New Books! Woohoo!

I love the projects in these books. I am so excited!

I really want to do a star quilt. I think that my husband would really like a star quilt. I love precuts because I am afraid of cutting. I know that is silly, but I always seem to make horrible mistakes when I am cutting. The ruler slips or my wrist wabbles and I cut it wrong. So, I am drawn to precuts. These quilts don't look like they are made with jelly rolls or charm packs. They look AMAZING. I am going to read them and do a review of these books for my next podcast.

I DID IT! My first Podcast!

I have done it! I recorded my first podcast all about my start as a quilter. Those of you who know me are aware of my complete lack of artistic ability. Jumping into quilting was a complete change for me. I think many of my friends are a little stunned at the fact that I am now a quilter. I know there is part of me that is stunned that I have fallen in love with quilting.

So, my first podcast is how this new hobby started. Please check it out!
Hopefully, it will be up on iTunes soon.

Deciding to podcast...

This cartoon made me LAUGH, because this is me - if there was a sewing machine in front of me. I am alone in my quilting. I don't have the time (or the baby-sitter) to join a club or guild. My hubbie travels all the time, and that means that I couldn't be reliable in attending the meetings.

It happens to me whenever I sign up to help anywhere. The kids get sick, and then I can't go because there is no one else to watch them or help me out. That is one of the issues when you live miles and miles from family and friends who can help. Okay...enough pouting! LOL. I love the adventure of being a military wife. I am already thinking and planning things for our next move, which won't even happen for a year. I don't even know where we are going. Eek!

Well...thinking about the being alone in quilting and how much I am coming to really love it....I have decided that I want to start a podcast. Now, considering that I only really get 5 hours a sleep a night as it is, I am wondering if I am nuts to want to do this. It looks like a lot of work. But...I love the podcasts that are out there. I want to share what I am doing and learning with others and podcasting seems to be the only way.

I am going to do my research, and see if I can do this. At this point, I don't even get to quilt daily, but that is okay. I think that I have a lot that I am thinking about and that I want to look into. I really like the Off-Kilter Quilt podcast because she does a quilting journal. I think I could do that. Most of my quilting happens at night after all the babies (including the hubbie) have gone to bed. I think I could podcast at the same time. Hmmmm....food for thought.

My Caterpillar fabric just arrived!

The brother's little baby quilt fabric has arrived!! I am so happy! The colors are beautiful and bright - perfect to grab the attention of a little one. I love giving primary colors to babies.

I need to finish a lot of my projects as soon as I can, so I can start working on this quilt. The baby is due in August, so I need to get it done by then. I am shooting for July.

So...I have found a problem with quilting. Getting fabric gives me this sense of excitement...with heart pounding joy and possibilities. I have to be careful because it is so addictive! Hehehe. I could turn in to one of those hoarders but with fabric.

So...I have cut off the fabric buying for six months. I have to use what I have first. I only have a line of quilt projects to do...finish quilting Vanilla'a pink and brown...finish quilting mom's....putting together and finishing dad's disappearing nine patch...then - pumpkin's quilt, sister's quilt, Chiquita's wedding quilt...etc...whew. Lol!

So, Baby is going to fit in there.  I think that the caterpillar quilt is going to get bumped way up on the list! I am in love with the fabric!

I am wondering if I should send the Caterpillar quilt out to be quilted by a long arm quilter. I am not confident that I could quilt it with the cool shapes that I want it to have. If you have had your quilt done that way, how was it? Is it expensive?

I hope that you are having a wonderful Saturday!
Katie

Listening to podcasts

Here I am...taking a quick break from work. I have been listening to quilting podcasts while I have been working all day. They are so inspirational. I think that I might start a podcast about the fact that I am just a beginning quilter.

I really like listening to others talk about what they are doing. So many of these ladies are SO creative. They knit and quilt and make clothes. I am just learning how to sew and knitting just frigthens me. So....I am thinking about doing the podcast. I would love to get the feedback.

Unfortunately, I have been unable to quilt for the last few days because I have been working for hours past my normal time. Sigh.

Hears to hoping I get all of my stuff documented at work....so that I can quilt tonight.

My little bears out on their bikes with Daddy. Gotta love a sunny day!

Thinking....

I am thinking about the wedding quilt I want to make my best friend. I am so happy for her and her fiancé. I am thinking...a fat fence rail. Hmmm.... Any ideas? I have a layer cake and a jelly roll.

Wow!

I got so much done on my disappearing nine patch quilt blocks last night. I turned off the TV and tuned in to the latest podcast from Sew-Stitch-Create. Just listening to someone else talk about quilting and creating Projects helped me to focus on my own project. It was amazing.

So...I did the math and realized that I needed two more nine blocks or 8 more cut blocks to make the quilt the length that I wanted. The only problem is that I needed 18 charms and I lost my left over fabric from my mom's quilt. So that meant I had only 17 charms. A problem. However, at the quilt show I bought a bunch of scraps and I just happened to have one that was the same red as my dad's quilt. So I cut a 5 by 5 square and whew! It worked!!

Problem solved. Now, I should be able to make the quilt 7 blocks by 9 blocks. Almost all 64 are complete! Woohoo!

Now...off to taking the pumpkin to
preschool.