Geese Crossing is done...Hallelujah!!!

This past Saturday, I started quilting Geese Crossing. I got it about 3/4 done, but was sick, so slept the rest of the day away. Today, I got it finished up and the binding machine stitched on. This has been a full year sitting and waiting to be quilted and finished up! What a sense of relief and accomplishment it is to have it done!! It really was nowhere near as bad as I thought it would be to quilt it. Tonight I will get the binding hand stitched on and a hanging sleeve put on it. The quilt store that wants me to teach this quilt at would like to hang the quilt asap. I still am undecided about whether I will teach this class or not. Not going to think about that tonight. I am just going to enjoy this finish! Hannah took some pics of it for me, so here are a few:

Now to write up the directions for it in case I do teach it. Oh..and of course, more projects to finish up!!

Windy!

We are having some major wind here in western NY....45 MPH with gusts of 60+ MPH. Compared to the rest of the country, though, I am not complaining!! I am sick....AGAIN. Just a cold, but I am miserable. I have never been as sick as I have been this winter. I do have TONS to get done, so I am popping cold medicine and hunkering down. I figured if I at least start something, it will at least be SOME progress! I am taking the bull by the horns and quilting Geese Crossing. I have put this off for a full year because it's size and weight intimidated me! Here it is squished under my machine:

Did anyone notice where I started quilting this? That is one of my dirty little secrets. I NEVER start quilting in the center of the quilt and work out. That just doesn't feel right to me and doesn't work for me. I always start on the bottom center.I go straight up the center, usually quilting about a third of the quilt and then start at the bottom again and do one side and then the last side. I have never had an issue with doing it this way. What about you? What do you do that you know is "wrong" but works for you? Now off to try to do some more quilting before I need to nap.

What a tangled web we weave.....

.....when we don't close our safety pins BEFORE we put them in our storage jar! LOL

Mystery #23, Jacob's Ladder quilt top is done!

Today I got the top all sewn together and the borders on the Jacob's Ladder quilt. I just love how this one turned out! It is 65" x 77". Nice size! I finished it up just in time, too. I believe there is another mystery starting next week! If you are interested in a great mystery quilt, just click on the Mysteries for Relay link on the side of my blog. Marge has never disappointed me yet with her mysteries!! I would love to say I was going to have this quilted up right away, but I have 2 other tops that are next in line for quilting. I really need to get going on those so I can have a few more finishes! Now, off to bath, book and bed. Night all!!

Snowballs are done

Today I got the Snowballs in Spring top all sandwiched and quilted. I even managed to get the binding machine stitched on, but still have to handsew it onto the back. I really like how this one turned out. Wish I could have gotten a better picture, but it was raining/sleeting out and the light wasn't very good. I think that is the only thing I like better about the warm weather....better photo ops! Oh well. Here it is:

It really screams "spring" to me. It is going to be a great reminder for me of all my wonderful Cobbled Court Quilt Circle friends. Thanks, ladies, for all the wonderful blocks!! Now...onto the next UFO!!