Pointless Quilter

 I can't believe I didn't blog at all in 2023.  I'd love to say I'm just too busy but that wouldn't be the truth.  I easily could have found the time to update.  I will try to do better this year.  I'm going to split my updates between quilting and cross stitching and other crafting stuff plus life updates to keep the post from being too long or picture heavy.  I did quilt some this past year, more than I thought I had.  Amazing when you have to go back to look to see how much you actually accomplish.  Anyway, here are the quilting projects I finished this past year.  (I just show finished stuff.  I have a top that is pinned but not quilted yet.) Moda Blockheads (given away already to Kathleen McGraff) A new valentine quilt for my guest room And pillows for the guest room (machine embroidered designs) This top was given to me with a light blue border.  I changed the border fabric to green and made it a Christmas quilt.   B...

It's been a while since I have posted.  Sorry about that.  Life does seem to get in the way of doing things that need to be done.  I did have a quilt finish.  I finally finished the Bonnie Hunter ( Quiltville ) 2019/2020 Mystery quilt.  I didn't do a lot of fancy quilting.  It was so busy that it wouldn't have shown anyway and I'm getting to the point that getting it done is better than letting it sit there.  I did do some fall leaf design in the border though.  It turned out less mottled than I thought it would be since there wasn't a whole lot of value change in the red and orange, but I like it still.  It will make a great bed quilt in the fall which is exactly what I wanted.  My younger sister has consigned me to make a quilt for a friend's daughter for her high school graduation.  It took a while to get the fabrics I needed and now I have 108 6.5" HST with a creamy yellow background and some beach color solid fabr...

Even with this being the crappiest year, I have surprised myself on how much I did get done.  I had 13 items on my 2019 Goals list and I was able to finish 8 of them.  (Orange Jamestown Landing, Good Fortune BH Mystery) Black/Tan Idol quilt, Guild mystery, Moda Blockhead, Consignment Blue quilt, Trick or Treat, Material Girl Challenge-curved leaves)  Cross Stitching has been added to my hobby list which was a blessing to have since I spent a lot of time sitting in a hospital and rehab with my dad.  So without any further ado... The Quilts... The Cross Stitching... The Common Thread Quilt Guild Annual Boutique Items (there were more I just didn't take pictures of everything this year. And the 2019 Ornament Exchange... Tomorrow I'll work on my goals for 2020.  Since my friendship group is having a list of WIPS to work on it shouldn't take me that long for the quilts.  I also have kitted up about 13 new cross stitch patterns so I'll...

It's been kind of  slow month.  My machine (Bernina 750) has been in the shop for the past two weeks so not a whole lot of quilting going on.  But I did finish a cross stitch piece.  It's a Prairie Schooler Santa.  See photo above.  This is the one with the Sewing Machine.  I also have the pattern with a quilt and that will be the next one I work on.  They are pretty easy patterns and they use mostly the same DMC colors so they all coordinate.  They have an annual Santa.  The one with the sheep is from this year and the sewing machine one is from a previous year. As far as the Bonnie Hunter 2019/2020 mystery Frolic goes, I was caught up until yesterday.  Now that my machine will be back (today) I can work on yesterday's clues.  I don't have pictures of my finished Clue 1 & 2 but here are pictures of the pieces I needed to make those clues.  I'm trying to do mine in Fall colors.  It will be dark (not a lot o...

Our guild has an annual challenge and this year the challenge theme was 'Shoes".  We were also given a piece of chalk and we had to use that color in our quilt.  My chalk was yellow.  There were some size requirements as well.  This is what I came up with. The machine embroidery design is from Designs by JuJu and it is her Fancy Footwear Filled pack.  The border fabric was something I found on a shop hop and was just the perfect piece for the shoes.  The challenge isn't due until August so I'm ahead of the game! The guild also has an annual mystery.  I participated again this year.  This too isn't due until August.  I machine quilted with an all over feather and a feather border.  I wasn't sure I'd like it when I was making the monthly components, but once it was done, I kind of like it. And remember this quilt that I finished all those 9-patches and I ended up with a bunch of extra plus some extra fabrics?  Well wit...

My friendship group has an annual challenge.  It's not a requirement to participate.  This year the people who signed up exchanged 20 Flying Geese blocks to each person who signed up.  There were 10 of us.  We had to have the geese done in the Spring when we met and then we have until our Christmas party to put the quilt together.  We had our Christmas party this past Saturday.  Here is my quilt.    See all those 2" squares in the border (finished at 1.5")?  I thought for sure my shoebox filled with those squares would be empty after I finished.  But it didn't even make a dent.  Anna's Challenge.  She says she hates this quilt and is giving it away! Barb S Quilt - she has some wonderful quilting opportunities here.  She's still deciding if she wants to add another row  Debbie was able to use some big UFO blocks using her Garden Girls. Diane had good intentions.  She has her blocks done...

I took a long trip in early November to the great state of Texas.  The first part of my trip was to visit my sister who just moved to New Braunfels.  She took me all over that part of Texas.  We went to San Antonio, Austin, and all points in between.  I had great barbecue at the Salt Lick. Also went to a Cracker Barrel (not that impressed this time) and she took me to a Buc-ee's gas station.  WOW! We took a tour of the Alamo.  No pictures taken but learned a lot about Texas history there. San Jose Mission This is called the Rose Window at the mission. Brenda and I in one of the cells or rooms. We went to Austin to have dinner with my nephew but before we saw him we took a tour of the State Capital Building.  I highly recommend this tour.  Learned a whole lot more about Texas and the people from Texas. She took me around New Braunfels.  We went to some outdoor market I think in a town called Wimberly.  We had...