Charming Girls Club December Finishes~

So my goals for December were~

1. Finish up Bingo~Bonnie's December mini and My Blue Heaven blocks and get them mailed. Check~ they were mailed before Christmas. :-)
The block is called MyBlue Heaven and we found it on QuiltersCache.

2. I have got to cut into and start sewing my Fig Tree Club Quilt! :-)) Ok, make that 'want' instead of 'got'. ;-)) The fabric calls me every day. ;-) I have a few of the blocks together, and the whole quilt cut out. :-)

3. DS's 'Bears in the Forest' quilt is waiting for binding. Done and he is loving it!

4. I need to make a couple Tuffets for A Year of Schnibbles.Yup finished them and love them!

And YES! I did it! :-)
Next up I'll figure out my goals for January and one of them I will be working on this weekend~ my kids want me to make 'snuggies' :-) Have you seen the blankets with sleeves? They both think they would be great.

Happy New Year!

Thank You Santa!

Santa was really good to me this year! First, I wished for the Paris Travel Bag kit when the Fat Quarter Shop was having a little pre-Christmas fun~ and look what came in the mail! Complete with a wonderful note from Santa himself. :-) I can't wait to get started making it!

And then Santa was visiting Kelly @ Cotton Charm Quilts and look what he picked out for me!!
It arrived today and I am in love! :-)) Astor Manor is a fantastic line! I had to untie it and play with the fabrics before I could even think to get my camera! :-o And I think Santa has a really good sense of humor because look at the pattern he chose for me~ from the 'Crazy Old Ladies'! LOL I didn't know about them~ gee, I wonder if we are related! LOL :-) I'm really looking forward to a quiet January so I can sew-sew-sew!!! :-)

Thank you so much Kelly and the ladies at the Fat Quarter Shop! Y'all really made my day! :-)

December Schnibbles

The pattern for December was Tuffets from MissRosie'sQuilt Co. Tuffets are cute little pincushions. I wanted to use the selvages for one and ended up with two! :-)) The long skinny one uses the selvages of Mill House Inn from my Fig Tree club quilt~ Cobble Stones. I had to adjust the size a bit to accommodate the selvages I had left from cutting out the quilt. The square one is random autumn selvages. Then, since I had a few 'Gobble, Gobble' charm squares left, I used those in making the other one. Oh!~ these are addictive! :-) You know, no little bit is going to go unused now! LOL ;-)

Hope you are managing to find a little time to stitch too~
Until next time~
Have fun! ;-)

Just Catching Up~

I did manage to get the binding on DS's quilt and its been on his bed this week. While many of you are getting snow, snow, and more snow. It's been chilly but sunny here. So I got him outside for a photo of his finished quilt. :-) Just in case you are new to my blog, the pattern is from Judy L and a quilt-along she did. I call it 'Bears In the Forest' although her pattern was called 'Bears in the Farmhouse'. ;-) I forgot to get a shot of the back of the quilt~ maybe when it warms up a little he will humor me again. :-)

I also got a full photo of my Christmas Rails quilt that was in SewCalGal's Virtual Quilt Show. Although DS would like this one on his bed too, it is on the couch. I hope to finish up another Christmas quilt in 2010 and then maybe they will be on our beds next year. ;-) The back of this one is just an allover paisley green print. I didn't even have to piece anything. :-)

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and a will have a very bright New Year!
I'm so grateful to have y'all as my friends and am looking forward to lots of quilty inspiration in the new year. :-)
Until next time~

Happy Stitchin'!

~Christmas Memories~

Kelly at Charming Chatter is having a wonderful Christmas Memories Giveaway and she invites us to look over her shop and make a list. :-) Did you notice the Stella Blue kit she is going to give to some lucky quilter? I love it!

It would make the most wonderful companion quilt to the MyBlue Heaven blocks I am swapping with Bonnie. Oh, I am so keeping my fingers crossed!! +++

She has some lovely patterns, fabrics, kits and things in her shop. It is so hard to make a list! I've never played with turnovers, honeybuns or any of those kinds of fabric bundles, so I'd wish for one of those and a pattern too. I love the Astor Manor line.

As for Christmas memories~ well, kids say the cutest things... When our oldest DS was maybe 4 years old, my DH got a new camcorder. It was a big monstrous thing and he put it on a tri-pod and recorded DS opening his gifts. DS loved, I mean totally loved Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Remember those? I found a package of 'turtle underwear' which I wrapped up to go with his turtle pj's, turtle shirt etc. He opens them and exclaims loudly 'underwear! Momma I needed new underwear!' ~totally oblivious to the turtles on them. And he told everyone that Santa knew he needed underwear. LOL Yup we have it on tape and the kids have giggled over that every year since! :-))

Wishing you many wonderful Christmas memories this year!

It's Beginning to Look~~

~~quite festive at my house! My mini and blocks from Bingo-Bonnie arrived on Friday! :-) And I was so surprised by Bonnie's mini! I love it! And it fits perfectly on my hall hanging rod. :-))

Bonnie sent the label separately (the cute little embroidered tree), so I need to pull out a needle and get it attached, but I just had to hang it up right away! LOL Thanks Bonnie!!

She also sent another 12 blocks for our block swap. In case I haven't mentioned it lately, we are swapping MyBlueHeaven blocks from QuiltersCache. We did re-size the pattern for our quilts, and we decided to have all the larger HST's with blue and the smaller ones scrappy. I am loving how all of our blocks are turning out! This will be a quilt for the new year. :-)

Thanks for visiting with me and until next time~
Happy Stitchin'!!

