My Little Secret~

:-) Yep, I've been keeping one, a whopper~~ ;-)

Thank you for all your wonderful comments on my CG&GQClub finishes! Many of you ask how I get so much done, and some of you already know. I decided to 'come clean' to everyone... :-) I really waffled about posting anything on my blog... I got so much done because it was either keep sewing or worry~ sewing seemed like the better plan! ;-) And I had a lot of extra time on my hands! You see, my DH is active duty and has been deployed for the past 7 months. He arrived safely home on Thursday and we have been having a great weekend! Our DD came home from college, so it was like a little family reunion. I can assure you, now that we are getting back into our normal routines, I won't be sewing so much. ;-) As a matter of fact, my temporary sewing 'studio' was the dining room, and now that my honey is back~ it is back to a dining room. ;-)

It is kind of a relief that the Kelly and Joan decided to take a break from goal setting for May and June! Thanks ladies! :-) (I know you had no idea you were helping me out so, but I love serendipity!) ;-)

Sorry~ no photo's for this post~ I haven't been sewing!!! ;-) ;-)

I'll be back tomorrow with a few applique tips~
Until then,
Have a good night!! :-)

CG&GQC Finishes for April

April was a good month! :-)

Let's do a check of my goals~

1. Finish DD's tote bag~ done! And I also got 2 bags made for me!! :-) The tote and green purse are an Amy Butler pattern. The red/black is a pattern from Indygo Junction.2. Get the raggy flannel/denim graduation quilt made~ done!3. This month's Schnibble was Tagalong~ done!4. BOM blocks~ all caught up! Whoohoo! Although I can't show you, I did complete all the HGTV BOM blocks for the year in both the 12 inch size and the 4 inch size. These are the January through April blocks...
I got my Piece & Goodwill blocks done for the month ~I'm doing 3/month but I did an extra because I may not get to them later in the year. ;-)I'm doing 2 Dear Jane blocks/week with Angela~
April's block~ H-1 Peekaboo, H-10 Ben's Bowtie, RS-6 Tumbling Blocks Triangle, F-4 Old Windmill, M-10 Simple Simon, M-12 Hopscotch, B-9 Tinker Toy, E-8 Mama's Maze, D-7 Meeting Place, and L-3 Reflections Abound~~
Tomorrow is Thimbleberries Sew Day and I am all set to continue working on this quilt. Hope you can join us! :-)

That's all for now~
Have a happy day! :-)

CG&GQC Tag

Joan has tagged us with these questions this month~

1. which magazines do you prefer?

2. have you ever made any projects from those magazines? and

3. maybe you want to show us the project(s)?

1. This is hard because I love magazines! LOL :-) I think this year, my favorites have been American Patchwork and Quilting and Quiltmaker.
2. I am currently working on the Piece & Goodwill quilt (see blocks in last post) from the Nov/Dec '09 issue. And the latest issue of AP&Q has loads of quilts I love!~ its like the issue was made for me! :-) Whether or not I will actually get to make any of them is an entirely other story! ;-) Many times it seems the magazines I read are more for inspiration, and then I go off and do my own thing. ;-)

3. I'm sure you've seen the Piece & Goodwill blocks enough already! LOL I just deleted a lot of my old photo's so I don't have any other photo's handy right now, but yes, I have made things from magazines. :-)

In other news~ tomorrow is.....
Are you joining in the fun? Hop over to Dandelion Quilts to check it out. I have a tote I started a while back and it is time to pull it out and finish it! :-) Hope to see you sewing too!

**Sorry my fonts are all goofy~ I didn't realize that would happen when I just copied Joan's questions. :-o

Until next time~
Happy stitchin'!!

CG&GQC April Goals

Happy Easter!

My goals are going to be few this month~ mostly it will be a case of what I need to do. ;-)

1. I would really like to finish DD's tote. I need to get a couple zippers~ hopefully tomorrow.
2. I need to make a raggy denim/flannel lap quilt for a gift. This is one I made in the past~ I'll use the same pattern.
3. The new Schnibbles project for this month~ Tagalong. Along with my other on-going blocks. ;-)


4. I need to work on my BOM blocks. This was April's block~ you can find the pattern for the 12 inch block here. I also re-sized it to a 4 inch block.



I thought my goals were going to be few~ yikes! I'd better get sewing!!
Until Next time~
Happy Stitchin'!!

