First my OMG for this month is to finish my Jelly Snowflake. I have the binding made and the top, back and batting sandwiched together. I just need to quilt it and bind it and then we can use it! Hopefully we will be able to use it this season...our weather has become a little warmer lately. I'm sure we will have at least one more snow before the weather changes for spring, at least that's what I hope!
I highly recommend joining in on the OMG! It's a great motivator and you have a chance to win some awesome prizes!
Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal March Link-up
I'm also linking to Quilting Gail and her PHD, another great project completer motivator! I didn't complete any projects in February, but I'm set up to have at least 2 finishes this month!!! I'm very excited about that!!! One of the projects I will be completing this month is the Jelly Snowflake (above) and I'm currently finishing up the quilting on my son's Out Of This World quilt that he will be taking to college this fall...yes my baby is heading for college this year! A whole lot of mix emotions going on there!
Here is the space quilt under the needle. I used Aurifil 40/3 #2110 Light Lemon and 50 wt #2783 Medium Delft Blue in the bobbin. For the outer border I switched to 50 wt #2780 Dark Delft Blue since the material was so dark.
And here are my bullet journal pages and my sweet model Duke!
I am also counting my blocks and posting them with Prairie Moon Quilts. This month I only finished 23 blocks. That gives me a year total of 55. Spending time quilting the above quilt took time away from making blocks, but you have to get the projects done!
That and I think I need to either fix one of my sewing machines or buy a new one. I'm using my hand crank one and while it does stitch nice and help me keep things straight, it does stitch slow and my shoulder blade has been aching.
Isn't she a beauty! I took this when I first got her in 2019. She is a Singer model #99 and was "born" on Nov. 28 1928. To the right is Sigmund my sea green sea monster! I call him a monster for a reason...He's a heavy machine!!! He is a Singer 185j and was born sometime in 1954. I loved sewing on him, but I wore him out and now I can't get him to sew past a certain point without having to push the wheel, then it will stitch until he gets to that point again. I need to get him up and running again, he stitches beautifully and I miss sewing on him.
Here is a breakdown of my block totals...
Five blocks were from the Jelly Snowflake, six blocks are from Home Is... QAL and 12 are from my Star Dancer quilt. I hope to get caught back up this month. I think I'm on target so far, but then it is the beginning of the month anything can go wrong!
These are who I'm linking to...
Nice quilting on the snowflake. I love minkee on the back of quilts. For your hand crank, either lower the machine or raise your chair. It shouldn't hurt to crank (I use my hand crank every day, since it is my go to machine). I sit in an office chair, at the highest setting when I sew.
ReplyDeleteI took all the instructions for Jelly Snowflake and even picked out my fabrics. Then came the stall. You did a great job completing it! Hopefully I'll see it quilted up for PHD March. Keep on sewing and I hope Sigmund is fixed for you and sewing consistently for you again.
ReplyDeleteHello Sheila,
ReplyDeleteSo many projects on the go! You have a proper production line going. I'm looking forward to seeing the quilt for your son once it is finished.
Your Singer 99 is a beauty - I could quite happily sit down at your table and do your seams for you.
Thank you for linking up with Free Motion Mavericks.
Love Muv
PS I grew up near Oxley. There's a laugh for you.