Qubee Quilts

The 3/50 Project Click on the link above and find out what this is all about. This is a great project!! Please support your local independently owned shops! What independently owned shop would you miss if it were to close? Please post a comment telling me why you would miss this local shop. I will draw one person to randomly win a great quilting related gift. Guess what independently owned shop I would miss and the first person to get it right will also win a quilting related gift. Prize to be drawn January 10th 2010

The holidays are coming to a close and a new year is dawning. What do you have planned for the coming year? For me it's just simple things. I hope to get my quilt room clean, get more quilting done (pieced and quilted) and spend more time with my BH. This January will be five years since I met him and in our life that is a milestone, but more on that in another post. Santa did not bring me a camera for Christmas, but that is o.k. I still have a few gifts coming. With all the snow that we got here in the Midwest on Christmas day and me having to work, I was not able to celebrate with my parents. I hope to get to see them this weekend. The short of it is, I should have a camera in a couple of weeks. Yeah, look for lots of pictures to come. Ha ve you seen the one seam flying geese yet? If not, then head over to the Qu ilt S how.com and check it out. I want to make some geese now, but should I really start a new project? I think I should start/finish the others that I alre...

I remember my first Christmas adventure with Grandma. I was just a kid. I remember tearing across town on my bike to visit her on the day my big sister dropped the bomb: "There is no Santa Claus," she jeered. " Even dummies know that!" My Grandma was not the gushy kind, never had been. I fled to her that day because I knew she would be straight with me. I knew Grandma always told the truth, and I knew that the truth always went down a whole lot easier when swallowed with one of her world-famous cinnamon buns. I knew they were world-famous, because Grandma said so. It had to be true. Grandma was home, and the buns were still warm. Between bites, I told her everything. She was ready for me. "No Santa Claus!" she snorted. "Ridiculous! Don't believe it. That rumour has been going around for years, and it makes me mad, plain mad. Now, put on your coat, and let's go." "Go? Go where, Grandma?" I as...

Who knew that sewing a straight line would be so hard. I am using the stitch guide (the little metal arm) that came with my walking foot (even feed foot) and I still have trouble with straight lines. I'm thinking my problem might be that I am sewing way too fast. I need to slow down. I need to put the sewing machine on a slower speed and that way I can't go any faster, plus that would help me stay on the straight and narrow patch per say. I'm also finding that if I don't have it lined up at a 45 degree angle when I start I also get off course. Next time I get a hair up my butt and want to try some cross hatching I will try the blue painters tape. I could off set the tape just a bit from where I want to stitch and follow it with the edge of the walking foot. This way I have no chance of stitching into the tape. Tape that has been stitched into is very hard to get off ones quilt. I'm looking into a new camera. I'm thinking I might go with the Nikon 12...

I have the Christmas spirit in my heart and mind. I just spent the most amazing Sunday with my BH. We went to brunch and the did some shopping then went and saw Avatar then more shopping and dinner. Avatar is the type of move that is very thought provoking. It was brilliantly filmed and if this is how films will look in the future then I'm all for it. You must see this in 3D. The 3D felt incredibly natural and not too showy as it has on other films. I got so wrapped up in this film. I want to go and see it again, but this time in 3D IMAX. The table runner is done. Just need to put some binding on it. Pictures to follow later once I have a camera. I did cross hatching for the quilting. How does one keep their lines straight? I found it very hard. I did draw my lines on, but it was still hard to follow. There has to be another way. Maybe cross hatching is not for me. I know next time I will do a serpentine line and it will not matter if the line is straight. I think...

Busy, busy, busy. Not much time for quilting with the Christmas in full swing. The tree is up and decorated, holiday party this Friday, shopping in full swing (not done yet), candy made and cookies baked, and sewing machine are flying out the door. I am making a super cute quick and easy table runner just so I can feel like I'm getting something done. Oh yeah, my camera stopped working and need a new one. Maybe Santa will being me one.

Happy Thanksgiving I have over 100 quilting blogs that I like to read. Thank God most of them don't update on a daily basis or I would never get anything else done! I do find when I miss a few days of checking them, it takes me a bit longer to get this job done, and because of this I find I really don't read the blogs, but look at the pictures. I only post comments when it's something important. I know I should post once in a while to let them know I was there, but hey, I like to be a lurker. These are a few of my favorites: Flat Out Quilting Quilt Dad The ManQuilter I'm Just A Guy Who Quilts LaVieEnRosie Simplify What are some of your favorite blogs to read? P.S. Love quilt blogs done by men. Us guys have to stick together. There is not many of us out there.

I'm in love with Elphaba from Wicked. Went and saw the show and it was just amazing. A few tears might have come from my eyes in the last half of the show. It just goes to show you that I too have a heart. Highlight of the show was of course Defying Gravity, For Good, and the finale when Fiyero and Elphaba embrace.. Such true love. Just thinking about this has brought a tear to my eye. If Wicked come with in a 100 miles of where you live you must go and see it. We spend time looking for just the right quilt pattern then go and shop for fabric to make this pattern come to life. We spend hours placing it together, but then get tired of it for one reason or another. I have done this on more than one occasion. I have just a few quilts that are half finished in bags stashed around the quilt room. I stopped and asked myself why we do this and I think it's because for some patterns, I'm just tired of it from making the same thing over and over. I know it will be grea...

