Wall hanging project

I received my Rust Autumn Harvest Wreath Quilt wall hanging kit yesterday! Since I put the concrete floors in the sewing room and repainted, I needed something to decorate the walls. As you can see from the picture of the project it will look really nice against the gold of the room.

Here are the fabrics in the kit and I bought the Floral Trellis Tonal for the backing fabric as well. There is some applique involved which is the wreath, I've never tackled that so this will be a learning experience!

The kit list the fabrics as Golden Vines, Rust Wheat Stripe, Brown Packed Ditsy, Rust Focal Wheat, Rose Packed Ditsy, Sage Packed Leaves and Rust Ditsy. Don't you just love the names of fabric! I purchased the kit from Connecting Threads on sale for $19. When finished it will be 36 1/2" square.

I have several other projects that need to be finished before I can start on this but will post the progress once I get started.

Quilt shop in San Diego

I've just returned from my 4 days in San Diego with my Sister. We had a wonderful time doing all the usual tourist things. We both decided that we WILL lose some weight before next trip. Our feet and legs were killing us from all the walking we did.

I did get to visit a quilt shop called Rosies Calico Cupboard....and I have to say, I've never seem so many bolts of quilting fabric in one spot in my life!!!! It was referred to me by someone in my Bernina group online site.

I only purchased 1 piece - a creamy gold paisley to go with my other paisley collection for my quilt as you go quilt. Almost there! I know, all that fabric and you only bought 1 piece! I was having stomach issues that afternoon and just couldn't get into looking through it all. My Sister did buy 2 pieces so that I could make her a nightshirt. Another project to add to my list!

Sewing room

Here are the pictures of my sewing room. We just finished refinishing the floors with stained concrete. I had burber carpet here for 10 years and my Jack Russell Terrier aka Hunter became really sick and needless to say, I had to rip the carpeting up! This works better for a sewing room anyway. I still have to make a new window topper and I do have the gold paisley (of course!) fabric, just not the time to make it yet. I'm leaving for San Diego on Thursday morning and will not return until Monday evening, so no sewing for me for a week or so.

Projects

I went to Hobby Lobby Thursday on my lunch hour to use my gift card that my son gave me for Mother's Day and I found 5 pieces of fabric on sale that I had to have. I decided to make pillowcase dresses for a friend of mine's granddaughter's first birthday. Of course this was NOT part on my list of projects already started! I also bought 2 pieces to go with my never ending "paisley" infatuation for a quilt as you go project. I keep gathering fabrics for this project with no beginning date set. I have to decide on the pattern I will use so that I can finish buying the stash. I still have money left on my giftcard so I can return for more to add to my stash!


I did go straight home after work and cut all 5 dresses out and finished them all this morning.

Project List as of today

• princess seamed dress for sister (still in the muslin fitting stage)


• paisley quilt as you go quilt


• embroidered sewing motif clock for sewing room


• Continue to organize sewing room


• baby blankets for son's friends baby - born this week 2 weeks early!


• Quillow for my Mother's birthday in September


• Curling Iron holder


• Embroider luggage tags