CG&GQC March Finishes & Tag

Where did March go? I think I blinked once. :-o I didn't do too bad with my goals~ I knew this was going to be a crazy month with DD home and spring break and in the following days I will show you all I did that weren't goals! :-)

1. My first goal was to finish the sheet top~ it's all together and waiting to be quilted.... it may be a while as April is going to be a pretty crazy month and I don't think I'll be able to sneak away to quilt.2. Next up was this month's Schnibble~ Roundabout. I just finished the top last week. ;-)
3. To work on finishing up the HGTV BOM blocks for the year~ nope, didn't happen. I am a little further along, but this one is going to have to carry over into next month. If it was only a matter of making the 12 inch blocks, I would be ready, but the little 4 inch blocks are a bit more time consuming than I thought. LOL ;-)

4. The on-going blocks~~ I did finish all the blocks for the next (and last) exchange of blocks with Bingo Bonnie. :-)) And I got 6 more Piece & Goodwill blocks together. And I am up to date with the blocks for the Jelly Roll Quilt Along. Whoohoo!

And then I went and started Dear Jane blocks! :-o 4 down/a million to go! LOL :-)
Now for the joke we were tagged with this month.... DS is my joke teller and I was sure I could get one out of him~ but I didn't! :-o I hardly saw him all month. :-o So I'll tell you a funny story instead. While sewing with DD last week we recalled another sewing session~ we were on summer vacation at my parent's and DD was 4 or 5 yrs old. Mom & I were making Barbie clothes for the girl cousins. DD came in to see what we were doing, eyed my Mom's pincushion (where she kept a huge pearl topped corsage pin). I was working at the table with my back turned to them and DD quickly nipped the pin, turned and stuck me in the rear! :-o I yelped! She was so shocked she stood there with this big look of surprise on her face and of course then my Mom & I giggled til we cried. DD had been watching too many cartoons and kept saying, 'I didn't think it was going to hurt!' Which made us laugh all the harder. :-) I teased her about it this week and she still says~ 'I didn't know it was going to hurt!' LOL :-)) She never did tell what she thought was going to happen. ;-) Silly kids.

I hope you all have a wonderful week and until next time~
Happy Stitchin'!

I Love Goals!

They keep me grounded, ...focused, and I love results! :-) LOL It's one of the reasons I love being part of the CG&GQC so much~ we make goals at the beginning of the month and then see how we did at the end of the month... sounds pretty simple right? But without those goals, I sometimes find myself at odds~ 'which project should I work on today?' ;-) With my goals, I know which project to work on! Call me crazy, but it works for me! LOL :-)

Yesterday I got my next 6 Piece and Goodwill blocks together. I'll need to cut more pieces before I can work on any more. My goal was to do 3 a month, but I'm trying to work ahead a bit because when the weather gets nicer, I will get a lot busier. ;-)
**blogger flipped them. :-/ Sorry.

I hope you are reaching some of your quilting goals this week~
Until next time~
Happy Stitchin'!

CG&GQC March Goals

Another month~ another list of goals... :-) Hope will spring eternal this month! LOL :-))

1. Absolutely must finish this quilt top so it can come up off of the floor! ;-)

2. This month's Schnibbles. Sorry I don't have a photo~ I need to get the pattern and figure out the fabric first. ;-)

3. My HGTV BOM~ this is the photo of the blocks for this month. I'd really like to finish up all the blocks for the year and get the mini's figured out. You won't be able to see them until they are revealed each month, but it would be a huge weight off of my shoulders to have them ready to go.

4. My on-going projects....
Piece & Goodwill needs 3 or more blocks added this month~

My exchange of MyBlueHeaven blocks with Bingo~Bonnie~ I need to work on more blocks now.

The Quilt Along at Moose on the Porch Quilts... I haven't made block one yet and block two will be out in 2 weeks. :-o

Hmmm, I hope I haven't forgotten anything. I think I have plenty to keep me busy! :-)

Until next time~
Happy stitchin'!

CG&GQC February Finishes~

Let's see...

