Triangle Quilt Along {finished quilt top}

Hey everybody, I’m back from Maine and wanted to get a post up quickly to make it in time for the link up on The Sassy Quilter.

I took along my sewing machine and the stack of triangles and sewed this baby together at night after the kiddos went to bed.  I’m not sure if it was the unseasonably warm weather in Maine or just all the fun we had hanging out with my sister, but bedtime was after 10pm most nights, cutting into my sewing time major!  I just squeaked in this top the night before we left.

I also brought along this stack of triangles and was able to arrange them using my sister’s huge upstairs as a “design floor.”

I won’t get a second quilt done in time for the big parade of triangle quilts in two weeks, but I thought I’d make another in purple, black, and gold for my BIL.  Any guesses what football team he likes?

About a  month ago my computer had a huge crash and Picasa lost all my photos from the past few years.  No big deal because they are all on my hard drive, but now I need a new hard drive because there is no room left.  I’ve been using a free trial from Photoshop and have to make a decision…Picasa or Photoshop???  I’m just wondering if anyone recommends one over the other.  I am leaning towards just reinstalling Picasa when I get the new hard drive.  Any suggestions would be appreciated!

WIP Wednesday

I don’t normally link up to this since I am never organized to have a blog post on a Wednesday, but I just finished up my Colorblock quilt last night and wanted to share a few pics.  The finished size for me was 40.5” x 55” exactly, which is the perfect size for Veronica.

I am going to use this quilt as my entry for the My Precious Quilt A long.  If you haven’t seen this on another blog, you should check it out.  You don’t have to make a quilt for an entry (pretty much anything sewn is fine), and the fabric doesn’t necessarily have to be HTF, just special to you.

This quilt is made from DS Quilts fabrics that I have been collecting and some Hello Pilgrim prints.  I bought a Hello Pilgrim fat quarter bundle recently, and after using up most of the butterfly prints for this quilt, I ordered a half yard of the dark blue and aqua butterflies to replace the ones I used.  Not the best practice if you’re trying to use up your stash, but I love them so much I don’t ever want to be without!

The back is one of my first sewing fabric purchases ever.  It felt good to finally use it (most of it).   I fmq’ed squiggles all over with light aqua thread on the front and back.  Currently my walking foot is out of commission and I need to buy a new one, but the $50 pricetag is holding me back.  Why is it that I *must* buy new fabric, but I can just fmq until I finally get around to purchasing a walking foot???

I can’t wait to look at all the WIPs on Freshly Pieced when the kiddos go to bed tonight.