29 October 2012

Make-A-List Monday: I'm dreaming of a white . . . Halloween!

Hey y'all!

How was your weekend?

This is what it looked like from my sewing room on Friday afternoon:


Yeah. My kids were so excited. Me? Not so much. To battle the unwelcome snowfall, I grabbed a cup of drinking chocolate (I have a killer awesome recipe that is more like drinking melted chocolate than cocoa - AWESOME!) and browsed through the Friday finishes and the Blogger's Quilt Festival. I made my list of nominations for the festival, which was fun.

As for my list last week, well, here it is:
  • Quilt and bind zig zag quilt
Done and my James is so happy (he claims it is HIS quilt because I backed it in orange Minky, and orange is his favorite color, so of course it's his!). Checking it off my 4Q FAL list. Hooray! That's four done. And a gazillion to go!



  • Cut out my Weekender bag (and accessory bags from the extra fabric!)
Done. I cut out the dandelion bag, complete with lining and piping and handles, although I need to cut one more top panel. This pattern doesn't give you great instructions when you're dealing with directional prints, so I have to order more of my lining material before I can cut that top panel. Not super happy about that one.

I also cut out the duck for my quilted version and the exterior fabric for my umbrella girl one. I might have also cut some more duck for a Christmas quilted one. Yes, I'm getting carried away. It's what I do.
  • Slowly get started on my Weekender bag
I've got the piping made and I'm working on the exterior panels with pockets and handles - my machine is giving me fits and skipping stitches. It did it on a line of topstitching, so of course I had to pick it out. The bag itself is not so bad. It's my machine giving me fits!

Just waiting for payday so I can order my zippers. Making the piping was . . . tedious. I used Steam-a-seam, which is awesome and I've read makes it even faster, which terrifies me to do it the other way.


In the meantime, I made my quilted pieces of out Gypsy Girl.


Gypsy Girl Weekender bag progress 

When these are done, I"ll start on a Christmas one. Because I need a Christmas Weekender bag. You don't? Whatever. You're just in denial, that's all. You really need to just embrace the insanity.
  • Finish piecing Richard Scarry #1 top

Still working on this. Once birthdays are over (did I mention I have THREE birthdays coming up - the 3rd, the 4th and the 6th), I'll have more brain power to devote to piecing a top. I need to hurry though. The little man who will get this quilt keeps saying my string quilt is his. Silly boy. But I can't correct him until HIS quilt is done. I'll share until then.

Could you resist this face? I know I can't!

  • Piece minky backs for 3 quilts
I pieced the back for my Holiday Hostess quilt, that Richard Scarry quilt, my Easy as Cake quilt, my nephew's Max and Whiskers quilt, and my other Richard Scarry quilt. So I did FIVE! Wahoo!

Okay, on to this week:
  • Finish piecing the Richard Scarry quilt
  • Sew up some birthday drawstring gift bags (I hate wrapping paper!)
  • Baste, quilt and bind the Richard Scarry quilt so Henry will stop feeling left out!
  • Cut the white fabric I need for James' Richard Scarry quilt
  • Continue working on the Weekender madness bag
That's it. In non-sewing lists, I have to go trick-or-treating on Wednesday, make three birthday cakes, and three birthday breakfasts, and three birthday dinners, and get all the gifts together for those three birthdays (I'm so very glad I did the shopping back in August!). I also woke up this morning with a super fun head cold. And I think I got it from my sweet baby girl, so we're chilling in the recliner until we feel better. Ha! I wish.

Have a lovely week!

6 comments:

  1. Your orange zig zag quilt looks great! I see why he claimed it. It looks so cozy and warm.

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  2. Love how your zig zag quilt came out, the orange minkee looks yummy! What did you bind it in, it matches perfectly!

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  3. WOW! How DO you find the time for making all this loveliness?? Love the zig-zag quilt - great colours .. do they all come with a cute little lolly-sucking munchkin?! Jen :)

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  4. Love the zig-zag!!

    So, I NEED a weekender bag? I have been seeing it a lot around the blogs I read. Maybe I need to just get over my denial and get the pattern. =)

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  5. Love the zig zag quilt! Great colors and so unique!

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  6. I cannot drink the weekender coolaid. It's too soon to Christmas. Even though I secretly want to be bag proficient. Works in progress, WIP WIP WIP. Okay fine, I'll cut out a clutch. That piping looks gorgeous and the zig zag minky is great.

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