Angie

Ambleside Quilt WIP

April 19, 2015 by Angie 2 Comments

I worked all day yesterday creating and filming projects … two for Chic n Scratch and two for Chic n Clique …. since I reached my goal for the day I decided to reward myself with some sewing/quilting.

I didn’t make a lot of progress …. but I’m happy with the results I have so far.

Here’s the details ….

When I was at Prairie Point Quilt Shop I bought two Fat Quarter bundles of the Ambleside Fabric. My thoughts were ….. I would make a quilt with the first bundle and then offer a quilt along for the 2nd.

I do not have a pattern …. I decided that I will design this one myself and we’ll keep our fingers crossed it turns out okay. My first instinct is to make a Ambleside Jelly Roll Quilt ….but …. I need to learn and grow as a quilter.

The Fat Quarter Bundle included 8 fat quarters of the same fabric line ….. I choose five of them to start with and I cut 5 rectangles that measure 5 x 10 out of each fat quarter.

Next I placed them on my design wall … and proceeded to move them around until I found a pattern I liked.

Next up ….. I need to decide if I want to make the quilt larger … or keep it on the small side. I have enough fabric to add a sixth row … but will I? And I have the other three fat quarters that I could use to make it wider as well … decisions!!

Next … I need to decide what size sashing to use … I could go easy on myself and use a Jelly Roll and I’m leaning towards that. But I wish there were larger precuts because by the time you sew the 2-1/2 strip on … it’s only 2″. I’d like it to be 3″ 🙂

The last decision I need to make is … do I make the sashing larger on the top, bottom and sides? Again the Jelly Roll strips are easy but I would like a big border (like four or five inches).

Here’s the pattern so far …

Brooke and I are headed to our first Royals game of the Season … lets pray the rain and thunderstorms hold off until after the game (and we’re hoping for win!!).

See ya!

p.s. WIP means work in progress

Where did the week go?

April 18, 2015 by Angie 8 Comments

I honestly have no clue how it’s Saturday … this week has flown by and I’ve accomplished very little!

Grrrrr

But … I will say personally it’s been a week for family stuff. We started with Brooke’s 21st birthday … that day was so full of activity … it went on for so long that I thought Tuesday was Wednesday (does that even make sense?). Then it was tax day …. we always wait until the very last minute because who wants to write a check early?

Next … Chase has been interviewing for jobs … and for some it may not be a big deal … in our house it is. His college held a career fair and he did very well … he had four interviews and four offers. He officially accepted an offer yesterday and starts in May. Words can not express how proud I am!!

Health wise … I have decided to start walking every day … because some have said that maybe my lack of physical activity could be my problem. It’s been over a week ….. the walking is not helping the pain …. in fact it’s making the pain worse. But …. I will continue … and hopefully over time it may help. My next appointment is with KU Medical on April 30th. One thing I will say is I am trying really hard to just push through the pain. Right before my live stream last night I was wishing I had not scheduled it (only because of the pain) but when the camera turned on and I was in the moment the pain was less severe.

Let’s end this blog post with something fun!!! The picture below is of some new fabric …

It’s the Ambleside Jelly Roll Brenda Riddle Designs for Moda Fabrics and I’ll be making another Jelly Roll Quilt. In fact I’m thinking this will be the fabric for my next Quilt Along on Chic n Clique.

I bought two Jelly Rolls and when I got home Brooke spoke for one of them immediately … so I need to buy another one!

I hope you’re having a great week … I’m sorry I haven’t posted much!! Maybe next week I can get caught back up in my house and my business!!

See ya!

Play Date Quilt Top Complete

April 13, 2015 by Angie 3 Comments

I’m happy to say the Play Date Quilt Top is ready for the longarm quilter.

It measures 45 x 55 and I love all the white!

I filmed videos on Saturday (all day) for Chic n Scratch and Chic n Clique … and that night I went back to my sewing machine to wrap up the quilt.

I will admit … I messed up … somewhere along the way … row one was longer than the rest … or vice versa …. so I had to trim it. I looked for my mistake for a while ….. but gave up trying to figure out where I went wrong. Once it’s quilted … the mistake will be hard to find!

This was my warm up quilt …the next one will be easier.

Don’t look at the picture too closely …. I still need to press it!

Today is Brooke’s 21st Birthday … it’s hard to believe the baby of the house is 21!! We took her to brunch at First Watch and this evening she wants to go to Red Lobster and have a big bowl of mussels.

See ya!

Play Date Quilt Work in Progress

April 11, 2015 by Angie 3 Comments

The pictures I’m sharing with you today are of my latest quilt.

Before I go into the details …. let me explain why it’s a baby quilt.

I have made a lot of quilts and I have two what I like to call my ….. Go to Quilts:

Flower Quilt
Jelly Roll Quilt

I’m ready to find a new quick and easy quilt that I can add to my list of Go to Quilts.

For me a Go to Quilt means I can whip it out with very little thought process …. mainly because by the time I finally get to quilt I’ve worked a full day and I’m too tired to think.

So, I dropped off two quilts to Shirley yesterday and since the fabric store is right down the road ….. I had to swing by and buy something!

As I was shopping … I saw two quilts that caught my eye … and both of them said “Kit Available” …. but do you also remember that I’ve bought a ton of quilt kits and to this day I’ve never made a one? Well, I decided that the kit to make the baby quilt was one that looked like I could whip it out super fast … making it possibly a Go to Quilt.

I left the store with two kits ….. along with other fabric you will see soon!

By the time I got home I was to tired to do much of anything … so I sat down and tried to read the instructions…. I am determined to make this quilt!!!

But …. I tried to read the instructions was the key word/sentence!! I swear my brain does not work like normal people!! I moaned and groaned for a while … ask Brooke to look at it …. then I turned it over and decided to just look at the picture and just start cutting. I also got out a piece of paper and wrote down how many rectangles I needed, how many squares and how many white rectangles (making it easier to cut).

The picture below is my work in progress.

Next up … ironing the rows and then the Sashing.

Between you and I … I love the look of sashing ….. but I hate cutting the fabric for it because I need 50″ strips and for me that’s not an easy piece of fabric to cut. I tried to use a Jelly Roll but it’s a different color of white. Later tonight … or tomorrow I’ll tackle cutting the sashing.

Long story short … the only reason I’m making a baby quilt is because that was the fabric in the kit. LOL

It’s super cute and I guess I’ll save it for one of my future grandchildren (I believe I’ve already mentioned that I plan on making future grandchildren quilts this year).

Before I forget … the fabric is Play Date by David Walker for Free Spirit and I bought it one of our local quilt shops here in Kansas (Prairie Point).

See ya!

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