It's the Little Things~

That add up to the big things!! :-)

And I've been working on little things~

I finished the 9th installment of the I Believe in Snowmen (by Bunny Hill Designs) sew-along that we are doing on the HGTV message boards. I love how this quilt is coming together!

Next month I will have the top together and show you. Then it will be on to working on borders. :-)

And I'm getting quite a stack of hexies~

They are cut from a Happy Go Lucky charm pack I was hoarding I mean~ saving for a special project! Yup that's it! :-)

I can't show you what project ...yet. :-)

But if you'd like a peek at what little secrets I was working on, check out Clover & Violet's blog post today.

;-) Yep~ that was me!! :-) And I enjoyed every minute!!  :-)

Until next time~

Happy stitchin'!!

Still Sewing...

I've been working on a gift and in-between times I've been making blocks~

I have the 48 blocks finished for Inferno II from Connecting Threads. 

I purchased the kit and have been really pleased. They sent plenty of fabric

to make the blocks and enough that if I made a mistake, I could fix it. :-)

No mistakes. ;-) I'm not sure when I'll get the rows together, but the 

blocks will wait for me. ;-)

We got snow last night! And here are my February blocks for the 'I Believe in Snowmen'

quilt along. :-) Kids were out today making snowmen~tomorrow the snow will be gone. 

I need to trace some more blocks tonight.

Hope you had a good weekend~

Until next time~

Happy Stitchin'!

Little Things

I've been working on lots of little things lately, so let's get caught up~

First up is the new HGTV BOM. I'm not hosting it this year, just playing along. :-)

The first block the new hostesses chose was 

'The House that Jack Built' from Quilter'sCache.

I decided to make my blocks in black, white, & grey with a touch of a solid red.

I don't think I have ever used a solid in a quilt before~ I like the texture that tone on tones give quilts; but I needed to stretch~ so we will see how the year goes. ;-)

Next up is the second installment for the 'I Believe in Snowmen' quilt along.

The pattern is from Bunny Hill.

I have a friend who traces all of her patterns using Crayola Washable markers. I have to admit, I was skeptical about the marker washing out, so when she sent me some of her blocks, I tried one. I purposely didn't use red thread, so I could really see how the marker worked. ;-) 

And guess what?!!

It worked great!! :-)

I had to rinse the block quite a bit, but every last trace of the red came out.

I love it!

Here is my bluework block next to another traced block~

Pretty amazing, right?

I think you can click the photo for a larger view.

I am also doing a 'Mystery Sister' block exchange this year. I send a block once a month to my Mystery Sister, and someone in the group sends me a block. We did get a little say in color preferences. I chose  Autumn-type fabrics/colors.  In December, we picked the fabrics for our 'Mystery Sister' and all the block need to be made from the 5 fabrics we chose; but not all 5 fabrics need to be used in every block.  Of course, I can't show you the blocks I am sending~ my 'Mystery Sister' may be lurking. :-)

But I can show you the first block I received. Whoever my 'Mystery Sister' is~ she obviously has been checking up on me because she chose a star block~ and I love stars!!  I also love the colors

she chose. This is going to be a fun year! :-)

Here is my first block~

She had to remove one of the fabrics because she had 6 on her sample card~ I wouldn't have 

minded at all; but someone noticed and pointed it out. :-/

I guess that's all the news from here~

I need to go dust off my sewing machine and get it humming! :-o

Until next time~

Happy Stitchin'!