conquering the WISP's

Hello all!
This last week I have slowly been conquering my pile of wisps (works in slow progress) that are taking over my desk and staring at me...

This project I started last December and it is going to be put back on the shelf for a while! I hate how it looks and am not sure what I want to do with it... right now it puts the crappy in scrappy...



This quilt top I started last year as well, but the pattern was written poorly and when it came time for final assembly the blocks didn't fit together, so I put it away in frustration.
I got it out this last week ironed and re-measured everything and cut some of the blocks down to fit and the top is now done and ready for quilting! Hooray!

I used this opportunity to try to match the pattern of the border with mitered corners. I like how they turned out quite a bit.


I also made two more pairs of nine patch squares for the one a day quilt along...


I also made this 9 patch from some left over hst from another quilt...


I used about half of the completed squares to make a baby quilt for my cousin's new baby girl.


I have had this cute flannel for a while. I picked it up off of the clearance table before we moved...
I also found that really cute stripe fabric that I think will be binding the next few baby quilts...


I used the leftover binding to finish off this project that I started a couple months ago...
I saw a organizer like this in a Magellan's catalog and knew I could make one my self...
here it is completely open showing the outside...


Here is the inside... you can tell from the crooked pockets that I didn't really have a pattern that I was working from. I was just winging it, and I didn't really even bother to pin it...
There are 4 rows of 7 pockets each one is approximately 4 1/2" x 3".


To close it up you fold the two sides to the center and then feed the ribbons through the buttonhole in the center there.


Then fold it shut like a book and tie the ribbons...

This works really well for me... I dose out my daily medications and vitamins into little plastic bags that I got from the package store in the mall and have almost a whole month ready to go...
I keep this on the top shelf in the kitchen (right above the coffee mugs) so I see it and remember to take my vitamins everyday while keeping everything safely out of reach of the boys.

I also have pictures of some other quilts that are on their way to their owner, so I won't post those pictures until next week...

more blocks...

Here are blocks 14-17 for the QAL.


I am also to this point on all the baskets for my commissioned quilt. Tomorrow I will add the bottoms and then I can start embellishing the baskets that will be in the center...

This pink is the secondary color for the baskets... the majority of them are plum colored.

Keeping myself busy...

I have been chugging away at the block a day quilt along.
I have been making twins of each pair all with white alternating blocks...

Here are pairs 6-9.


And 10-13. That's 26 total blocks...

I am not making one block a day as you can guess. but am definitely averaging it!


I also finished Baby E's quilt and am washing it now... I am waiting on the delivery of my printable fabric so I can make the label...


A better shot to see the quilting...
Please don't laugh at my uneven and wobbly stitches... this is my first handquilting project...

Quilts and crafts

I have joined up on a quilt along since I have nothing else to do around here...
This one is sponsored by Crazy Mom Quilts and is the One-A-Day quilt along. The goal is to make one nine patch a day for 70 days. I got a head start this weekend and picked out the majority of my green stash and the white on white prints.


I am actually making "twins" of each set so that I can set this qult without any sashing.



I made an art smock for Jimmy for when he goes to school.


and it's reversible.


I made a tablecloth as a present that is yet to be mailed. All the chicks are dancing differently.

One more top almost finished

I had originally purchased this pattern to be Joey's bed quilt, but now have second thoughts about it. I have added a black and rainbow batik border to try to tone down the pink, but it still is a fairly girl looking quilt and Daddy is grumbling about it being on his boys' bed...
So it may end up being a present for someone who needs a rainbow! You never know...

Pajama day rocks!

We had a massive size change over here at chez crafty and Jimmy came up on the short side for pajama pants. I let him dig through my fabric and made him a few new pairs.

He loves to wear his pajamas all day!


He now has quite the variety to choose from.


This was a great stash buster! I forgot I had this lizard fabric...

I finally finished the embroidery on the whole cloth quilt for Camas's baybee!
I think after all this embroidery in a row, I might not need a thimble to quilt it, the callus on my finger is getting so thick!
Now I just have to settle on a quilting pattern. I have been staring at it too long close up, so this is currently hanging on the wall until I get ready to mark the quilting. probably later this weekend...

You can click on the picture for a closer look.


I also got two wall hangings back from my long arm quilter. I finished binding this one today. Tomorrow I can put the label up and hang it on my poor empty wall!
This is from Mount Redoubt Designs. With my own modifications of course...


I am looking forward to getting the rest of my quilts back from quilting, and have to decide which color of my two color wall hanging to bind it with... decisions, decisions!