blocks I made for my Civil War Sampler Quilt

Lincoln's Platform Block

Last Thursday I went to my Civil War Quilt club at my LQS "Sew Little Time" Quilt Shop  and worked on my "Civil War Sampler" pattern, choosing & cutting fabric for 3 blocks.  My Underground Railroad piece which is made up of 4 blocks of 4 squares set on point, my Lincoln Platform block and a log cabin variation block.  Friday and Saturday-Sunday I worked on my blocks and even started on a 3rd block - It felt good to work in my studio on my quilt.  Getting back in the swing of things is very relaxing for me.  Today I went to my Crafting group at The Community Center and worked on the applique block "Seven Sisters" while I enjoyed the company of my friends.  we had coffee and muffins with cheese and crackers.  Conversation was interesting, ranging from concern over a community member and our experiences of going to a bar with friends and realizing you were the only female there.  I will post more pictures after I take them.  Lately I can't seem to get very clear pictures with my new camera.  I wanted to retake pictures of all my completed blocks so far and post them on Flicker for all to see.

Off to my Civil War Quilt Club mtg

July's CWQC meeting is today.  I am so ready to get back into the swing of things today.  will update everyone on the progress of my Civil War Sampler Quilt.   I am off to the races. 

A Friday Finish Finally!

Finally a Friday Finish!  It seem like a long time since written in my Blogs or

Wagon Wheel 8" Block with Machine Appliqué
for my Civil War Sampler Quilt. 

had any Friday finishes.  May came and went by so fast and I did seem to accomplish much (see my blog note of May 10th) but here it is the middle of June.  I have not been sewing very much in the past 2 weeks but have been so busy with other stuff.  Yesterday I went to my Civil War Club at my LQS "Sew Little Time - Quilt Shop" Quilt shop in Hudson WI.  It was so nice to be there and be able to concentrate on my Civil War Sampler Quilt - I worked on the 7 sisters block doing some hand embroidery and then decided to do the Wagon Wheel as an applique.  I cut the pieces and then pressed them together to form the wagon wheel using my Teflon sheets and my mini pressing tool.  then I machine appliqued them together.  I needed to add more fabric to the edges but I do like the finished look of my block.  Hope you enjoy it too. 

My Friday Finish!

My wing it block for my Civil War Quilt :}

  It's a Sunny May Day.  It is a little cool out today but quite sunny.  I find myself recouping from my hectic past 2 weeks.   The last week in April was filled daily with things to do, get- together's, Saying goodbyes to friends, Grandparents day, IV Therapy and a bus trip to Beaver Dam.  Followed this week by family time, spending time helping a friend with her quilting.  yesterday I went downtown to my local quilt shop to My Civil War Club.  I wanted to work on my Civil War Quilt.  I had started a block 3 weeks ago and forgot to mark which block it was to be and totally forgot.  I decided to wing it and it turned out to be a very nice block with the help of Kathy Lee.  She helped me pick out some fabric that would go with it...I did like the way it turned out.  I will wait to resize this one when I place it in the quilt top.  Now I have several more quilt blocks done and I am glad.  I have learned my lessen tho - to mark the pattern or block I am currently working on.  I will use some of the great suggestions from the ladies of my group.   I also finished my spring wall quilt.  I did some FMQ on this and I do like how it looks. all I need is a label and it is ready to be hanged.


My Spring wall hanging is finished and ready to hang.

Last week was a very Quilty Busy week!

My Two Owls mug rug received from Anola in Canada

My Winter Birdhouse mug rug Mug Rug Swap

 



Winter Birdhouse Mug Rugs Quilted by me

Two Owls

4" pinwheel blocks to represent the 23 Union States

Civil War Sampler Pattern

It has been a very busy and exciting week for me between Family Tree updates and Quilting.  In Monday's mail I received my 2 Mug Rugs from my Anola in Canada; a swap I participated in hosted by Michelle at the Quilting Gallery - wow she even included some other goodies for me.  Thank you - I love my new mug rugs - and in my favorite color scheme of tans and browns - the fabric, pattern and note card were so special.  I emailed her right away to say thanks. The patterns for the mug Rugs was from The Patchsmith.  I had sent my mine off to my partner in Brazil on the 11th so she should be getting them soon.  I will upload pictures of them to for all to see.  On Tuesday I got visits from my 2 girls Elizabeth and Nancy,  what a wonderful surprise,  I both of them are super busy and I was so delighted that they took time from their busy schedules to visit me. To top it off my youngest delivered a Christmas present from my daughter Marie.  Wow - it was a plethora of antique pins that she had gathered from her forays to thrift stores and garage sales...Wonderful, she knows I love these...and she has a great eye for picking them out.  one pin was a little sewing machine that I am going to pin to my Name Tag I have for my guild meetings.  Wednesday I spent  piecing my pin wheel blocks for my the Civil War Quilt I am making - 23 4" blocks in blue and gold.  I plan to square them up and sew the rows together tomorrow when I have my Civil War Club mtg.  So Thursday I finally was able to attend The Civil War Club at my LQS - my 1st time being there, it was so fun quilting with the ladies in my group, Carol Lee, Carol .  We meet 2x a month.  Then Friday I went to my monthly ASG (American Sewing Guild) mtg.  I needed to bring a jelly roll since we were going to be making a  strip quilt top.  So fun - I finished up my quilt top at home...(a little slow I was).  On Saturday morning I attended my Hudson Heritage Quilters monthly meeting.  Mary St John did the presentation on Fabric Embellishments - wow! she has great boards on Mary St John - Pintrest so click and enjoy her boards.

Civil War Club

It's snowing here in Hudson Wisconsin this morning but it won't stop me.  I'm going to my Civil War Quilting Club down at my LQS "Sew little time"  I am looking forward to being there with my quilting buddies from the "Girls Night Out" retreat this past Feb.  I missed one meeting because I was sick but I am so ready for this one despite the snow.... I will update you later with pictures....:)