Thursday, April 29, 2010

Thursday night

hello all, just wanted to say that I have been working on my final project for school. I am taking Medical Coding Specialist at WCTC in Pewaukee. I am doing my final project. It has been like 25+ years since I was in school doing homework:).
As far as my quilting, well, I took my younger brother to the quilt shop yesterday and told him to pick out like 16 different fabric, well, the pattern that I was going to make him well, he total changed my plans and now I will be doing a 20-something quilt for him. He has like black/grey flames,cars,footballs,checkerboard, all kinds of fabric. blew my mind and plans right out the window. I don't mind, I am making him a quilt with the fabric he picked out. I will post the fabric on my site here soon.
I also have been doing thangles, well, the finish size is 2 inches, I have no pattern for that yet. I am also doing 1/2 triangles with some charm packs that I had bought. I don't have a pattern for that either. I think I just like cutting up the fabric and then making or finding a pattern for it.:)
My husband's grandmother who is 94 yrs old showed me how she connects her granny squares together. I love the way she does it:) that was over Easter weekend.
well, time to get the little one doing his homework, me taking a shower and all of us hitting the bed.
Talk later,

Friday, April 23, 2010

New craft table

ok, I got it, I just love it. my craft table. I know I have had it for a month or so now, but I have been busy quilting and doing homework for school. ok, all of you that told me that I should not get this table because it will be filled up quickly, you are alllll right, it is filled. I will take some pics here and post them. I have almost finished my son's 2nd quilt. I just need to put the 2-borders and binding on and then I am going to give quilting a try on my machine. I have started another quilt, it is with thangles. 2-inch finished size. also I went to the International Quilt Fest in Rosemont, Ill and that was just great. I got 5-yards of fabric(kit) with 4 different patterns. just love it. I can make 4 different twin size quilts. while I was there, I just kept seeing these small squares,triangles(about 1-inch in size). well, I got the 1-inch finished size thangles and will be making another quilt with those. When I went to my local quilt shop, I got a charm pack and started making 1/2-triangles, I put them together, and then I realized that I need more, so I went back to the shop and got another charm pack. I still don't know what kind of quilt the charm pack fabric will be yet. Ok, I have that bug, that quilting bug or should I say that I start a project and don't finish it but start another one bug:) I am going to be doing a quilt for my brother. He is going to pick out the fabrics(all 15 of them). I am going to be doing a quilt like the jewel box-similar to that. Some of my quilting friends are at retreat now, I told them that I am going with them next year. I can't wait.
Ok, now time to go and start something, just don't know what yet, I think it will be quilting:)
have fun in what ever you do.