A Little Win

I belong to a 300+ member guild called Manitoba Prairie Quilters. We had a UFO challenge that started in December. You took a picture of your UFO, finished it by the June meeting and were then entered to win a gift bag. I submitted 10 UFO pictures (I'm always optimistic) and finished 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 ..........1! At least I finished something!?! Approximately 30 of the 70 UFO's entered for the challenge were completed. I didn't win the gift bag draw, but my little quilt tied for Viewer's Choice which was a nice surprise (the 4 fat quarters and $25 prize were an added bonus!). The pattern for the quilt is in the book Quilted Symphony by Gloria Loughman. I changed it up a little by doing the beaded curved edge. I'm not a big paper piecer either, so I just free sewed the last section.

I'm in nickel square challenge at another guild I belong to. I'm making a quilt depicting Winnipeg's skyline at sunset. So far I have attached a 1" black strip to each of the 144 nickel squares, then cut them in half. You can see I have a long way to go but I do have until Monday night. That gives me PLENTY of time Ha ha!

Happy Stitching
corina

My WIP

 Last year I took a class with Vicki Pignatelli. She was an amazing teacher. The class was really enjoyable and I was all gung-ho to finish my abstract project!

 Fast forward several months and I had still done nothing! This morning I finally sewed my curved pieces onto the foundation fabric, decided I don't like wonky edges and am now working on cutting the block into a circle shape.

 I need those nice clean edges! Eventually my circles will be joined together, but not sure how. Am toying with the idea of beading to join them, but that may be a bit too ambitious!

Check out all the other Canadian Blogs for W.I.P Wednesday at the Needle and Thread Network!

Happy Stitching
corina

Charm Top is done

My scrappy charm square quilt is done, well before the September deadline. I think that it's the first time I've finished something ahead of schedule (you know I'm a last minute kinda girl!). The deadline for the completed quilt is December, so lots of time to quilt and bind it. Oops. Looks like I was a tad off balance when I took the picture.

  I dragged out my Gloria Loughman UFO. I really find it hard to work on older projects. The enthusiasm is no longer there. But..I'm determined to get it off my list. I need one paper pieced section, then I can start sewing all the sections together.

Hopefully I can get it done by Wednesday morning. Our power is being turned off that day. Our neighbour is getting a huge tree that is close to the power lines cut down. Would be the perfect time to sew the binding on.

Happy Stitching
corina

I Love Scrappy!

Just a quick little post on a charm square exchange quilt for charity because I'm in the middle of sewing heaven and I want to get right back to it! Usually I plan and fuss, and plan and fuss til my brain explodes. This quilt I decided to throw caution to the wind and just grab a light and a dark and go for it.

I love the scrappiness!

Gotta Go!
corina

FNSI Results

a bit of FMQ for the flower center

 I managed to squeeze a bit of sewing in. It may look like I accomplished quite a bit but this little quilt was pretty much done, so just cleaned up some of the loose threads and added a hanging sleeve. It seems most of my night was on the computer getting design ideas to try the technique again. It never ceases to amaze me how fast time goes when I get in front of the darn computer!

This quilt was a class with Cathy Miller, the Singing Quilter.

It was an amazing class in Mock Mola Applique, which is a raw edge reverse applique. Cathy brought tons of her inspirational quilts. We received very clear instructions and she made sure that she spent one on one time with each and every one of us, helping us with our individual designs.The next day she was the guest speaker/singer at the guild and had asked us to bring what we had done for show and tell. I would say that most people had finished their wall hangings, only their binding was missing! She put on a fabulous show for us, with stories and songs about quilting. If you ever have the chance, take her class or go to her show, you won't be sorry!

Happy Stitching
corina

A Mother's Loving Tribute to her Son

 Happy Mother's Day! I would like to share this video with everyone. It is Very touching.

Sorry, the link to the video I had posted was removed from youtube. Rather than reposting another version I thought it best to remove it completely:)