Here is a picture of the sewing machine mat with the thread catcher attached with a loop and a button.

I wrote a tutorial.  Click on the PDF file below.

Sewing Machine Mat.pdf

If you make this mat, I’d love to see pictures of it!

Linking to: Let’s be Social  Go and see the CUTEST giraffe quilt!

Happy Quilting
Gail

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Not a lot to report.  No fabric shopping.  I did finish the large sewing machine mat.  I have a smaller one in progress.  Using almost the same fabrics.  Am thinking about using purple instead of yellow for the binding.

I have also made a small thread catcher to go on it.  I’ll show a picture when it’s completed. The large mat used 2 yards of fabric.

Stash Report

Fabric Used this Week:      2 yards  
Fabric Used year to Date:  93.30 yards
Fabric Added this Week:    0  yards 
Fabric Added Year to Date:   45.5 yards
Net Fabric used for 2017:    49.8 yards  

UFO tally

No change in my UFO tally.

2017   Completed
Jan:           2
Feb:           0
Mar:          0
Apr:          0
May:          2
June:          4
July:          0

39 UFO’s left to complete

Linking to:

• Sunday Stash @ quiltpaintcreate
• Oh Scrap @ Quilting is more fun than Housework
• Monday Making @ Love, Laugh, Quilt
• Design Wall Monday @ Small Quilts and Doll Quilts
• Moving it Forward Monday @ Em’s Scrapbag
• Main Crush Monday @ Cooking up Quilts 

Happy Quilting
Gail

I love having a sewing machine mat under my featherweight.  I needed one for under my “big” machine when I go to retreats … I also needed a project to highlight binding by machine – so I put the two together and voila!  Here it is:

Link-ups

To see what others in the quilty world are working on wander over to these blogs:

• Can I get a Whoop Whoop? @ Confessions of a Fabric Addict
• Amanda Jean @ Crazy Mom Quilts
• Finished or Not @ Busy Hands Quilts
• Let’s Bee Social @ Sew Fresh Quilts  
• Happy Needle  and Thread @ My Quilt Infatuation

Happy Quilting
Gail

I was nominated for the Liebster Award, 2017 by Kathleen who blogs here.

If you take a wander through Kathleen’s blog, you will find many interesting things.  She did a maple-leaf QAL that is absolutely gorgeous!  There is a neat trick to hemming long seams (using a manila folder)  Believe it or not, her first quilt was made totally by hand and took her 15 years to complete.  She has come a long way in her quilting skills!

You can find the official rules of the Liebster Award Here.   If you read through the rules, you’ll find that I did not follow them to the letter.  It was difficult to find other quilting bloggers that have less than 200 followers.  And I wanted to pass on the award to someone who’s blog I enjoy!

One of the official rules for this blog is to answer some questions.  Here goes:

1.  What is my favourite blog?  Quiltville’s Quips and Snips … you can find it HERE.  This is Bonnie Hunter’s blog.  The queen of scrappy quilts!  I love her mystery quilts that she offers every fall.  I have been following her blog for almost a decade.  She certainly is an encouragement to scrappy quilters around the world.
2. If you could meet one Quilt Personality, who would it be?  Well, I have already met Bonnie Hunter and was enthralled to take a workshop with her.  Next on my list would likely be Eleanor Burns.  Her sense of humour is an absolute riot!
3. What is my preference when quilting?  It varies.  I love sewing with my quilting buddies!  I love silence! and I love listening to audio books.
4. Do I have a favourite snack while quilting?  Nope … don’t want to get food on my quilts.
5. Do I look for quilts while watching a movie? Of course!
6. What comes first when you make a quilt:  buying stash then look for a pattern or buy the pattern first and then the fabric?  I have enough stash to last for years and years – most of my patterns are either self-designed or in a Bonnie Hunter book or free on the internet …
7. What is your favorite quilt/sewn project/craft? My favourite quilt is usually the one I’m currently sewing on.  My current favourite is on my last blog post. (Click HERE).
8. Hand Quilt or Machine Quilt?  When I first started quilting (in the 80’s) I hand quilted.  When I re-started quilting in 2005, I started machine quilting.  Most of my machine quilting is done on my Janome 8900.
9. Favorite Color?  Blue!
10. Favorite Quilting/Crafting Item? My feather weight sewing machine!  It (or an antique hand crank) travels with me and I do most of my piecing on them.
11. Do you work on one project or many?  This is a silly question … will all of my UFO’s isn’t it obvious that I work on many projects at the same time?

