Batik Quilt Progress And Planned Quilts

Tonight and last night I have been working on my batik quilt.  The above corner is one piece of the below pictured quilt.  As you can see I enjoy EQ7 it helps a lot to see what you are doing.  The below picture was made in about 15 minutes.  Sure helps you understand what your doing.  I printed off a copy of it and checked things off as I was making it.  And yes the below blue is actually a light grey and the borders are a dark gray and the checked ones are random batik 2 1/2 in squares.

This last week my mother in law Arvon came and visited (she slept on the couch 4 nights last week) I told her that I wanted her to help me design a quilt that I would make for her.  This quilt will be a larger twin and she will use it on her bed.  She lives in a care center about 5 hour drive from our house and we do not get to see her often.

The blue and yellow batik quilt and the pink and blue quilt other then colors is the same quilt.  I have all the blocks done for the bottom quilt and need to cut out the sashings and start sewing it together.  The one above I have 10 of 30 blocks done (they will be 5 wide and 6 long, I changed the plan after I made the images)   I would like to make patterns for all these quilts and put them on the blog.  But my real question is whether that is something that would interest my readers.

Tonight my wife picked up a project she started a  months ago (she made 1 block before and got half a block done tonight) yes she is slower then me.  I am the only one that goes 100 miles an hour quilting.  By the way my quilt top at the top I sewed all the block rows across and half the sashings (I ran out, did not cut enough the first time) and my top will be finished Tuesday night.

Look I even got a picture of her sewing on my daughters machine.  I took 4 pictures but she would only let me post one (yes I was excited to see her sewing).

Block one of the Beginner Quilt Along Done!

I started my quilt along block with some bright orange and some cute animals.  You know me, I love my orange and it still makes my wife laugh (and she picked it out, so I think I should laugh at her).

My second block is much more down to earth and simple, some nice flag flowers (Don't ask me why we have flag flowers, I am still trying to figure that one out). It looks pretty good and not bright and flashy like my other block.

Last Tanya's block looks fantastic.  This is her first pieced 12 1/2 inch block that she has cut out, sewed, ironed and I did not do a thing (other then showed her how to iron to get the seams to match.)

Tanya won a $20 gift certificate during the last blog hop from http://www.amateurquilter.blogspot.com/ she used it towards the items above, and she also got some other fabric directly from him, pictured below.  Before your eyes pop out, no we did not get all of that for $20 bucks.  We used a coupon, a free shipping deal, and the gift certificate and put it towards 3 grab bags of various fabrics to boost our stash some.  Tanya says we ended up paying $30.

Lastly,  I did some work on my batik quilt. I am doing a 5x5 quilt blocks and I got my blocks done and started sewing sashings together for it.  I am doing a design that I whipped out in EQ7 with my wife.  I love to just sit down and throw some ideas together.  It is nice to see how much fabric is needed and a feel for how the design is going to play out. 

Tanya and I Quilting Together

Tanya has decided that she is going to Join the fun of the beginner's Quilt along.  I had asked her to help me find some matching material in the piles of stash I have gotten (I don't match well or at least that's what Tanya Claims).  I was surprised to find when she was done that she has 3 piles of materials.  The plan is that I will make 2 quilts in the quilt along using 2 of the sets she found.  And she has committed to make the 3rd quilt.  This is a big step for her.  Here is a picture of the 3 sets of material we plan to use.

First up is the bundle that Tanya picked these are colors she likes.  Any way every one needs to encourage Tanya to continue with the sewing she is intimidated by the sewing machine and you need to help her understand how fun this is.

For me we have a more wild one (this one will be made for one of my nephew's)

And a more patriotic one which I will most likely sell

In addition to our finding material for the quilt along (we will make the first block tonight and get it posted Monday) I have been working on quilting my sister's top.  I completed the sewing of this top a while back and just now have the quilting done.  I did a echo pattern on all the sides of the 2 1/2 inch blocks (strait lines not around each one but any way you know what I mean) it took me forever a lot longer then I expected not sure how soon I will do that again but it looks cool.   I lost the desire to bind it the same day 2 days back while quilting it.  So it will be some time next week.  Also next week they are doing a shop hop here in Utah.  And I think I have gone quilting nuts because I am taking off a couple days of work so I can go visit all the shops.  Maybe I will bring my camera and show off a little of each shop.  Has any one done a shop hop before?  If so what did you like most about it?

I am looking for Quilting Linky Parties

I am on the hunt for linky parties that I can link up with.   Places that I can share my quilting and or quilts at and bring more visitors to my blog (Yes I love visitors)  I have found a few I like but I know their must be more out their.  At the bottom of this post I will have 2 linky lists one to link any one's linky list that you like linking too if its a specific day of the week put the week day in the name (for example "Friday - Richard Quilts Finishes")

Here are 2 off the top of my head that I use but I want to find a hundred more in the quilting/sewing area.

    

Such A Sew and Sew's A Stitch in Time is a monthly linky party with prizes.  An WIP Wednesday is a weekly work in progress update list from Freshly Pieced.

Also for my weekly finish Friday I need a button.  I have this one but I want something more exciting if you have artistic skills please make a image and link it up on the 2nd linky list.  It does not have to be perfect just a idea would help.  Then I can get my son who is my graphics guy (the one that keeps changing things here on my  blog) to make me one I might like more.







Linky Party List


Image idea for Richard's LAFF button

Link A Finish Friday #18

The Goal for me this year is 52 Finishes in 52 weeks help keep me honest and show off your own finishes at the same time its a Link A Finish Friday!!  I as counting the other day and in a couple weeks I will pass my 52 quilt mark.  I might have to be upping this goal some.

Here is the Quilt I finished last week and a baby to give it some size.

So for the rules.

1) Who likes rules. Toss them out.
2) Add a link to your finish blog or where ever you show off your finishes (Not limited to quilts but I like them the most).
3) Visit a few of the finishes and comment or encourage them on.

Not Required but fun to do

1) Follow my blog.
2) Follow the blog of all those that link.
3) Link back to my blog.
4) No finish, go quilt and stop reading the web.