Blue Scrap Saturday

I have been working on my Blue scraps this month, Just not getting around to posting about it. I am doing the Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2014. I did 2012 and 2013 yet I still have tons of scraps. If I run out I can cut some older fabric to add to the box. Bits of fabric like older fat quarters that are half gone. So slowly I will use up some of my stash too. 

So far I have a few of the blue sampler blocks done. The top right one is an extra I had the parts for. Some of the blocks are all blue and some have a neutral as the light fabric. 

I also have always had lots of 2 1/2" triangle around but was running short of Blue ones. I have an idea for a block or blocks but needed more 2 1/2" triangles, so I have made a few more. One of the block ideas I have, has more then just blue in it so I may not get to it right away, but the Blue Triangles are ready to go. 

I also did some cutting for a few blocks I want to do but did not get them sewn yet. Maybe I can try for next Saturday. Till then they are cut and ready to start. 

I got this cool little pincushion as a gift over Christmas. We did a pincushion exchange at the Leduc quilt guild and this is the one I got. Love it.  

Me and Gemma the day I picked her up. 

Just a warning that you may see lots of puppy photos in my blog this year. 

I am off to a Dog Agility trial today with puppy in tow. 

I will add this to the link for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2014 when I get home later today. I did the edit.

Friday Finish and Puppy Love

I have been really busy this past month and not much sewing. I also have had computer troubles. Sorry for not posting much. 

I got this table mat done. I have some of these heavy cork mats but they are looking sad so I made a cover for one of them. I used all selvages and used a "quilt as you go" method.  

There are some very cute selvages.

I have added the post to Crazy Mom Quilts

Here is the back, Limes. I first made the pocket in the middle but the cover would not go over the stiff mat so I had to change the opening at one end so the mat could go inside. I will know for next time.

Cuteness Overload.

I got a new puppy. This is Gemma my Black Lab Pup. Now you know what else has kept me busy. We picked her up Jan 1st at 8 weeks old. These photos are just a few days after we got home. I already need more new photos, she is growing. I have plans to do Agility with her. I might have to get in shape and learn to run faster. 

Here she is next to Lex, wow what a size difference. 

Now that I seam to have some of my computer trouble smoothed over maybe I can get back to posting a few times a week.  

Quilting More

I have been busy quilting for customers still. I got done all the Christmas present quilts done. This was one of them from a little while back. I still have lots to do this week and I am not felling so good. I have that Pre Christmas cold. I hope I am over it by next week.

I hope to get more photos soon. We have so little natural light this time of year. I have not done lots of sewing, Just bits here and there. 

Here is my husband on his horse Socks. We have so much more snow now. I bet the snow would be at his knees now. We also have a good layer of ice on the top of the snow so it is not nice to go riding. They are both so cute. 

Finish Up Friday

I got another scarf done this week. It will be added to the Christmas gifts. It is a nice thick warm one. 

Here are the two yarns I used, a pink eyelash and the Chenille. I love this Chenille and wish I had more of it. 

I also have pear pincushions done. One is for me and I have been using it for a little while now. The second one was my gift at the Leduc Black Gold Quilt Patch Christmas exchange. I also gave a package of new silk pins. The pear is a pattern Here by Heater Bailey. The pattern came with Apples, Strawberries and Tomatoes too. I may have to make them all. I have a few planned for Christmas gifts. I used some Bear beads in the bottom of the pears so they would sit well and then some polyester stuffing. 

See how much snow we have? It is very cold now too, -30 C or colder. 

I have added this post to Crazy Mom Quilts Finish Up Firday and Nap Time Crafter.

No Wining

So I have been working on my Celtic Solstice Mystery quilt step 1. It is a Bonnie Hunter Mystery quilt. You can find out about it on Quiltville. 

This photo is from Saturday night. I sewed and was having a few drinks as I sewed. Well it did not go all well. I spilt my Wine. I kind of made a bit of a mess. I reached for my pins and the taller wine glass fell over. It was White, so I just ironed it dry. 

I got my Easy Street Quilt top done. This was last years Bonnie Hunter Mystery from last year. I got the top done before I started the next one. 

Do you see the one patch I have to fix?

I hope to get it quilted early in the New Year. I am a little busy doing customers Quilts right now. 

Here are my Celtic Solstice Mystery patches. So far so good. I am using the black as my Neutral, Blue were Bonnie said Blue and Pink batik were Bonnie has Orange. I just love some of these Batiks. So bright and clear. 

