Monday"s progress

I was slow getting started today but I did make some pretty good progress on the quilting front. 
Here is the first of the two throne blocks for the England Quilts.

And here is the second throne. 
All I did was print up a picture of a chair, trace it, enlarge it to fit the 15X11 block, and voila!

I also worked on the teapot & teacup block. 

And,

Here is my Big Ben.  I will have to try to pick up some fabric with clock faces on it so that I can get the clock on there.  If I can't find any than I will print some on fabric, I guess.  Maybe I can find a clock on embroidery library or something for my emb. machine.

I also made a little progress on a few other projects and actually have 2 finishes to show once I take the pictures tomorrow. 

Tomorrow's goals are to get to the gym, finish the quilt that is on the machine, do some housework, send a couple of estimates to customers, and then some stitching.  There's just not enough hours in the day for all the quilting I need to do!

England Quilt

My sister has always been a fan of England and the royal family, so when she saw this quilt, she absolutely HAD to have it!...

http://fredashive.blogspot.com/2012/10/london-2012-finish.html

Well, I promised her I would make her one (that was last year).  I was very disappointed to find out that there was no pattern (but one is in the works I believe).  However, I rarely follow a pattern so I broke out EQ7 and did many searches on the internet, designed my own layout, gathered fabrics and here I go...

 

Of course, I decided that since I was making one for my sister, I might as well make one for myself...So, two of everything I have done so far.

The applique blocks are currently raw edge and I am not sure that they will go any farther than that.   I don't think satin stitch will be smooth enough for all the  details.  The quilts will be wall hangings so that should be adequate anyway.  

Both of these silhouettes were found through Google searches. 

A little better view of some of the fabrics and that crown is from a pattern I bought.  I will share that with you next time since I forgot to bring it downstairs with me this time. 

My first little row house.  Designed on EQ7.  There are some really tiny pieces in there!  I am happy with it.  Not sure what colors to use on all the other ones.  I have never been to England to see what the houses really look like. 

I have also been working on getting the lattice attached to last years Four Block a Week Quilt Along.  Here are the blocks for the border that will go with the blocks above. 

So, I am finally getting some time in the sewing room and loving it!  Tomorrow is a busy day though so it may be a few days before I get back to it. 
Hope you got to do some happy stitching today too!