Friday, November 13, 2015

When the Cat's away

The mice will quilt!

My husband has to go to the Caribbean Charter Boat shows in the late fall for his job as a yacht charter broker. He goes for a week in early November and again in early December. My non quilting friends (yes, I have a few) say, “Are you crazy? Why don’t you go with him?” and my quilting friends say, “Lucky you! How much quilting did you get done?”

So, here’s what I accomplished in a week of no cooking, cleaning or dishes!

I made 3 throw pillows and two dish towels for my Mom who is moving into an efficiency apartment at my sister’s house. She loves paper dolls and Peter Hunt so I incorporated both.


I’m up to date on my Time Warp stars:
Week 43: Provincial – (oddly enough I bought this fabric on a Caribbean sailing trip in 1993, so I do go with him when he is not working the show!)


And week 44: Early roller print clouds and storms



I am in charge of the Veteran’s quilts for my group and I try to make at least one top a month and also one with blocks from the group. I made two tops for our group’s Veteran quilt project, but unfortunately gave them to the quilter before I photographed them.

I made pretty good progress on this month’s block (Blue Flag Iris) in the SVBAQ sew along.


And, for some unknown reason, I started another sew-a-long thanks to Audrey at Quilty Folk. This one was right up my alley and I just couldn’t resist. She is calling it Quilty 365 and it consists of making one circle block a day. How hard can that be? Audrey is such an inspiration. If you have never read her blog, do check it out. Her quilts are so delightful. She has a fantastic and often daring color sense and she is very creative. Anyway, I love appliqueing circles, so I am in. I decided to use feedsacks as I have a ton of scraps and need to move out a few boxes! I started on Sunday the 8th so here are my 5 blocks so far. I am making one each morning before work which seems doable so far!



So I had a productive an relaxing week and I am looking forward to his return tonight!

13 comments:

  1. Always fun to have the opportunity to sew and NOT cook or clean!
    Great projects!! I look forward to watching your quilt 365 progress,

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  2. You had a productive week! It always feels good to keep moving projects forward. Your iris's are perfect.

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  3. Good for You! Another friend of mine was happy to have a few days to herself when her hubby went hunting! Wish I could say I have been as productive!!

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  4. love your stars fabric....glad you had some "me" time....

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  5. Lol So very true about finding lots of time to quilt when the husbands away.:) LOVE your whimsical circles! And thank you for the very nice things you said about my quilting. I am just so happy to have found friends who understand my quilty passions!

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  6. Whoohoo, you've been a busy lady! I love your authentic soulieado red fabric in the stars, thanks for showing the selvedge, too.The circles have tempted me too!

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  7. Uninterrupted sewing time is priceless!
    Good for you, doing the Veterans quilts each month!
    Love that Iris block!
    I can't imagine keeping up with an appliqued circle every day, but I am going to have fun watching those of you who are doing it. : )

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  8. Wow - lots done - what fun and all lovely! Beautiful little circles and thanks for the reminder about this sewalong - I think I need to do this one.

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  9. Your Blue Flag block is very well done. Love the background.

    I saw Audrey's circles idea and think it will be a hit with many quilters. It will be interesting to see what each person chooses to use for their daily circles.

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  10. Uninterrupted sewing time --fantastic! You've done lots of wonderful work--love the circles and all the fabrics (Peter Hunt!!!!), real feedsacks, real Provincial (of course I actually like Lorraine just as well as my real Souleiado...). You have amazing fabrics Wendy! Need to check out Quilty folk.

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  11. You've been busy! great stars - I need to make a few to catch up.
    What sweet towels for your mom!
    Nothing beats an empty house for quality quilting time!!

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  12. Wendy, your blocks look great - such a delicate iris - and looks like you have some fabulous feed sacks for sure! I know what you mean about time to quilt when there isn't the usual meal prep pressure;). My husband leaves for Japan tomorrow, he he.... I have about 10 ongoing projects but just can't help myself either - thinking of the 365 project as well! Just saw it tonight as I'm catching up with some quilty blog reading!

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  13. I'm with your quilting friends, great to have that time to dedicate to sewing.

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