Link A Finish Friday and Prizes #37

It is now time for Link A Finish Friday.  Today I would like to start with a big thank you to Fat Quarter Shop who has offered to Sponsor our Link A Finish Friday with Prizes.  This month's winner (October) will win a $15 gift certificate to spend on Fat Quarter Shop.

Please remember to thank our sponsor by visiting their store at http://www.fatquartershop.com/ their blog http://www.fatquartershop.blogspot.com/ and Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/FatQuarterShop

Last Friday I mentioned that I got frustrated quilting my Diamond Quilt.  Tanya was unpicking the binding when I got home from work on Wednesday and it is now sitting back on the pile of quilts to quilt or bind (I think I have 9 in the pile and Tanya is telling me I need to get some moving along, as she ran out of pins to baste).  So look forward to more new quilts sooner than later.  Yesterday I posted my Halloween Quilt.

I could expect to see a few more Halloween items showing up over the next few weeks.  Here at the Healey Home we are working hard on the Christmas list and plan to have all of the gifts done on time which means less time slacking and more time quilting.

Last week It's About Time!! above and Say "Wonky!" were the 2 most visited links.  Remember the most important part of LAFF is to share the love.  Meaning Please visit and comment on the blogs that link up.  Encourage and let them know you love their quilts and other projects.  It is getting close to time that I too will have to do a Swoon, but it is not today.  Back to the sewing room for me and please link up to you.

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.
4) Monthly random winner picked from all of the months linkups to $15 gift card from Fat Quarter Shop.

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.

I am slowly getting in the mood for the season!

Two days ago was National Boss Day.  To celebrate, my coworkers and I decided to do something special for the boss. We filled his office up with pumpkins.  A full pickup truck full.

My boss is a pretty cool guy and has a great sense of humor.  A couple years back we filled his office up with packing peanuts to the 3 foot level.  A few years before that we Shrink wrapped his entire office with a full roll of industrial packing wrap.  Needless to say, we try to keep things fun at work.  And some times the boss just sits and shakes his head and wonders what we have planned next.

Since I was all in a Pumpkin Mood, I brought 5 large ones home with me, so expect to see them carved some where down the road.  I decided it was about time I finished this Halloween decoration.  Its hard to tell how big it is, but its pretty decent size I think it was one yard by width of fabric.  My son James is scoping out the house trying to decide where to hang it and has pointed out the large front window would be perfect for it.  This was a one yard cut and all I did is some simple quilting around boxes and the strings from the spider I sewed down them too.  I circled all the ghosts and witches and all the purple boxes.  I would guess over the next few years each time I pull it out, I will sew it just a little more until its quilted more fully.

WIP Wednesday #31

Posted by Tanya

Additional borders were added to this 25 square rainbow quilt top to make it a little larger.  Most likely this quilt will go to Richard's Mom, for Christmas. It is basted and ready for quilting. 

The purple and pink quilt top from the Beginner QAL is finished.  Richard sewed the two outside borders on it and everything else was completed  by me. I still need to finish Richard's two that he started and start another for Rebecca for Christmas.  He does much better at all one type of block, than a slow based sampler. It is basted and ready for quilting. It is also a Christmas gift, for my sister.      

The plus quilt is about half way done with quilting.  We decided that it is going to be part of James' (17 yr old) Christmas present, good thing he never reads our blog. Richard was trying to decide what color of thread to use on this quilt and was having a hard time deciding, so I helped him out and told him to use a variegated thread we had on hand. 

This pile of fabric is for the pinwheel quilt for my Mom.  We found a block that is made of half square triangles, so no weird angles.  We are going to do half of the blocks in tan and half in the light green.  The plan is for me to start cutting it this weekend, if not sooner. 

This blue train rag quilt has been sewn, but not cut yet.  It is for a baby shower on Saturday, unless it doesn't get done and I end up using one out of our Etsy store. 

 This bright rag quilt with blue, yellow, green, and lizards is for another Nephews Christmas gift. I have three of nine rows done. He is four and likes all thing creepy and crawly. Some have asked why so many rag quilts.  They are easy and something I dare do. They are also what we have sold in our Etsy store. I am comfortable with beginning piecing, but not yet up to quilting a top. I have to give Richard time to catch up on the quilting. 

