Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Oops, pattern change.

I posted a little while ago that I was working on a quilt that I was going to make on my treadle. I was excited & ready to go. This past weekend I was looking at the pattern in detail & noticed that it used 1.5" strips, I have been working with 2" strips. Oops! I then went looking for a pattern that used 2" Strips. I found one in Bonnie Hunter's book"Adventure's in Leaders & Enders" it is called "Rick Rack Nines". It uses 290 nine patches. I currently have 160 nine patches started ( 2 out of the 3 sections are put together). I am off  to treadle more strips together. Happy sewing everyone!

Vicky


Thursday, May 23, 2013

My treadle project

I am going to make a quilt Completely on my treadle. I am hoping that by the time I'm done that my skills on the treadle will have improved. I'm going to make "Crabapples". It is a quilt by Bonnie Hunter in her book " Adventures in Leaders & Enders". I will be using my Civil War Reproduction fabrics ( just because I have a lot of them). I'll keep you updated on my progress. Off to go sew,


Vicky

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

A very heavy quilt

There is a certain excitement when I finish a big quilt project. I think this quilt has been in the works for the past 4-6 weeks. My husband keeps encouraging me to make more complex quilts so that I don't visit my Quilter as much. This quilt uses up A LOT of fabric! There are 168 4.5" string blocks & 840 half square triangles. All of the fabric came from my scrappy stash! Here are some pictures of the quilt in progress. Enjoy!


Vicky




Friday, May 17, 2013

Scrappy Treasures

Yesterday I Received a call from a Quilty friend telling me she had 2 bags of scrap for me! I told her that I would pick them up in a few hours. Boy was I surprised when I saw how big the bags were & they were heavy.  Later in the afternoon I was able to go through them. Oh what treasures. It was like a mini stash in 2 bags. Once sorted there were piles. Batiks, yardage, novelties,bindings,flannel & all of the color families.  These will find their ways into the correct spots in my sewing room. I am truly blessed that quilters would give me their scraps. They will be used! Looking forward to playing in the scraps & it's time to go sew some of them. I hope y'all have a great day, 


Vicky





Monday, May 13, 2013

Pedal Power!

I got a treadle this weekend! I am so excited! It is a 1914 Singer 66 Redeye. It is in beautiful condition for being 99 years old. I spent my afternoon on Saturday cleaning it. My dear Husband put a new belt on it & I was off. We (me, my kiddo & husband) all took a turn on it. We started off with just a piece of paper under the presser foot so that we could learn the technique. My husband was a natural at it but he is a natural with anything mechanical. Me & my kiddo it took just a little bit more time but not much. It kind of reminds me of driving a stick shift car/truck. You have to "time" things just right & get a "feel" for your machine. 
I did wind a bobbin last night. That was fun to watch & I sewed on it!!! It was so much fun to sew on it!! I think it has a beautiful stitch. 
On the first pic I put a cloth behind the machine so that I wouldn't spatter anything on the butterfly quilt.  
The second pic is my test run last night!
Have a great afternoon. I'm hoping to treadle soon.


Vicky


Monday, May 6, 2013

Scrappy gifts

This past weekend my friend Maria gifted me with these 2 scrap bags! What a great surprise. She told me about the shop were she got them & from what she said I need to go! Scrap bags for $2! When I go I will take pictures.

On Saturday it was my quilt guilds quilt show. It was the first time I have entered a quilt into a quilt show. My Perkiomen Daydreams quilt ( designed by Bonnie Hunter in her book Scraps & Shirtails) got second place! There was also a treadle sewing machine that you could demo. Both my kiddo & I loved it! It is so much fun. So now I am on the hunt for a treadle. If anyone knows where I can find one just let me know.

Just an update on my endless ironing from yesterday I finally did finish my pile & started sewing the hst together. Time to go. Lots needs to get done before my kiddo gets home from school.


Vicky



Sunday, May 5, 2013

Endless ironing & bread!

I'm making bread & ironing the day away. While the bread is rising I am trying to iron as many of these half square triangles. There are 840 of them. We'll see how many if them I can get done before the breads done. Have a great day y'all !



Thursday, May 2, 2013

Triangles & strings everywhere!

I have spent the last week going through my Civil War reproduction scraps. I have a lot of them. I have switched things up a bit. I'm now working on "Jamestown Landing" by Bonnie Hunter. It is in her book "String Fling"(pic #1). I've made all of the 168 4.5" string blocks. (Pic #2). Now I am on to the 840 half square triangles. They've all been cut & now I am in the process of sewing them together. (Pic #3) Since it is such a lousy weather day outside I'll just stay in & sew! Hope y'all have a great day!