I Am Caught Up On The Dandy Doodle BOM!!

I have also gotten caught up on the Dandy Doodle BOM. That means 3 more BOM projects to get caught up on.

The August Block: Puss in the Corner

September Block: Log Cabin

October Block: Double X

November Block: Tree

Cinnamon Teen BOM - Caught Up

August Block: Vinyard Pinwheel


September Block: Professor's Bowtie


October Block: Chocolate Dipped Kite


November Block: Half Moon

Table Runner and Placemat Swap

This is the table runner and placemat that I made for Connie in the Block Central swap. I enjoyed making this. I am making another set for the St. Luke's Ladies Aid Silent Auction.

Next up is the item for the Block Central Christmas gift exchange as well as one for the Ladie's Aid Prayer Partner Christmas gift. I am making the same thing. I need to purchase some more batting as well as fabric for the back.

Christmas Table Runner and Placemat Swap

Here are photos of the Table Runner, Placemats, Fat Quarter and Angel ornament I received from lil' pest in the Block Central Swap She did a fantastic job



Here is the back of a placemat and a close up of the fat quarter and ornament.

Photos

I am a member of a webforum for quilting and we have been asked to post a photo of ourselves. Here is a family photo from last Christmas. We seem to have a hard time getting everyone to look in the right direction and to smile all at the same time.

Getting Busy!!

Well, I am getting busy on the quilting projects. I have a swap that I need to get finished and in the mail this week. A bazaar I was making something for is this weekend and I hope I can get something finished for that. Next week is another one and I should have the ones ready for that. Then I have a Christmas gift exchange and my Prayer Partner for AID to get a couple of projects done.

I really need to get my BOM's going again. A couple of them are done with the blocks this month so it will be exciting to finish those up. I am wondering what next year's BOM's will be.

Happy Quilting!!!

Snow!!

Well, we saw our first snow today. Can you believe it? October 11 we have snow. Not much. Flurries in the afternoon and then this evening a tad bit more. You could see some on hoods of cars but that is about the only place you could see it. It was not measurable by any means but yet it was still there. Guess we shall have another day of cold temps and then warmer again.

It's About Time!!

The summer has been very crazy along with the fact that Daniel was home for two months. I have finally moved my quilting stuff back into his room. It is my plan to get some Christmas stuff put together this week and off to be quilted. That is two items for bazaars, two Christmas Swaps and another gift.

Then it will be back to work on the Block of the Month projects. I printed off all of the directions today. I have August, September and October to do on all of them. Let's see, that is a total of 15 blocks. I should have these all finished by the end of the month. When I get all caught up, then I can work on the 2003 BOM project I am working on.

The only thing I need to do is to keep that crazy cat of ours off of my stuff laid out on the bed! He seems to think that that is where he should sleep. Silly cat! I would post a picture of him here but since the fabric I have laid out is for the swaps, I will refrain from doing so as I don't want my swapee to see what I am doing.

My Blogs

I have been asked to switch to the beta version of blogspot so I thought I would do it. Well, when I leave a comment on another person's blog and they click on my name, this blog shows up in my profile. If you got here that way, my main blog is http://jmberg.blogspot.com I have contacted Blogger about this so will see if both blogs show up on My Profile.

This is my hobby and as you can see, I have not done much with it lately. I plan on getting back to sewing this weekend and I have lots to catch up on. I have two Christmas Swaps to finish or do, two Bazaars to make things for as well as my Block of the Month's.

2003? You say

Yep, it is the 2003 BOM I am doing. Got kidded about being behind. Actually, this is on a website I frequent and I loved it so decided to do it.

I have been out of town a lot lately so have not accomplished anything that has to do with quilting. Son has moved out and now I can get back into the room I use for sewing after doing some straightening up of things. I am going to be in and out of town a lot through the end of September so don't know how much I will get accomplished. I am working on some Christmas items for a swap and for a couple of fundraisers

I do miss sewing, but yet, things have been pretty busy.

The 2003 Sampler Block of the Month

February Block "An Envelope Motif"

March Block "Mrs. Keller's Choice"

I like the little florals I picked for this Block of the Month.

This catches me up to the photos I have right now. I do have one more that is finished, but no photo of at this time. My digital camera is in Europe with Andrew and I did not want to start a roll of film with just one or two photos on it so will take the last photo when my camera returns.

Debbie Mumm

Block 7 of the Debbie Mumm Block of the Month. This is going to be neat with the bright colors.

Nine Patch Nirvana July Block of the Month

The Nirvana Block is called "Discovery" I can't wait until this one is all ready to put together into a quilt!

Really, I can't wait until they are all finished and put into quilts.

July Dandy Doodle

The July Dandy Doodel block is "High Flying Square". I did not seem to be able to take this photo very well, it is crroked. Going to have to figure out to take the photos more square.

July Southwest Stars

The July block for this block of the month is called "Ara". This one used two shades of peach and two shades of blue.

Got Some More Blocks Made

This is the Cinnamon Teen Block for July which is called Chocolate Covered Cherry

June Southwest Stars Block

This is the June block for the Southwest Stars Block of the Month. This one is called "Libra." This one was the easiest of these blocks so far. I even like this one the best of the four so far.

More Debbie Mumm Blocks

Here are three more of the Debbie Mumm Blocks. I am all caught up on these blocks. These are fairly easy to make. The light green color has washed out a little on the Block 4 photo. Still playing with the camera. I discovered settings I did not know were there so need to play around with those.

BLOCK 4

BLOCK 5

BLOCK 6

Block Central's 2003 Block of the Month

I am doing the Block Central 2003 BOM called Traditional Block Sampler. I have finished one block so far.

Block 1 - Hayes Corner

This one looks like it is going to be fun to do too. Ah, heck, they are all fun to do, Each one is different in style, design, color and fabric choices. I do have fun looking at a pattern and deciding what colors, then taking what is in my head and find the right fabric in the store.

Not sure what all I will sew this next week. I do have a Summer Memoris Swap item to make and to get everything ready for mailing at the time it is to be mailed. I won't post here what it is as the members of Block Central look at this blog so I don't want to spoil it for anyone. Won't be able to post a photo til late July. Oh well, I will have fun with it even though I can't share it now.

Debbie Mumm Block of the Month

I have begun the Debbie Mumm Block of the Month. This one is in celebration of her 20th Anniversary of Creativity.

Block 1

Block 2

Block 3

Very original names for the block. This BOM has reminded my why I don't do plaids! I have two more finished and one more to do to be caught up on these.