I was driving home last night and wanted to hear some good showtunes. Nothing better than singing to your favorite songs in the car and having the car next to you look at you funny. So I woke up today and jumped right on i Tunes and made a show tunes list. I have my top 30 on there now. I need to come up with some more. Anyone care to help me out with with a few of the favorites? Why do I want to make this list? I don't think it has anything to do with the fact that I'm going to see Wicked this Wednesday night. I think it has more to do with the fact that I love to sing showtunes and I don't have any in the car. Maybe this is the gayest thing, but I think there should be a Showtunes Hero . You know like Guitar Hero, but using show tunes. Who knows, it might be a big hit. I got my issue of Quilter's World and saw this on the cover and decided I needed to make myself one. It was very easy and took no time at all. I used what fabric I had from my stash. ...

Welcome to the fist day of November and just think Christmas will be here before you know it. In fact 53 days, but who's counting. I know it's been way to long since I have done a post and I'm sorry, but I've been busy with work. If you're a Facebook friend then you know I've been selling lots of sewing machines. I had a great Saturday. I sold six machines. That was a lot of fun. I wish I could do that everyday. I've got a lot of projects that I would like to get done before Christmas. It's Under the Tree by Holly Berry Collection. There are 12 different blocks that make up this cute wall hanging for a total of 468,000 stitches. This might take awhile, but when you have 10 hour days that you need to kill it's all water under the bridge. I'm going to use corduroy as my outside border. The pattern calls for 1/4" black ribbon for the sashing and I'm going to use a fancy trim foot with a 3.0 twin needle to make quick work of th...

I think that I have the answer to this question. It's because I have taken a short cut in making the quilt. It didn't turn out to be the best short cut I've ever done. You might remember this project from some time ago. You would be so proud of me. I squared up all my blocks before I sewed the sashing on. For those of you that have been around for awhile know that I don't like to do this. I'm the type of person that like to cut once and make it fit. Always worked till a few quilts ago, but this time I thought I could get by without cutting the extra fabric off of my cheddar square, but boy was I wrong. It really made some bulk in my patchwork. When they tell you to sew it on and cut the extra there is a reason. It's made it hard to match up my seams and it does not want to iron as flat as I would like. Ya, there's two extra layers there. When I run my hands over the block I can really feel the seams. I'm not taking 72 blocks apart just to redo...

I'm still working on the flying geese. I had to wait a few days to get the background fabric and it just showed up last Wednesday . I spent some time cutting a yard and a half into 2 1/2" squares. Now to sew them all. When it's all said and done I'll have 336 flying geese. I'll let you know once I have the geese done if I think they're still cool. Maybe I am asking for it doing them this small. We will see. What kind of quilter are you? What colors do you gravitate to? I'm a traditionalist with a twist. I don't like to do things that I have seen done a hundred times before. Most of the time I come up with my own patterns. I know this may sound bad, but I like to look at a pattern and make it my own by changing a few things. I very rarely buy a pattern. Am I cheating people out of money by not buying their pattern? Maybe, but why spend money on something that I can just look at and know how to make. Yes, they have taken the time to come ...

Just checking in for a few minutes to let you know how things are going here in my part of this small world. As you can see from the picture I've been busy making some flying geese. They will be 2 x 4 once they're done. I'm using just one jelly roll, background fabric and sashing (the rust color fabric). I'll be making Dutchman Puzzle quilt blocks. I run out of the brown background fabric, and who knew that it would take a little over two yards for all these little geese. I was unable to find any at my local quilt shop so I had to order off the net. :-( I'm using the Dandelion Girl from Fig Tree Quilts from Moda. It seems to me that Moda is recycling their prints. Take a look at the new line Mill House from Fig Tree, then Dandelion Girl, and you will see some of the same prints in a different color. Not sure that I like this idea. Can they not come up with something new for us? Are we out of ideas or is it an "if it's not broke don't fix it...

Missouri Star Quilt Co are hosting a Jelly Roll Week, they are posting ideas and videos all week on great ways to use your Jelly Rolls. Not only are they inspiring us all, but they are having a Giveaway too! Yes, you too could be in with a chance to win a Jelly Roll, So get over there and have a look.

This is my 99th post, woot!!! In my last post I said I was going to make a fun wall hanging, but I have yet to start that. Instead I have taken an old jelly roll from Fig Tree Quilts called Dandelion Girl and am making 2x4 flying geese with it. What will I do with these geese once there done? I think this is the 64 thousand dollar question. I do have a few idea's, but I would like to see what you might come up with. I'm open for new idea's here. Post a comment and let me know. Here is what I have come up with: Keep in mind that I would like to use only the flying geese and not have to add other blocks or fabrics. Bottom line is I only want to use the jelly roll and the background fabric. Sashing and a border are o.k. Post a comment and you might just see your suggestion in a blog post.

It's been quiet here on the home front. Not a lot going on. Work, work, work, but you did not come here to hear about that. I've not started anything new yet and I've not even worked on the projects I have started. What have I been doing you ask? That's a good question. I don't even really know myself. Facebook is taking up some of my time. That darn Mafia Wars and Farmville. I need some black sheep if you're playing farmville. There is a new project that I want to start, but have not yet. I think it would be quick and easy, it's from Jacquie from Tallgrass Prairie Studio. It's a quilted tree skirt, but I think I'm going to make mine into a wall hanging with two of each block and use my left over fabric from Merry and Bright by Sandy Gervais for Moda. pictures from Tallgrass Prairie Studio.