Paper Roses

A little bit of Q&A

 I saw this on another quilters blog and thought I would answer the questions as well...

1. Where is one place in the world you haven't yet visited, but would like to? There are so many places I want to visit. Most of Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, most of the states...but I am dying to go to Walt Disney World. :)

2. What is your favorite quilt-making gadget?
I don't really have a favorite. I enjoy my sewing machines. Does that count? :)

3. How often do you oil your machine?
I have 3 machines and none of them I've ever oiled.  The old Singer which is 12 years old I only use for paper crafts, the Brother is 8 years old and I have my grandma's Viking (don't know how old that is).

4. What is your favorite perfume?
I like the Victoria Secrets Heavenly and the Coach perfumes

5. Machine piecing/applique or hand piecing/applique?
I do all of my piecing by machine and 99% of my applique by hand.

6. What is your favorite dessert?
Aack!!!  I have a major sweet tooth!  I have to go with ice cream!  (maybe that's one reason I was an ice cream cake decorator for 10 years)

7. Who is your favorite author?
There's so many authors I enjoy, it would be way too many to list as I read so much.  But I will tell you my current book I'm reading...Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins. (it's the 3rd in the Hunger Games series)  I've only been reading this series for the last 2 weeks.  It's amazing!

8. What quilting technique would you like to learn more about?
Well I did just learn paper piecing.  I'd like to continue to get better at that.

9. What dish do you cook/bake that is considered your best?
Well I cook and bake all the time and my family loves it all....I would have to say my pumpkin pie hands down. :)

10. Machine-sewn binding or hand sewn binding?
First part is sewn on by machine then the folded part is hand sewn.

11. What is your favorite flower?
Roses  :)

12. What is your favorite season of the year and why?
I love the spring time.  I love when my garden blooms in gorgeous colors.  I love the weather, not too cold but not too hot.  The birds singing outside the windows. It just reminds me that God is so ever present! :)

13. If you could live somewhere else in the world where would it be?
I always wanted to live in Portland, Oregon.

 

April Sewing list

It's been several months since I've updated this particular list.  I've been working steadily on my UFO list having now completed 19 of the 51 ufo projects!  I will change this list in a few days to show the 51 UFO projects I'm working on.  (But to let you know...this is not counting all the stuff I'm doing as well outside of the UFO list) LOL. ;)

Things in bold are what was added to the list or what was worked on this month. The strike outs are what was finished completely.

All Done

1. Snowman Valentine pillow
2. Crazy Wedding wallhanging
3. Pink and Brown flower table runner
4. Farm Quilt
5. Jo Banner Day table runner
6. Patrotic Christmas Jo quilt
7. Flag Day table topper
8. Snowbound
9. Postcard Cuties
10. Oh, Americana
11. Courthouse steps (Jo Morton club 10 project)
12. Pumpkin Hill
13. Bug Jar
14. Berry Nice (Jo Morton club 10 project)
15. forgot the name of the quilt (july's project)(Jo Morton club 10 project)
16. Baskets from Blackbird designs
17. Vintage Christmas
18. Lining up the Stars
19. Little logs (did this in 2 days)
20. Henrietta Whiskars
21. Folk Art
19. Memory quilt of Grandma (made by my friends)
20. point of view (Jo club quilt)
21. Sunbonnet witch (jo club quilt)
22. Snowmen of the Year bluework
23. Chocolate Days of the Week
24. It's a Wrap
25. Batik Calendar
26. friends of Glory (Round robin online)

WIP (Work in Progress)

1. Rabbits prefer Chocolate (I only have 5 more blocks to finish!)
4. Polka dot Whimsical garden (moving this to the UFO's)
5. Americana Baltimore (Tuesday night class) (Have the 5th and 6th block done)
7. Snowmen photo booth (cross stitch piece)
8. Americana houses (fabric is all cut. I have the applique all prepped now)
11. Farm Fresh (Prepped the first block and have done a bit of sewing on it)
13. Snowmen of the year bluework (I have all the months stitched now)
14. Hocus Pocus *haunted village blackwork* (Still stitching on the first house)

15. Strawberry Baskets (some is cut out)
16. Winter Wonderland (7 blocks now done)

17. Blessings of Spring (finished the first block in 2 days)
18. Chocolate days of the week
19. Civil War Chronicals (1st block done)
20. General Wives (I'm caught up on this one, just waiting for the April block)

UFO's

1. Queen and her court
2. Valentine heart
3. Mystery quilt 2009 from Tuesday night class
5. Raspberry block swap (This is all sewn together and will be donated for charity)
6. Butterflies (I put this together for the Row Robin I am doing with the tuesday group)
7. Spring block swap (This is all sewn together and will be donated for charity)

8. Summer Queen (cross stitch piece)
9. Polka dot whimsical garden

To be Quilted
12. Christmas round robin tuesday group *still need to name it*
13. Floral round robin quilt guild *need to name this one too*

 

HOPEFULS

2. Enchanted Autumn
3. Petal Pusher
5. Baltimore bunnies
6. Christmas Magic (doing this with my friend Renee)