UPDATE - MAY 15, 2009

Not much to update this week. A few of the ladies were out this week and the weather was terrible so the others decided to take a break. Hopefully they're sewing away at home and making beautiful things. I know Kathy and Vickie will be out next week as well but I'm on vacation all week so hopefully I'll have a chance to get a couple of the faith quilts I have ready quilted and bound so I can post the pictures here.

If anyone decides to start a blog for their personal quilts or creations I'll post a link here. Check out my personal blog to see what's going on with me outside the Faithquilters group.

WEEKLY UPDATE

Sorry ladies we missed last night but was mom's 66th birthday so we took her to dinner. Vickie and Joed were kind enough to join us so it was like a little party. She had a nice time and was good for her to get out of the house.

Well ladies I'm waiting for new pictures to post. I have a floral coming but it still needs to be quilted and the binding done before it's ready. After that I'll finish the bento box comfort quilt between working on a couple I need to quilt. Tell me what you're working on.

Quilterblogs.com

Hi ladies,

I found a new site I think you'll all love. As you have time check out Quilterblogs.com. it's got more quilt blogs that you could read in a year. I only looked at a couple and they were amazing.

Check out their site.

Vicky's #3 for 2009 - Mystery Quilt

Here is #3 for 2009. Look familar? It's the same fabric from my #1 quilt.

I purchased for a mystery quilt I never finished so I'm cutting it into blocks and adding borders. Nothing amazing but they sure are colorful and it allows me to use up what was already started. The colors are certainly cheery and it'll go to the Senior Orphan donations for Christmas 09.

You'll note #1 had green borders - this one is really bright with the orange borders.

I'm just adding comfort quilts to this blog. Check out my personal blog for other quilts that are getting finished.

Vicky 2009 Number 2 - Disappearing Nine Patch

Here is my second comfort quilt for 2009. You'll also see on my bolg under "No Buy #1". The pattern is called Disappearing Nine Patch". I've seen it done mostly scrappy but I really wanted something different as I'm not scrappy look crazy. I might have chosen different borders but I'm on a no buy plan starting 4/1/09 so I used what I had on hand. Luckily I had extra of the light color so I had something that matched. The back is solid black.

It's a beginner pattern but one I've wanted to try for sometime. Now I can say I did.

GROUP UPDATE

The ladies got together this past Saturday to practice free-motion quilting. I don't think is was quite as simple as they were expecting but I think everyone really worked hard at practicing and trying to find a groove. It also allowed them time away from the phones, family, etc to see if this is part of the quilt process they'll be interested in.

I know many quilters that never quilt one. They are interested in the color choices and making the tops themselves and then moving on to the next one. So some will be interested and some will not. If you are then you'll become good at it. It's my favorite part. I like nothing better than the quilting to as to me it adds the finishing touches.

Have a blessed week.
Vicky

Newest Combined Effort

Here's a quilt I started last year and just wasn't happy with the results. I wanted to work with the black/white/red celtic designs but just couldn't get enough of the fabrics. I added others and just couldn't get it where I wanted it. Kathy liked it so she offered to add some borders and quilt it. In the end the combinded work came out really nice and we gave us one more for the comfort quilt stash.