a little quilting and a house pin cushion

I’m done with “round 2” of the hexie flowers.

Each “round” I look at my stash of scraps, I have little cubbies where I have fabrics sorted by color.

I have 7 cubbies

white

yellow/orange

red

pink/purple

blue

green

black/brown

so I take 2 scraps from each one for the outer part of the hexie flowers and use smaller scraps for the inside. AND I have this plastic container I think for beads where the hexies in progress fit perfectly 14 at a time.

Today I just had to start on my custoners 8 pillow tops, I haven’t done pillow tops like this on the long arm before, I’ve done mini quilts one at a time, but here she wanted basic leaves all over and gave me muslin for backing, so two pillow tops fit a WOF perfectly.

I’m halfway done- 4 down 4 to go.

Oh I just HAD to show this too- a neighbor invited the kids and I to go a pick blackberries in their back yard, so we did that and had plenty for a cobbler. yum!

Then today I got this little package!! I knew it was a pin cushion for the pin cushion swap, but didn’t know what it would look like…

look! a little house! isn’t it cute? and with a little owl on top, isn’t that fitting? 🙂

And even a little own pin on top too, what a HOOT!

Cherry made this for me. THANKS!

here’s another update on my 2012 list

#1 welcome to the hive-turned into a pillow DONE!

#2 lotus quilt- DONE!

#3 blue flower table runner- DONE!

#4 pumpkin star pillow- just needs to be stuffed and sewn together

#5 red mini star table topper- top done and ready to quilt DONE!

#6 Bunny table runner- DONE!

#7 wonky house block swap- DONE!

#8 giraffe wall hanging – still working on needleturn applique, mommy giraffe almost done

#9 pineapple black and blue quilt- giving these a break now

#10 Blue star quilt- top and binding done

#11 Pine tree BOM- MARCH is done

#12 Next Stitch STAR- Done!

#13 snowmen table runner- DONE!

#14 Elenar Burns star Go! die- pieces cut for a scrappy look- SCRAPPED!

#15 aqua owl- DONE! and made a pair of hotpads too for a neighbor

# 16 geese in a ring- DONE!

# 17 Bonnie Hunter ORCA mystery – top done- skipping the border

# 18 Little twister blue- SCRAPPED

#19 green, red, yellow flower quilt- top done, just taking forever removing the papers

# 20 small embroidered trees (4 blocks) – DONE!

# 21 spring swap blocks- got plans but no background fabrics ordered yet

# 22Making memories embroidered panel- needs to be made into a cute wall hanging

# 23 black, red white asian quilt- DONE!

# 24 color block swap- top is done, done and quilted!

# 25 fall leaf blocks swap- top done

# 26 Baby gingham dog boy quilt- DONE!

#27- a doll apples quilt- DONE!

#28(jan 2012) need to quilt 2 donation quilts- done and mailed off

#29(jan) bubble gum quilt kit won at quilt show – main quilt top done without border

#30 (feb) jelly roll quilt- DONE!

#31 (feb)5 x 1yards of beige/ black batiks- DONE!

#32 (mar) won 9 march BOM -dotted flowers -from pine tree guild- top and binding made

#33 (mar) batik quilt for McCalls – DONE!

#34(mar) #2 quilt for McCalls- DONE and shipped

#35 (all year) Round Robin swap -June sent out

#36(mar) Dr seuss baby shower gift- DONE!-gave to neighbor

#37 (april) blue strip pieced blocks – DONE!

#38 (april) won a pattern and two charm bundles- Baby quilt DONE!

#39 wonky block swap -July is sent out

#40(may) Civil War Legacies- DONE! extra blocks ready to ship out

#41 (may) blue and white lil’ twister- top and binding done- fabric arrived

#42 (june) berry squares quilt- DONE!

#43(June)neighbor gave me orange and green quilt top- fabric arrived for backing

#44 (june) – circle in a star purple batik- black fabric is here

#45 (June) – Hidden forest- applique- fabrics are here

#46(June) fabric balls – finished 10!#

#47(june) pin cushion swap – july is mailed out and received mine! working on august.

#48 (July) McCall’s #3 quilt- fabrics washed and ready

#49 (July) smooth sailing (CT bundle)- blocks done

#50(July) Lorax quilt- top done

#51( july) geese in a ring- 5 blocks are here

I can’t believe I passed 50 already. I’m nuts!!

And I have about a month to go until baby Sonja is due to arrive.