How disappointing that the adoption has been delayed! You put all that emotional and physical planning into the big day! But your words are perfect—he has been your grandson for 10 years.

I’m in! Even before I saw that this is a VQW, i decided I needed a sewing day. With all that’s happened this week with my BIL’s traumatic event, I have been busy busy decluttering to expend nervous energy.

Today our baby turned 18. We’re going out to lunch as a family tomorrow.

I’m sewing a crumb block to see if I like it. Yes and no. It’s somewhat addictive but takes an awful long time to sew tiny pieces ! I may just make it a doll quilt backing.

Will try to sandwich the grandbaby’s quilt and start binding.

Sorry the adoption isn't going as you planned, QST, but hope it all works out alright anyway.

Zozee, I do the same thing with my crumbs. I make a few blocks then put them away. One day there will be enough to join into a whole quilt, I hope. Congrats on your youngest's birthday.

QuiltingshortTimer, sorry about the frustrating delay in your DGS’s adoption...but I’m glad you are still going to celebrate.

I have been preoccupied with a room renovation the old part of our late 1700’s home in anticipation of having my two grandsons come visit this coming week (ages 5 and 3 from Key West). So far I have sanded, caulked and repainted the entire floor, painted ceiling, walls and window/door trims but it looks smashing.

I have a large quilt (87x108) on the longarm and hope to get it done this weekend...I’ve just been taking a few passes (edge to edge) a day here and there. I have my Bonnie Hunter mystery in a couple of piles so I really want to finish the last clue so I can start block assembly and I have a scrappy charity quilt in progress. I’ll be looking for your photos and accomplishments...happy sewing.

Good morning everyone, hopefully your Valentine Day was a pleasant one.
cjsews, good luck on your hunter star quilt, I am starting one myself, and I believe that thinking in reverse is the challenge in pp.
QuiltingVagabond, congratulations on your finished top and good luck with the quilting process, it's a wonderful project
Christine-, lovely flowers, thanks for sharing
Railroaderbrat, blessing to you with your health with the migraines, praying for your strength in accomplishing what you want to get completed. Loving that pix
Irishrose2, can we see pix of that 'RWB and scrappy', please? I love scrappies
Cam's gram, let's hope the system let you post pix, it sounds interesting. Thanks for getting that posted it's awesome
Quiltingshorttimer, praying for your family because the adoption is just the legal aspect, but the love of the child is the reality of the heart

What I am planning for myself today is working on the hunter star pattern. It will be a scrappy with the colors of purple/lilac and beige, that's the top. The back is a pieced purple and black of 6 inch squares. My problem is setting those scrappies together so that I can see the star. Well let me piece some more stars to get my direction

Happy VQW day everyone

cherryb

I am ""! I did start yesterday, February 14, by making blocks for a square dance quilt. and cut 20 more today. Then begin rooting through my stash to make kits for 3 baby quilts all to be finished in the next two months. Last task is to put background strips on my quilt exchange blocks.

I'll be trying to finish two bindings. I got tired of waiting for the binding to get done and I just put the quilt on the bed. It's ironed so it looks done...sort of.

my last quilt was 60x80. Total time to machine bind: 3 hrs.
consider Eleanor Roosevelt "the only way to begin...is to begin!"

QuiltingVagabond: I love your veteran’s quilt. The recipient will be thrilled.

Christine: Lovely yellow roses! Thoughtful husband.

railroadersbrat: I hope your migraines are better and you get to work on your hexis. A very nice gift from your fiancé.

quiltingshorttimer: My heart sank when I heard your news but, like you said, he has been your grandson since they married.

I worked some on my rail fence, UFO, and 6” crazy patch squares yesterday. I hope to get more done today.

I ended up finishing the binding on a quilt I need to turn in on Monday night at guild meeting. It's a charity quilt I made for a teenage boy. Our guild donates quilts to Sleep in Heavenly Peace, a charity that makes twin beds for children in need. I hope it looks like a quilt a teenage boy would like?

