Charming Girls Finishes~

My bad, I don't think I ever blogged about my Charming Girls Club Goals for May and June. :-o  So we will make it an all-in-one post! lol

There are certain things I need to do every month~ the BOM blocks I'm doing with a friend for the HGTV message board. I got them both done. And July's is waiting for Friday.

May block

June block

I'm doing the Birdie Stitches BOM from Little Miss Shabby. Here is Jun's, but they both were finished. The next one will come out Friday. ;-)

 I'm doing the Simple Things quilt along with Kelly at Charming Chatter and Carol at Brown Quilts. I'm almost ready for the next step, but I'm keeping up!! Yay!

I am working on the Mystery in Quiltmaker magazine. I've almost got step 2 done and then I will show you in another post... maybe that should be a July goal? 

 Finally, I've been making the Le Petite projects each month. This was June's pattern Ric Rac a Schnibbles pattern by Carrie nelson. I turned the wall hanging into two pillows. ;-)









 Let's see what else did I do?  Oh! Silly me! I got a new sewing machine and I've been playing!! ;-)))

I hope you've had some fun in May and June too!
Until next time~
Happy stitchin'!

CGQC January Finishes~

I purposely didn't give my self a lot of goals for January as I had other things I needed to work on. So lets review my goals~

1. I need to finish up the 12 blocks in Christmas fabrics that my friend and I decided last year to exchange for Christmas.

~check~ Yep, I did it! These are the blocks I sent to my friend, and below are the blocks I received. I have a plan for my blocks already. ;-)

2. I want to work on my Fig Tree Club quilt called Cobble Stones. Last month I got it all cut out and part of the blocks sewn. I'd like to get them all sewn. ;-)

~check~ Blocks are all finished and sashings are in-progress. ;-) I have played with them on the floor for a week now and hopefully will have decided on their layout soon. :-))

3. And the biggie~ the 'necessary evil' ~~ clean up my disaster!

~half check~ LOL In the process of cleaning up, I decided to rearrange the furniture! :-o So everything is rearranged and I am putting things back in place. Maybe there will be a few pics by mid-February. ;-)

I also managed to~
~~get my Thimbleberries bag and table runner together.
~~Get my January Schnibble together during the Valentine's Sewing Day. :-)
~~And spend a day cutting pieces for 'Piece & Goodwill'.

So I would say I had a very good month! :-)

I also want to thank SewCalGal for the wonderful Virtual Christmas Quilt Show she did in December. The inspiration was awesome! I happened to win a thumb drive and it arrived this week. It is sure going to come in handy for organizing my photo's on the computer! Thank you SewCalGal and AllBrands! :-)

Until next time~
Happy Stitchin'!

CGQC January Tag

Kelly has tagged the Charming Girls Quilt Club to tell how we display quilts. (check out her blog because her photo's are great!) I am not so imaginative in my quilt displays, but after looking at what others are doing~ I'm gathering ideas! ;-)

I have quilts on all the beds, the back of the couch, and table toppers and table runners on the tables. I only have one set of quilted placemats though, I need to work on that! ;-) I do have a few good spots for displaying a quilt. We live in an old house and this is the upstairs railing. It's fun to hang a quilt from the rail and see it every time I go up/down the stairs. :-)

I also have an adjustable curtain rod in the hall. I can hang small quilts, seasonal things, or multiple little quilts on it. I took this photo last fall, but you get the idea.

Sorry my photo's are kind of dark~ its a gloomy day. :-o
Be sure to check the list of quilters on Kelly's blog and see how everyone else decorates. You will be inspired too! :-)

Until next time~
Happy Stitchin'!

Valentine Sewing Party

And if you can't sew this weekend~ next Saturday, January 23rd, Kelly & Joan are having a Valentine Sewing Party. :-) Do you have a Valentine project you'd like to make? What a great time to do it! I'm going to have to do a bit of thinking and I'll get back to you on my project. ;-)

Have a great weekend~
And Happy Stitchin'!

