May's Completion

First Hand Quilting Project

  So it's only May 22 but the rest of the month will be kinda busy for us with the Memorial Holiday and family activities.....so thought I would go ahead and post May's Completion.

As posted in the last post, I did get my ten pillow cases turned in for charity.  YEAH!!!

My Hand-work for May was this hand-quilted little table topper.  This was my first attempt at hand quilting and loved the process.

Sitting proud!

I was so lucky to find Marie Blash as my first teacher, I learned so much from her and give her a HUGE THANKS.

Not sure you can see the quilting, but what you would see are small stitches, BIG stitches, uneven stitches, stitches in the ditch, stitches from a floral stencil, and stitches you may not even see because I didn't come all the way though with my needle.....so overall, a GREAT first learning project. 

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I had a great time with this project and so, even though it's not the best hand quilting one would see, it does sit proudly in my entry way.

Warm Hugs,
Pam O

Progress on the May Line-up

So...I did get an active start to my May Line-up.

This is the "Back to School" quilt I started, have the center done and two of the large houses.  Still a lot to do and almost sure the will roll over to the June On-going projects.

This second picture shows how it will look when it is completed.

On-going project for May:  I finished the ten pillowcases and ready to turn into the guild tomorrow.

Handwork for May:  Have worked on the hand quilting...pretty sure it will be done by the end of the month and I'll show pictures.

Warm hugs,
Pam O.

Line-up for May

OK, this is the Line-up for May.  

Back in the Fall of 2009, the Temecula Quilt Co. featured a quilt in "Quilt Sampler Magazine" called Back to School.  I bought the kit and just now going to attempt this,  I know it will take me way more than a month to complete but going to give it an active start.

Using Reproduction prints, I will learn to make more than half a dozen different blocks of small patterns. Not the best picture there in the background, will post a better picture of the completed project.

On-going for May.
This year I have been donating children's pillowcases to one of the guilds I belong to, my plan is to get 10 more done by the meeting on May 8.  This works pretty well for me,  at the beginning to the year, I took all (well most) of the children's fabric out of my stash and cutout over 50 pillowcases, that way, when I just have an hour or so to sew, I can put one of these together pretty quickly.

Handwork for May.
For the past few months now, I have been taking a class from Marie Blash on Hand Quilting.   I have 3 more corners and the binding to do on my first project and I'll be ready at that time to post a picture.  Love the process!

Busy month ahead, better get to sewing.
Warm Hugs,
Pam O.