Harley Davidson T-shirt quilt-FINISHED

I totally forgot to post about the finished Harley quilt!!! So sorry about that!!! I am pleased to let you know that it is done and being used daily!!!!

As you know, I did a large meandering all over quilt design. I freemotion quilt on a Juki TL-98Q straight stitch domestic machine purchased from JoAnn's in 2008 and it still works wonderfully!! Take care and I hope you all have a fabulous week!!! Martha

Quilting the Pears quilt

I am finally back to quilting unfinished quilt tops, and the Pear quilt if first in line. I have several more lined up but not yet layered. I would love to empty out several of my to do bins to create open space. I love these colors together, very bright and the texture is lovely!!! Hope you enjoy!!! Martha

Joyful coasters

Good Morning, thought I would share again the coasters I am working on to bring a little joy into our living space and for some gifts for special people. The book giveaway was a bomb. Not one comment so I suppose people aren't really interested in books. So I will be donating all my books that were destined to be giveaways to our local humane society thrift store. With that, I hope you enjoy the chosen fabrics for the coasters. If you want to make your own, check out my previous post and you will find a link. Have a lovely Sunday, Martha

Book Giveaway and new fabric coasters

Hey there friends and followers. I have several books that I am not using. I was going to list them in my Etsy store but then decided to give them away to my followers who are in the USA. And if you are not a follower you know what to do. But you can also still enter the giveaway by leaving a comment. PLEASE___ be sure that you are not commenting as annonymous because I will not be able to email you if you win. Also, for some reason many come up as a noreply blogger and I cannot email them either. So I need to have your email in order for you to win, maybe even your first name and initial??? Here is the first book up for giving away.

I did use this book and got some lovely results!!! I hope the winner will enjoy the process!!! Leave a comment, this is for USA only because of the difficulty of shipping which I am very sorry for. Make sure I have a way to contact you. The drawing will be in 2 weeks, March 13th!! Good Luck to all. Now on to the fabric coasters. I have some old ones here...

I do love them, they protect the furniture, and they are easily cleaned. Throw them in the washer then dryer, press and done!! But I am kind of tired of the colors and have been thinking about brightly colored coasters to bring more joy to our living spaces. So here are the new ones and I cannot seem to stop. These are not sewn yet but I will be working on them today and will add a finished one to the book giveaway!!!

Aren't they gorgeous!!!???? SO MUCH FUN!! You can find the tutorial on how to make them here: https://quilttotheedge.blogspot.com/search?q=Christmas+coasters I am looking forward to all the comments!!! Take care and enjoy your day-sew on!!! Martha

Meandering along my husbands journeys-T-shirt quilt progress

Quilt Top finished and on to the freemotion quilting!!! YAHOO!!!

YES!!! I finished the Harley Davidson t-shirt quilt top, got it layered and pinned, and I have already started machine quilting. It feels so good to be getting close to the finsih of this quilt. Oh my goodness, so happy. As I had shared earlier, I haven't felt well for quite awhile and now waiting on an appointment with a specialist in Seattle. It scares me but I need to understand just what is happening and if there is any help out there. So I made a video for YouTube on the layering process and how I do my stipple quilting. I actually call it meandering because that is really what it feels like as I am quilting. I will post the link below. I tried to put some music in but I am still not understanding how to put it in the middle of my video. Not great on the techy stuff!!!! I hope you enjoy the scenes, I am thrilled truthfully. I just wasn't sure if I would be able to get it done with my health issues. But I am feeling a bit better and have more energy. Thankful for sure. God is Blessing me these days. Take care and hope to share soon the finished quilt!!! Martha

Harley Davidson T-Shirt Quilt

Hi everyone!!! Here is my progress on the t-shirt quilt. Very slow going because I have had some health issues, but I am really trying to trudge through the difficulties. My goal is to get my husbands quilt done before I am not able to sew and quilt. Not saying that that is going to happen but the future is a little unknown at the moment so completing this quilt is very important to me. I can sew a little bit at a time and that is the number one goal daily, sew a couple borders and then take a break. Little by little I will get this quilt done. I have it laid out in my family room because I can just leave it there out of the way. When I am up to sewing, I can measure what I need and get it sewn. I am using the little area rug as my guide. Perfect!!! Hope you like it so far, I am really pleased!! Take care and see you in another week or so. Martha