Little Quilt

I put together a little quilt from the new book. I shared the fabrics in the last blog entry.
what a fun project.

I am trying my hand at lap quilting this one. No hoop. It seems to be working and I am enjoying it tonight while I watch NCIS. Top 3 blocks quilted.
I lined it with flannel and the back is a green homespun.
I will share it again when I finish the quilting and binding.j

Feed sack fabric

I was looking for some things in my storage totes in the basement when I ran across some of my feed sack stash.
There is a small quilt in the newest book by Kathleen Tracy I want to make and the feed sack fabric will be perfect I think. Until I start I will not be sure.

I also liked the dress I made from feed sack for the black doll in my blog picture.Maybe something here will work for these 2.
have a great week.j

Another face

As long as I had the paint palette I put a face on another unfinished doll. All these have their faces except the one in the back on the left.She needs a cloth over first.j

Drying arms,a new doll

It has been a long time between dolls.
Little quilts and red work seem to be taking my time.

I decided today was a good day to paint the arms for a doll in waiting. Poor thing has been very patient.
In a few days the arms should be dry and maybe she will get a new dress.

While I have the color palette I will paint another doll's face.I am blogging the progress over on my classic cloth dolls blog. Another week half over. Hard to believe time goes so fast.j

http://classicclothdolls.blogspot.com/

cute camel

I redid a block to make it right. I also drew the camel with the wrinkled knees.It turned out so cute.
The heart needs something in it not sure yet what.

This project has turned out to be a lot of fun.j

Blocks 1,2 3,4,and 5

I needed to pay closer attention. I put together 2 more blocks from the BOM through Painted Quilt.
http://www.thepaintedquilt.blogspot.com/
While watching tv last night using my lite box I traced the red work onto the blank muslin in each block.
After very carefully tracing them all I discovered that block 4 is upside down. HOW did I do that?!!!

I am not going to redo.It will forever be upside down.
I may move the blocks around in the quilt now so not to have the 2 rows of 2 inch squares both at the  bottom.

Ok I looked at it and I am going to take it apart.The balance is just not there with it upside down.It is what they make seam rippers for.Right?

As you can see I took it apart and made it right.Not as hard as I thought it would be.
j

new sewing machine

Mr. T. was walking through the sewing room while i was running my old Kenmore machine.
He said "Boy it is sure noisy"."Yes it is" says I.Then he says "I think you need to look for a new machine."
He did not have to tell me twice. I found the right machine on Monday,at the local fabric store and bought it on Tuesday!!!!Local is best as far as I am concerned. Service is close and Dennis is good at what he does.
My Kenmore was over 25 years old. It has done a good job for me along with all the garage sale machines I have had through the years.

I still Love my pfaff 139 and my feather weight but the new machine is a dream.
Love the needle feature and the drop in bobbin.Along with lots of other things.
I put together a small quilt using the tube quilt directions from quiltingboard.com.
What a fun and easy way to do a quilt. 2 hours to cut and put the blocks together. Got it pinned so I could baste it.
Basting is done.Now to try the free motion feature on my new machine!!!Have a good weekend.stay warm.It will be bitter cold here in North central Iowa.
j

Car accident/Gift from a friend

We are blessed.
Our oldest daughter and youngest grandson were in a car accident Thursday night.She has a concussion and shoulder injury,grand son was not injured.Car is totaled,it could have been so much worse.Thanks be to God it was no worse.


I was so surprised and very pleased to receive this gift of a picture from my friend Judy.

She is so talented.the texture is hard to see in the picture.It is amazing.

I hope everyone has a Happy and Prosperous New year.j