Advice Please.....

I am hoping for some advice. I am just going to give a little back-story for my new followers.

My new slogan is, Love It, Buy It, and then USE IT!!  No more saving for the right project. I will always fall in love with a new fabric line.

My favorite fabric is

Katie Jump Rope by Denyse Schmidt.  

So no more hoarding.

Step one get it out!

Next cut into 5 inch squares.

Now the fun really started. I decided to make this king size and to

piece it all by hand!  I love to do handwork.

So it went from two patches to four to eight and so and so on

 until it was 120 inches by 109 inches.

Today was the perfect day to take pictures as the snow was reflecting through the windows.

So here is the top, flimsy, you get the idea!

Now, advice please!

I want this to be a summer quilt. Not heavy, but to feel like a sheet.

Here is my brainstorm of an idea!

Now do not laugh, this is the flannel I am going to use for the back. 

Yep, pink roses!

Here it comes...

I was not going to use batting!  Gasp!

  Just quilt the top and flannel.

Do you think it will work?

Should I scratch the flannel and just use a cotton backing with no batting?

Do I need batting?

This top will also be quilted by hand.

Thank you for any advice. 

And please be honest, I need help!!

Thank you!

How Fun Is This?

I am taking my time. I am not rushing through any of these wonderful Dresden Blog Posts. Don't worry I will be knocking on your blog door soon!  And I will see you all, yes all of you in the near future.

Here is today's schedule. 

January 29^th, 2013

A Peach in Stitches

Nancy W @ “that Other Blog”

L3 Designs

Bungalow Bay Quilts

Quilted Delights

Quilt Crossing

Lixie Makes it

A Quilting Sheep

Charlotte's Creations

Quilt-n-Queen
Domesticity and Other Ponderous Things

Sew Much 2 Luv

A Quilt and a Prayer

Amanda Murphy Design

Little Mushroom Cap
Kathy's Quilts

Sandra Kaye Design

Christmas Quilt Progress

Whew,

This quilt has been slow and steady. But they say that is what will win the race.

I have no problem working with Christmas fabrics in January.  No, I am not getting a head start for 2013, I am playing catch up for 2012. Just a few pictures to remind, or show you for the first time, my project.

My new motto, is, buy it, and use it. No more petting and saving. Why? Because I will always find something new that I just MUST HAVE....

So, I bought this one yard bundle of fabrics.

  

 I added two fabrics I already had for a total of 12 yards of fabric.

I cut them into squares.

Sewed them into 2 patches then 4 patches.

I kept on working until I had a quilt top!

Christmas came and went so it was put away in the closet. But now was the perfect time to let her out. I picked out my backing. yes, it is pink!  Who said you cannot use pink for Christmas?

Sandwiched and pinned.

Many years ago I heard that if you make a quilt top with geometric shapes you should quilt it with swirls. The opposite for a flowery quilt. 

Quilt it with straight lines.

I do not machine quilt. I only hand quilt. So, some of my favorite ways to quilt is in a diagonal grid, in the ditch, shadow quilting, even swirls in a border.

BUT...

This was going to be new to me!

I took two different size bowls and drew (with my crayola washable marker) circles all over the top. I have never done circles. Hearts, flowers stars, but not circles.

This is what it looks like with the markings. Hope you can make them out.

I am using red thread. The only problem I am having is loosing the thread on the quilt. I like to quilt while I watch TV, if I look up at the TV, I have a heck of a time finding my spot. LOL!

I hope to have this finished in a few weeks and then look forward to showing you my finished quilt.

Happy Sewing!

"OZ" Did It!!

After years and years of collecting and saving and finding the fabric...

"Oz" did it!

The Wizard of Oz Quilt that I made for my sister has been gifted!

Yes, she did love it, which makes me very happy.

I should explain, I tried to follow the sequence of the movie by starting with sepia, the I made a rainbow to signify arriving in Oz, then back to sepia when she arrived home.

On with the show!

Source-Google images

Finale lay out. ready to sandwich and quilt.

DONE!!!!

Now for a hundred pictures!!

I DO need to mention, boy was I in a hurry to get the photographed and wrapped. 

These pictures are just plain bad!!

So sorry....

First time putting a block on the back but I just did not want to leave this picture off the quilt.

WHEW!!!

Do you feel like watching the movie now, LOL! 

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend.

Wishing you and your loved ones a Happy, Safe, Healthy and Wonderful Holiday.
See you in the New Year!

Gifted

The Chicago Bears Quilt has been gifted.

No need to wait until Christmas, football is now!

I made it a nice size 72 X 72. Good for two to cuddle!

Progress

I have made some progress on my Christmas quilt.  It is laid out and ready to be sewn into sections.

Happy Sewing!