Remember me.....

That stack of fabrics and the AmandaJean tutorial.....I'm still waiting.......

I've been procrastinating on my latest project. It's been super nice out and lazy dog needed some attention. Add a trip to PA, board game craziness with friends, and that darn work requirement and my sewing has been sorely neglected. I've been keeping up on reading my favorite blogs, so my wish list of things to make is getting longer and longer....time to get crackin!! Did I fail to mention the 3 cases of wine we brought back from PA (Don't even get me started on the Yuengling we brought back!!!)? Well we had to get something to store them on, so a quick trip to IKEA did the trick! Storage for 40 bottles for $56 bucks and about an hour to put together!

So this week I finally busted out the queen sized quilt project that I bought fabric for back in April (How the heck did it get to be July already!?!?!?!) It was all cut into strips quite a while ago, sitting patiently waiting for me.

The colored fabrics were all sewn to strips of Kona bone. All the strip sets were pressed and hacked into blocks. Then the fun began!! Horizontal? Vertical? Do I need more fabric? I originally felt that an entire bed of zig-zags would be a bit much. Luckily, once on the bed, I still felt that way. So, I took to putting the blocks on the bed vertically first, took pics, and sent to hubby. He wanted to see horizontal too. Spun the existing quilt with all the blocks on it and took another pic. Only lost a few blocks during the move :) And we both agreed - horizontal are the way to go!!

So now I needed to gather up the blocks and put them on the guest bed, so I can work on sewing them together between that working thing I do occasionally :) Where I encountered a problem. Double guest bed and layout for a queen sized bed....Time to get creative. I took the coverlet on the guest bed and tucked it into the dresser at the foot of the bed - extra footage for my layout!!! (Can you tell I was a girl scout?!)

Let the sewing begin!! Working through the rows. Since I work this weekend, I'm hoping to have them all together by mid-week next week - keep your fingers crossed for me!!

And Lazy Dog did his best to keep entertained while I was laying out blocks on our bed......

I love this dog! He just makes me laugh!!!

Some of my works

Since my blog has the word quilt in it, I figured I better post some pictures of quilts I've made. Drum roll please......

This is the latest - my lap quilt. Authentic by Sweetwater fabric. Wonky, raggy charm squares. Just need to finish sewing the binding on and it's set!

Lucas's doggy quilt: Robert Kaufman Animal Party

Callie's baby quilt

Bobby's baby quilt: All Star by Riley Blake (These were taken with my phone - not the best, but you get the point)

My Mom's quilt  - fabulous batiks from Monarch Quilts in Brighton. (forgot to take pictures once it was finished. Made for a full sized bed....with Cooper helping me pin baste the layers. Wow, my dog is huge!!!)

So it's been a learning experience and I'm slowly getting better with each one! Can't wait to get the next one started!

Another first

Today's my first day of blogging. I wanted a place to be able to post pictures and give updates to family far and wide. As for the name of the blog - I wasn't very creative....many people have interesting blog names - I am not one of them. I almost went with Cooper Farts, but that's not a good name to get people to actually look at your blog :)

A little introduction: I'm 30-something; married; have a four-legged kid (Cooper); like to be outside (hiking, camping, kayaking, sitting by bonfires, etc), don't get there often enough; work in healthcare; love to play board games; working on my photography skills; and I am new to the quilting world (and quite hooked, let me tell you! I've made a few quilts for friends' baby showers and a few for my family as well. I am working on finishing the binding of my very own lap quilt and am cutting fabric today to start my first queen sized quilt for our bed)

I'm using Amanda Jeans's zig zag tutorial as a guide. Here's the fabric, off white solid inbetween...that's all for now.

As for the name of my blog - this should say it all!