My views & pineapples

I am really lucky/blessed to have such beautiful scenery to look at while I work. I've been mowing our pasture today & I always like the after pictures. As someone who suffers from allergies I am extremely thankful to have a cab on my tractor, ac & a radio! Those things make working in the tractor so much more enjoyable. 

I've also been working on my pineapples for my guild project. They are all cut out & fused down. Now I just have to appliqué around them. Have a great night,

Vicky

Coring apples

I'm making progress on my apple core quilt. As I was laying the pieces out on my living room floor I noticed that I need to cut more pieces. This quilt needs a lot more variety. I will be digging into my novelty fabrics to find pieces to run through the die cutter. Though that will be put on hold for just a little while. I'm making curtains for a friend & I need to work on a guild project. We are doing a row by row exchange. We're in groups of 6 & each person has to make a 48" long row of summer themed blocks six times. I've fallen behind because this is due in almost a month. I need to get cutting & sewing. Have a great evening y'all

Vicky

The intimidating curved seam.

I will be honest & tell y'all that I have not made many quilts that I've wanted to make all because I was intimidated by curved seams. I also didn't want to cut curved pieces, even with a rotary cutter. Well now that I have the Accuquilt Go Cutter bring on those curved pieces, I am not intimidated by them anymore! Here is a pic of my very first curved seam. I'm making an Apple Core quilt. I'm supper excited about it. I'll keep y'all updated on how it progresses. It's time for chores, sewing has been put on pause. More later,

Vicky

Batiks & Daisies

About 3 years ago I was on the hunt for a hand work project. I was going on a long plane ride & wanted to keep my hands busy. I found one at Quilting Bits & Pieces in Eudora KS. For reasons that I can't remember I chose not to make the pattern I bought but kind of make my own. I choose to do Twilling. I thought that I would just love it as it turns out I don't. So this quilt is and most likely will be my only Twilling quilt. I'm a big fan of blacks & batiks plus the daisies really pop against the black. The daisy pattern came from a magazine & the layout came from a pattern by Judy Martin. Now all it needs is a scrappy binding & I can call this project done! I hope y'all are having a great day. It is just gorgeous here in Kansas. More later, 

Vicky vgvvvgv

Traveling the Tropics

I finished this quilt today! It feels like I have been working on it forever but in reality it has only been a month. I figured it up, I used 8.5 yards of scraps  ( that is just the body of the quilt no borders)! Though you can't even tell that I've touched my batik pile. This is a free pattern from Bonnie Hunter called "Scrappy Trips around the World" I'm calling mine "Traveling the Tropics". Off to work on another project that's in progress. It's my red/white embroidery blocks. I'm on the last block so I need to work on piecing the borders. More pictures to come. Have a great evening y'all!

Vicky 

Busy hands.

This past week my family & I went to Chicago to visit some friends. We had such a good time. We drove which meant that I had a lot of time for "hand work". I finished 3 blocks while we were gone. I'll post more about our adventures later. Have a great day!

Vicky

Squeezing out some quilting time

Living on a farm has taught me that the farm does not know the difference between days. It does not know holidays, birthdays or anniversaries. It also doesn't know that it has been way too long since I have been able to sew. There are the good things though; seeing new baby calves born , some beautiful sunsets/sun rises I have ever seen, wild blackberries. All in all my life is good & I have no complaints & I am truly thankful for all of my blessings. Now I'm going to try & get a few minutes to sew/quilt. Hope y'all are having a great day. (The last pic is from this past winter.  It is one if my favorites. Plus it reminds me of colder weather, which I'm looking forward to!)

To my friends who I missed quilting with tonight I am sorry and I'll bring a blackberry pie next time!