A crazy morning and a quilt top...

Sunday is almost over and I am glad.  I usually post on Sunday mornings but things didn't go so well this morning.  Around 4:30am I was startled by a loud boom.  Jumped out of bed, heard people screaming to call the fire dept, and police.

It seems a very large tree fell two doors down from my house and crushed 2 parked cars and hit a house and yes there was fire but thankfully no one was hurt.  Of course it took down the power lines with it!  So, no electric, no blogging, and worse of all no sewing and it was HOT...HOT...HOT!

I was up until 1:00am sewing a cute little backpack for my great nephew's first birthday which was today.  My intention was to get up early (but not at 4:30am) and make a matching crayon roll...never happened.  I also forgot to take a photo of the backpack.

Electricity came back around 7pm and all is well!

My friend Sheryl posted a photo of her glorious Shadow Box Quilt and so I thought I had better post mine.  The class was great and all the ladies had such wonderful fabrics.

This is going to be a gift for a special person!

The border is a very dark green/black print.  I had a lot of fun making this and Alice is a great teacher.

You can see Sheryl's quilt on her blog; http://downtoearthliving.blogspot.com//

Happy Stitching!

The Friendship Star Quilt

This quilt top is from a class I taught at the store.  The Friendship Star Quilt.

I have to decide if I want to add another border to make it the size for a queen bed and what type of border???  Maybe a checker board or piano key will work.

The fabric is an assortment of Thimbleberries.

In addition, how ever will I quilt this one???

Even more on the tumbler...IT'S FINISHED

I decided to stay up last night and finish the binding on the tumbler.

So...it is completed!

It might just end up as a table topper.

It feels really good to finish something.  I have a couple (dozen - haha) more to finish!

More on my tumbler quilt...

I finally decided how to finish my little tumbler quilt top.  After much thought I went back to my original plan to top stitch with a decorative blanket stitch in black.

What I like most about it is that it is perfectly NOT perfect and that makes me perfectly happy!

My not so perfect, perfect tumbler!

Here is a closer look with the backing I choose.

Now I have to decide on binding and how to hang it.

I'm thinking black or tan for the binding and tabs for hanging.

Since I am off work for a couple of days I have a lot of sewing to do so look for more to be posted soon!

Happy Sewing!

Monday Morning...

I cannot believe that it is Monday.  The Island Shop Hop was lots of fun but I must admit that I was so busy working and tired at the end of each day I didn't get any, not even a little bit, of sewing done last week.

This week WILL BE DIFFERENT!  I miss my machine and the gentle hum that I find so comforting and MUST get back to it TONIGHT!  Friday is the second half of that Shadow Box Class and I need to assemble the rest of the blocks.  I did manage to cut out all the fabric and prep for sewing.  TONIGHT!