Spools quilt top finished

I just noticed that I never showed off my spools quilt top with the applique finished.  I love how it turned out and I can't wait to get it quilted! 

 

Yup, it's a happy quilt top!

 

I wish the background fabric was a little darker but I loved the vintage sewing tools it had on it.  It was just perfect for the quilt theme.

 

 

Now, what do I do with all of the other spool centers that I have left over?

Back in the saddle again

Looks like I took about a year off of quilting but, you will be happy to know that I am back at it again.  My sister yelled at me for leaving that horrible picture of my leaf stuck to my iron on the screen for waaaay toooo long!  Okay, okay, I heard.

This pattern is from the book Scrappy Firework Quilts by Edyta Sitar.  It's called Quilter's Schoolhouse Quilt.  My sister and I are in the Edyta Sitar fan club at our local quilt shop.  This was the quilt we worked on for the last few months.  We did a half square triangle exchange to get the variety for our scrappy quilts. 

The next club quilt will be one of her mini patterns.  We are all choosing our own pattern next time.


I'll be back with more pictures soon.  I am on a mission to get a lot done!  New year's resolutions don't work so well with me.  So, I thought I'd get a head start on it.

Working on some applique

As I was working on some applique to go on the borders of my spool quilt, I got to the end and didn't have the right direction leaf left.  I thought I must have cut them wrong.  So, I faked it and used the wrong one... I don't have to have it perfect.  After I finished ironing, I set my iron down and...

 

I found the piece that I needed.  I had it upside-down. Argh!

 

Guess I'll be cutting another leaf anyway.  Other than that and the corners it's all fused.

 

Here's one side. Now, I have a lot of stitching to do.



WIP Spools Quilt

 

Here's how my spool quilt is coming along.  I showed you a few blocks and now the center is done.  It still gets a border with a whole lot of applique.  The applique is all cut and ready to be fused.  I'm just trying to figure out how to lay out the pieces and iron them when the design goes around the corners.  If anybody has an idea, I'd love to hear it.  I really don't want the borders on while I'm trying to stitch around all those little leaves and berries!

And then there were three

I just finished my third spool block.  My sister is going to be jealous!  She wants to do this quilt too.  We are in an Edyta Sitar fan club and this is the next quilt we will be working on.  I'm still quilting the last project and will show you when I've got it finished.

Spool Block

 I just had to try one.  I saw a spool quilt made up at the one stop shop hop in Big Rapids Mi.  This is a pattern by Edyta Sitar for Laundry Basket Quilts from her strips and strings book.  I found the perfect background fabric with vintage sewing notions.

I need another UFO like I need a hole in the head but, I couldn't resist.

House wallhanging finished

I have finally finished my house wallhanging.  This Family Estate Wallhanging pattern is from the book Friendship Strips & Scraps by Edyta Sitar for Laundry Basket Quilts.

My sister and I have been going to an Edyta Sitar fan club at our local quilt shop.  It has been a lot of fun and I'm looking forward to showing you our upcoming projects.