Deana: Done!

I slipped in just under the gun for July this Stashbee block.  It is wonky stars and was more fun to make then I imagined.  I hope my hive momma likes it.

Yes, after working on it all week it is done!

Here is the back.

I have my next quilt basted and ready to get started on the quilting.  It will be a beauty!

I am linking up today with:

Design Wall Monday
Monday Making
Main Crush Monday
BOMs Away

Deana: Getting a little more done!

I have finally figured out how I want to quilt this one.  Sometimes deciding how to quilt something takes a lot of time.  I love all the open space to play with.  You can see that I am not even half done, but it is well on its way.

I am linking up today with:

Crazy Mom Quilts
Can I Get a Whoop Whoop
Fabric Frenzy Friday
TGIF

Deana: Mom's Gold and Black Quilt is DONE!

YAY!  I got it all quilted for her!  Isn't she a beauty?  I was so picky on this quilt because it is so pretty.  I didn't want to mess it up with the quilting.

This was also my first quilt done on my new sit down longarm - Juki.  Can I say I LOVE IT!  It is so much easier than trying to get a large quilt in the small space of my Bernina plus I will save years on my Bernina.

I used rulers for the first time ever on this project as well.  There would not have been enough space on my Bernina for those either.

Today I am linking up with:

Esther's WOW

WIPs on Wednesday at Freshly Pieced

Let's Bee Social
Needle and Thread Thursday

This is also my first finish for the 3rd Quarter Finish-Along.  I will be linking up there as well.  This project is item #1 on my 3rd Quarter List and you can find it listed at this link.

Deana's 2nd finish in 2014

I am so pleased to announce another finish this year!!  I finished quilting mom's blue and brown quilt.

I am linking up with Joanie's Trendy Quilts 2014 Bloom Project!  Yes, I am blooming with finishes this year (I hope). 

Deana's first finish this year!! Woot Woot!!

Not a WIP anymore!!!  Ok, so I actually have a finish for the year.  Below is a picture of Mom's Utah Quilt I just finished quilting and attaching the binding to.  She will hand bind it.  It feels so good to have one thing off my list!!

Each block has special reference to the state of Utah:

Kokopelli (left) is the little guy who represents all of the great Indian pictographs found all over the state but especially where I live.

Delicate Arch (right):  found at Arches National Park in Moab, Utah.  Eastern Utah is a wonderful place to enjoy beauties found no place in the world.  The red rocks are SO BEAUTIFUL!  I love them!

The Pick and Shovel block has reference to Utah's coal mining industry.  I live right in the heart of it in Emery and Carbon Counties.  This block has special meaning to me because my grandfather spent some time in his younger years in a coal mine.  He was buried in one and broke both his legs.  He is now 90 years old.  WAY TO GO, GRANDPA!

 The temple has religious reference.  We have temples all over the world where families can be sealed together for time and for all eternity.  The beautiful Salt Lake Temple and Temple Square are known throughout the world as the home of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.  They don't actually sing there, but they have performed at the old tabernacle and in the new Conference Center which are both located on Temple Square.

Utah is known as the Beehive State because the Mormons who settled here were such hard workers. 

The Sego Lilies are Utah's state flowers and the Seagull is the state bird.  The Seagull has special reference to a time when the seagulls saved the settlers lives.  They had undergone much persecution and hardship to come to the Salt Lake Valley.  The first winter here was one with little food.  As they grew crops in the summer, they began to be devoured by Mormon Crickets.  (I've seen them, they are ginormous and only come around every so many years.)  Anyway,  the saints prayed for their crops to be saved.  The seagulls appeared and ate up all the crickets.

 Utah is located in the heart of the Rocky Mountains.  They are so beautiful.  Home just would not be home without them.  My family loves to hunt, hike, ride horses, camp, fish, ride motorcycles, and ride mountain bikes in these beautiful mountains as well as on the desert in Eastern Utah.

 This last block is the most meaningful to me.  It represents the long, hard journey the Saints underwent to come to the Salt Lake Valley.  They were driven out of Nauvoo Illinois by an extermination order to come here across rivers and prairies with no roads or bridges.  Many buried loved ones and children on the way, but they were dedicated to their faith.  Some Saints even came by handcart.  Many of them actually left their homes in Europe, sailed the ocean, and then crossed the plains to Utah.

The wagon also has special meaning to me because my father is a horseman and owns several wagons and horses that can pull them.  As a family, we love to go for wagon rides and enjoy nature and a piece of history that is long past.

I linked up with WIP Wednesday even though it is no longer a WIP!!  I am number 200.

Deana's Projects: Machine Quilting for Mom

I am very anxious to get started on this beautiful quilt my mom made.  I hope to have it finished by the end of February because I am trying to quilt a top a month to get some UFO's finished up.

Update on Dorinda Mystery...

I wanted to post the progress quilts of our Dorinda Mystery project for 2011.
Mine is called the Quilted Barn.

Ann's is called Autumn Country.




Marie's is called Optical Illusions -- her latest block...

And the rest of her quilt...

Lyn's is called Small Town Winter.

And her latest block...

Below are two parts of Stephanie's forest.


Dorine's is called Birds.

And this block will be added soon.

Tracy's is called Country Traditions.



There are many others, but these are all Daughters of Dorinda who participated.  It has been so much fun to meet new quilters and enjoy a project together.

Lyn's Progress & Updates

I hope she doesn't mind if I post her beautiful progress.  Lyn finished the following quilts recently.  She ended up giving the hand quilted log cabin quilt away as a wedding gift and will soon be giving the beautiful hand quilted purple dahlia  as a wedding gift as well.

Her work is outstanding!

The log cabin quilt was made from fabrics given to her a few years ago by Deb B.  It is so pretty.

The puple quilt pattern was purchased from the Amish on a trip back East.  It is just so stunning and is so much prettier than the original one done in blues and creams.

Her hand quilting is my favorite part.

Mom's Hexagon's in Rotation quilted

I am so excited to have finished my "One thing, one week challenge".  It was to quilt Mom's queen-sized "Hexagon's in Rotation" quilt.  It seems that I've quilted a gazillion of them, but it was really fun.  The really crazy thing is that I have two of mine that still need quilted.  You can see them here and here.

 I hope she likes it.


I hope to post better photos later.  It is challenging to get a good photo when there is only one person home to hold the quilt up.  Laying them on the floor just doesn't do them justice.

This quilt project was born at our Dorinda retreat in June.   It is a stack-n-wack quilt designed by yours truly using the Super 60 ruler by Sara Nephew.  It is so fun and so fast to make. 

Below are some links to others I've quilted in the past:

my snowman

Deb's snowman