September Git 'Er Done challenge .... done

It took till the last day of the month for me to finish the challenges this month. but i guess that doesn't matter .... as long as they get done. i had my doubts for a bit there.

September's list was:

1.  Make the mini quilt for my sister for her present....done

2.  Finish last 3 blocks on the Robert Callaham quilt, Album of Memories... done. there are:

a.  Beth's Bountiful Bouquet .... i especially like that container

b.  Shattered Star

c.  Sweetheart Wreath .... why do people who have applique patterns love to have hundreds of little circles to cut out? if i made patterns .... there would be NO little circles. just sayin'

Now i just need to get them together with sashings and borders.  hopefully before the end of the year.

3..  Make some kind of top out of the 6 folk art type blocks that i found in my studio ....  done.  this is the sucker that took till the last hour to finish.  it was those large 8" paper pieced flying geese in that border.  it looks rather wonky hanging and i'm hoping it is just because i don't have a lot of clips holding it up. although that salmon colored fabric was something weird. found it in my stash. when i was finished with this....i threw the rest of it in the trash. it is now in the to-be-quilted cabinet.

4.  Quilt my sister's Baltimore album quilt ....  done.

Now for October's list. i have spent hardly any time in the studio in months. i have decided to make it easier on myself and change my list to non-quilting things. things that need to get done. if i put them on the list then i can't procrastinate any longer. so october's git 'er done list includes:

1.  trim the apple trees. i didn't do this last year and they desperately need it.

2.  dye my t-shirts that have been sitting in the closet waiting for me for like 2 years.

3.  pressure can my cushaw squash. i used my pressure canner for the very first time last week to can pumpkin and found out it was easy so i am anxious to get my cushaw canned. I have about 20 huge cushaw....average 20#. i don't expect to can them all. i am going to try and store some of them over the winter and see if i can get them to survive. but i will can about half of them.

4.  eBay....get my studio cleaned out of extra quilts, thread, fabrics, notions, etc. and get them on eBay to sell. i've been talking about doing this for months. another good thing to be on the list.

So, the year is getting closer to being over and so far i have completed my lists every month. let's hope october is no different.  keep your fingers crossed for me ..... and i'll cross mine for you.

Later

Mary's Petite

This quilt belongs to my friend, Mary. she has been waiting patiently for me to be done with it .... and, finally, it happened. 

Cute little square in a square blocks and triangles ..... SID around all of it. and i figured out a way to go across and back and only go over a very little bit on the side of each block. i sure didn't want to do a lot of starts and stops. 

Mary wanted feathers in the stripes. so she got fancy feathers with an echo.

This back looks yummy to me. you can really see the quilting.

I had a little bit of trouble with some puckering. had to take out a bit and re-do. 

I hope she likes it. hope to deliver to her tomorrow.

Now, back to that yard work ..... that never seems to end.

Fractured sept 27

Almost forgot about this project this week. noticed the book sitting on the table on Wednesday and said ... oh, oh....better get on that. got 9 blocks cut out and finished them up last night. then forgot to post them here.  arrggh!  getting too forgetful in my old age. 

But here is what i have so far.  top half almost done.

Coming along nicely. i might need to dig out some more light colors. pickins' are getting slim.

But still a cool quilt.  thanks, Vicki, for suggesting it.

Later

Album of Memories ... last 3 blocks

The last 3 blocks are finished.

Beth's Bountiful Bouqet

Shattered Star

Sweetheart Wreath

Now it is time for sashings and borders. the final border and the corners are pieced ...... lots and lots of pieces. so, it's gonna be a little while before this is finished.

But the plan is....this year.

Playing catch up

I was out of town all this week so when Friday rolled around i didn't have any blocks made for the Fractured Quilt ALong with Vicki Welsh over at www.vickiwelsh.typepad.com    I didn't get home till yesterday afternoon .... so first thing on the agenda today was to catch up with a few Fractured blocks.

I got 6 made. so, i am almost half way done. gonna try and get those last blocks done this week and sew that half all together. 

It is getting easier to figure out how the blocks go now. i don't know what that means. hahahaha    i won't think on it too much.

Better get busy catching up on other projects. can't be gone a whole week .... or take the sewing machine with me. but i did work on a hand project while i was gone .... the Glory Garden. i am almost done with the last applique strip. it's a slow process.

Little table almost done

My little homemade table is almost finished.  

I was worried about having to move it around when we started putting up drywall on the walls so i got all the bits and pieces glued down. that was a job.

I also found some larger pieces to cover the holes that i cut for the legs of the table.

And i spray painted the legs. the legs look like little hoofs on goats or something. LOL

I had a $25 card from Ace, so i went over and got some grout to finish this baby up.  well, 1 quart does not cover a table this size. dang it!!  and that was the only can that they had in that color so i have to find more to finish it up. grouting is not my favorite job.

It took freakin' forever to wipe it off the little tiles. plus they were different shapes and heights, so that compounded the problem. that large blue piece is covering a hole that i cut for the legs. there are 2 blue and 2 pink.

Look what i found in the tile box... see the little mask? hahahaha  it was a button. i just cut the back part off.

And i found an elephant, too. there is a rhino on there somewhere but couldn't find it again to take his picture.

Just like in the studio .... there are UFOs.  i can finish this when i get more linen colored grout. and now that it is almost finished and i am looking at it. if you place a glass of something to drink on this table .... you better look where you place it. the tiles are different heights ..... there might be some mopping going on for a while till i get used to it. LOL

Barn wood wall progress at the Duck

I spent several days at the Duck and worked on the barn wood in the dining room for a couple days.  i sanded a bunch of boards and got them all up.

This is the west wall....all finished.

This is the rest of that wall ... on the other side of the doorway.

And continuing around the corner to the south wall. this is where i ran out of sanded boards. i really didn't want to sand more .... it is such a messy job. so i went on to other things for the moment.

I had a can of paint .... called Foxfire ... and i really wanted to see how it would look ... so i just had to paint a wall. after all ... that wall was finished. hahaha  when they are all done i will use barnwood to make trim around the doorways and a wide molding at the top and bottom.

Here's a closer look.  i love all the dark spaces where the boards have holes and don't meet. and i like how the paint soaked into the wood and looks darker. it looks like an old barn that had been painted years ago and the paint is fading in places. it looks better in person, i think. the lamp makes it look brighter than it really is.

And this is how many boards i have left to work with. i've used about half of them. i think i will have enough to finish .... hope so.

Those drawers and doors on the back wall came from the kitchen cabinets. i'm still hoping to re-use them but they need some work.

Now when i go back it is time to sand more boards. i really was on a roll and it was going quickly when i ran out of sanded boards. i need to sand more of them next time. i did 14 rows .... 20 boards. probably go back in a couple weeks and do more.

At least one room will have walls. LOL