1. ~check~ I wanted to get the Fig Tree top together and it is. :-) I'll spare you another photo because you probably saw it a million times already. ;-) Hopefully I will be able to go quilt it next month~ and then you'll see it again. ;-))

2. ~check~ I got all the HST's made for my next round of block exchanges with Bonnie. :-)

3. ~check~ the 'disaster' was organized. :-) ...but that was 3 weeks ago and although it's not too bad, its getting there! Why does a sewing space get messed up so fast? I've decided it is as good as it gets, it is now 'organized chaos'. ;-) LOL

..and then there were all the things that I didn't list but I needed to do~
~check~ Schnibble's Sunday Best top is together ~check~ I had a great Thimbleberries Sew Day and have the beginnings of a new quilt. ;-) ~check~ I have my BOM block ready for next month~ finished the 4 inch block up today, but I can't show you until after the first. ;-)

I have decided those things are going to get put in the goals next month~ they take a lot of time! Well, all but T-berries, that is just a fun day! And speaking of fun days~~

Saturday is the Spring Sewing Party for the CG&GQC~ I'll be working on my Vintage Sheet top. What are you working on? :-)

Until next time~
Happy stitchin'!

Design Wall Monday & the Rest of the Week!

Good morning! I sewed over the weekend! I am working on my Vintage Sheet top. I drew up the design in EQ and could not figure out how to make sashing without cornerstones~ yeah, there is a lot to EQ that still baffles me, but I do have fun! ;-) Sometimes knowing how you want to do something, and actually getting it to look that way are worlds apart! LOL Anyway~ I sewed, and sewed and have about a third of the top together. I plan to put in a few more of the pink polka dot and green dotted fabrics to give the top a little more color, a lot of my sheets are kind of plain, but I love them all! ;-) And I'm sorry the photo is a little dark~ I took it early this morning. ;-) To see more great projects and get loads of inspiration visit Judy L at Patchwork Times~ and while you are there, add your link too! :-)

This is going to be a busy week! Wednesday is Thimbleberries Sew Day and I am going to start another quilt top! :-o

Oh yes I am! I have loved this pattern from Bonnie Hunter's Quiltville since I first saw it. So I cut out bricks and strips for 4 patches to get started, but will be cutting a lot more in the coming weeks. :-) Join Barb and me if you love Thimbleberries too! You do not need to make a Thimbleberries pattern~ you can either use a pattern or Thimbleberries fabric and join us for a fun day of sewing!

And Saturday is the Charming Guys and Girls Spring Sewing Party! I plan to keep working on my vintage Sheet top! :-) Maybe I will get the next third done~ I hope, I hope! :-))

Yes indeedy~ a fun week of sewing ahead!
Until next time~
Happy Stitchin'!

Tag!

Joan is tagging the CG&GQC this month to list some of our favorite things~ :-)
Mine could be summed up in 3 F's~ family, flowers and fabric!!

I can't show you a photo of my family. We are spread out all over the place. And DS would probably never forgive me if I put his pic on my quilting blog. LOL ;-)

I thought about taking a pic of the crocus blooming outside my front door, but thought that might be cruel to those of you who are scooping snow. ;-) So how about a ~

It reminds me of the song 'raindrops on roses, and...' which seemed to start playing through my head the minute I saw Joan's tag. :-)

And instead of showing you a stack of fabric, how about a few quilts?~

We do not lack for quilts here. ;-))

I also love to do redwork~ just a peek at what is currently in the hoop. ;-)

Of course chocolate isn't mentioned, but should be.... (I didn't have any to photograph! :-o Time to go shopping!) LOL :-)

What are your favorite things?
Until next time~
Happy Stitchin'!

CGandGQC February Goals~

Notice our new name and logo? Kelly designed a new one for us this year. :-) Thanks Kelly!

Like so many other club members, I cannot believe it is already February! I guess time really does fly when we are having fun! LOL :-) Since I only have 25 days let to this month, my goals are going to be short ones. ;-)


1. I need to get Cobble Stones together! I'm working on it. I will spare you another photo, just check Monday's post. ;-)

2. It is time to pull out the MyBlue Heaven blocks I am exchanging with Bingo~Bonnie and get some more made up. It takes a lot of HST's to put these blocks together, so that is where I will start. We are going to exchange 16 blocks for our last exchange, so I should start working on them. ;-) I don't plan to get all 16 done this month~ just a huge pile of HST's! :-)



3. Since I only gave myself a 'half check' for cleaning up my disaster last month. ;-) (Well, I altered the plan mid-month, I hadn't originally planned to move furniture!) This month I will finish the task. LOL ;-)

Not included on the list, but other things I will do this month are the February Schnibbles pattern, the Thimbleberries Sew Day, and getting the next BOM ready for the HGTV quilters~ and I'm going to an Expo! :-) It is entirely possible that I've forgotten something that I will also cram in~ LOL! :-))

Guess I'd better get busy!
Until next time~
Happy Stitchin' to You! ;-)