A Virtual Christmas Quilt Show~

Did you know about the Virtual Christmas Quilt Show that SewCalGal is having?? If you have~ I'll be around to see it! I'm a little behind, but I do have a quilt to show you! :-)

I made this quilt from a swap a few years back. We swapped the strip blocks following the swap leaders guidelines for placement of the strips, and the resulting rail fence quilt was born. :-) I quilted it last year~ just in time for Christmas and loved having it on the couch for snuggling in with a good book. ;-) This year, well, next year... I am going to try to finish a few more for our beds. :-))I just realized, I don't have a completed photo of this quilt! :-o When the lighting is better, I will have to fix that! LOL Thanks SewCalGal for the great show fun!

Until next time~
Happy Stitchin'!

Dear Santa~

Check out the fun at the Fat Quarter Shop blog. :-)


Santa dear,

As you know, I will be doing a little traveling in 2010 so what could be better than the 'My Paris Traveler's Bag Kit'? I can't think of a thing! I would be so happy to step out in style. ~and I'll bet my guys won't be trying to snitch or fill this bag! :-)) I'll be sure to be extra good from now until Christmas. wink wink :-) ;-)

~crazy'boutquilts :-)


Thank you Fat Quarter Shop for the fun! This is better than visions of sugarplums. :-))
Now y'all hurry over and get your list ready too!

Design Wall Monday~

I didn't sew a stitch over the weekend! But I can show you these since Bonnie received hers. :-))


This is the Christmas mini (the one with the gold border) I sent her for the second half of our mini exchange. I started out with a Lori Smith pattern for the stars, but then changed things from there. ;-) The other one also went out the door as a gift. And Bonnie told me mine is on the way! :-) Stay tuned! LOL *Sorry~ I thought I had taken a photo of them all quilted, but guess not. :-/

To get inspired with what is on other quilter's design walls, head on over to Judy L's. Have fun peeking into everyone's studios! :-)

Until next time~
Happy Stitchin'!

Holly Jolly blog Bingo

Hurry!~ Sign-ups end tonight!! Go to The Quilt Shoppe blog.
Good luck! :-)

Happy Friday!

It's another crazy week, but I do have some things to show for it~ and after the mailman delivers a certain box to TX, I'll have more. ;-) ;-)

Between the baking and candy making, I played a little more with my new ruler and got a good portion of this cut out~~


Do you know what it is? My Fig Tree Club quilt! Cobble Stones! Whoohoo! I am going to 'reward' myself with some sewing time this weekend. ;-)

I almost have the binding on 'bears' and I packed up this quilt to send to my DS. It is a One Block Wonder lap quilt that I finished at the very end of last year. The tiger print that is used for the blocks is on the back. Sorry the photo is kind of blotchy~ we had sunshine!! :-))

That's all for now~ must get back to work~ :-))

Have a happy Friday and until next time~
Happy Stitchin'!

Another Monday~

They sure seem to be showing up faster as the year draws to an end! :-o

My design wall is now bare as I packed these up this morning and sent them off to Bingo~Bonnie. And I can't show you the mini I sent her, yet. ;-)Hop on over to JudyL's blog for lots of design wall show and tell. ;-)

Have a happy day!
And Happy Stitchin'!

~Busy~Busy~

Or maybe I should title this "I Am In Love'! :-))
I have a friend who was in some of my swaps this year and she lives in Australia. We decided instead of trying to mail currency for postage, I'd pay the postage and she would send me something 'Australian' in exchange. She sent me the Westalee adjustable ruler and I am in love!! They make different rulers for different tasks and the one I received is great for cutting strips. It has a little guide and little screws to adjust the strip width~ The black part is movable. I set it for 2.5 inch strips for my binding for 'Bears'. You don't have to tighten the screws much and you don't have to worry about the ruler shifting!! Whoohoo!! I don't know about you, but even with my pinky hanging over the edge and my hand 'crawling' up the ruler~ I always manage to shift it a bit when using my longer rulers. They were thinking about me when they made this ruler! LOL :-) And I really like that you don't have to use much pressure to hold the ruler in place~ hardly any. Now what else can I cut into strips?? :-)) LOL

She also sent these cute little ornaments that she made! :-)

And this is for Bonnie~~ I only needed a few more HST's for my blocks, but I needed a variety, so I cut the Triangulations grids in half. :-)) I'll get my next 12 blocks finished shortly. ;-) I want to finish them today because my Gran always said 'Sew on Sunday, rip on Monday'... I need for my sewing to stay put, so I'll finish them today! LOL ;-)

Hope y'all are enjoying your weekend~
Happy Stitchin'!!

December Goals~

Notice the Charming Girls Quilt Club button on my side bar? Well, because of a little misunderstanding (by me) I'd been making goals, but not posting them. Kelly & I got it straightened out and now I think I know what I'm doing~ LOL but don't hold me to that! ;-)

So my goals for December~

1. Finish up Bingo~Bonnie's December mini and My Blue Heaven blocks and get them mailed.
See~ I'm working on the blocks :-) The block is called MyBlue Heaven and we found it on QuiltersCache.

2. I have got to cut into and start sewing my Fig Tree Club Quilt! :-)) Ok, make that 'want' instead of 'got'. ;-)) The fabric calls me every day. ;-)

3. DS's 'Bears in the Forest' quilt is waiting for binding. :-/
4. I need to make a couple Tuffets for A Year of Schnibbles.

I think that list will keep me plenty busy along with baking, decorating, card writing, gift wrapping... :-)) LOL I am hoping to get at the very least, 2 of the 4 goals crossed off. :-)

Now back to sewing those blocks!
Until next time~
Happy Stitchin'!