Friday, October 28, 2011

Going in Circles

This blog post title describes how I've been feeling lately ;-)  The downside of my weekend traveling is missing so many guild Sew Days (not very presidential of me) which also means missing out on much needed friend time.


Happily, a friend came over the other night so we could chat and sew.  Well, she sewed and I cut.  Hope worked on hand stitching the binding of two gorgeous table runners.  We were too busy talking about our perfect children solving the world's problems to take pictures though.  Maybe she will email me some pictures to share.


I put my AccuQuilt and circle die to good use and now have plenty of circles in denim, corduroy and plaids for a few projects on my to-do list.  These plaids are just a sampling from that great stash gifted to me by Sara.


I've been hoarding old jeans for a long time and recently saw this quilt that I'd like to make (and this one and this one).  I decided to make a sample mini quilt before diving into the charity quilt I have in mind.  (This way I can also link up to Amanda Jean's finish it Friday and Amy's Sew and Tell Friday since my big project is still being quilted.)


Glad I did, because I'm not really feeling this.  Next time I will quilt it differently, and maybe that will help.


The cute backing fabric is a gift from Shelly.  Love the cowboy fabric with the denim!  This mini may or may not end up as a Priority: Alzheimer's quilt....we'll see.

Have an amazing day!!!

12 comments:

  1. Dang girl, that quilting looks fabulous.

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  2. I am in awe of the FMQ skills! Congratulations, you have arrived!!! WAHOO! Now, if only I can catch up.

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  3. Very cute quilt, Rene'! I am also in awe your machine quilting skills!

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  4. i love this...the quilting is so fun

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  5. I have always loved the little circle FMQ, but have never been able to do it. (Off I go to try again). Yours looks great. I also like both the mini quilts you made.

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  6. You did a great job! I have been eyeballing the circle die from Accuquilt and love seeing the projects that people make with them.

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  7. I actually really like the quilting!

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  8. hey there - that mini- came out great! love the denim circles and your FMQ work is looking really good!

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  9. I love the quilting! My free-motion quilting is still, um, getting there ... so this is inspiring me to get more creative than my usual doodle-style quilting!

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