October and November Finishes

After boating seasons ends in September and early October, I settle down to working on or finishing Fall quilting projects.

I started working on my President's Challenge quilt in the spring but when boating season starts my quilting slows way down.  It was finished and presented at our October meeting. 

The fabric is Hummingbird Lane by Robert Kaufman. Burst of Color is the pattern, and it is free. 

I made the quilt for a guest room in our house. It is a queen size quilt with a large drop on the sides. 

Also in October, our quilting group had a Quilting Retreat at KenLake resort on Kentucky Lake. Seems like we line up lots of projects to take to retreat and are happy with whatever we manage to finish. Retreat was so much fun!

Before I left for retreat, I started a Christmas quilt and wanted to finish the center four blocks. I knew they would be the hardest for me and I wanted to be able to really concentrate. You can see the four log cabin blocks in the center with bows and ribbons. There were some mirror image pieces to make (the red fabric). Anyway, I finished the four center blocks and began a few of the surrounding log cabin squares then off to retreat.

At the retreat, I did finish the 12 surrounding blocks but didn't join them all together until the retreat was over and I was back in my sewing room. 

In November, I finished the Christmas quilt and plan to present it at our December guild meeting. 

Also in November, I finished another Christmas present for one of my grandsons. It's a tiger quilt (throw size) and I presented it at our November guild meeting.

Both of my grandsons go to school in Murray, KY and they are the Murray Tigers. The panel is by Kaufman and the border fabric is also Kaufman. I embroidered his name, Murray Tigers, and the year he will graduate on the quilt. I'm still working on my other grandson's quilt and plan to finish it before Christmas. 

On another note, we had pelicans around our boat docks last week.

The American White Pelicans migrate through Kentucky Lake. We love to go pelican sight-seeing in October and November.

Happy sewing and quilting! Thanks for stopping by - Judy.

Linking to:

Design Wall Monday @ Small Quilts and Doll Quilts

Needle and Thread Thursday @ My Scrap Infatuation on Wednesday

Beauties Pageant @ From Bolt to Beauty on Thursday 

Home Matters Link Party on Friday

The Peacock Party @ Wendy's Quilts and More on Friday
Off the Wall Friday @ Creations, Quilts, Whatever
Sweet Inspirations @ the Boondocks Blog
Finished (or not) Friday @ Alycia Quilts 

TGIF Linky Party @ Kathleen McMusings
Flaunt It Friday @ Chic on a Shoestring
Friday Foto Fun @ Powered by Quilting
TGIFF @ Sarah Ruiz Quilts

Pink Saturday @ How Sweet the Sound on Friday

Mosaic Monday @ Letting Go of the Bay Leaf on Sunday

Love Your Creativity Link Party @ Life and Linda on Sunday at 2pm

Oh Scrap @ Quilting is more fun than Housework on Sunday

Busy Monday @ A Pinch of Joy on Sundays at 5pm

Monday Making @ Love, Laugh, Quilt on Sunday

Design Wall Monday @ Small Quilts and Doll Quilts

Needle and Thread Thursday @ My Scrap Infatuation on Wednesday

Jelly Snowflake Quilt & An Update

I started sewing along with the Jelly Snowflake Mystery Quilt at A Quilting Life last week. I am a little late joining the sew along but wanted to make a quilt for our local quilting bazaar in November. This sew along seemed perfect for me with just four different blocks to make (four of each block).
Here is the layout:

I have blocks one and two complete.

Block 1

Block 2

I'm hoping to work on Block 3 tomorrow. Wish me luck in getting caught up! 

Block 3 Update: I had a great day and was able to get Block 3 pieces together.

With three blocks completed, I am able to lay them together and get a nice visual of the layout. I'm not sure on the direction of Block 2 in the layout, so this is a guess.

On to Block 4 tomorrow! 

Blooms on my porch this week.

Thanks for stopping by - Judy.

