Today I ... Wonder Where Time Goes

This lovely girl recently celebrated her 27th birthday. I still see her as a 3 year old and in dance class, or blissfully organizing her new school supplies!

Blessed are the peacemakers.

My baby! Will celebrate his 25th birthday tomorrow. I still see him asking me if I will pay the tax for some $5 toy he wanted to buy at the Dollar Tree. The Tax Man! 

25 = A quarter of a century ............

And, my Mom (center) will be celebrating her 79th birthday on Monday

Time marches on, there is a lot of love and wonderful shared moments in those faces. 

#wearefamily

The photo of my Mom and her two sisters was taken in 1959

The Girls = Patricia, Jean, and Marie

Today I ... SOLD One of My Creations

SOLD

I put this quilt in a box and mailed it to it's new owner. About a year ago I took a class at my local quilt shop to make a collage quilt. This pattern is by Laura Heine and you can get her patterns here. 

I enjoyed the class and I enjoyed picking the fabrics for my collage. This quilt turned out really well and is stunning. I'm thrilled that it is going to someone who loves it more than I do. I did enjoy the process but I probably won't make another collage quilt. As a quilter, I enjoy the structure of piecing blocks, the collage quilt, to me, is a very different technique.

Over the weekend my sweet nephew found this crafting / sewing table on a yard sale site he follows. He sent me a picture and asked if I would like to have it for my sewing room ... YES!!! He followed up, purchased the table, picked it up, delivered it to my house, and put it together in my sewing room. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful family.

#wearefamily 

The curious kitty is my daughter's cat, Maybelline 

Today I ... Skipped Down a Red Brick Road

Red Brick Road (Red & White)

This quilt pattern is by Karen Griska and it is called;

Yellow Brick Road, A Modern String Quilt

from The Perpetual Quilter Vol. 33

Of course my version of this pattern is in Red & White

Truthfully it took a bit for me to figure out the rhythm of this quilt. For some reason I was going at it like I would for piecing a log cabin. After ripping out more than a few seams, I was finally able to wrap my mind around it. At this point (photo above) the quilt top is almost 55 x 60 inches, but it seems I have run out of red fabric scraps ... or at least red fabric scraps in the size I need for this quilt. So, I took this one down from the design wall until my red scrap fabric bag gets full again.

My goal is to make this quilt 110 x 110 inches

Today I ... Pondered

This is the book that started it all ... this fascination and passion that I now have for Red & White Quilts. My youngest son got this book for me for Christmas 2017.

Red and White Quilts Infinite Variety

I haven't been able to put it down since!

I completed "My Red Work" quilt top in January of this year and it is presently out for professional machine quilting.

This one is deceiving ... I don't have a picture of the entire finished quilt top. Somehow I don't have a lot of pictures of this one. I started this quilt top in the spring of last year, I ended up calling it my Wonky Red and White quilt. This quilt is also presently out for professional machine quilting.

This Mini Suburbs quilt hangs in my sewing room. This one I completed from start to finish, machine quilting and all. This pattern is by Allison of the Cluck Cluck Sew blog.

I love patterns by Allison, they are well written and easy to follow.

I finished putting the binding on this quilt right before Prince Harry married Megan Markle in May of 2017. This quilt is the 2 x 4 quilt pattern by Ashley of the Film in the Fridge blog. I love this quilt and I love the professional machine quilting by Sharon who lives locally.

I ended up with extra blocks, extra borders, and extra binding from my 2 x 4 Quilt, so I made a table topper which was also professionally machine quilted.

I love it too!

Today I ... Did some Rounding Up

L-O-V-E

A work in progress

This one was not on my design wall very long. I saw a quilt like this on Pinterest years ago. I actually think that I originally saw the quilt on Purl Soho's website but I'm not entirely sure. All I know is that I always wanted to make one of my own. When I decided to begin making Red and White quilts, this one was the first design that came to mind.

This L-O-V-E quilt is now ready for machine quilting, the backing is made and it is ready to go!

This is "My Red Work" I started this quilt years and years and years ago. I go the idea for Nova at A Cuppa and a Catch up blog. I embroidered each of the 5.5 inch squares. In January I picked the blocks I had together and began adding borders.

This is my Tribute Star quilt top ... ready for machine quilting! I love this quilt pattern, it is by Denyse Schmidt at disquiets.com I love this pattern because it comes together so quickly to make a nice 60 x 60 inch quilt. It is my go to pattern when I'm asked to make a donation quilt. So naturally when I began making Red and White quilts, this pattern was a must.

And, I kept adding borders to "My Red Work" ... of course 

Humble beginnings ... WIPs on my design wall ...

Today I ... Started my Red and White Quilt Collection

2 x 4 Quilt Pattern 

by: Ashley of Film in the Fridge blog

I completed this quilt May 2018

Christmas of 2017 my youngest son bought me a quilting book, that I absolutely love, and have become fascinated with. So Today I ... decided to begin making a Red and White Quilt Collection of my very own.