Hotel Quilting, Round Two!

I had a feeling I would be spending another night on this adventure. Luckily, I was able to book a room where I normally stay when I'm in Sioux City. I was disappointed in the room I was in last night. It didn't even have a fridge! The lighting is slightly better here as well. I am going to have to remember to buy a small travel light and pack it in my quilt bag. 

Tonight I worked on another crumb quilt. I have nearly half of it sewed together. This is the part I hate about quilting. I would rather be making blocks or even cutting fabric!

I don't think I will get it finished tonight, but at least I've made progress on it! We'll see what happens! I may get my second wind.

Hopefully the weather will play nice tomorrow so I can make it home! I don't mind being on the road, but there's something about sleeping in your own bed that is comforting.

Another Crumb Quilt Complete

It has been a pretty productive day. I had finished a quilt earlier in the day and figured that would be it. I at least wanted to load this one on the longarm and ended up working on it this all afternoon to finish it up. I love making these quilts. It is nice to have a project that you don't have to put much thought into! I also like using every little scrap in my stash. I have three more crumb quilt tops to finish yet and each one has a different color for the sashing. I still have to figure out what backing fabric I will use for those. In the mean time, I still have plenty of other projects to do!

Crumb Quilt Top Complete!

Crumb Quilt Top

It is always nice to get a quilt top finished when you started it six months ago. I had this one sitting in a bin with only the rows left to sew together. I took it to the quilt retreat this past weekend and nearly had it done. I only had four rows left to sew together when I left the retreat on Sunday.

There are quite a few special fabrics in this quilt. There are even a few pieces of my old shirts in there along with scraps from many of my quilts I have completed. Looking at it brings back a lot of memories. I may have to hang onto this quilt!

Too Busy Quilting!

It has been a few weeks since I last posted anything, but I do have six quilts to show for my lack of posting. This past Tuesday, I did my first ever trunk show at my quilt guild meeting. I was asked to show my quilts that I made from the scrap dive at the quilt show back in October. So far, I have made a total of 15 quilts from the fabric I got. I expect to make at least five more before all is said and done. I will be going to a quilt retreat next weekend and hopefully I can take advantage of it! It will be the first quilt retreat of the year for me. 

Chunky Churn Dash Quilt (Bonnie Hunter pattern)

Moda Love Quilt Dark

Attic Stairs

Orphan Block Quilt

Crumb Quilt

Cat Quilt