I'm Baaa-aaack!!!

And whew!~ what a weekend!  I had a blast at retreat and managed to get quite a few things finished, or close to finished. :-) I need to add a few borders, do some quilting etc, but all-in-all I am very happy with all I got done. 

Mystery Quilt

I got my mystery quilt top together from Leslie at the Crafty Unicorn Quilting.  Next week, or is it this week? Well, one of these weeks, Leslie is going to show us border options.  I just love how it came together!

Piece and Goodwill

I've been working on blocks for 'Piece and Goodwill' (from Quiltmaker magazine Nov/Dec 09) off and on for a while. I finally got 36 blocks together. That is six more than the original pattern, and I am planning to make another row so it will be a bit longer.  Then I'll add the borders. ;-)

Thank you Cyndi!! :-)

I've got lots more to show you, but I wanted to show you my Santa Sack 2 gifts from Cyndi.
She sent an extra little gift and told me to 'open now'~ well, anyone who knows me knows you don't have to say that twice!! LOL Cyndi sent me an adorable bag!  I love it! It is for my birthday~ wasn't that the sweetest?! And speaking of sweet~ that little Halloween bag is full of them! Sweets, that is! I am going to have to do extra laps around the neighborhood. LOL

I'll be back soon!
Happy Stitchin'!!

Time Flies When Your Sewing...

....Machine is Humming!  :-)  And my baby has had a workout the past week. ;-)

I finished 18 blocks for the red/white block swap I'm hosting on a message board, and when the other's blocks started rolling in I realized I didn't have enough blocks to give everyone a good assortment back! Eeek!! Usually I have a good number of swappers, but this time there were only 11 of us... so what to do? Make more blocks! I made an additional 9 to help even out the numbers. I was so busy sewing and swapping and packing~ I totally forgot the photo!! :-o  I'll take one of my blocks soon.

Then I got to work on the Le Petite project for this month~ it was 'quilter's choice'. :-) We could choose any Scnibble pattern we wanted. Well, I had fallen in love with Full House when I first saw it on Carrie's blog.  And then she went and made more! :-)  I chose to use my charm packs of  Saltbox Harvest... I've only been holding on to them for a year! :-o  I love how it turned out!  Thanks Carrie for another fun Schnibble!!  And thanks also to Sherri and Sinta for the fun every month!

I also finished the next step in the mystery quilt along Leslie is hosting~  I played around with possible lay-outs, but I'm a bit confused by the half plain, half HST squares... any hints Leslie?? :-)

I hope you are finding some fun time for sewing too!
Until next time~

Happy stitchin'!!

Uh-Oh I'm In Trouble....

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While putting all the things in the Traveling Stash back in the box, I took another look at these Hexagon pieces and thought, "oh, I can try them before sending the box on..."   Well  let me tell you that was a mistake!!  I just cut a few scraps and now I'm hooked! :-o  Now seriously, I am not going to make a whole quilt of these, but maybe enough for a little wall hanging... maybe. :-))

So I thought, I would add a little of my Christmas stash to the box. I cut these FQ's. Notice anything about my Christmas stash?  Yes, it appears I am drawn to green and glitz. :-o  No, they aren't meant to coordinate, but maybe some where along the next stops, someone will need some green Christmas prints. :-)

I did get a bit of sewing done over the weekend. Step 6 of The Crafty Unicorn's mystery quilt along is done. Now I am really wondering how all my pieces are going to go together! :-)

There is still time to get in on the drawing to be the next stop on the Traveling Stash box~ just leave a comment on THIS POST and tell me you'd like to have a chance.

Until next time~

Happy Stitchin'!!

Luck and Gratitude

I had a really lucky June!  And I've been pinching myself!  First Darlene at Quilting Daze had a wonderful anniversary party and I went home with this lovely treat!~ Well, ok, she mailed it to me. But I won! I love it! :-) I've been 'testing' it all over the house and driving DH crazy. :-)  I don't have any walls in the cottage to hang it there (cabinets, shelves, design wall, windows), and besides, I want it in the house~ where I can see it every day! :-) Thank you Darlene!  :-)

Then Kelly announced the end of the Charming Girls Club and the winners of her last drawing~ yup, you guessed it~ I was one of the lucky winners! Kelly was giving a gift certificate to her shop, Cotton Charm Quilts. I asked her to surprise me because I adore everything in her shop. lol  And look what she sent~ this fantastic placemat pattern and 2 gorgeous charm packs! Perfect! :-)  Thank you Kelly!  :-)

Ok, then I was struck by lightning! No, not really. ;-)  I was drawn from Sherrie's parade of Le Petite projects to receive a package from Carrie from Miss Rosie's Quilt Co.~~ and wow! :-o  Not one, but two Layer Cakes arrived in the mail!! :-))  Thank you so much Carrie!  And Sinta for sending them. ;-)

I was sooo excited by all the fantastic mail that I had to settle myself down and do some sewing. :-) It calms me~ does it do that to you?  I finished up Step 2 in the Quiltmaker mystery by Debbie Caffrey. 

And speaking of mysteries... Brenda found this one at The Crafty Unicorn, and I think I am up for it!  Would you like to join us?? :-))

That's all for today~
 Happy Stitchin'!!

Friday~~

Have you heard of Erik Homemade? Me neither! ;-) I found the blog this morning and they are starting a scrap mystery next week~ thought I'd share with y'all in case you feel like busting up some scraps. ;-)

Have a good weekend!