Design Wall Monday - July 14, 2014

My "Friendship Jewels" would be on the design wall IF it was big enough to hold it and IF the two large sections were sewn together.  It also needs 2 blocks to finish a row (can you see the table through those those two empty squares)?

The "Soul Searching" blocks are up on the wall for now.  Still don't have the green May block finished; however, I'm washing the green scraps, so maybe I'll get it done before July is over!

To check out other design walls, visit Judy's Patchwork Times.

Design Wall Monday-April 21

This is not my "real" design wall, but it works for playing around with some of the blocks in my "Friendship Jewels" quilt.  I can't wait until I get back from the AQS show to start putting them all together.

To see what others have on their design walls, go on by Patchwork Times.   Now I'm off to see amazing quilts and lots of vendors with tempting things at the AQS Show in Paducah.  I'm hoping to meet up with a blogger who has become an online friend and now lives in Florida. She has an assignment to interview the winners and write an article for AQS magazine.  How cool is that!.  But I'm not surprised because she is a very talented quilter, teacher and journalist.  

Stash Report and More, March 30, 2014

My numbers remain the same as last week. Nothing added and nothing used that I can count.
Fabric Added - 0
Fabric Used - 0

Fabric Added YTD - 2.25 yds

Fabric Used YTD - 9.28 yds

Net used for 2014  - 7.03 yds

However, I did make a little more progress on "Snow Friends". The final rows were added to the top and bottom of the center unit, but the snow people still need their eyes and mouths.  There will be a couple of borders added soon and then this top will be done.

Also, more blocks have been made for "Friendship Jewels".  This is what my graph looked like the first time I posted it

Look at it now!!   This represents 57 finished blocks out of 80.

I'm still digging through my scraps to find the right colors for the missing sections of the blocks.  It hasn't depleted my stash very much, but I'm having fun trying.  I can't wait to start putting the rows together.  I'm anxious to see how this design looks in "real life" fabrics instead of crayola on paper.

We had a QOV sewing day this week and we were treated to a surprise. A presentation of quilts was made to 7 veterans (6 men and 1 woman) representing service in World War II, The Korean War, VietNam and one had just completed his second tour in Afghanistan.

This was such a heart-warming event and a few tears were shed when one veteran spoke about what it meant to him to receive his quilt.  

To see what others have done this week, stop on by Patchwork Times.