Mackinsie's baby shower gifts.

Had such a lovely day yesterday and the baby shower for Dan and Emily's little bundle to be here in Dec.  Got to visit with family and friends and boy did they get a lot of beautiful baby things.  She is going to be the best dressed baby in Grundy Co., have a lovely chariot for her rides and bouncy chairs for the dogs to keep here rockin. 

I gave them hand made bibs and burp cloths plus a string quilt I made in 2015, I made to baby quilts then one for a girl and one for a boy.  Will have to wait on the boy one at a later date.

The pink one is for Missy Mack.

mess up of finished bib

So here is the messed up baby bib, all done and ready to press but my iron was way too hot and burned a hole in the middle.  Don't know if I'll be able to recover it with an applique or just move on to another one.  I need to get to Walmart to buy a new iron, I just buy the $10 or $15 irons then throw them away when they start acting up.  Never had one over heat before so guess I had better pay closer attention before I burn the house down.  These are quick and easy to make so will get more put together for our great grand daughter due in Dec.  I'll post photos of them when all done with the bibs and burp cloths.  Going to have a good day in the sewing room.

It's time for me to quit playing with bits and pieces and odds and ends and get started on baby shower gifts for Oct.21.  I will finish the odds and ends 4 patches and set them aside for another time.  I've got Christmas gifts to start too if they are going to be done for this year.  George's job at Terri and Lou's is done so he'll be here to help so everything is going to take twice as long.  Well I'm off to get this done and organize my space, can't function in chaos..  Ok trying to upload my 9 patch on point and messed it up, will try again.

I see me doing another one, it was fun and easy but not till I finish baby shower and Christmas stuff.  Need to stay focused and quit procrastinating.

The finished on point 9 patch blocks, still have a stack to do but thought I would report the progress.  They are time consuming but the method I'm using (Jenny Doan from Missouri Star Quilt Co.tutorial) is really turning out nice and pretty accurate.  Now to get off the computer and start stitching..

Have a few minutes before we start shampooing the sun room carpet and boy does it need it.  I have all the nine patch blocks squared up to 6.5" so as soon as the white fabric arrives I'll start to cut the triangles to assemble the top on point.  I love the way these blocks turned out, going to be a bright, cheerful quilt.

Projects since March 2018

I am working on a fun project using a jelly roll and it is turning out really pretty, I have 100 6 1/2" nine patch blocks ready to add the triangles to assemble the blocks on point.  Fun stuff and they are turning out bright and pretty.  I am waiting for the white to come in from Missouri Star Quilting. Co.
This is going to end up a Queen/King size quilt, handling this size quilt is so hard for me but I'll conquer it.   These were my last project in March, they will be ready to use next year.

The string block top from hell is done and ready to be quilted.
Pictures of our furry little house guest, she went home yesterday and boy do I miss her.  She supervised the finishing of the top, was a real trooper.

I had to take most of the top appart as some of the strings were going the wrong direction and of course they were in the middle not the edges.  So rip it, rip it, rip it, in other words practiced the Frog stitch.

This is about as organized as it gets when I'm trying to "get er done".  Doing string blocks to use up a bin of strings next to the sewing machine.  Then need to tackle ufos, trying to use it up and get er done in 2018.  If I ever get the room organized and cleaned up again, I'll post photos before I tear it up again.  LOL  Having fun on a snowy, cold Mon. in No. Il.

I am really stumbling around without a project.  I have to get rid of scraps, either toss em or use them up.  Bins are overflowing and I need to at least get them so I can close them.  I just need to cut some 12.5" muslin foundation sqs. and get going and quit   I have to focus, focus, focus.  Christmas over, New Years over and wedding over.  Time to quit whining and start doing.