 This is a Halloween panel that Richard was having fun trying out different stitches on his machine.  He still needs to bind it, so we can hang it on our wall, before Halloween in over. The ghastly quilt for my other sister is on temporary hold, because I ran out of pins to baste with.  The zig zag quilt Richard is mad at, is patiently waiting for me to unpick the binding and prepare a new one. 

I think about every free moment between now and December 24th is going to be spent sewing, to try to get these and the other planned quilts/gifts ready. 



Men Quilt Too!

Almost a year ago when I first started quilting I had tons of people tell me about this Men's Quilt contest in October.  I have been looking forward to today all year long.

Originally it was supposed to be much bigger thing with a contest and prizes then it was downgraded to just a linkup.  I though want to say I am a Man that Quilts and I was so excited about this.  Then when it was changed from a contest to a link up I was disappointed, because I wanted to win.  How do you win a linkup any way?

A month and a half back the SLMQG had a contest using Dresden's.  When I made that quilt I also started on this quilt.  The quilt I made for that contest was A Snake in the Garden.  This quilt is going to go to my son Jared for Christmas (Shhh don't tell him, That is Jared by the way holding the quilt).

For those that are new to Richard and Tanya Quilts.  We are new to the quilting game.  I made my first test quilt Christmas Eve last year and have finished 53 quilts now (wait this would be 54).  My goal is to make 52 quilts in the 52 weeks this year, I guess I have exceeded my goal.  Please note that most of my quilts are baby or lap quilts, but I love each and every one of them.

Tanya, my wife is slowly catching up to me on the quilting game.  Last night she finished her 3rd quilt (ok really slow) but she will catch up one day. We are having a lot of fun quilting as a family.  My 14 year old daughter is now working on her 3rd quilt.  Her first is finished already and she is half done quilting the 2nd and just finished the top of her 3rd (in a sewing class at school this year).  If you are new to Richard and Tanya Quilts I hope that you follow us and see what we continue to do.

To view a few of the quilts I have finished visit my Finishes page here.  I would also encourage you to visit each Friday to participate in my Link A Finish Friday with prizes.  Stop by the 30th of this month where I will be a featured designer in the Glorious Autumn Block Party and I will also be doing a giveaway that day too.

For those that are interested, this quilt is out of the Reunion line by Sweetwater for Moda Fabrics

Link A Finish Friday and Prizes #36

It is now time for Link A Finish Friday.  Today I would like to start with a big Thank you to Fat Quarter Shop who has offered to Sponsor our Link A Finish Friday with Prizes.  This month's winner (October) will win a $15 gift certificate to spend on Fat Quarter Shop.

Please remember to thank our sponsor by visiting their store at http://www.fatquartershop.com/ their blog http://www.fatquartershop.blogspot.com/ and Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/FatQuarterShop

Tonight I for the first time (OK maybe 2nd time, but who is counting) got Frustrated while sewing.  Yesterday I showed my Diamond quilt that I had ready to bind.  Well today I tried to bind it.  The original plan was to leave the diamond ends pointing out and bind the points.  After half hour of fighting with it I got mad and cut the tips off and messed up what was going to be a neat quilt.  Now I am frustrated as I don't have a cool quilt to show off this Friday, but I will have to settle with seeing your finishes to save the day.

Our first quilt to show off from last week is from Quilary - Take a peek over the fence

and a second for this week is 52 Quilts in 52 Weeks

Question for anyone that is in the mood to answer it.  Have you ever made a quilt that you totally loved and then while binding it decided you hate it (or like me chopped it up some) and instead of wanting to give it to your favorite friend it is now looking for that least liked family member to pawn it off on to keep in their car?  I am so irritated that I am going to leave it bound as it is and find a family member that is not high on the love list and give it away!  I can't wait to maybe meet a few of you at the SLMQG mixer Friday night, see you there.

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.
4) Monthly random winner picked from all of the months linkups to $15 gift card from Fat Quarter Shop.

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.