hopefully today after I do my feeding and clean the house, I can get another top on the frame. I need to quilt a quilt that is the same size as this one for my other nephew but it has turtles and fish on it. I just hope I can get it finished today...

Kristie

Sunday Sewing

I have had a headache about all day. Just one of those that just throbs enough to drive you crazy. Anyway, after Sunday School and Church this morning, I came back home and took a nap. That helped a little bit. Anyway...

I loaded this quilt on the frame and wanted to get it finished but I just could not concentrate on getting the quilting done. This is a John Deere quilt for my 3 yr old nephew for Christmas. I didn't feel like doing any fancy quilting on it and he is only 3 so I don't think he will pay that much attention to the quilting! :) So I did a simple design called Frequency, and that is exactly what it looks like, just little curvy lines that go up and down. I only got about half of it done before I stopped. Hopefully I will get it finished tomorrow and get another one put on the frame.
Last night, Hunter had a Fall Carnival at his school so we went over there for a couple of hours to let him play some games. I was tired by the time we got home so I didn't sew. I did cut out more of the Double Wedding Ring pieces while we watched some tv.

My Aunt Deb is in the hospital. She is my favorite Aunt! :) She is my mom's sister, and I am closer to her than the others. SHE QUILTS! Maybe that is why! :) Anyway, she is in the hospital with her heart. She was having major chest pains yesterday, they took her to the ER and they admitted her. They are doing a heart cath first thing in the morning. So I pray that she will be okay. Mom is staying at the hospital with her tonight.

Kristie

Quilt Of The Month!

First off, still no sign of Jazz! My boys are heartbroke! :( But I do have some good news!! I have stopped Ole Jim's antibiotics!!! He seems to be doing a lot better but he did lose a lot of weight and it will be hard to get that back on him.

I have been so sleepy today, I guess from lack of sleep last night. I had to make my weekly trip to town today. :( That makes for a long day. I also had to go pick up Richard's sawmill blades from being sharpened. While I was up that way, I stopped by Walmart! Got some good deals!!!!

I'm not big on buying Holiday fabrics, mostly because I don't know what to do with them. I'm never sure what pattern to make and stuff. But today at Walmart, they had 2 Halloween fabrics marked down on clearance for .60 per yard!! I bought all that was left on both bolts!!! So I ended up with a total of 8 1/2yds of Halloween fabric for $5!
Not all Walmart's have the Quilt Of The Month pattern and fabrics but this one does. I like to get it when I can. It usually sells out fast! Here is the photo of the pattern and here is the link to the website where you can print it if you want and they also have a lot of past month patterns on there too. I really like the fabrics in this quilt! I scanned them so that you can see what they look like! A great deal for $2.44 yd! I'm not sure when I will make it, but I will get to it someday!

After I got back home and put all the groceries away, I took a much needed nap! After that it was time to go pick up my MOM!!! I was so glad to see her! It is hard when she is gone 28 days at a time, but it is also nice when she is home for 28 days! She will be home for Thanksgiving, but she will be gone during Christmas! :( That breaks my heart. Christmas 2007 was the first Christmas that we all had not been together. We will have Christmas with mom when she gets back home in January.

No sewing for me today! I haven't had time and if I sat down long enough to sew, I would probably fall out of the chair....I am that sleepy!
Kristie

Late Night Sewing

Here it is 12:30am and I am up sewing. I was so sleepy and everyone of us went to bed at 9pm. A little after 10pm the phone rings...Normally people don't call my house that late because they all know that hubby and the boys are in the bed by 9pm through the week. So I automatically think something is wrong, I jump up and answer the phone, too sleepy to see the caller ID. All I hear is loud music and nobody answers. I finally get my eyes to adjust so that I can see the caller ID and it was Andrew's first cousin on his dad's side! :( Okay now this kid is 11 and calls all the time to talk to Andrew which is fine, but even Andrew has told him not to call after 9pm because he goes to bed. This boy is homeschooled so he doesn't get up as early as mine do. So anyway, I try to go back to sleep, 15 minutes later the phone rings again, samething....loud music and no answer. 10minutes after that he calls again!!! So needless to say, in the morning, I will be calling his mommy to nicely ask her for him not to call so late, or at least say something when I answer. These are really good people and I know he is just a kid, but I was sleepy!!! :)

So after all of that is done, the dogs outside start barking! Now through all of this, nobody wakes up but me! :( I jump out of bed to see why they are barking, thinking it may be my little Jazz! I have been putting off posting this thinking that he might come back home. Do you remember me posting about our little Yorkie? Well....he has been gone for 3 days now and we are all heartbroken. I let him outside to pee the other day and one of our outside dogs, Ida Belle (lab/Shepard mix) was in heat. So naturally the little man that he thinks he is, he went right after her. So after chasing him around the house fifty times, I just left him out to play for a few minutes. After about 20 minutes I went back out to get him and he and Ida Belle could not be found. Now remember we live in the country so I wasn't too worried at first. I called and called he didn't come. When Richard and the boys got home they looked for him too! Richard even drove down to the blacktop road to ask about him.

So now it has been 3 days and no sign of either one of them. My boys are heartbroken! Andrew even cried and he thinks he is too big to do that. Hunter has cried himself to sleep every night because Jazz slept with him every night. Honestly, I know he is not coming back. Either someone has picked him up, because he weighed less than 4 lbs and those tiny ones are very expensive or he has died. It has been too cold at night for him to survive out like that with him so little. :(

Anyway needless to say, I can't go back to sleep! So I have been doing some mindless sewing. I have finished 30+ nine patches from scraps!
I have a quilt planned for these. I have been sewing them from scraps and when I get enough of them done, I will piece the top. I still need a bunch of them, so I will put these away until I get more scraps ready to sew.

Back to sewing....
Kristie

The Cutting Is DONE!

Today was a cool and dreary day. I hurried and go my morning chores done as soon as Richard and the boys left for the day. It was cool outside so I didn't want to stay out there very long. Came inside and worked a bit, then.......

I finished cutting out all of the blocks for the Turkey Track quilt. I have them all packaged and in a shoebox. I do have 3 of the 42 blocks done, but I wanted to get it all cut out so that when the mood strikes me to work on it, it will be ready to sew.
After getting that all cut out, I baked a loaf of pumpkin bread! The house smelled soooooo good while it was baking. Needless to say, it is all gone now! :) Richard and the boys gobbled it down very quickly! :)

As you can see here, Donkey has had a hard day watching me cut out those pieces! :) Silly cat!

Then I did something silly....I started digging around in my scraps! :( I found a tote of Civil War scraps! These were tiny pieces that I just could not throw away. Don't have a clue why I was saving them, but idea hit me...I could start a Double Wedding Ring! I know, I know, I don't need to start anything else, but this will be a long term project. Actually, I thought I would put the small scraps in a little basket, set it by my chair and cut them out while watching tv or something. No rush on getting it done, I don't care if it takes me a few years, it is just a little something to keep my hands busy while sitting here.
Now it is almost 10pm, so I am off to bed. Hubby is getting up for work at 3:30am so that doesn't give me long to sleep!

Kristie