Vintage Sheet turned Quilt

I asked my mom awhile back if she had any of my childhood sheets left. She kinda looked at me funny. She said "they were girly, E won't like them". I said "they are not for E". She was really confused then. Then it clicked with her, "you are going to make something". After all these years she still had my favorite childhood sheet set. It was pretty worn out. However, I was able to save some of it. Here's what I've cut so far to start a quilt with. It's pretty thin, so I'm not sure it will be able to take machine quilting. Maybe, just maybe this will be my first hand quilting quilt. We'll see.

I even saved the top and bottom trip of the sheet. It's double layers thick. This would make a good border.

So cute............

Now you see why it was my favorite. I'm going to trim each block in the same color of blue that's on the block. I managed to get 15 blocks from this twin flat sheet.

Stayed tuned for my progress on this.

Patriotic For my Secret Pal

I will gift this to my secret pal from church. (which happens to be my mom, how lucky am I) I like the way the blocks all turned out. However, I'm not certain I like the way I quilted this. I can do better. I used red, white and blue thread throughout. She'll love it. The fact that it's handmade and made by me. She couldn't be happier. Well, unless E made it. That would make her happier. A good friend gave me this pattern as she had made it and was done with the pattern. I had a bit of trouble following the pattern and I think mine is bigger than it should be. But, it's all good.

This is the back....duhhhh as if you didn't know. Kinda cute, I had some problems with the red thread. I even changed the bobbin and a different spool of thread and still had some stitching problems. Then as soon as I took the red out, it was fine. Picky machine.....

Never mind the writing on the pictures. I'm playing in Photo shop to mark all my pictures in this sort of way. I like the writing on the back best. Just a quick name, name of quilt and date. I have a huge file on the computer of pictures of everything I've made. I would like to import them all into a photo album of some sorts.

Do you take pictures of everything you complete? How do you keep them?

Ugly Quilt Contest-TJ's Wild & Wacky

I'm even embarrassed to say, I have an ugly quilt AND entered it into a contest. Go here and read all about it. It's hosted by Michelle @ Quilting Gallery. Read others stories and check out their "ugly" quilts. Some of them I don't think are ugly at all. Of all the talent I've seen out there of my blogging buddies, I'd bet not many of you have an ugly quilt. Let me know if you do. I'd love to see for myself.

Once you click on the link, all contestants are listed and you'll see "Tonya's Sewing Room" and then you'll see the name of the quilt "TJ's Wild & Wacky".

Looky what I won...

from Ranette's Daily Stitches.....(she loves Red). I love these Moda Bake Shop Rolls. I actually looked at purchasing some of these while on vacation and didn't. Now I'm glad I didn't. I almost missed out on this win. Her or I one was having some email problems. And my good buddy Pat emailed Ranette to let her know I was on vacation and would certainly be in touch with her soon. Woohoo.......I'm so glad I did not miss out on this win. Go over and check out Ranette's blog. She's has a great red and white quilt top going on right now. Look at that cute "quilt" card. I love it! I showed the hubs the quilt card and he was like..........oh my, it even comes in cards. lol

PS. The interview went very well. This would be a great small company to work for. She will do call backs for a second interview the week after July 4th. *sigh* Thanks for everyone's thoughts are prayers. You all really are the best!

Wish me Luck!

Kind of a silly post. But, I need all the luck and prayers I can get. I was laid off from my accounting job last June. So, it's been a year! I've applied to numerous jobs and this week I got the first call and landed my first interview today at 9am. It's with a local accounting firm. I've got my fingers, toes and hair crossed for this. Wish me luck!

Celebrate America Door Hanger

Well, I made it a door hanger. I guess it could hang anywhere. This is another wonderful Green Fairy Quilts Design. I love her designs. The turtle quilt I'm working on is also one of her designs. This was my first attempt at applique. I actually liked it. It was alot of work. However, I'm sure like all things, with practice I would get faster. So, here ya go. Enjoy! Since I have a glass door as well, I hung this on my front door. And the front of my house is always shady (cause of the mountain) therefore the sun won't fade it. It's just in time for July 4th.

In The Good Ole' Summer Time Mini Quilt Swap

I enjoyed the Spring Mini Quilt swap so much that I've joined another one. It's the "In the Good Ole' Summer Time Mini Quilt Swap". Head on over the the Quilting Gallery and check this out. Get registered.