Yes, Bapron as in baby apron 
I found a tutorial to make this Bapron on Ucreate. It was easy to follow. I made one for Lily Bean and forgot to take a picture before it was put in the box to send…….so here is the lovely Lily modeling the Bapron
Because the Bapron has arm holes, it stays in place better than a bib and doesn’t Lily look adorable?
It’s Monday and time for Design Wall Monday I finished some of those red string blocks I’ve been sewing for who knows what
Check out Judy’s DWM post here. I’ve also gotten out the Topsy Turvy Nine Patch from forever ago (started at the Oct 3, 2009 workshop). All it needs are the borders added….and they are pieced already! I’m not sure they are pieced correctly because they don’t seem to fit any of the sides. I need to re-read the directions and see what’s up. It would be nice to finish this one up finally!
Stash Report:
Happy Quilting, Cherie
I attended our quilt guild meeting which was fun but what was even better was finding out the package of scraps from Vicki had arrived! Woo hoo I love the fabrics she sent, especially the reproductions. I’ll be using some of the them in the remaining civil war blocks from Barbara Brackman’s block-of-the-week which I’m now excited to get moving on again. Thank you, Vicki, for agreeing to swap with me and I hope you like the scraps I sent you. I took a quick picture of them this morning but I can’t wait to get home tonight and comb through them again.
I finished the Vicksburg top and since it won’t fit on my design wall, here it is on my cutting table. Woo Hoo!! And it’s Design Wall Monday so click over to Judy’s post to see what other quilters are up to
I still think I’ll applique some ovals where the swags meet but they look better than I had anticipated they would. I started this quilt in Sept 2009. It was a free BOM from Dawn Hesse of Linen Closet Quilts. Dawn posted the final directions in July 2010. Good to finally finish the Vicksburg top It measures ~69″ x 69″ and lays flat 
It used 6 yds of fabric but in reality it used more like 7 because I cut the setting triangles incorrectly the first time.
I’ve continued cutting up shirts……
and sewing red string blocks.
Stash Report:
Happy Quilting, Cherie
I’m swapping some scraps!! These will be dropped at the post office Saturday to head to Vicki’s house. She asked for brights and lights….there’s a tad bit of space left so I’ll be snitching a few more scraps to add tonight
After discovering the setting triangles for my Vicksburg quilt were cut wrong and thinking it would be hard to find some fabric to replace them with, it turns out it wasn’t bad at all Here’s my design wall with half of Vicksburg sewn together. Woo hoo!!!! Turns out I had purchased another piece of the Moda Apple Cider print I ended up using for the borders so I had enough to use for the setting triangles. I’ve made this applique quilt completely from stash fabric
While sewing the Vicksburg top together, I managed to get all the red string blocks started leader/ender style. They are looking good
We went to the Quilted Fox First Saturday and I used my 30% off all Fox Tails to purchase some fun pieces to add to my stash.
Additions to my stash include the shirts I’ve cut up. These are women’s shirts and pajama bottoms so there aren’t as many good sized pieces as you’d get from men’s shirts, but I love the variety
Stash Report:
Happy Quilting, Cherie
So I’ve decided to participate in the January Color Palette Challenge and make an AAQI Priority quilt. I have an idea for it and a name already, which is usually the hardest part for me! Here are the Cherrywood fabrics I’ll be using.
I’ve cut up some shirts and pajama pants that will need to be added to the stash report. I think I’ve broadened by color ranges with these few Check out the bonus zipper with the ribbon in the zipper pull I got from the pink and white gingham shirt…..have you seen metal zippers used as embellishments? I think I have an idea of a way to use it.
Lastly, here’s my progress on my current AAQI Priority quilt that was supposed to be done in October or at least by the time I sent the guilds quilts to AAQI. I’ve had trouble getting the embroidery done mainly because I’m out of practice. I want it to be the best I can do rather than hurry up and get it done….perhaps there’s a happy medium? I want to take out the “tail” of the daisy chain stitched heart. I used stem stitching to fill in the tail but realize now I should use smaller and smaller chain stitches so it isn’t so heavily filled in. It’s almost done……
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Here are updated pics of the bunk bed sewing table after the mattresses were removed. Look at all the space
Most of the puzzles there are from the Goodwill Clearance center, score!
See the large boxes? One is empty so there’s even more space than it appears. Woo hoo! See the Vicksburg quilt laid out and ready to sew? Well, it’s not ready. The setting triangles were not cut right and there isn’t enough fabric left to cut more which means I have to decide on different fabric. It was hard enough deciding on the fabric for the borders!
I’ve continued to have fun sewing red strings. They aren’t going as fast as the blue strings……perhaps because they are larger?
Happy Quilting, Cherie
I left a comment for Jill on her blog Ramblings of a Fabric and Yarn Obsessor about New Year’s Resolutions. Her only resolution this year is to use more stash. That sounds like a good plan to me because I didn’t do well at all following through on Judy’s 2011 UFO Challenge. My list is here. I pieced a few of the Moonglow blocks and that is it, as in nothing else on the list got done 
Judy is hosting a 2012 UFO Challenge but I’ll sit this one out…..just like I did last year, apparently, lol.
So for 2012, I resolve to use more of my stash….further, I will limit my net stash in to 25 yards. Now that might not seem right, letting myself have net stash in but I can’t go cold turkey! For 2010 & 2011 I accumulated 105.5 and 88 yards respectively so limiting my net stash in to 25 yards will be really hard!!! REALLY, REALLY hard. And since I can’t post without pictures, here’s my stash:
Well, that’s most of it anyway
Happy Quilting, Cherie
Here’s the first Design Wall Monday posting for the new year. Be sure to check out Judy’s DWM post and see all the new things folks have on their design walls.
I completed the December First Saturday blocks.
And did some organizing in my sewing room, finally removing the mattresses from the bunk bed sewing table. This is a before picture when I did my big sewing room clean up last July….see the mattress taking up a lot of room?
This has increased my under table storage tremendously
Stash Report – First one in 2012
Happy Quilting, Cherie
