qubee quilts

I am glad I did not know anything about this book when I started reading because if I had, I would never have picked it up. I had based this book on the cover alone. They say never judge a book by it cover. Well in this case I was glad I did. In this tale reminiscent of "Hamlet," a speech-disabled Wisconsin teenager bonds with three yearling canines and struggles to prove that his sinister uncle is responsible for his father's death. Based on that line alone I would have never read this book. I'm one person that can not stomach Shakespeare. I just don't understand his writing style. To be more correct the language of the time. After reading it I was unsure how and what I felt. It does bring out some very strong emotions. I had to think about it for a while. I lied awake the night I had finished the book and just kept going over it in my mind. I came to the conclusion that this book ranks right up with To Kill A Mockingbird...

I've been thinking about this for some time now and I want to know some information from my fellow quilters out there. I'm going to be doing a series of posts asking some questions. Today's post: Tell me about your sewing machine. What brand of sewing machine do you have? Does it have a good built in 1/4" stitch? Do you have to tweak it? Does it sew through thick fabrics? nine or more layers? What do you love about your machine ? What do you hate about it? If you were to buy another machine would you stay with the same brand you have now? If not, why? Here are my answers I own a Viking Platinum 755 I do have to tweak the built in 1/4" stitch, but with 25 needle positions I can always get the perfect stitch. This machine has no trouble sewing through thick seams. I love the top drop in bobbin and that I can wind the bobbin from the needle. I don't really hate anything about my machine. I think that I would stay with the same brand. I really like the Viking...

Maybe I should clean more often because look at what I found. These are 2 1/2" squares that came from a charm pack and were found in my quilting room. Hmmm, wounder what I had in mind for these? It has long since escaped my brain. This is the background fabric that goes with the squares. It was also found while cleaning. Some of it has been cut into 2 1/2" x 4 1/2"strips while most of it's 4 1/2 squares. There are even a very few 2 1/2" strips. What ever this project might have been it was made using squares and lots of background. Has anyone else cut out a project and sit it aside and forgotten about it? I know that I need to label things or better yet place it in a baggie with the pattern. I've been placing all WIP (work in progress) in a baggie with a label and/or the pattern and any left over fabric till I am done with it. Then at that time I will put the left overs in the stash. Never know when you might need some extra. This way it's ri...

The border fabric is here to stay and I am going to bind the quilt with the brown. Here is the quilting thread choice. I think it will give everything a nice warm feel. This quilt will be gifted to a dear friend of ours. She just does not know it yet. She thought the quilt was beautiful when she saw a picture. Charlie P.S. The peace treaty was signed later that night.

I left you with one word and a picture yesterday. I am sure many of you were shocked, confused or shaking your head as to why I would say that. For those of you that did not see yesterday's post, that word would be hideous and the picture was of the Amy Butler Midwest Modern quilt I made. You would have thought World War III had started last night because of this quilt. No, I really mean that. This quilt caused a fight between me and my BH that just came out of nowhere. There is not anyone to blame for this fight. It's just one of those things that happened and we learn from it and move on. Here is how it went down. I get home form work last night about 9:30 and watched American Idol on the DVR. Understand that my BH likes to relax and watch TV in the living room about 10 o'clock, but I was watching my show. Once I was done watching it I went and told him that I was done and the TV was his. "Oh, and before you go watch TV did you see the quilt that I just ...

Charlie

Hope everyone is having a wonderful Easter. This is what I got my BH for Easter/ birthday this year. For some reason he thinks he needs to get a Easter basket, but I was all too happy to oblige. Charlie

Arrange: –verb (used with object) to place in proper, desired, or convenient order; adjust properly: After rearranging the quilt room not once, but twice, I think I have it arranged in a convenient order. It's what works for me. I like the working of the U shape. It works for the kitchen and it works here as well. My sewing machine used to face a wall and that was not the best view, but now I get to look at a window and do some day dreaming. It only looks out into a parking lot and a road with cars moving by, but at least it's a window that lets in natural light. I find myself wanting to quilt more because of it. I want to get a few cubby's to place on the floor for more storage space, but that is a small detail at this point. The window needs to get some proper curtains Do you see that blank wall on the left? It is screaming out for something on it. I think I'm going to make a few small quilts to hang on the wall. Maybe some knick-knack items. What theme ...

I spent yesterday rearranging and organizing the quilt room. I not only did it once, but twice because I did not like the layout the first time. I promise I will take some after pictures as soon as I get the room the way I want it. I think I might move things one more time. They always say the third times a charm. With things moved around I have a lot of blank wall space and need to make some new curtains. Maybe I could do a design wall or hang some of my smaller quilts. Might work it out to where I could do both. Any one have any great ideas on how I could make a design wall? I live in an apartment so I can not go drilling into the walls. In my You Give me Fever blog post, I told you about a fabric chicken that my grandmother made and I used to play with as a child. This is the chicken made out of red and yellow calico fabric. Keep in mind this chicken is about 36+ years old. While the normal life span of 6 - 8 years is most common. Did you know that a male chicken has ...