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A finish!

Quilt #14 of Grandma’s fabrics is done!  And I LOVE it!  It has a flannel back and is oh, so cosy!  If it hadn’t been made for “C”,  I’d be keeping it.  But it was made for “C” and it will be in the mail to her very shortly!

Here’s a close-up of the quilting of one of the centre blocks:

Stash Report

Fabric Used this Week:      10 yards  
Fabric Used year to Date:  91.30 yards
Fabric Added this Week:    0  yards 
Fabric Added Year to Date:   45.5 yards
Net Fabric used for 2017:    47.8 yards  

UFO tally

I started the year with 47 UFO’s.  Quilt #14 was not a UFO, so my UFO count does not change.

2017   Completed
Jan:           2
Feb:           0
Mar:          0
Apr:          0
May:          2
June:          4
July:          0

39 UFO’s left to complete

Linking to:

• Sunday Stash @ quiltpaintcreate
• Oh Scrap @ Quilting is more fun than Housework
• Monday Making @ Love, Laugh, Quilt
• Design Wall Monday @ Small Quilts and Doll Quilts
• Moving it Forward Monday @ Em’s Scrapbag
• Main Crush Monday @ Cooking up Quilts 

Happy Quilting
Gail

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The top is finished, borders are added and the quilting has started.  I decided to do feather wreaths in the negative space.  I’m liking it – a LOT.  And since I love doing feathers – it’s a lot of fun to quilt!  I still have most of the outside partial wreaths to do and the small segments that you can see in the bottom corner and upper right.  Hopefully it will get done this weekend!

Link-ups

To see what others in the quilty world are working on wander over to these blogs:

• Can I get a Whoop Whoop? @ Confessions of a Fabric Addict
• Amanda Jean @ Crazy Mom Quilts
• Finished or Not @ Busy Hands Quilts
• Check out the cute fox quilt @ Let’s Bee Social @ Sew Fresh Quilts  
• Happy Needle  and Thread @ My Quilt Infatuation

Check out the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop Here 

Happy Quilting
Gail

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Thank you to all who commented on Sarah’s quilt.  She wrote, “super excited about everyones reaction! I will send pictures of my other quilts and hopefully new ones that i will make.”  You can see here quilt HERE.

Design Wall

This is Quilt #14 made from my Grandma’s fabrics.  I need to add a few borders and quilt it.  It’s an “Uneven 9 Patch.”  I know that I was getting really low on Grandma’s fabrics, but when I did my clean-up, I found this piece of yardage that I had been given years and years ago.  I know that it’s a true vintage fabric, not from just when I received it, but because it is only 35″ wide!

A Feline Finish

This quilt showcases “cats”.  I started it earlier this year.  It will soon be on it’s way to an aunt that LOVES cats and needs some quilty love.

Stash Report

Fabric Used this Week:      9 yards  
Fabric Used year to Date:  81.30 yards
Fabric Added this Week:    0  yards 
Fabric Added Year to Date:   45.5 yards
Net Fabric used for 2017:    37.8 yards  

UFO tally

I started the year with 47 UFO’s.

2017   Completed
Jan:           2
Feb:           0
Mar:          0
Apr:          0
May:          2
June:          4
July:          0

39 UFO’s left to complete

Linking to:

• Sunday Stash @ quiltpaintcreate
• Oh Scrap @ Quilting is more fun than Housework
• Monday Making @ Love, Laugh, Quilt
• Design Wall Monday @ Small Quilts and Doll Quilts
• Moving it Forward Monday @ Em’s Scrapbag
• Main Crush Monday @ Cooking up Quilts 

Happy Quilting
Gail

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