I'm Late! I'm Late!

For a very important date!! :-)  Alice in Wonderland

Today is Thimbleberries Sew Day!!

Are you sewing?

We have one special lady sewing away in New Zealand~

check out Clare's blog~

Craftylady in Kiwiland

I love your block Clare!!

If you are sewing too, just let me know so I can come by for a visit!

Have a happy sew-day!!

Whoops!!

I knew today was 'something', but after checking the calendar a few times, I convinced myself I was wrong and went to sew on one of my row robins. Then it hit me! clunk Today was Thimbleberries Sew Day! :-o

Sorry! Did anyone sew? Hopefully next month I'll have my head back~~  :-/

Have a wonderful evening!!

Thimbleberries Sew Day!

Did you sew?  Please tell me so I can visit! ;-)

I pulled out the rest of  my Thimbleberries scraps and made more T's!!   This was March's Schnibble project, but being the slacker I am (not!), I didn't have it finished. Well, the truth is that I really wasn't too inspired by Bibelot last month. I thought I might be a little choosier on which projects I did this year because I have done them for the last 2 years~ and really, do I need more wall hangings? ;-) But then I saw the pattern... and the cute designs... and I got to thinking it would make a really cute pillow cover, or small quilt... yes, I am weak! And with today being Thimbleberries Sew Day~~~ I caved! :-o  Are you really surprised? LOL  Ok, enough of the bold T's too! I'm getting confused. ;-)

Here is my little topper~ or as hubby has started referring to it, 'his pillow' top. LOL :-)

I hope you had a fun sewing day too!  Tomorrow I will work on this month's Schnibbles~ hey I have a few days yet! It could happen!! :-)

Oh and don't forget about my giveaway~ a couple gorgeous patterns are in the hat!!

T is for...

Tomorrow...

Thimbleberries Sew Day!! :-)

I am going to work on some little T's~ the Schnibbles pattern for March~ Bibelot. :-)  Yep, I am a Tad behind!

Hope to see you sewing with us!!

And don't forget to stop by my giveaway post!

Some Fun~

I can't show you what is going on in the quilt room because I am working on the next HGTV BOM~ which gets revealed Thursday. ;-)  And I'm working on my row robin rows. Remember I started out with 2 lap quilts and wall hanging size rows, so I have 3 rows to do each month it gets passed around. I know some of the gals in the Row Robin visit hoping for a peek at their quilts! ;-) LOL We all have to wait until the 'big reveal' in September. :-) I must say, some really creative rows have been coming my way! It is going to be so fun to see all the tops!

In the evenings, I find myself stitching~

I finished the asparagus towel last night and the beets a few nights ago. (sorry my photo is a little blurry :-/ Both of these patterns are the monthly freebies from  Bird Brain Designs.  Scroll down and look for 'freebie'. They are going to do a vegetable freebie each month all year. And they stitch up really fast. ;-)

I used Transfer Eze to transfer the designs to my towels. It is a water soluble product that eliminates the need to trace. It comes in 8 x 11 inch sheets. I must say~ I like it!  It didn't affect my stitches at all. I did one towel in perle cotton and the other in regular floss. You need to remember to set your printer to 'light', so you use the least amount of ink possible. I forgot to do that on one project and discovered that it was much harder to rinse out in small areas. This time it rinsed fine~ I haven't rinsed the green towel yet. I was too excited to show you! :-)

Yesterdays mail brought my next project~ perfect timing!! :-) I was lucky enough to win Quilt n' Queen Pauline's giveaway for a Bird Brain Designs gift certificate last month :-) and I ordered 2 patterns~ one of them  printed on Sticky Fabri-Solvy.  BBDesigns uses this product now because it comes in larger sheets~

I am going to be prepping my background fabric today and stitching soon! Thanks so much Pauline!!  You are keeping me in stitches! ;-)

A reminder before I leave you~ Wednesday is Thimbleberries Sew Day!  I won't be joining you this month, but please let me know what you are working on so I can visit!!

Until next time~
Happy Stitchin'!!

Today Is The Day~

Thimbleberries Sew Day! :-)

I don't have my design wall cleaned off enough to lay out the Log Cabin quilt I had been making blocks for, so I am going to do a couple fast and fun projects today.  :-)

I embroidered these two snowmen (Sherri Falls- This and That pattern) a while back and plan to make little borders for them today with the Thimbleberries stash and finish them up. :)

What are you working on?

I'll be back with an up date later today~  :-)

Tomorrow ♪♪♫♫♪ Tomorrow

♪♪♫♫♪♪♪♫♫♪... is only a day away!!!

And it is Thimbleberries Sew Day!!

Hope to see you in the AM! :-)

Catch-Up Post~

I have so many unrelated things to post about that I thought I'd just do one catch-up post. :-)

Thimbleberries Sew Day....

