No progress but new goodies

As I mentioned a few weeks ago Chris and his dad did a whirlwind trip to visit his brother in Edmonton. Before he left I had him set up an instagram so he could take pictures as he went. I'll be honest I suck with social media. I rarely check Facebook,  never tweet even though I have an account, I'm slightly better with instagram but haven't figured out the #. I see people hash tagging everything and wonder how do you know what to hash tag?? So I asked my daughter apparently everything & anything is a valid hash tag...

Chris is already back home and i have no progress to show. I should have worked on my girls quilts but once I was done work each evening I gravitated upstairs and didn't go back down again til the next morning. I really need to keep working on these. Over a year since I bought the fabric and the girls just want them done. The extra Bali pops Parrot fabric for Mineral Springs came in weeks ago. I could have gone back to that -only a few rows for a completed top but felt it was important to keep concentrating on the girls quilts. I would love to have these done by end of summer at the latest.

While away Chris dragged his dad, brother and sister in law to a local quilt shop Earthly Goods Quilting. The ladies were all really helpful and sweet. They showed them how the long arm worked and kept them interested. He bought me a layer cake Zen Chic Reel Time and The Adventures of the Amazing Alphabet book by Pam Holland (Pictured are a few of my favorite blocks). We are going to work on this together. The funny thing about the fabric is I already have a layer cake and jelly roll of this line but was kicking myself for not getting more so I could make a decent sized quilt. The minute I saw this fabric a few months back I immediately new this would be a quilt for my son M (who is 6 foot something and celebrated his champagne birthday yesterday 22 on the 22nd). For now it's waiting in the ever growing line



#balipops #quilting #reeltime

slow going

It's been slow going on the girls quilts, I've been working on both simultaneously. They aren't complicated I just keep changing my mind on the best way to go. I don't have as much variety in the gold color for R's quilt as I do the others so I'm using the two different gold that I originally bought for the back. It didn't start off that way so I do have more blocks than shown - perfect for pillow cases. The batting is queen size which is bigger than I anticipated. I've got it pinned up so it isn't dragging on the floor/getting stepped on. It looks bad but is practical for my current purposes.

M's quilt changed somewhat. I originally made blocks with no white,  but decided it would look better with white in the mix. I completed blocks and stacks of 4 ready to go that I ended up taking apart to add the white between the blocks. These are just a small portion that I've managed to get back together. I'm not sure how big these quilts are going to end up, I'm going to keep plugging away and see how far I get.

I also started making hexie flowers with 3 Sisters Favorites. I seem to go through spurts of hexies. I really should be working on my table runner though. I don't know what it is about making hexies in solid white that I find uninspiring, this feeling is what helped determine that the flowers would be joined as is instead of surrounding them by a solid colour.

Looking at other blogs I keep seeing Elizabeth Hartman's Fancy Fox. It's really grown on me and I may add it to my wish list. We'll just have to see where my head is when I get the girls quilts off my plate.

On a personal note, Chris is driving up to Edmonton to vist his brother and sister in law with his dad later this week. They are going up with a trailer to drop off some furniture and is going to be a long drive for them both. It's going to be a strange few weeks with him gone - I'm usually the one leaving for a work thing. It'll be good for him to see them, Doug is older by a year and 13 days, they've always been really close but we've only seen them once since they moved 4 years ago. I wish I could go nut I just don't have the time banked at work and next week is exam week at the high schools. I can't believe how fast this year is flying. Next week we will be halfway through June already!