getting better

Well, I have spent the afternoon trying to figure out if I can make new sheets for the bed. I have lots of fabric and it is cut to 102" by 120" I have no idea what the measurements of my queen size bed are. I don't have any other sheets and I want to change the ones on this bed ASAP since I have been so sick. I was in the process of making table cloths for my daughters wedding reception when I realized it was costing me 30.$ a table and renting was only gonna cost 13$. So the fabric is here and cut I know I have equipment to do the job if the fabric is big enough. I am going to wash all the quilts and sheets and if we have to wait to go to bed we will. I can't let my DH get this flu if he hasn't gotten it yet.

Got the Flu

Well, I have the flu and I am beginning to feel better but still have such a headache. I won't bother you with my pain but wanted to let you know I am still around just sick. I hope to be back with the promised instructions in a few days. Happy Quilting!!

Little Star Quilts 2009 New Beginings

Well, I have made the decision that I will make this a priority for this year. I have so many projects I am working on and many more I would love to do, so writing about them should be part of my daily activities. I bought a new book today and a calendar for the year. I love to have pictures of beautiful quilts on my walls all year. The book will most likely be the text book for a club I lead. I have been creating items for them to make every month and it has gotten so hard to do, so I believe I will give them a quilt to shoot for instead. If you happen to live in the Austin TX area let me know and I will give you more information on how to find my classes.
I have not forgotten that we have not put a binding on our quilt. I just haven't gotten around to writing the directions for you yet. I have the photos completed though so I will give that my attention in the next few days. I have to go visit a friend who has been in the hospital so it may not be tomorrow. She is home and expecting to be a new grandmother any day now. So I will go visit her and take the gift I made for the new mom and baby.
The quilt I am working on this week is one I designed on the software at work. This is a embroidery soft ware, but it is a quilting part of it. This is a black and white quilt, since the world seems to think black and white is not the way life is. The girl I am making it for is in school to be a missionary. She will be leaving for Africa in the Summer and I would like to have it completed for her before she leaves.
I also am still working on the quilts from the dead guys clothes. I have two tops completed and ready to quilt. I have the third one started and completely cut out. I have the plan for the last one and part of it is cut as well. I am able to cut parts of the last one as I do the third one. Then I will take the left over pieces and make as many baby quilts as I can. I have another one that is almost completed, I need to finish. I have it over three quarters quilted.
Well, I must go for tonight, hope you have a new quilt in your head to keep you busy over the next few days. Happy Quilting.

Photos finally

Well, I have finally gotten the photos added to the computer and I can add them to the site. I will need to go back and read to see what instructions I need to give to help you with your quilt. Hopefully after this you will be able to let your friends know about this blog and they can come here and use the lessons already posted. I am in the process of teaching this class right now at the store I work for. I teach it about once a quarter and it isn't free. The students sometimes decide to add to it and make it larger instead of a wall hanging. That is great, I love it that they want to do that. I suggest adding a second border either the same size as the one you have already or larger. If you decide you want to make it larger before you add the first border you can use three borders and make the first one a small two inch or less border. The second border would then be a three or four inch border with the final border being five or six inch border. There are other options that could also include adding a center block different from the one we have learned in this class.
Now I will add some photo's and post some directions that go along with them.

Today we are looking at the final touches of our quilt I have added a border that is one inch
larger than the first border. I mitered the corners on both borders. I have shown you a picture of the quilt as it
looked before I started quilting it. I have also shown a couple of examples of my quilting. One is a correctly quilted star and the other is a incorrectly quilted square.
I will be giving directions on mitering and machine quilting next time.
Tennye

Been Sick

Well, I am still not adding to the lessons and I am truly sorry for those who are working on the quilt. I have the pictures on the computer and I will be adding them in a short time, but I have been sick and my boss has been out of town and one of the girls I work with has also been sick. Therefore I have not had time or felt like doing any thing extra for the blog this week. I do apologize and I will get back to it very soon. I have to work tomorrow, even though I hate to work on Sundays. The boss will be back in a few days and my co-worker has said she would like to start to come back in at least 3 or 4 hours this week. We will do what ever we can to help her get back to work and not have a relapse.
I will look forward to getting back to you all next week. I completed a block of the month today and I made a cute quilted Kleenex holder today. I have made lots of coffee sleeves that I have no idea where I will sell them. I am having fun making them though. Talk to all of you soon.
Tennye

If you are new Welcome

If you are new to the site I would like to welcome you. I am currently working on a learning to quilt project and it was not working out as I had planned so I have had to do some regrouping. I will be adding a new posting in the next few days with pictures. I am going out of town Friday and won't be back until early Mon. morning so it is possible that these things won't happen until next week.
I have much to do between now and leaving town. I am also taking my sleeve project to a craft fair on next Wed. so I will need to have it completed before then. Lots to do so I had better get off and get busy. I will get back as soon as I can.
Tennye ;)

Well, if anyone has tried to follow my lessons I am truly sorry. I just quit on the quilt and on you. I did last week get back to the quilt and forgot to make any pictures of the progress. I am at the quilting stage and will make some pictures tomorrow and post them. In the mean time I will try to do some writing and get you up to date as well. The quilt did not turn out as large as I wanted it to so I had to figure out what I wanted to do to make it larger. Then I had to go off and find the fabric to do it with. I am excited with the results so I hope you will like them too. I promise to be back on soon.
Tennye