Funky Chickens and Baby Bow Ties

Hi There!

Remember last spring, when I shared a picture of my "Funky Chickens", that I has finished hooking?



Well, Gilbert asked me how I wanted to hang this piece and I told him that I envisioned an old, wooden frame and chicken wire... to give it a chicken coop "feel".

Well, we couldn't find aged wood, so Gilbert made the frame and we hung the frame up on our upstairs deck... to "age".

It took about 8 months of sunshine, cloudy days, rain and snow to finally "age" the wood to a nice grey.

Then, Gilbert and I added chicken coop wire to the bottom half.

I think it gives it a modern yet old look.

What do you think?



And since I'm slowly trying to change the theme in my kitchen to roosters, chickens and such.... I thought this was the proper place to put this.

*grin*

Another "UFO" (Un-Finished-Object) out of the way!

Remember this past summer? When everyone and their dog seemed to be making Bow Tie Quilts?

Well, recently Gilbert found some time to quilt this for me.

Just this past Thursday, I finished the binding on it.

I told Gilbert to knock himself silly with this one....
to quilt whatever he wanted....
to practice a new technique, even....

Well, he did just that - he practiced a new technique.

Done by free hand....

"Wiggle Waves"

And today, we finally broke OUT OF THE HOUSE and went on a day trip to Moncton. Moncton's about 2 hours drive from here and the city 's got lots of neat restaurants and stores!

We had lunch at St-Hubert Barbecue.

LOVE their chicken!!!!

And Moncton's got my youngest son, now.

He moved to Moncton during the first of the year and I wanted to visit him...
Okay, okay, okay, I wanted to check up on him, too!

LOL

He's fine, he's happy and he'll survive.
That's all a Mom can wish for, eh?

*s*

Hope you're having a great weekend!

Rosa

It Is What It Is.

Hi There!

Well, if you've been following my blog posts, then you KNOW I was in a frenzy to get this
Blue Bow Tie Baby Blanket
- sorry, I had to make it rhyme - "QUILT" finished, ASAP!

"Why?", you ask.

Well.... just because.

I have TONS of other projects I want to get to!



As soon as I got home, yesterday after work, I started working on the final borders of my Bow Tie Quilt. Gilbert snapped a picture of me and although I would have appreciated if he could have "Photo-Shopped" me into a much SLIMMER person.....

"It Is What It Is",
as my friend Frummie would say.

*s*

And IMMEDIATELY after finding a navy blue back for this quilt, I picked up a no-name brand, with few repeats, Jelly Roll.... cut up some of my own stash fabric that matches the colors in this jelly roll for more repeats and started making a Lasagna or Jelly Roll Strip Quilt....

Here's a blog on how to do this quilt.

And yet another example of this quilt.

Yes, yet another baby quilt.

No pictures yet.

Stay Tuned.

Rosa

One Baby Quilt.... Almost Finished...

Hi There!

Well, this quilt's almost finished - I can see the finish line!

I will be adding a 3/4" - finished 1/4" - DARK blue strip, on the border...

And then, a wider light blue strip.



Hopefully, this baby quilt will be adopted
and be much loved.

Today's Thursday.

Some people like to call it Friday Eve.

Some people ALWAYS go to "Spikes",
their favorite bar, on Thursdays.

My dear Mother likes to tease me
and tell me that EVERY day is like Friday to them,
'cause they're retired, of course!

LOL

I like to think of it as....
One more "wakey" till the weekend!
One more day of work, for TWO days off!!!

Do you have a special name or tradition,
for Thursdays?

Rosa

Repeat After Me.... "ONE Block Per Day"!

Hi There!

Got up early and Gilbert headed off to our longarm room, to quilt with "Bertha" and I headed off to my sewing studio.

I cut some more "strips" or "logs" for that Christmas quilt. I'm coming along real good with it! I only a few more white logs to cut.....

And then the fun part - piecing the logs together!

Afterwards, I continued to work on my "Bow Tie" Blocks. It's called "Summer Bow Tie Quilt Blocks" and we're supposed to make "One Block Per Day".

Well, my friend, Elaine, kept reminding me this evening on the phone....

"Rosa, repeat after me. ONE block Per Day! ONE block Per Day!"

LOL

I now have 42 of these blocks made up!



I'm hoping to get this baby quilt top done, ASAP, so that I can move onto other stuff...

Have a great evening!

Rosa

5 More Bow Ties...

Hi There!

Took the afternoon off and decided to spend some time in my sewing room!

Got 5 more Bow Tie Blocks made!



And cut some more green "logs", or strips, for my Christmas Log quilt.

I've now got all of my reds and greens cut.... Just need to cut a whole bunch of white "logs".

Got the next 2 days off but I'm not sure if I'll get a chance to work in my studio.

We'll just have to wait and see.
*s*

Rosa

Baby Quilts and Christmas in July!

Hi There!

Last week I was asked if I would make a Christmas quilt and a baby quilt. The baby's sex will only be known in August and born in Jan/Feb and the Christmas quilt.... well, that's for Christmas.

As for the baby quilt, I will be offering her a few choices, in baby quilts. My "Snow Ball" quilt that Bertha and Gilbert will be quilting soon...



Today, Elly, in Scotland, sent me a link about a Bow Tie Block challenge and I quickly jumped in. One Bow Tie block per day.

I had 30's fabrics and decided to make this baby quilt in blues.



As for the Christmas quilt, I've been thinking and thinking what pattern I could do. I finally decided to make another log cabin quilt. I had made this one, for my sister Tina a few years ago, as a lap quilt and I just LOVED it!!!!

This one will be for a double size bed.

(picture taken from quilting magazine)


So, early yesterday afternoon, I started going through my stash, pulling out all my reds with gold and greens with gold.



And then, I started to cut "logs" or "strips".

42 X 5-1/2" red logs,
42 - 9-1/2" red logs and
42 X 13-1/2" red logs.

Logs waiting to be cut....



Here's my bundle of red logs, cut up and numbered.



And then, the green logs....

42 X 7-1/2" green logs,
etc, etc, etc.

All the red logs are now cut and I've got about 1/2 of the green ones cut....

And then, there's all the white logs - haven't touched those ones, yet!

Anyhow, that's a LOT of logs!
*grin*

But, I just love log cabin quilts and I KNOW that this time, with Gilbert and Bertha quilting this one, it will be DROP DEAD BEAUTIFUL!!!

Hope you all have a wonderful week!

Rosa