Saturday, January 23, 2016

Many projects.........

I couldn't decide what I wanted to work on yesterday so I started basting this quilt and am about half done.  I have another already basted.   I never fold the quilt after I baste it so I need to start quilting on one of them soon.
Last night I was ready to sew while I watched TV so I sewed the 16 blocks for one of the Stack and Slash quilts.





Then I sewed a bunch of the spiky pieces for the medallion quilt.  All of these need pressing and then they will be trimmed to the right size.




After Christmas I bought an Amaryllis that was marked down to $3.  The blooms on the first stalk are opening and the second stalk continues to get taller.  This is the only bloom in the house right now.  I have several large buds on 2 cacti so they should be blooming in a few days.

14 comments:

Nann said...

Our amaryllis bulb grew huge leaves but no flower. I like the star/16-patch -- great border fabric!

Karen - Quilts...etc. said...

I have two amaryllis one is short the other tall and both had two stalks of flowers on them, and huge! much better than I have had before and I bought them maybe a week before Xmas on a mark down - so pretty love them

Gene Black said...

This is a potentially "silly" question - but I don't know a lot about longarm machines, so I am asking it.

Do you basted the quilt to quilt it on a longarm? I know with some models you don't - but again, I don't know that much about them.

OR are you going to quilt this on the domestic machine?

Linda Swanekamp said...

I love the bright colors of the squares. I love the color of the spikes, Such juicy color makes me feel so much better.

Quiltdivajulie said...

Your colorful post is a treat for the eyes and soul -- thank you!!

Needled Mom said...

Lots of fun projects to keep you busy, Wanda!

I love the bloom! I am always amazed at how quickly those spikes grow. You can almost watch them growing.

Anonymous said...

Love the quilt you are basting! Cannot wait to see it all finished!
Sandra B
scb304@juno.com

Mary said...

You certainly have a variety of projects going and they are all lovely.

Lisa C said...

How do you decide what you will quilt on your long arm and what you will quilt on your domestic machine? If I never had to baste again I wouldn't!

Mystic Quilter said...

Beauty of a quilt that's in the middle of being basted, I look forward to seeing how you quilt this one.
The aboriginal dot fabric you're using with the spikes is perfect I think, I have this fabric in a few colour ways, great as a background.

Linda said...

I love the colours!

Maggie said...

Beautiful quilt! X

Charlotte said...

Always enjoy your posts (colors & quilts)! Thanks for sharing!!

Purple Pam said...

I like that star quilt, especially the borders.