Summer Sewing~

I have had my block for the Birdie Stitches BOM done for weeks, but I never remembered to take the photo!  I just love these birdie blocks!  I am using my vintage sheet stash around them. In this one, I used a metallic thread for one of the star bursts, it didn't photograph very well, but is kinda cute. ;-)

And I have my top together for the Simple Things Quilt Along that Kelly and Carol hosted~ thanks gals! It was fun! Again, I used my vintage sheet stash and added in a few bright fabrics for the stars. It is supposed to have another border on it, but I think I like it as is~ how about you?  I think I will use a sheet on the back too. :-)

I don't have a floor big enough to see it all :-)

a quarter so you can see the border~

Are you having fun summer sewing?
Next week is our Thimbleberries Sew Day!  I'll be back before then. LOL ;-)

Have a happy day!

A Little Late to the Party~

But I'm there!! :-)  Kelly at Charming Chatter and Carol at Brown Quilts are co-hosting a Quilt Along.  Kelly's quilt is wall hanging size, and Carol's is full size. I agonized over which to make, what to make it from etc and finally yesterday decided I needed to get to work!

I cut.. and cut... and cut!  I am using my vintage sheet stash and making the larger version of  Simple Things.
This is over 300 2.5 inch squares!  I'm ready for step 2. :-))


I also finished up my Birdie Stitches (from Little Miss Shabby) block for June.  I just had to change 'birdie' to 'Sandie' ;-) lol

Now I am off to sew on another project I am behind with! More about that soon!
Have a happy Monday!
And until next time~
Happy Stitchin'!

Has It Really Been Two Weeks!?!

Hello!  Remember me?  I'm so sorry I have been absent so long!~ time is just flying 'round here!  I'll try to do a little re-cap~~

Can you spot the guy in the tree?

First we had a tree-trimming/removal crew here for a day. The large fir behind my cottage was dying and we didn't want to take any chances of it coming down in a storm.  It was very interesting to watch how a tree is removed.  They also removed some smaller trees that weren't thriving, or in the wrong spots and 'wind sailed' our other tall pines.  It took all day long, but they did a great job! :-)

Birdie Stitches blocks for April and May 

 I've been stitching! I finally finished my April and May Birdie Stitches blocks from Little Miss Shabby. I am using vintage sheets for the border squares and I love how they are turning out!! :-)  The next block will be out soon!  For the May block I tried the 'Transfer Ease' method.  It worked really well, but I had to rinse it twice and agitate it a bit to get it all out of the block when I finished.  But it sure beat tracing the block! LOL

Embroidered towels

 More embroidery~ my kitchen towels have been wearing thin.  While I was visiting my Mom I bought a set and a package of Aunt Martha transfers.  I am working on number six now.  And they look great in my red kitchen. :-)

May Le Petite

I finished my May Le Petite project~ and in the nick of time! LOL The pattern is from the Moda Bake Shop.

My sewing machine was in the shop for a week~ I burned the light bulb out with all the retreat sewing I did in April! ;-)  When DH and I went to pick it up, we also brought something else home with us! I am SO excited! But I'll save that news for another post as this one is getting pretty long. I won't be away long! ;-)

Until next time~
Happy Stitchin'!

Lots of Stitchin'~

But little I can show! :-( Sorry!

Gosh, has it really been 10 days since I last posted!? Time is just moving too fast lately! I have been making string blocks for a swap I'm in~ this is a sampling of what I mailed out on Monday. We are sending 3 blocks to each swapper.  I'm really enjoying the stress-free sewing.

I also finished the March Birdie Stitches BOM from Little Miss Shabby. Being part Irish, I had to add in some shamrocks. ;-)

For the past few evenings I have been un-sewing some quilting I did on table toppers last year. I wasn't all that pleased with the quilting, and want to give them another shot. I'm happy to say I finished 'froggin' last night. (rip-it, rip-it) ;-)

I also need to post some goals for March and April for the Charming Girls~

I'm going to continue to keep things simple and fun, so my real goals will be to finish up the Le Petite projects each month, and work on BOM's.  I also hope to do a little quilting and purse making.... we'll see how that goes. :-)

I hope to be back sooner next time!
Happy Stitchin'!

Just Stitchin'

I love to have something to stitch on in the evenings. DH and I are big NBA fans, and while watching games, I stitch... unless the game gets really good! ;-)  I've been working on Little Miss Shabby's Birdie Stitches.  I used some of my vintage sheet collection for the squares around the stitching. Now I need to find something else to work on while waiting for March. ;-)

Click on it for a better view. ;-)

Hope y'all are busy stitching too!
Have a happy weekend!