Linking to:

Monday Making @ Love Laugh Quilt on Sunday 

BOMs Away Monday @ What a Hoot Quilts

Move It Forward @ Em's Scrap Bag
What I Made Monday @ Pretty Piney

Linky Tuesday @ Free Motion by the River

Wednesday Wait Loss @ The Inquiring Quilter
Let's Bee Social @ Sew Fresh Quilts on Wednesday
Midweek Makers @ Quilt Fabrication

Grace at Home @ The Charm of Home
Thankful Thursday @ It's A Small Town Life
Put Your Foot Down @ For the Love of Geese

Little Things Thursday @ Random-osity

Thursday Favorite Things @ Follow the Yellow Brick Home

Funtastic Link Party @ Two Chicks and A Mom on Thursday

The Peacock Party @ Wendy's Quilts and More on Friday
Beauties Pageant @ From Bolt to Beauty on Friday
Off the Wall Friday @ Creations, Quilts, Whatever
Sweet Inspirations @ the Boondocks Blog
Finished (or not) Friday @ Alycia Quilts 
Finished or Not Friday @ Busy Hands Quilts
Can I Get a Whoop Whoop Friday @ Confessions of a Fabric Addict
Flaunt It Friday @ Chic on a Shoestring
Friday Foto Fun @ Powered by Quilting
TGIFF @ ChrisKnitsSews
Saturday Sparks Link Party @ Pieced Pastimes on Friday

Farmhouse Friday @ The Painted Hinge

Pink Saturday @ How Sweet the Sound on Friday

Sundays at Home @ My Soulful Home on Saturday

Scrap Happy Saturday @ Superscrappy  

Love Your Creativity Link Party @ Life and Linda

Christmas Quilt - finished and delivered

I finished my Christmas quilt just in time for Christmas. Here it is a pic of it on my king size bed before I wrapped it up to go under the tree. 

I worked on the quilt for several months and made a couple of post during my progress.  The colors aren't your typical Christmas colors.  

The quilt is a Christmas gift for my daughter. She is holding the quilt for a quick picture below.

She loved the quilt and especially the colors. I am thankful I was able to make this special quilt for my daughter.

Thanks for stopping by - Judy. 

Linking to:

Talk of the Town @ Knick of Time on Tuesday

Wow Us Wednesday @ Savvy Southern Style on Tuesday evening
Share Your Cup Thursday @ Have A cup of Mrs. Olson on Wednesday evening


Grace at Home @ The Charm of Home
Thankful Thursday @ It's A Small Town Life
Let's Bee Social @ Sew Fresh Quilts

Sweet Inspirations @ the Boondocks Blog
Finished or Not Friday @ Busy Hands Quilts
Can I Get a Whoop Whoop Friday @ Confessions of a Fabric Addict
Finish It Up Friday @ Crazy Mom Quilts
Flaunt It Friday @ Chic on a Shoestring

Scrap Happy Saturday @ Superscrappy
Oh Scrap @ Quilting is More Fun Than Laundry on Saturday
Saturday Shuffle Blog Hop @ Strawberry Butterscotch on Saturday
Saturday Sparks Link Party @ Pieced Pastimes

Progress On the Christmas Quilt

I finished sewing the strips for my Christmas quilt.

Most of the strips have been added to the star blocks. 

Here's a completed block. 

There are 15 star blocks in the quilt plus 15 four patch blocks. I hope to start on the four patch blocks in a day or so. Thanks for stopping by - Judy. 

Love Laugh Quilt for Monday Making

Cooking Up Quilts for Main Crush Monday
BOMs Away Monday @ Katie Mae Quilts
Moving It Forward @ Em's Scrapbag

Scraptastic Tuesday at She Can Quilt

Midweek Makers for Quilt Fabrication on Wednesday
Needle and Thread Thursday at My Quilt Infatuation on Wednesday
Jo's Country Junction

Have A Daily Cup for Share Your cup Thursday

Busy Hands Quilts for Finished or Not Friday

Confessions of a Fabric Addict for Can I Get a Whoop Whoop Friday

Crazy Mom Quilts for Finish it up Friday

Scrap Happy Saturday at Superscrappy

Oh Scrap @ Quilting is more fun than Laundry on Sunday