Ripple Effect Table Runner

One of my goals for the quilt retreat was to make a couple of runners for my long buffet in our kitchen/dining room.  The first one I worked on is a Christmas runner and it isn't quilted yet.  The second one is this:

The pattern is from Fast and Furious Family: Quilting As You Go by Gudrun Erla.  Pretty easy and you quilt onto the back and batting as you sew the strips together, so all you have to do is trim and bind it after it is pieced.  I had a little trouble keeping my pieces from warping as I went, so I ended up trimming quite a bit more off of the long sides when I was done, but all in all I am happy with the results.  And so is my buffet.  :)

(The fabric I used are pieces from a Simply Color layer cake and some gray yardage from our local
B & F that I love)

Getting ready for spring

Looks like someone is ready to help daddy with the mowing this year.

What else needs to get fixed?  :)

Quilt Guild Retreat

This weekend I spent as many daylight hours possible sewing with my quilting girlfriends.  Many things were accomplished.  Many bottles of wine and cups of slush were emptied.  :)  I'll share some of my projects over the next couple of days...

One of the highlights of the weekend:  jellyroll race!

Sonya was the fastest at 34 minutes!  (We did tease her that she basted her quilt together but it looked super cute after she added a green border and some giant red rick-rack)

Kristen and I with our matching blue quilts coming in around 50 minutes...

Kristen even left a peep hole in the middle of hers!  :)

All 15 of us with our completed projects.  I wasn't watching the clock, but I think the last one was done around the 2 hour mark.  So much accomplished in so little time!

If I only had a video

you could hear the stories that Timothy now "reads" to himself.  I love it!  I will be working on catching a video of our little reader to share.

I have been working on some more little things to keep Timothy busy, entertained, and maybe teach him a thing or two along the way.  (I'll share some of them soon!) One of these activities is a dozen plastic eggs in a carton.  (There is more to them than that, but I'll share later)  Who knew it would keep him busy for 3 days so far?

Even Tiger is getting in on the action...