crazy'boutquilts: September 2023

Thursday, September 28, 2023

A Bit of Fun~

A few weeks ago Barb from Barb Tourtillotte Illustrations

was looking for someone to 'play' (to me it is play, but she said 'create' ;-) ) with her newest fabric line called 'Bundle Up' for Henry Glass.

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(photo from Barb's website)

I applied and she picked me!!!!!!!!!

The fabrics are all so fun! I love snowmen and all the little forest animals are so cute.

She sent me FQs, the large panel and the smaller block panel.

I dreamed and played and came up with placemats for the block panel and FQs~

I had so much fun!

I added a pocket for a napkin and silverware. My DGD is learning to set the table, so this will definitely help her. :-)

There was a border stripe FQ and I carefully cut that apart to put along the bottom of each placemat.

I had two FQs left and I had saved one to put on the bottom of the panel, and the other I used for binding. I really cut that close!

If you look closely, you can see that I added a red tassel to the bottom of the panel.
It fits perfectly in our hall~ is it too early to keep it up? :-) LOL

Thank you, Barb, for trusting me with your gorgeous fabrics!!

Until next time~

Happy stitchin'!

Monday, September 18, 2023

Welcome to the second day of the 'It's a Dogs Life' Blog Hop! Thank you to Carol @justletmequilt for dreaming up this fun hop!

The Challenge--

Sew your project with dog themed fabric or applique/embroidery of dogs.

As an added challenge, if dogs don't ring your bell, think vintage.

Vintage blocks, quilts, fabrics, or whatever old designs makes you happy.

I went with 'think vintage'. :-) I love vintage fabrics and quilts! This quilt is very special to me, although it is quite worn. It was hand pieced by a family cousin and hand quilted by my Mom & paternal Gran. My Mom never told me exactly which cousin (I think it was a cousin of my Grandmothers) and now, of course, I wish I had pressed her further. :-/ I know she was on my Mom's side of the family and never married. So the quilt top languished in a box until my Mom rescued it after the cousins passing or from the cousin's sister~ I'm just not sure.

I absolutely love all the prints used; how some have completely faded away, and finding a little person in a print is just the most fun!!! Do you love 30's fabrics too?

I have been collecting 30's fabrics for quite some time and have a quilt top almost together~ maybe I will be able to finish it this winter. Cutting piano keys for the borders is taking much longer than I thought it would! :-o

Please make sure to visit my fellow bloggers today~

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And thank you for stopping by!

Until next time~

Happy stitchin'!!

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Thursday, September 14, 2023

A Short Post... or not!

I mentioned my DDs wedding in my last post :)

I won't post a bunch of pix just maybe one or two.

She wore my Mom's pearls, and my garter~ something old and older!

Also borrowed and blue. ;-)

After the wedding, hubby & I took a few days to go camping. We went to Leavenworth, WA

It was always such a quaint, little Bavarian village and last time we really enjoyed the shops and atmosphere. Not so much this time~ they have gone commercial. :-( Parking meters everywhere! Streets blocked off, people feeling the pressure to park and then to get back to their vehicles. At $3.50/hr, that is understandable. And cars constantly circling made it much less fun.

Fortunately our campground was right on the river and we had an evening visitor across the river~

I love seeing wildlife~ from a great distance with a zoom lens! :-)

Pre-wedding, I went on a small retreat with friends and managed to get most of this tree skirt embroidered~

I finished it up when we got home.
I love gingerbread designs so had to make this one! It is from Designs By Juju and is on sale now. ;-) I was so fortunate to get to be a sample maker for Juju for this one! I had so much fun embroidering it!

Now I must get back to my machine!

I still have lots of catching up to do!!

Until next week~

Happy sewing!!

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

I'm Ba-ack!!!

Hi there!

Yes, yes, yes, I have been MIA but for a very good reason!

Our DD got married in August. I was altering dresses, shopping for a new suit for hubby, and all the fun stuff a wedding involves. Our DS flew in and it was so nice to have all of our little family together for a few days. Unfortunately, my DDIL and grands could not fly in as well. :-( But we Skyped nearly every day of his visit. It was wonderful!

So what is coming up?