I also picked up a sewing machine I had to take in for repair. It is my travel machine that got tossed in the trunk of the car when I went around a corner. And it was inside a sewing trolly at the time! Lesson learned, it cost me $140 to have it fixed. I don't know what I'm going to do about tying the machine down, there really isn't anything to hook onto in the back of the car. I have to figure out something though so it doesn't happen again.

Love that 9 patch quilt, Christine. It's definitely cool enough for a teenage boy to love it.

I set mine on the seat and hook the seatbelt around them.

very nice quilt and a good one for a teen boy

I set mine on the floor behind the front seat.

its lovely. Not kiddy- able to keep that with him and not be embarrassed. I'd say its a win.

Making good progress... tax papers are sorted and ready to take to the preparer!!! And I have spray basted 2 tops - the vet quilt and another which is do be donated to a local women's shelter.

Making progress on my scrap blocks. Today had to take a detour and sew with my granddaughter but that's She is five and loves being in my sewing room with me. I am not about to say no. I need someone interested in all my sewing supplies and stash.
Sorry to read about the delay in adoption. Keeping you in my prayers for a happy ending very soon.

Quiltingshorttimer - so sorry to hear of the delay but you're right. He has been your grandchild for a long time. Enjoy your weekend.

Got the backing made, borders on the quilt top, and batting sewn, then all loaded on the long arm and some quilting done. Love it when I can participate in these quilting weekends. I do get so much done because I make quilting a priority. DH is even getting dinner ready.

Christine- that looks just right for a teenage boy.

quiltingshorttimer- sorry to hear about the delay. I hope it gets resolved quickly.

I had forgotten about this weekends VQW. Yesterday I shopped the skinny bolts on the Quilt In A Day website and ordered some light and medium blenders in blues and greens to replenish my stash. Today I’m working on getting a quilt blocked and reorganizing one of my scrap drawers. No piecing or quilting today, but tomorrow I’ll pull a UFO off the pile to work on.

Rob

I am busy knitting a baby blanket for my grandson due in May. I also need to work on a donation quilt. The high school I costume for is doing Beauty and the Beast in March. I found a Beauty and the Beast fabric that looks liked stained glass. I am separating large squares with light and dark purple blocks. I have 2/3 of the pieced blocks done. I hope to get the top done by Tuesday afternoon since I have to teach two classes on Monday

It's been a crazy week and I forgot about VQW! I did spend a couple hours in my sewing room working on a jelly roll quilt and trying to get my FW working. I think I have a thread jam behind the bobbin case, but I can't get the bobbin case off the find out so I'm sewing on the Rocketeer. I'm going to need to make a trip to the OSMG anyway with my Bernina so the FW is going to do a ride along. Hopefully, I can work some more tomorrow and finish the strip sets.

I got my hunters star together with the first border. One more to go and it’s ready to sandwich

Fun to read how far everyone has progressed today, love the pictures!
I finally got as many pictures for my quilt journal done today that I could before I ran out of ink... no problem.... I got to head to the sewing room and have columns of two stitched together on my Stash Buster from bordercreekstation site

Christine: Perfect for a teenage boy plus he will have something to claim as his. When I put my sewing machine in the rolling cart and, then in the trunk, I try to wedge the quilt that’s always in the trunk around it. I usually have a box or two in there also and just scoot them close.

thimblebug6000: Awesome!

I'm sorry the adoption has been delayed!

I finished the applique stitches and bound the three wall hangings. I have just a little hand work left on them (buttons and embroidery), then they'll be done! That's tomorrow afternoon after I get home from church. It's fun seeing and reading about all that you've been working on.

I went off task today. I did finish sandwiching the New Year’s Day Merry Mayhem quilt; but instead of quilting it, I jumped into the Border Creek Station Stash Buster. I’d been itching to start it. Here is block one ..... 51 blocks to go.

Edited to say: well actually...upload failure.....

So nice to see what everyone is working on. All the photos look wonderful.