Oh Yes, Bonnie has a linky page, to see more Go Here. Others mystery quilters have shown off their work. 

Fabric Picked for the Mystery

I have picked out my fabric for the Bonnie Hunter Celtic Solstice Mystery Quilt. I have done the last two as mystery's and I did the Roll Roll Cotton Ball after I found them all over the internet over Christmas 2010. If you do not know about the mystery go check it out. I have a few friends and family that are also doing the mystery with me. I think I may have my mom hooked too. She will be a few days behind as she is not home to pick out fabric, but she will catch up by step 2. 

My fabric is all Batik. Some are hand made soy wax batiks, like the top pink fabric. I hope the orange and pink are not to close together. I may pull a pink with orange one yet. I have also thought it would be cool with Black instead of the light neutrals. I will think about it over night. 

I did not make a post about the soy wax I made this Sept. Here is my stash of soy wax batiks. Not all will be used in the mystery. But some will. Like the Greens, Blue, Pink and Orange.

Here is the set of dots made with a mini Ice cube tray. I love these little uneven dots. 

I love using the old metal potato mashers. They hold the heat so well and the wax moves nicely into the fabric. The best part of soy wax Batik is I can wash out the wax with hot water and soap. This is so much easer that the bees wax or other waxes. The other kinds of wax need heat and ironing and solvents to remove the wax. Not soy wax. I may never do the other wax batiks again.  

More and different potato mashers. 

This fabric was a pink dyed fabric that I used soy wax on and then dyed blue to get a purple. The pink remains pink were the wax was. Love this little basket weave pattern. 

Well back to work so I can start the mystery on Friday morning with every one else. 

Saturday Browns

We are so White around here. We have had tons of snow fall. 

I got a bit of brown sewn together and then worked at the the Black and White fabrics too. 

This is all I got done for the real RSC2013 projects. 

I have been sewing mostly on my older singer. What a great work horse. These scraps have been helping me with the next new project. 

I have been cutting brown strips. I have been a little distracted and not just using scraps.

Log cabins. I just love them. It is keeping me out of trouble well I wait for the next Bonnie Hunter mystery to get started. Funny how just before the mystery starts I just want to sew so badly. I get tons done on some other project before hand. 

This is a great brown quilt I got quilted for a customer this week. So much brown this week.

As this month the colour for the RSC2013 is Brown you get to see my Brown Dog Lex. I just love this photo taken by Darcy Evens at the Dock Dogs event this past Aug. My T-Rex Dog. 

There is more scrappy Browns over at Socrappy.

Winter Knitting

Well we are cold and winter here. I had a little need to knit. I have to be careful and not do to much knitting. My wrist ends up bugging me if I knit to much or knit with too much grip. My grandmother Manuel taught  me to knit. I still have that very first bit of knitting. It was a blanket for my Barbie and I gave it to my son for his GI Joe. It is the perfect army green for GI Joe. 

Well here is a new scarf I just got done in time for Finish It Up Friday. I used two yarns, one a warm fuzzy  Variegated one and the other is a eyelash yarn. Warm and Pretty.  I am planning to make a couple for Christmas this year. I have started the next one in pink and white. 

Appliqué Finished

I got the machine quilting done on this big appliqué quilt for a customer. I just love this quilt. I helped her track down a few of the monthly patterns. It is a pattern from Quilter's Newsletter magazine. You get the patterns over a few months and she was missing some. 

I love the bright colours she has used. I used stippling in the background and curved echoing on the baskets. I also did some echoing around the appliqué. 

I kind of laughed when one young family member was saying she had to work the next 16 days in a row. As a long arm quilting working at home I find myself working very hard over Oct, Nov and the first few weeks of Dec. I thought 16 days? Well I took 5 days off at the beginning of the month and one day for a dog trial but then the rest of the month is work. I am in for 18 days in a row, then I get one day off again. Not complaining I love to work at home.  Well back to work I go.

Lots of Machine Quilting

I have been busy machine quilting for my customers. This one is a sampler that I was to keep a little bit simple but I did a little more. She was so happy with how it turned out. She is past neighbour from back when I was a kid. She found out I was quilting and she needed some quilting done. So nice to find out what they have been up to over the past 20 yrs.  

There were a few places that I just had to do something more than just stippling. 

Love how this block turned out. 

I did a few feathers in the larger triangles. 

Must go do some more. This is the busy for Christmas season. Looks like I will have not trouble finishing very thing for Christmas. I always do it is just a madder of how late I have to stay up to get it done.