A few catch up pics!

 Well I guess I'll start out by posting a few of the quilts that I have done within this last year and a half.

I fell in love with this line of fabric so I thought I'd make a 5 yard quilt.

These were blocks that I won in a lottery. Basically just threw them up on the design wall and started from there.

This one I made for a class sample and when I changed out samples I finished this off and sent it to my Sister-in-law.

This was a commission quilt.

I had these embroidery squares for about 15 years and they just sat here. I finally decided I needed to do something with them and this is the result.

I have since started vending at car shows and this is one of the quilts that I have made for sale.

After having this partially finished for the last 5 years, finally finished it and sent it to a niece.

This one is MINE!

Right before the close down of everything I lost my sweet baby Tessa.

After about 10 months I was just so lost that I decided I needed another little one to care for. I told hubby that I wanted to get a rescue. I wanted an older female (I figured a pup would outlast me). 

Here's what came home.

Meet, Taco. When I saw his face online it spoke to me. Yes, it is a he not a she. He was approximately 9 months old when we got him and he has become the LOVE of my life.

Well I guess that is all I should post for now. I'll be back in a couple of days.

Hugs & Stitches,

Mary

I'm Baaaaack!!!! Well maybe, we"ll see.

 I have decided that I'm going to try to go back to blogging a little. I need to get some pics to post and decide what I'll lead off with so give me a day or two to get up and running again. This is just a little test post to see if I still remember how to do this.😀See you soon.

Hugs and Stitches,

Mary

One Monthly Goal

While browsing on other blogs, I found this. I might just give this a try. If I can get one thing a month done I will feel like I have accomplished something, at least.

This will be my goal this month.

This is Pi 2. I have had the top done for a while. I finally purchased a backing for it about a week ago. Hopefully I can this done this month. Check back in and see if I've got  it done.

If you want to see what everyone else is up to, check it out here

Til later,
Hugs & Stitches,
Mary

Back on the horse!

Well as the proverbial saying goes——time to get back on the horse. I need to get back on here and catch up on what I’ve been doing the last few months.

Of course, I have obviously fallen behind on my goal of 1 UFO a month to finish.it’s sort of been wild and crazy this year so far. February and March were pretty mellow, but then April started 2 quilt shows to vend at and a quilt retreat to teach at.

This is the class I taught a retreat.

I actually got some other tops done.

 

This next one I sewed together the step out blocks I had prepared for the class.

 

This next one is one of my students from a prior years retreat showing her finished quilt.

My DH and I joined a gym to get ready for his knee replacemaent surgery, so I decided I needed a gym bag.

Of course before we went through with the knee surgery, we had to have one last outing for a while on the Trike. We met up with some friends and went to Crystal Mountain and took the  Gondola to the top and had lunch. It was beautiful up there. You can see Mt. Rainier, Mt St. Helens, Mt. Baker and Mt. Adams. I think I got those right.

Another outing I did was one to Elma with a friend in tow. We decided we needed to take La Pistola out for a spin.

One of the classes I am teaching at the local LQS is the One Block Wonder. I have a sample already hanging at the shop, but I decided I need to do another. This is on my design wall now. I need to get this done soon.

Also, this year we have been doing a Gypsy Wife Class that is once a month for 10 months. The group has really bonded and didn't want to break up. We have now scheduled a class for Long Time Gone to start in January 2019. Here are the first 2 sections I have complete.

One other thing. I signed up for a Zippy Pouch swap in one of the FB groups I'm in. This is the one I made for my swap partner. It is a insulated pouch.

I also had a little down time, due to the fact that I took a little tumble. I was lucky, my face broke the fall. I ended up with some bruised ribs, possible broken toe and I'm not really sure if I broke my nose,  but I do have a little bump on the side of it. Right after that my DH had his knee surgery and so I've been playing nurse for the last 6 weeks. I'm getting back to my teaching schedule and show schedule however. He is getting around much better now, but we still have a couple of setbacks to overcome. Slow and steady I suppose.

Well I guess I should close this lengthy little post and save something for the next time. Yes there will be a next time, I promise. I need to get back to a routine.

Til later,
Hugs & Stitches,
Mary

UFO for January

Well I actually managed to get the UFO for January DONE!!!!!!!!
Judy L at Patchwork Times is giving us this challenge. There are no challenge police though. They won't come get you if you don't get it done :-). It's totally our responsibility to do it. If you'd like to see what everyone is doing click Here.



I have to take a pic of this done but I need to find my camera. Believe me though it is quilted and bound.

This month's UFO is---



I need to make a backing and get it quilted.
We'll see.

Til later,
Hugs & Stitches,
Mary

2018 To Do List

Judy at Patchwork Times is doing a linky thing for finishing up UFO's for 2018. We will try for 12   months. Let's see how this goes :-).
1.  Car quilt (Sidelight pattern).

2.  Purple/green 5 yard quilt

3.  Black/yellow Mystery Quilt (from quilt magazine).

4.  Car quilt (Warm Wishes Pattern).

5.  Abacus quilt. No Pic.
6.  2 1/2" squares scrappy quilt.

7.  Hour Glass Scrappy (Bonnie Hunter leader/ended project).

8.  Small quilt made in Mini of the Month Club.

9.  Froggy Fishing Quilt.

10.  Seahawks 5 yard quilt

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11.  Red/white/black quilt Vickie pieced for me. (No Pic.)
12.  Mystery Quilt (JUQ)

I need find pictures of the 2 quilts listed (both are red/white and black). All of these need to be quilted, bound and labeled. I never seem to be able to do my own quilts since I longarm for clients. I always tell myself that after every 3 client quilts, I will do one of mine. Yeah, like that's going to happen 😁.

Well, that's it for now except to wish everyone a Happy New Year.

Til later,
Hugs & Stitches,
Mary

On Ringo Lake Part 1

Well I'm back.
This is the link up post to Bonnie Hunter's On Ringo Lake Mystery. Part One was an easy part. Can't wait to see what the next parts bring.
Come along and join in on the fun. You can find us HERE.

Til later,
Hugs & Stitches,
Mary

An Update ???

I know I've been gone for quite a while.

It's gotten pretty busy around here lately. Starting in September we've done 2 quilt shows, 1 craft show and 1 retreat. On top of that I've had my classes at the LQS take off. It seems that more people are getting to retirement age and wanting to learn to quilt. (Can you blame them ;-) ?) Now all I have to do is get the rest of my client quilts quilted by the 15th of December. Oh, and service 2 machines for clients.

I've also started tearing apart my "studio" for a GOOD clean up. AGAIN!!!! I keep saying "no more fabric," but somehow it isn't working ;-). I have got sooooo much fabric and I can't seem to help myself, cause I keep buying more. Does this mean I need an intervention? Ha, Ha. Never gonna happen.

I finally got my car finished. I've had it out a few times and it is just soooo much fun.

I've also been kept busy making class samples. I would post pics but I've got them hanging at the LQS. Maybe later.

I will try to be better keeping up, but----.

I am going to link up with Bonnie Hunter's On Ringo Lake Mystery. I haven't finished the last two but I hope to keep up with this one. I'm really loving the colors.

Well that's it for now.
Til later,
Hugs & Stitches,
Mary

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