Secret Sewing~

I have been doing a lot of it lately! ;-) No sneaky peeks for this one. I hope you enjoy the hop~ the link is in my sidebar. :-)

And then there is sewing for my BOM~

This is our August block.  In case you are new to my blog~ welcome new followers!!! :-)  A little background~ my friend Karen and I are the hostesses for the BOM on the HGTV quilters message board. We chose all of our 12 inch blocks from Quilters Cache (with permission) and we post the main block each month as well as the smaller blocks. Those don't have any links, I've been dreaming them up in EQ7. I know some of them probably have 'real' names, but I don't know what they are, I just play around. LOL Karen is real good about letting me have my fun there! ;-)  I am managing to stay about a month ahead of the ladies who are sewing with us. Oh! And the variety is so amazing! I am making my blocks in my CW stash, but if you log onto the message board (you have to be a member to see the photo's, but joining is free!) you will see all variety of fabric choices! Some are doing autumn quilts, some floral, summer, B&W, Christmas! Just amazing! And so fun to see all the variety!  I am working on the September block today. :-) its a secret! ;-)

I'm also working on a few other secrets! :-o I am on the committee for a special retreat in September called the Circle of Friends~ it is the women of the HGTV quilting message board, meeting to... well, meet! Many of us have never met in real life, but we sure have fun online!  This retreat is going to be a blast! I need to get back to work~~

Until next time~
Happy Quilting!!

My Engine has Been Humming~

:-) Sewing machine engine, that is!  I think I've told you about the BOM I am doing with my friend Karen, from Briarside Lane for the ladies on the HGTV message board.  I had the quilt all drawn out in my EQ7 for the year~ but hadn't backed up the files when disaster struck. :-o Yep, you guessed it~ our computer lost everything in a weird hiccup. :-(  Oh groan!!  I have slowly been redrawing the quilt... but still need to keep up with the monthly blocks. :-o

These are my blocks for January, February and March.  The 12 inch blocks are all from Quilter's Cache. The small border blocks are the ones I was drawing. Our theme for the BOM is 'make it your own'. And the girls have really gone all out in doing that! I chose CW prints for my blocks, Karen is doing both an autumn and a Christmas quilt. Some of the ladies are doing three blocks a month~ and the variety is just amazing! From B&W and another color, to Asian prints, to florals, R/W&B, plaid shirts and just everything in between! It is such fun for us to see how the blocks are interpreted each month.  I just finished the April block (but I can't show you because I know some of the gals visit my blog. LOL)  ;-)  This quilt is going to be for me! :-)

Hope you are finding time to stitch too~
Until tomorrow
Happy Stitchin'!!

Lots of Stuff~

LOL, How is that for a title?? :-)

It seems like I am always a little behind in posting so today I am going to cover 'lots of stuff'! ;-)

Thank you! for your ideas for storing floss. I think I am going to have to visit the fishing box and tool aisles of the hardware store a little more often. ;-) I will let you know what I finally decide on. All the ideas were great! ((hugs))

I have been working on a lot of things at once~ that seems to be the way I operate. ;-)  I have about a half dozen of my plates together for the Bunny Hill Scrappy Plates Club (see sidebar for link). I am really enjoying the stitching.

Yesterday's mail brought a package from Australia!! :-)  I was so lucky to win this wonderful little twister quilt and all these scraps from Lurline of Lurline's Place during the Sew Scraps Along sponsored by Jodi at Pleasant Home.  Lurline did this wonderful tutorial that I am just wanting to drop everything and make! ;-)  ~Dresden Plate Tutorial~    I really did not expect there to be so many scraps in the bundles!  The brights are going to make a wonderful Dresden plate table topper. And the repro's are going to be put to use right away!  The adorable twister quilt is going to be treasured! I just love all the prints in it! Thank you so much Lurline!! ((hugs))

Where am I going to use the repro's?  In my BOM that I am doing with my friend Karen on HGTV's quilting forum!  :-) This was my February block~

Now it is time for me to get working on March's block! ;-)

Thanks for stopping by today!
Until next time~
Happy Stitchin'!!

New Beginnings~

A New Year. A clean slate... unless, of course you have a few UFO's hanging around like I do. ;-)  But we won't talk about those too much today! :-)

Remember the BOM I did last year for the HGTV quilter's message board?  It is still on my design wall~~ I definitely plan to finish it up soon. :-)

BUT that didn't stop me from starting another this year! ;-) LOL My friend Karen, at Briarside Lane is my partner in the BOM this year (I only had to twist her arm a little bit!)  and we cooked up a beauty.  :-) We are once again going to Quilter's Cache to find the main 12 inch block, and then we are building on them.

Arrowheads block from Quilter's Cache

I am going to use my Civil War stash for my blocks.  Here is my January block~

We will do this every month with different smaller blocks and by the end of the year we will have some beautiful quilt tops! :-)  I'm really excited with our design.  Hop over to Karen's blog to see her January blocks!~ yes! Blocks! She is making two quilts. :-) I am sorely tempted to start another... what am I saying!!?? :-o

I also finished the rows for the three row robins I am doing this year, but I can't show you those. :-/ Sorry!  And I've got the Orca Bay mystery in a million parts and pieces! :-o I need to get back to my machine!

Until next time~


Happy Stitchin'!!