Prayers Please

Prays needed
Colette  HERE
She lost her husband in a car wreck this morning.
Babs

Hagen's Quilt

Hi friends!
This makes four of the star blocks! When I start putting together the quilt I may make more but not sure.

I counted these and I had three so made another one. Made the top one this past weekend.

The sashing fabric should get here tomorrow or Thursday so I wanted as many blocks done as possible by then.
I was cleaning my sewing table yesterday , you can't tell it now, and found enough star blocks made to make a quilt.  Some big and some smaller.
My table has lots of pieces of fabric for two quilts piled up on it but I did get some things off and some fabric that I am not using folded and put away.
So maybe I can sew some  today!
Cleaning , cutting and making that one block was all I did yesterday.
A rainy day here.
Hugs
Babs

Fabric Fairy

Hi friends!
Sis came over yesterday with a bag of fabric that she didn't want, I think it came from her best friend.

These three fat quarter bundles!

These two were yardage.
and lots of fat quarters:

Lots of fabric to pet.
Most is dark , wonder if its civil war fabric? I have been wanting some so I hope so. To make a old looking quilt.
Hugs
Babs

Sunday Prayers

Center Of Hagen's quilt

Hi friends!
It sure was hard cutting up that brand new t-shirt!
I used fusible interfacing to back it with.

It didn't seem to add that much body but if I don't like it next time I will order a little heavier interfacing.
Fusible is convenient .
Tommy came in yesterday and said "We have storm damage" so I had to go look!

The top of a dead tree broke with all that wind and speared another young tree bending it down.
It looks weird standing up like that.

I have lily's blooming down the side of the house.
Spring can't be far away but we are going to have a hard freeze tonight as least that's what they are saying.
Have a great weekend
Hugs
Babs

Two Quilts

Hi friends!
I sewed one strip of the blocks together, just to see how "clover" looked with them.

Then added a 2 inch strip to the top and the bottom.
I like this look and I think with a small border five blocks across will be plenty wide enough.

I am still hand stitching this. Going around each of the star points. We have to have them done by the  9 th when we have Q-Bees again.

This is a Falcons star  block, I told you before the fabric is not my style! I love color.
But he loves them so they go into his quilt.
This fabric is ok with other fabric's but just doesn't show up when you just use this. This is the only quilters cotton they make for their team,  They have a blue but it's flannel.
I ordered some black, I am going to use it for sashing. That should make my blocks really pop and I plan to put red around the t-shirts.
Hugs
Babs

Hagen's Quilt

Hi friends!
This is the t-shirt I ordered for Hagen's quilt. I wanted one that just has who played since ours didn't win!  I wanted They both are just alike , but the quilts will be different.

I made two more blocks for his quilt., Stars because my grandkids are my stars!

This is a braves one!
The other is a Georgia block.
Can't wait to add the interfacing on the back of the t-shirt and put it into the center of the quilt.
But first I need to make a few more blocks. Thinking of a slim black strip between each block since our colors are red and black.
Hugs
Babs

My February Finish's

Hi friends!
Last Sat. my kona green came in. It's called clover! Maybe it will look like grass in my spring vintage farm girl quilt.

I like it better than the other green or red.

I joined one together just to see how it looks.
For the first month in a long time I don't really have any quilt  finish's for the month.
Unless you count all the blocks I have made.
Should have a couple of quilts next month. I did finish some pillows on my other blog

I made four of these!

And two of these.

This one for my couch!

And this one for some spring in these cloudy grey  rainy days.
Hugs
Babs

One Block

Hi friends!
I did manage to make one block for Hagen's Quilt. A Atlanta Braves block.
Noah's will be more Football because he is more into football.
Hagen plays all sports that he can   and still have time to go to school.
They told Tommy not to let me pick up any thing or bend over , he didn't ask for how long but she said it should be healed in a week so he is picking things up for me. He hollows every time I forget and bend over to pick something up.
Do you know how many times you bend over to pick up something when you are a woman? Hundreds!!!!!
You don't think about it but you do.
I have some 20 year old glasses I am using because the top's were clear glass back then.
After he get through I will get me some to use but I may just go for reading glasses. Depend on what my vision is then.
Sis-in-law had the lazar surgery and it doesn't have as many restrictions.
So did Kim in her early forties. Hard to believe you can have cataract's at that age but she did.
I made another pillow to.

