One Project A Month Finish

My only completed (pieced, quilted, and bound) finish for June is this Button-Up wallhanging designed by Joined at the Hip.  I'm entering this in the "One Project a Month" with Peg at Happy in Quilting.  

I love seasonal wallhangings and quilts.  There are 12 wallhangings in this series.  I have March, June, July, and October completed.  November's top is finished.  I have January's cut and ready to piece.  August is on my cutting table. 

Maybe I should work on December's for Christmas in July!  

Have a great day!  

Amanda

Scrap Basket Sunday

I am linking this post to Kim.  Please be sure to visit Kim and all of the other Scrap Basket Sunday participants.  

It  wasn't my intention when I started to blog, again, that I only posted on Scrap Basket Sundays!  I have been a busy little quilter getting a quilting  class together, and I have been out of town teaching classes for a quilting club in Illinois.  

My Scrap Basket Sunday project features a class that I hope to be teaching at a quilters retreat called Runaway Quilters.  It depends on whether or not people sign up for my class as to whether or not I will be teaching.  Registration closes soon (it has to be postmarked on July 1).   Either way, it's one more fall themed quilt to add to my collection!  

The quilt is called "Feels Like Fall".  It is designed by the Joined at the Hip girls, and was featured on the cover of American Patchwork and Quilting, October 2008 issue.

This quilt consists of scraps from my collection as well as scraps from Avis and Tammy's (the joined at the hip girls).  How fun is that?  I used a few homespuns and Civil War fabrics  from their stash,  and added in some of my Civil War scraps.  The darker pumpkins came from my stash.

Tonight I will be sewing the back together so that I can take it to Terry (bff with a long arm quilting machine) for her to quilt for me.  As always, she will do her "magic" and make it even more beautiful.

I'm still busy unpacking my bags from my teaching trip.  It's such a rewarding experience to share the love of quilting with others.

Take care!

Amanda 

Edited:  I previously stated that this quilt could be found in the October 2008 issue of Fons and Porters Love of Quilting Magazine.  My apologies for the confusion if you were looking for it.

Scrap Basket Sunday

Happy Sunday!  It's a beautiful day here in KY, especially after having rainy weather all weekend.  Thankfully, the storms weren't as strong as what our weather forecasters were predicting.  My thoughts and prayers are with those who were affected by tornadoes, again, in Oklahoma, and in Missouri, as well, and it continues today in the northeast.

It's another Scrap Basket Sunday!   

I'm linking up with Kim and the rest of the creative Scrap Basket Sunday quilters.  I look forward to seeing what everyone has done with their scraps this  week.  

I worked on my June Button-Up wall-hanging, in between shopping with my grand daughter, working in my flower beds, and painting my picket fence around my little garden.  Although I don't like strong storms and all that it can bring with it, I do welcome a nice rain that helps  saves me time from having to go out and water twice a day; that leaves me a little more time to sew! 

I really like the way this is turning out.  I love that I was able to find pinks in my scrap baskets to use for the hollyhocks.  The pink and brown stripe was just sitting on my shelf; leftover from using it as a back of a graduation quilt I made a couple of years ago.  I bought the little check for the background, a couple of years ago, because I needed something with small checks to give texture and interest to whatever I was making.  For this wall-hanging I couldn't decide if I wanted the check or a blue (for sky), but I'm glad I chose the check because it looks like a great day with a little bit of cloud coverage.

This week I will spend time appliqueing everything.  It is June, afterall, and I need to get this quilted fast.  I plan to use the appliqueing as my quilting (I layer everything, and applique as it quilts it at the same time.   It's sort of a two-fer.) with a little bit of quilting in the open spaces.

My soil may not can grow Hollyhocks, but it can grow Sunflowers.  The ground is nice and wet; perfect for planting seeds (and pulling weeds).  

Have a great day!  

Amanda  

Be sure to look at the quilt I finished in May and posted in my One Project a Month. You can see it here.   It's perfect for scrap quilts.