Too Many Pie's

I think I have my fingers planted in too many pies 

this is what has been going on over the last week

On my design floor (its too big for the wall)

a UFO from last year.

Burgoyne Surrounded

finished size 85"x107"

I have 6 more blocks to make, plus the sashing between

each block, row then I can start on the border.

On the quilting frame was this garish, give me nightmares

quilt, its one that my mummy made and was in her

quilting things, and because Em needs to have a

queen size of king size bed to be able to use the quilt I made on 

mums behalf, its now Emma's quilt. Its in the binding line

I started off stippling it

then moved onto loops

For Sophie, a very funky little wall hanging

(its in the binding line too)

I had a fat 1/8th bundle of 

Vintage Modern staring at me for yonks

now I have Dresden canoes

and Dresden blades

and 1 finished Dresden plate

the plan is to make a Dresden quilt for me, with the plates appliquéd

onto white background squares and then to have smaller dresden

plates appliqued where the blocks join, but as we all know

plans can change.

So I possibly have my fingers in to many pies but as I keep telling my

dh, I am stash busting, I ONLY need to buy background fabric 

for the Dresdans, the Burgoyne Surrounded, needs nothing as I

had already started it....

I am SAVING him money :)

Finally

I cleared off Franks table

Ironed the wadding bond stuff onto my 2 pieces of wadding

love that stuff

made sure the backing fabric I dug out of my stash would suit, ironed

the backing and the P&T top

found some Rasant thread to match the top and the backing

LOVE all the circles on the back of the top

fought for an hour to get it all onto Frank the CORRECT way

took me 2 attempts

and decided just to stipple it, I love to stipple

mid way through quilting

I had it finished in 2 hours, broke 1 needle, used 4 bobbins of thread

and a said a few unladylike words :)

now I am ready to tackle In My Garden, its on Frank ready to go

I am going to use the same thread for quilting I used on the

Pies and Tarts

I can see a big OPAM tally happening, once the P&T and

In My Garden are quilted and bound, I have to stitch the binding

onto Miss Em's quilt, she has been so patient, and I want to suprise her

with it all finished and on her bed so it will be sneaky night time stitching

sessions when she is asleep until its done

fingers crossed its a 3 quilt finish for me :)

Frank is getting a workout

Remember my Pies and Tarts??

I have finally decided its time to be quilted,

on Frank the quilty beast as soon as dh comes home for lunch

frank will be taken out of his corner, and the P&T's loaded on

 I thought I would do a small pebble design on it,

(picture from here)

the big question is do I pebble the pies and tarts or just between them......

and this

has started, and I am VERY tempted to join in, I have a fat quarter bundle of

batiks in my sewing room..........

so so tempting

and as soon as the P&T's is finished Frank will be reloaded

with my In the Garden quilt, I finished all the little bits I had missed

last night, the thinking cap is on for a quilting design, I don't want to stipple it, and I don't

want to quilt into the applique blocks, nor do I want to just stitch in the ditch...

suggestions anyone???