J'adore Paris

A few years ago I made a snowball quilt for my good friend Maria using Paris-themed fabrics. When the quilt was finished  I was happy with it but something was missing.  I had wanted to applique a tall black cat on it and I actually have a pattern that would be purrfect but when push came to shove I couldn't find it anywhere.  I then thought about an Eiffel Tower and had a hard time finding anything that would work so in the end I didn't applique anything at all. 

Fast forward a couple of years and sure enough I have found a large Eiffel Tower.   Ooh La La was exactly what I had been searching for and now I could add an Eiffel to her quilt.  What?  Applique a large design on a finished quilt?   Sure, why not?  Well it had it's challenges but all in all it turned out.  Maria will be getting her quilt returned to her this weekend and I have my fingers crossed she still likes her quilt.

Working on the Eiffel Tower reminded me that I can't wait to get back to the City of Lights!

Cheers,

Debi

A Big Whoops!

Well doesn't it just figure, post a photo of a finished top and then notice a whoopsie.  One stinking little four-patch turned the wrong way on my Easy Street.  Well, there could be more, but I'm not going to look that closely--LOL!  What are the odds that the corner I picked to photograph had the mistake--I don't have a clue as I didn't do that well in statistics:(  So, I'm going to post a photo of the whole quilt top so the mistake isn't as noticeable.

Well now I feel much better and on the positive side my flying geese that have chopped off beaks will have company with a wonky four-patch.  Now I have a designer East Street--LOL!!!

Cheers,

Debi

Easy Street Top Finished

Yippee, I finally got the borders of Easy Street on yesterday!  It seemed like it took me forever to get all the pieces and parts of this quilt top together but I am so thrilled it is finally finished.  Overall, it didn't turn out too bad although a few flying geese have issues but the quilt is so busy I am hoping most folks won't notice.  Normally I try to quilt most of my stuff myself, but this quilt is so large and I really would like to get it done sometime soon so I am taking it to a long-arm quilter next week.   The finished top measures somewhere around 99" square and I really didn't have anywhere in the house to take a photo so I went outside this morning while everything was still frozen and took a photo.  The top needs pressing so mind the wrinkles.

I had so much help when I was trying to work on the borders which really slowed down much of my progress.  Twinkie could hardly stand it when I laid the top out on the floor and had to run and slide across it.  I really wish I would have had a video going when he was "playing" on the top because he was having a ball.

Twinkie was not out done by the black cats, Shadow and Zippy, as they had to get in on the action when I was trying to measure the top which was quite frustrating for me, but not them.

I had so much fun working on this quilt and as you can see my cats did too.

I would like to thank Bonnie Hunter for being so generous with her time and patterns and I hope she knows how much we all appreciate all she does for quilters.

Cheers,

Debi

Wordless Wednesday

An Opportunity Quilt

A few months ago I posted a photo of a block I made for our quilt guild's opportunity quilt for 2013.  At our meeting on Monday the completed quilt was shown to the guild.  The block I made actually made it into the quilt which was very nice especially since there were many blocks completed and turned in.  I attempted a quick photo of the quilt while it was laying on a table with a crowd of people around it so the photo isn't that great but you get the idea. 

Now look way in the back, upper right hand corner and use your magnifying glass where you'll find my block.  I believe my block is called Hour Glass III and it was one of the easier blocks to do.

I'm taking a break from Easy Street this week but hope to get back to it in a few days.  I also need to get started on my challenge piece for the quilt guild as well.  So much to do and so little time! 

Cheers!

Debi

Really Slow Progress

Wow, Easy Street sure does take time to assemble and I'm getting there slowly but surely.  I did check the linky party on Easy Street and was amazed at the beautiful tops that were completed in a rainbow of colors.  I know I won't be able to leave comments on all of the blogs because I'll never get my top completed if I do, so I want to take a moment to let everyone know how beautiful their quilts are.

So far, I have completed the corners, setting triangles, 6 of Block A and 4 of Block B.   Once the blocks are done I'll start sewing rows together and I hope to have that done this weekend--fingers crossed!   Here are a few of the bits and bobs that are done.

Next I have to start thinking about borders.  There has been a lot of discussion on borders on the Quiltville yahoo group and I am leaning towards a piano key border using the teal/turquoise prints I have left over; however, I will most likely need to add quite few to make it around the entire quilt.  I'll worry about that later as I've just go too much sewing to do right now in order to get the top done.

Snowflake decided she needed to get in on Easy Street and moved off her heated pad onto some of the blocks I had completed.  Snowflake is one of my senior kitties that was recently diagnosed with kidney failure so it is nice to see she still wants to help out even if she wouldn't smile for the camera. 

Working on this mystery has been a blast and I have enjoyed each and every minute as I have learned so much and will have a top completed in record time for a slow poke like me.  I want to thank Bonnie for her incredible generosity in providing so many wonderful patterns for all of us to work on.  I don't know how she does it and I secretly I think she is the energizer bunny in disguise. 

You can still find the pattern for Easy Street on Bonnie's blog site so check HERE to visit.

Cheers!

Debi

Slow Going and a Coin Purse

On New Year's Day Bonnie posted the "big reveal" of Easy Street and I love it!  I am still cutting and sewing as I got a little behind over the holidays.  I should have something to post for the linky party on Monday and it will be so exciting to see what everyone has done.

I can hardly believe it, but once again I made another coin purse and it went together without any hitches.  The little sheep purse went to my friend Amy who used to have sheep.  Amy makes beautiful things with wool and she sent me something wonderful this year as well.  I will have to get photos of what she sent and show everyone but for now it's back to Easy Street.

 
Cheers,

Debi