That's the fabric we got when we went to Fort Payne.
A splash of spring.
Tommy will have it before I know it and put in behind his back.
Hugs
Babs

 

Sunday Prayers

Surgery and Hagen's Quilt

Hi friends!
Yesterday we got up early and drove to Rome, Floyd Hospital, had to be there at 6:30.
I was first in line for surgery so by nine we were in the drive-thru at McDonalds for our late breakfast. We were home by fifteen after!
I sleep off and on all day.
This morning we had to be there by 8 for him to check it out. He said mine was a whopper, My cataract.
I remember him saying it was a large one. You can't be knocked out because you have to move your eye when he tells you to.
Wednesday I made four snowball blocks , didn't think he would think these to  girly.
I made two of the red and two of the Falcons, That's their only fabric if you want cotton, white with falcons flying.
They have a blue but it's flannel.

These bit and pieces I will hold on to , maybe I can find a use for them later.

My quilt wall!
I ordered two t-shirts, one for the middle of  Hagen's  quilt and the other one for the middle of Noah's.
They should be here by next week. I am making them to fit collage sizes beds. Or at least I am Hagen's,  I will talk to Tonia and see what size bed Noah has and if she wants me to make it to fit a collage bed.
I did nothing yesterday and since they dilated my eye this morning and he said it was still swollen I guess it will be tomorrow before I get to work on my quilts.
One of the nurses told me this morning that she had carried her t-shirts to a quilter she knew and was having a t-shirt quilt made. When I go back I need to carry some pictures of mine to show her.
They had ask me to bring some . I didn't have any on my camera that I carry around with me so I told them I would.
Have a good one
Hugs
Babs

My Vintage Farm Quilt

Hi friends!
Isn't that cute?
I finally found a package of dark rickrack and it'd looks good as the cord. Not quit as good as the plug-in but I will leave it as it is.

I finished hand quilting this one!
I went around the black square on the outside and did each  u shape.

I think that enough and it's all I am putting in.

I have this one stretched so tight that the lines look bent!  Already Hand quilted the light fabric around the green square so  maybe my hand quilting want look so bad. I am going around each of the star points. We have to have these finished in two weeks but all I like are the star points. All eight of them!
Q-Bees are making a quilt , we hoped to get it into the quilt show this year but since it's in a little over two weeks we want be able to make it. We still need to sew all the blocks together and some one will have to do the binding.
I'm not great at binding , sewed to many hems in my earlier years so I just hem them but Sis and Vickie are really good at that.
 Have a good one
Hugs
 Babs

Hagen's Quilt

Hi Friends!
This is the new block for Hagen's quilt.
"Welcome block" from  my farm vintage book and I think it falls into the same area as "not girly"

The Falcon's fabric is so bland  and the braves and Ga. fabric is colorful so I haven't used it yet. But I will, just getting started!

This is how our back yard looked last night!
We never did see any fire and Tommy walked around and checked each neighbor's house, nothing!

I have been hand quilting my two blocks for our quilt that we are making at Q-Bees.
Finished this one last night.
Have a good one
Hugs
Babs

Hagen's Quilt And Barn

Hi friends!
This is a Ga. block.
All Ga. fabric.

This one is Atlanta braves!  Hagen loves all sports so next will be a basketball one. He plays them all
I also made a barn for my farm girl quilt, another barn that is, I had already made one. I made a few of these earlier for Abby's and Ryan's quilt. See!

I like the barns that  have a small block in the sides.

I also made two more trees for my quilt and Dawn HERE    made one with small green squares that I am going to try.
Mine will have lots of trees when I am finished. I ordered some grass green fabric for the sashing since I can keep on sewing, only lose one day, I will have more time to finish our quilt. Green should make it look more spring like. I hope! Will know when the green gets here.
Hugs
Babs

Sunday Prayers

New Fabric

Hi friends!
Sis gave me a Hobby Lobby gift card for Christmas and I just got around to using it. I printed a coupon off but all the fabric was on sale. So I couldn't use the coupon.
I got three yards of every thing but the owls.
Went and had my eyes measured for my surgery and went by there to. I asked him how long should I stay away from sewing on my machine? He said at least the day of my surgery , other than that I can sew all I want to.
I have been worrying needlessly!

The two fabric's that I got three yards of was 50% off.
I looked for rickrack but couldn't find any there either.
So I guess I need to go through my craft supplies , I know I have some  just don't remember what color.
I was so glad he said I could sew after the day of the surgery! Just not to pick up any thing heavy and not to bend over much.
I think I can do that!
Hugs
Babs