August came and went in a flash.

August wasn't as hot as July

Not much sewing going on here. I spent most of my free time this summer fixing our 24ft Nomad travel trailer. It had a few leaks over the winter so we redid windows and seams. I removed all the wallpaper and painted the walls and I laid down a new floor. I was going to really glamp it up but ended up buying a 5th wheel at an auction that is a couple of feet longer and has more room so this one is up for sale.

I am sad to sell this trailer, we have had some fun times and I have invested a lot of time fixing it up. Time for someone else to enjoy it.

 

It is amazing what 2 more feet can do and a couple of years newer. The 5th wheel needed a little TLC so we spent most of August working on it so that we could go camping at Wallowa Lake in Oregon over the Labor Day weekend. It was well worth the effort. The bed is much larger and the bathroom has room to move around in. I have closets bigger than the other one.

Hope everyone had an awesome Labor Day. I sure need  3 days of relaxing, my knees were killing me but are much better after not doing much all weekend.

July rolled in hot and rolled out hot

It has been one hot month

We usually don't have to turn air conditioning on till the end of August but we finally gave in and turned it on when the night temps didnt get below 70. Then last night and today we had some rain, if felt more like Texas than it did Washington. Needless to say I didn't do much quilting but I did get more fabric in the store.

The beginning of the month I did finish a flannel quilt with minky backing for my brother who is going through chemo and radiation. What do you think a bit much for July in Nevada but I loved the flannel fabric, maybe should have done something different than minky back but I wanted it to be soft. Winters coming right:)

Also at the beginning of the month, I did start another quilt that I have had on my cutting table off and on for months. I would get it out and ready to cut and would move if off because something else was more pressing. Put it back on the table, put it away. I think I did that a half a dozen times before I finally cut it up. The blocks got done but it was once again moved off the table and needs to be moved back on. Barb from Bejeweled quilts bought the same FQ bundle, Bella Mariposa from Robert Kaufman, and made a really cute jar quilt. Robert Kaufmans metallic fabrics are so irresistible and I usually cant resist. I just bought a layer cake Wildwood Grace, sooooo pretty.

Lets hope August is not so hot but Neil Diamond didn't sing Hot August night for nothing. Stay safe and quilt on.

What the heck it is JUNE already.

Crazy Temperature

We went from 96 degrees last week (a high this time of year by the way) to 55 today. I was wearing shorts and now I am in sweats and a sweatshirt. Crazy days.

I made this star red, white, and blue quilt out of 10" squares. You can find the pattern all over the internet free or design it your self. I wanted a little different look so I designed it myself. I had to make my own layer cake so I cut 10 inch squares out of 11 different fabrics so that I could get the design I wanted. I have them available in the store just click on the picture of the fabric.The first picture is the squares, the second is a quarter of the quilt laid out before it was sewn. The last is the picture of the finished top. I still need to decide on a border or no border.

I am thinking of using either of these 2 fabrics for the back. Also available in the store. Which would you use if it were you and would you do a border?

Here are a few other items new in the store Inchworm Fabrics this week.

 

 

 

 

 Have a great week.

Update on the Row by Row

Time sure flies when you are busy. We are doing a row by row using Lori Holt patterns. January and February got posted, here is March, April, and May.

March rows.

April rows

May Row so far.
 

February was short and busy

My goal was to post more often

It looks like I have some work to do to reach that goal. Between working trying to get a little remodeling done and quilting, it seems like time just slips through my fingers.

Here are some of the rows from our row by row quilt along.

 I seem to have lost the other rows. Well I will add them when I find them.

Row by Row

    A New Year and a New Beginning

We see the new year as an opportunity to do all the projects we have been dreaming about. My sister Barb of Bejeweled quilts wanted to do a row by row quilt with the nieces so we are using the patterns from Lori Holts Farm Girl Vintage and Farm Girl Vintage 2. We can't share the patterns with you but you can purchase the book at the Inchworm Store. Just click on the book picture and it will take you to the store. If there are none left I will be glad to order one for you, just leave me a message.

This month we choose the Milk Can out of the first book. Rules are simple. 6 or 12 inch block, make your row how ever you want and how long you want. There are 7 of us and each will get a month to choose a block. If you want to follow along Barb at Bejeweled will start the month with the block of the month and I will finish up the month with the rows.

So far here are the finished blocks/rows for this month, still waiting for 2 more but the month is still young, haha.

SISTERS IN QUILTING

For many years now my sister, Jeanette, and I ,(Barb of  Bejeweled quilts), have been doing projects together.  Sometimes when she visits or most of the time, miles apart.

Jeanette had suggested that we do this quilt below.  It is called "Radiant" by Cozy Quilt Designs, Daniela Stout.

The fabrics used on both quilts are JAVA Batiks by Freshwater for Maywood Studios.

I purchased them from Jeanette's store, Inchworm Fabrics, of course, she can just go in there and pick and chose....what would it be like to have a fabric store in your own home?  There probably wouldn't be much fabric to sell...haha.  

 I do have to tell ya, I recently visited my sister and went crazy over her fabrics.  I ran downstairs to my husband and told him I was spending money....a lot of it.  What fun it was to search though all of the delicious fabrics.

We have another quilt that we did and will show that later.  We are also doing a row by row with her, her daughters, and another niece.  Jeanette has some talented daughters and not in just quilting.

PS

I have to put my two cents in. Barb failed to mention that we did those quilts last summer and she was waiting for me to get mine completed so we could post. 

 

If you have read her blog today she mentioned to stay focused and she showed her Star of Bethlehem quilt block. 

 

Well I am working on a quilt with 9 of those Star of Bethlehem blocks. I got all the half square triangle blocks sewn and ironed but need to trim them up. Here is my test block that I made using scraps to see if my calculations were going to work out before I cut the fabric I was planning on using. I designed it to be made out of 1/2 square triangles and blocks. Easy chain piecing. If it works out good I will put the instructions on the blog.

But I quit for the day because I need to get inventory done so  I went to do that and Barb wanted to post but I told her that I needed to stay focused on inventory so she posted for us. 

Happy New Year.

Jeanette