June!?

So here it is June and I haven't posted anything in FOREVER. I actually have finished a couple quilts (at least one that I can think of right this second) I just haven't posted any pictures. June has already stressed me out and I'm only a week in. If people would just stop getting married and having babies I'd have 4 seconds to breath.

I made these two for a couple weddings I went to this weekend. Just a simple table runner. They turned out shorter than I would have liked, but they still turned out really cute!! I gave them a cook book as well. I went to another wedding this weekend, but since she lives in Utah she'll get hers later. Prioritizing was my only option to ensure sanity.

My friend Camille had a baby about a month ago so I was also frantically working on this one to get it done in time for me to go to Idaho for the weddings. I LOVE how the back turned out. So bright and colorful.

Hopefully I can get ahead of the game here soon and have these things done and on hand instead of having to get up at 5:30 in the morning to finish them. Also my sewing machine does NOT like size 70 needles. I broke 4 needles in two days. All of them were 70's. I went and bought some new ones, put an 80 on there and haven't had any problems. Knock on wood.

The rest of 2012

Fall is coming

Fall is coming and it just makes me feel SO crafty. I was thinking about how unproductive I've been this year with quilting. I've done 3 (Lauren, Mike and Kirsti). It's now the 9th month. If I plan on having 12 finished by the end of the year I better get my butt in gear. But there's nothing quite as lovely as watching a movie and quilting on a nice fall day. Stay tuned for pictures of the end of 2012 quilts I finished. I'm good at keeping goals, we'll getter done.

Crunch time

Here I am on the 28th of December reviewing how I've done on my quilting new year's resolution for 2012 of finishing one quilt a month (or just a total of 12). I have finished 10. I have one that's ready to be quilted, one that's almost ready to be quilted, 2 that need to be bound, and we won't count the number I have cut out. I think I may have two others that just need a final border as well . . . Anyway, I have tomorrow and Monday to get 2 done. I think those two that need bound will be the winners, since everything else seems much more time consuming. BUT I found out Aubrey has access to a quilting machine so it may be time to get a stock pile and spend a day quilting. The baby list seems to be growing. 3 girls and 2 boys I should get goin' on. :/ I may have to carry this resolution into 2013 to finish up projects that have been long started without being finished. Here's to a productive end of 2012!

Let's play a little catch up

Last time I posted was July. 3 months have now passed and I have not been as big a slacker as I appear. I still need to take a picture of the quilt I did in August, but I finally finished this bright colored pinwheel one. I was really please with how it turned out.

Here's the chevron that I thought of while running and talked about a lot without actually showing it. I did a Disney themed Chevron for my friend Denae and her little guy. It turned out SO GREAT! I was really proud of myself on this one.

July

Finished this one I started quite a while ago. I got super frustrated because I couldn't find anything for a border or to back it in. THEN the other day I was at my favorite quilting store The Cotton Shop in Provo and they had this super cute minky on sale. TIGER print! How could I go wrong? I think it turned out awesome.

August will be finishing a quilt for my friend Katie who is moving to Florida. I almost finished pinning it last night so I shouldn't have any problems getting it finished up this weekend. Then it's on to decorations for the baby shower I have coming up!

June was . . .

Not as productive as May. I only finished one quilt, which is the goal so I did okay, but compared to May I feel like I was slacking. In my defense (who am I defending myself against?  . . . right) I was super busy in June going to Idaho twice and Moab once and managing to run 100 miles. I did cut out and sew most of a patriotic table runner. I actually finished it in July, but most of the work was done in June.

I used the same pattern as the quilt I was working on in May
and just changed the colors for the holiday.

I was going to make a patriotic quilt. I really was. I bought all the fabric, found a design in liked, but I just couldn't fine the motivation. This was as good as it was going to get for this year. I realized I have a quilt to finish for my friend Katie before she moves next month. Guess I should try and find some motivation for that.

I'd post pictures of the quilt I finished in June, but it's a gift for a friend and she might look at this and I don't want to ruin the surprise so it will have to wait until after the baby shower in August. Believe me though, it's cute. 

Here's to hoping July will be more productive that June, but I'm not going to hold my breath on that one.