Beat the Blues day 6

well, yesterday I worked on these. Put some of the birthday stars on the design wall with sashing and cornerstones. I think I'm going to like this!

I finished the 2 quilts of valor and actually took them to guild tonight to hand them off for the binding. They both were quilted with Star and Crescent.

Quilt of Valor

Last night I loaded this Quilt of Valor made by Marcia at Rossville Quilts. They just have 2 kits left if you're interested.

I love the pattern and the fabrics are just great. It's going to bring a lot of comfort to someone.



I decided on Stars and Loops panto, Camel Permacore thread and Hobbs 80/20 batting. (You are going to be so surprised when I tell you the batting on the quilt that's loaded right now!)

Anyway, here are some closeups:



And the back: (I love that golden colored thread on navy fabric!)

Quilt of Valor and my last Row-by-Row

I had the honor of attending the presentation of a Quilt of Valor to a wounded Marine yesterday at the Tippecanoe County Fairgrounds. It was one that I quilted and it did my heart good to see this young man and his family accept it.


I will be turning over my last row-by-row this evening and I must say that this has been one very long row-by-row. We ended up with 13 or 14 people and I thought we were only going to do the next 6 or 7 people on our lists, but we ended up doing all of them. I'm not really sure how I'm going to put together 14 rows, but I'll give it my best shot.

Here's Shelly's row that I made:

A Busy Birthday Weekend

I spent a good part of the weekend quilting with Mabel.



First up was a Quilt of Valor made by Janet. I used a new Star & Crescent panto by Keryn Emmerson, that I purchased in Paducah, especially for Quilts of Valor.


I love the look even on the back.



Next i loaded and quilted a little civil war quilt for Lois. I planned to do custom, but Janet was here and suggested Baptist Fan, so, less than an hour later, This one was finished.





Next, my own Quilt of Valor, using the same Star & Crescent panto.



All these quilts have Hobbs 80/20 batting and used Permacore Dyed natural thread.

I had a wonderful dinner with Julie and her family. We visited the Columbian Park Zoo and were there when the sand storm blew in. That wasn't fun at all and I think I still have sand in my eyes. But, it was very nice to spend time with them.

Quilt of Valor

I loaded and quilted this quilt of valor for Kathy F of Columbus last night. Her group makes lots of QOVs and I have quilted quite a few of them. I used Clan Green PermaCore thread with a prewound dark green bobbin. The backing is a mottled dark green. The batting is Warm & Natural and the quilt design is Michelle Wymann's Ribbon Twirl panto. It was already on the table and I'm quite happy with the results.

Pretty Quilt of Valor!

I did take some time out last night to load and quilt this one.



I'm sure this Quilt of Valor will make some female solder quite happy. The colors are so pretty and the piecing is very precise. I used Popcorn panto by Jodi Beamish, Warm & Natural batting, and PermaCore white thread.



And the backing:

The Fourth Quilt is Loaded

I still have a few rows to do on the 4th one this weekend. I spent quite a bit of time today organizing my sewing room and getting ready for camp and that set me back a bit.

Last night we made salsa and it is yummy!



Then I finished the binding on this Quilt of Valor. Still need to make a pillowcase for it and then it will be ready to ship out.


It was a really easy quilt to asemble and the quilting is just a meander, so the binding was definately the most time consuming process of the whole thing.



I also loaded up 2 more boxes for IBOL. I probably included a good 15 yards, but didn't measure any of it, so I won't be including in it my stashbusting report. Tomorrow is the very last day to send your boxes, so if you haven't sent one yet...better get busy.

She's a Natural Quilter!

My daughter-in-law was here for the funeral and I was working on a Quilt of Valor during some spare time. She watched for a while and then took over. She did a GREAT job and said she might like to try making a quilt.

Quilt of Valor and Baby Shower Signature Quilt

I finished this quilt of Valor last night and love how it turned out. I used a new panto called Whirlygig, a Willow Leaf Studios pattern by Jodie Beamish, Permacore white thread and hobbs 80/20 batting. This is the small one and I would like to order the large one soon. Or maybe I'll wait and get it in Kansas City at MQS in May.





Then I loaded this little baby shower signature quilt that I made. I used a pillow tutorial from Don't Look Now as my inspiration.



The Shelley's baby girl will be born today and I still have to put the binding on, so she won't get it for a couple days.

A Little Off-Track!

I'm not sure how it happened, but I bought some patriotic fabric today. I didn't go gallivanting with Janet with that in mind. But I saw these fabrics at ALCO, a little discount store in Delphi, and knew that I had to make a quilt of valor with them. At the Chicago Quilt Expo in November, I purchased a tumbler template from Pinwheels.com that is 8" tall and with an 8" base. I bought a yard of each.....well, not really cause 2 of them only had .87 and one had 1.37, but they averaged out to 1 yard each. They are Marcus Brothers and were $3.99/yard. Not on sale, but still a good deal. I used to pay attention to when ALCO had their fabrics on sale, but I haven't for over a year now. I sure don't want to get back into that habit, but once in a while it's OK, right?



After dinner I started cutting and talk about a quick assembly, I have 4 rows on the design wall and these laid out ready to stitch the rows together.



I added some of patriotic fabric from my stash and I think I may have enough to make 2 of these quilts.

I also purchased a yard of Boyds Bears pink flannel and 2 yards of pink Sesame Street flannel for Elizabeth.