So Little Time. I finished the "Double Hourglass" flimsy.
I added a green inner border. It made the border fabric all the better. I plan on quilting it as soon as I get the baby quilt hand quilted.
Here are the March Quiltmaker Bitty Blocks. These house blocks were quick and easy. I just love them....they are so sweet.
This is Block 13 for the Common Threads. I worked on it most of yesterday and finished it up a few minutes. It was very labor intensive.
I decided to join in the fun with Karen (Log Cabin Quilter) and Lori (Humble Quilts). My book came the other day. I had to finish up some projects so now I am ready to go. I have the blocks picked out to work on first and now I just have to pick out my fabric. Hope to have something to show you soon.
Thanks for stopping by. I hope you are having enjoyable weather and a great project to work on.
Hugs, Cathy
Baby it is cold outside. A good day for blogging, sewing and quilting....and maybe a finish or two.
Box of Chocolates is finished.
I really love this quilt. I did it in muted shades of pink, brown and tan. I machine quilted it using a serpentine stitch. It took me 2 days to cut out and stitch and one day to machine quilt and do the binding.
My second finish is "Simple Stripe" by Temecula Quilt Co. Just before Christmas I saw on their blog that they had a 2015 Calendar which gives you a mini quilt pattern for each month. I thought this was going to be a wall calendar and was originally disappointed that it was individual cards that are approximately 4" x 5". Not any more. I have a small plastic picture frame just about the same side. I put this months calendar in and then made this sweet little quilt.
The quilt is 12" x 14" and will eventually hang on my table quilt stand. It took 2 days to make. One day to cut and sew the strips and one day to machine quilt and do the binding. I only showed you this months calendar. I show you a new quilt each month.
Part of my New Years Resolution is to finish some UFO's and if I start a new project....finish it right away. Mini quilts make this possible.
Speaking of finishing UFO's......
This is a wall quilt I made last year, I even managed to hand quilt it. Then it got put away. Today I hope to get the binding sewn on and finish it up this evening. Woo Hoo....I'm on a roll.
Each evening I try and do some hand work. I am making a dent in the hand quilting on my Henrietta Whiskers. I'm hoping to finish it this week.
I said I wasn't going to do any BOM's.....well.....I'm not working on anything big or anything that will last a year.
But I am planning on doing Quiltmaker's Bitty Blocks. This link will take you to the blog. They are also doing a Mystery quilt.
Another project I hope to start on comes from Sharon at Color Girl Quilts. She has designed some super simple sampler blocks. These blocks are so cute. I just happened to have acquired a FQ bundle that I am going to use for these blocks. She just posted block 18....but don't worry she has a link on her blog for all the other blocks.
Now for something other than quilting. At the end of October I went to the doctors for my usual 6 month diabetic checkup. I have Type 2. The doctor said my sugar was higher than she wanted and was going to put me back on lantus. Ugh...I hated putting needles in my belly. I asked her what I could do to not take the shots. Easy she said....loose weight.
Well to me that is not too easy. I'm 65, overweight and not very active. I was told I had to loose 6 lbs. a month. The first month I lost 4 lbs. Good for me, I have such a hard time loosing weight. The second month was December. Not good...to much celebrating. I didn't loose a pound.
So now it is a new year and a new start. In December I joined Planet Fitness. My daughter Kelley is my workout buddy. We didn't do well last month as she was busy and I was sick. But we are doing much better. I lost a pound this last week. The goal is 1 1/2 pounds a week. I even got a fitbit. Yesterday was the first time I wore it. This thing is amazing. It keeps track of steps, calories burned, calories consumed and even monitored my sleep last night. I have it sinked with my Fitness Pal and is keeping me motivated.
Well that is it for today. Thanks for stopping by. Keep warm and keep quilting.
Hugs, Cathy