Charming Girls Quilt Club Goals for January (and other stuff)

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

Thank you all for your wonderful comments on my last post~ I would love to show you the snuggies~ blanket with sleeves~ I made. Yup, both are finished already! But my DS doesn't want his photo on my blog, so I fixed it a little~ LOL. ;-) Here are my clowns! :-)) Both not only have sleeves, but a big pocket in the front and a huge inside pocket at the bottom for their feet! You know how, when you cover up with a blanket, your feet get uncovered? Well theirs won't! LOL


I have been doing a lot of thinking for my goals for January~ you know there are need to do things (commitments I've made), want to do things (because they would be so fun and wouldn't it be wonderful to make all the great projects we see?!), and "necessary evils"~ lots of things fall into that one but just a few are laundry, bill paying, cooking... although I like to cook, so usually I don't mind that one. And my biggest "necessary evil" is cleaning up my 'disaster area'~ the sewing space. Let's face it, quilting is not a neat hobby. There is fabric, batting, scraps, threads etc. My goal list for January is going to be one thing from each list. :-)

1. I need to finish up the 12 blocks in Christmas fabrics that my friend and I decided last year to exchange for Christmas. Well, neither of us finished our blocks in time for Christmas, because neither of us did one each month like we planned! :-o I now have 4 done and plan to finish them all and mail them by January 11th. ~sorry no photo's until they are in her hot little hands~ ;-)

2. I want to work on my Fig Tree Club quilt called Cobble Stones. Last month I got it all cut out and part of the blocks sewn. I'd like to get them all sewn. ;-)

3. And the biggie~ the 'necessary evil' ~~ clean up my disaster! Yikes! There I said it. I have a huge disaster. No photo's because it is too embarrassing! ;-/ But it has turned into the elephant in the room, so I will work on it. Wish me luck? And if I don't post for a week, please check on me~ I might be buried in fabric! :-o

Until next time~
Happy Stitchin'!!

Charming Girls Club December Finishes~

So my goals for December were~

1. Finish up Bingo~Bonnie's December mini and My Blue Heaven blocks and get them mailed. Check~ they were mailed before Christmas. :-)
The block is called MyBlue Heaven and we found it on QuiltersCache.

2. I have got to cut into and start sewing my Fig Tree Club Quilt! :-)) Ok, make that 'want' instead of 'got'. ;-)) The fabric calls me every day. ;-) I have a few of the blocks together, and the whole quilt cut out. :-)

3. DS's 'Bears in the Forest' quilt is waiting for binding. Done and he is loving it!

4. I need to make a couple Tuffets for A Year of Schnibbles.Yup finished them and love them!

And YES! I did it! :-)
Next up I'll figure out my goals for January and one of them I will be working on this weekend~ my kids want me to make 'snuggies' :-) Have you seen the blankets with sleeves? They both think they would be great.

Happy New Year!

December Goals~

Notice the Charming Girls Quilt Club button on my side bar? Well, because of a little misunderstanding (by me) I'd been making goals, but not posting them. Kelly & I got it straightened out and now I think I know what I'm doing~ LOL but don't hold me to that! ;-)

So my goals for December~

1. Finish up Bingo~Bonnie's December mini and My Blue Heaven blocks and get them mailed.
See~ I'm working on the blocks :-) The block is called MyBlue Heaven and we found it on QuiltersCache.

2. I have got to cut into and start sewing my Fig Tree Club Quilt! :-)) Ok, make that 'want' instead of 'got'. ;-)) The fabric calls me every day. ;-)

3. DS's 'Bears in the Forest' quilt is waiting for binding. :-/
4. I need to make a couple Tuffets for A Year of Schnibbles.

I think that list will keep me plenty busy along with baking, decorating, card writing, gift wrapping... :-)) LOL I am hoping to get at the very least, 2 of the 4 goals crossed off. :-)

Now back to sewing those blocks!
Until next time~
Happy Stitchin'!