I started a Hunter’s Star using the MSQC pattern last weekend. I got to continue working on it today. I finished sewing the four at a time HSTs squares together and I am about half done with the four patch blocks. Hopefully I’ll be able to cut and square the HSTs tomorrow and start sewing them.

I have not been able to update any photos since they changed the platform...I’m sure your block is wonderful!

I didn’t get to spend any time in my sewing room yesterday but I did go out to the stables in 18 degree weather to brush down and love on a couple of horses. I will finish hand sewing a binding on my Long Time Gone quilt today.

I've been mostly lurking here this weekend, in between the never-ending packing for my impending move. My sewing machines are still out, but most of my fabric is packed away. I've left some accessible though. Yesterday I did sew 2 patches on my motorcycle vest. My riding group has white leather vests instead of black. I had 1 patch for a local ride 2 years ago & another for a ride to the mountains of Arkansas last fall. But that's all the sewing I've done. Maybe I'll move things around today so I can get the binding on my red & pink quilt. Currently it's draped over my table pretending it's a tablecloth.

Got my short term items done ( quilts bound) finished piecing 20 large scrap quarter square triangle blocks, will cut sashing and cornerstones for that today, granddaughter coming to play which slows things down a bit. Picked up sewing machine after minor repair yesterday so my back up machine can be put away for another year, I also cut batting for a 40 x 60" lap quilt.
I realized the other day that even my back up machines have back ups of some sort! I'm like a gentleman wearing both suspenders and a belt.

Good morning VQW'ers, I am off to church this morning but, I did get a couple seam on my purple and black top completed. I am piecing out the hunter stars one at a time. But, I did get a couple completed this morning. May not get much done this afternoon after church, thinking about picking up my adult grandson and having an outing with him. I will check back later this evening to see how much of the progress is made.

Happy VW sewing day everyone

cherryb

This morning, I'm cutting my civil war reproduction fat quarters down to 6 inch strips. They will then be cut into 1" and 1-1/2" strips for the Circa 1880 quilt blocks I'm making. I have 235 2-1/2" blocks made so far, but need over 700 to make a queen size quilt.

No quilting to report, but rather that I am enjoying today and do not plan on doing any sewing! Sunday is my usual Bowling date day with the hubby and I'm rather enjoying my first cup of coffee of the day with no sewing plans.

We went to the XFL game yesterday, the weather wasn't as bad as I had feared -- some moisture but no actual rain during game time, and we had a great time. Dragons rawr! If we go again I'm going as a Granny Dragon, wearing my mermaid metallic leggings. In things I've stored is a box of good costuming stuff which includes a dragon head thing my son had. It's a soft rubber mask but I'll stitch it on top of my safety orange knit cap (Dragon colors are green and orange).

I love your quilt thimblebug! What a beautiful scrappy!

I'm making progress on my Circa 1880 Quilt. Finished all the blocks and got the setting squares sewn on... today is the day to sew the final rows. Saturday was the day to run errands, so today is all about quilting.

I finished sewing my top together this a.m. Company last night or it would be finished. My plans today are to put a border on it sandwich it and finish it by tomorrow. I need this challenge. more often. I hardly ever go in my sewing room at night but I should. I accomplished a lot before company came.

cool quilt Thimblebug!

My most recent finish is now blocked and ready to have the hanging sleeve and label stitched on. yay! I’ll work on that tomorrow.

I also got the batting pieced together and the backing ripped to size for a UFO that I want to get finished by the end of the month. Taking a break now, but I’ll get it sandwiched this evening and maybe even make a start on quilting it tomorrow.

love seeing and hearing about what everyone is doing.

Rob

Today, I finished the last 2 pillow cases. My next goal is to figure out how to post pics. I sure like seeing them.

I finished the quilting on the quilt for the women's shelter, putting binding on now. But my Sweet 16 is making noises and I think it needs a spa day at the dealer. I've had it for several years and this will be it's first maintenance visit - I use it lightly, but it is definitely due. I just dread the process of getting it out of the table, into the car and into the shop.