To do before 2011

I am a part of the Row10 quilting bee on Flickr. I am so late finishing up my last row :(
LauraJay has been more than patient with me, and now I really need to get this done! I am not very happy with my free-piecing these days, so everything takes me a very long time :(

But yesterday, after my family left and I had cleaned our apartment a little, I sat down to sew. I wish I could tell you that it was easy-peasy - but no!
I am still not happy woith how it turns out. But now I am thinking I'll do it, and I'll do my best and then LJ will have her row - and it will "only" be 6 months late *shame*

I also want to make some fabric grocery bags before Miss V goes back to school January 3rd. We never gave her teacher a present, because Miss V had pneumonia most of December and didn't get to go to school. Boo.
Last night when the kids were having their baths I managed to cut 3 grocery bags while watching them! Yay!

Miss V has claimed one for herself (mom.....I need it when I go grocery shopping with dad!) and one for her teacher. The last one will be a special present for a friend of mine! Cutting them is the part that takes time, sewing them is much more fun.
After finishing these 2 projects, I can start looking at what I want to sew in 2011.

Row10 August (!)

Yep. I am that late! Actually it's worse, because I started with September when finishing these rows....that was Lucindas row, now I have finished Anitas row which was meant to go out in August.
I like how it turned out, she requested red/grey and a (good) 4-letter word.
I chose READ

 

It is meant to be horizantal, but this was the only way I could get a decent picture of the whole thing. 

The row is app. 10'' x 60''

Next up is LauraJays row...it was meant to be finished in July....*shame*

Bee Row done!

This evening I set up my sewing machine at our dining room table. My parents are visiting, and they are sleeping in my sewing room....so I had to "move out" if I wanted to sew. And I did.

I am hopelessly behind in my Row10 group, and that makes me feel really bad! So...I pulled some fabrics, wanting to finish the row I had started for Lu.

 

I am not used to the colorscheme Lu chose, she wanted square-in-square in sherbert colors. I love working with these colors!!

 

I am sorry the pictures are not very good, it's close to midnight here, and the camera on my cell doesn't have a very powerful flash.

But you can still get an idea of the row.

 

I really like the yellow print with the birds. I hope it is not too bright for the sherbert quilt!

 

I am so happy to have this done, and I am also really happy with how it turned out. 

Tomorrow I am planning to make a signature block for Lu to put in (on?) the backing, and then this is on its way to a new home in a collaborative quilt ;)

 

I know this last photo is very strange looking, my only excuse is, that fitting a 60'' row into one picture is not easy!

A little sewing

I am so behind in my Row10 online quilting bee :/ No fun, these women are my dear friends, and I hate being late sewing their rows.
My parents took me and the kids to an awesome fabric store yesterday. And I had the best time picking out these prints for Lucindas row

 

Lu asked for sherbert colors, and I didn't really have any in my stash. Now that I have these, I see that not having worked with this colorscheme before is a great mistake! I love these colors!

I managed to sew 2 blocks last night, then I had to stop because I was using my moms machine and it is in my parents' bedroom. 

I can't wait to get back home so I can make some more!!
These are so much fun! The colors are fab and the square in square pattern is showing off the prints in such a nice way.