...was yesterday and joining me sewing were Kim of Kim Sherrod Studio, and Karen at Briarside Lane. Please be sure to visit them and cheer them on. :-)

I continued to work on my log cabin blocks for the Double Duty quilt in 'Miss Rosie's Spice of Life Quilts'.  I am so happy to report that I am nearly finished with the little buggars! LOL :-)  I ran out of strips and had to cut about 20 more last night. I will sew them on today and next month I can start putting it together! :-)

I can't show you a photo of the blocks on my design wall, because this quilt is filling it now...

and I need to get it together. :-) My friend Lindsay and I led a block of the month program on HGTV Quilter's message board last year, and this is my 'Stars in the Barn Door' top~ partially sewn together. ;-) The star blocks all came from Quilter's Cache, but we did re-size some of them into a 6 inch block for the center of the barn door block.  My plan is to put a border of HST's around the top once I get it all together.

Row Robin sewing

I also need to work on one more row robin~

Last night I finally was struck with inspiration, and although I won't be able to show you what I add to this top (I know the owner of this row visits my blog) ;-) , I will be able to show you all the completed row tops in the fall.  :-)


Gifties~

Remember all the 'secret sewing' I was doing before Christmas?  These scarves were part of it. I made them for family and a few friends. They are layers of flannel that are sewn together and then cut into chenille... after a washing and drying they fluff out so nice and are so warm!  These are the last two for my kiddo's. :-)

I am off to sew on something! LOL I do have a few choices, don't I?  I'm going to finish up the log cabin blocks first~ ;-)

Until next time~
Happy stitchin'!!

Sewing!!

Yes indeed, I had a great day sewing!
But it was so dark and rainy this afternoon that i couldn't get any 'good' photo's. I'll try tomorrow~

Have a great evening!!

Reminder~~

Tomorrow is Thimbleberries Sew Day!! :-)

Will you sew with me?  You can work on a Thimbleberries pattern and any fabrics you choose, or you can work with your Thimbleberries fabrics and any pattern you choose... sound fun?  ;-)

Hope to see you tomorrow! :-)

Flying High!!! (final update)

Whoohoo~ I got the 80 Flying Geese blocks finished! (Get it? Flying High? :-) )  I couldn't resist!
I just have to trim off the wild feathers (bunny ears) ;-)
I didn't take another photo, but wanted to share my progress.

I hope you also visit~

Karen @ Briarside Lane

Jayne @ Jayne's Quilting Room

Barb @ Bejeweled Quilts by Barb

And I discovered Monica @ Diary of a Quilt Maven is sewing with us too!

Thank you for joining me ladies!! :-)

And since no post is complete without a photo~

I am headed back to work on my Orca Bay step 2 (link in my sidebar)

Have a happy evening!!

Sewing..Sewing.. Sewing...

Today is Thimbleberries Sew Day!  And I am sewing!!  I've been working on Double Duty from Miss Rosie's Spice of Life Quilts book one day a month for a while now. Today I counted my Log Cabin blocks~ I have 78 complete; I need 26 more.  There are also Flying Geese in this quilt~ I got 28 made this morning. I need 80. I know I won't get them all sewn today, but it is good to pull it out every month and make a little progress. :-)

Are you sewing?  You can use a Thimbleberries pattern and your stash of any fabrics you want, or use any pattern and your Thimbleberries fabrics.  Either way~ you are sure to have fun! :-)

I'll be back this evening with an update on the Flying Geese.

Please be sure to visit these gals who are sewing with me today~ :-)

Karen at Briarside Lane

Jayne at Jayne's Quilting Room

And Barb at Bejeweled Quilts by Barb

Happy stitching!

Thimbleberries Sew Day Time!!

Thank you, Karen, for the reminder!! LOL  I can't wait to see what you work on! ;-)

Ladies~ tomorrow is Thimbleberries Sew Day!  Won't you join us?  You can use Thimbleberries fabrics, or your own fabrics and a Thimbleberries pattern. Let me know if you have a project to work on and I'll be sure to stop by for a visit! :-)

I'll be pulling out the log cabin blocks bucket once again and working on those. ;-) ~  one of these month's I will have the pile I need for the Double Duty quilt in Miss Rosie's Spice of Life Quilts book.

Hope to see you tomorrow!!

TODAY! .....

Is the last Wednesday in October! How did that happen?!  And you know what that means~~

It's Thimbleberries Sew Day!

Are you sewing?
I am going to work on my log cabin blocks and I'll be back with an update later~~

 Get those machines humming! :-)

Update~ I had a good day! only 28 more log cabin blocks to make next month and then I can start on the flying geese.  If you are new to my blog~ Thimbleberries Sew Day was started by Barb and I because we love Thimbleberries~ patterns, fabrics, its all good! :-) So each month we try to take a day and sew together. You are welcome to join us, and if you leave a comment we will come by and visit you. :-) I am working on Double Duty from Miss Rosie's Quilt Co book called 'Spice of Life Quilts'.  I'm using my Thimbleberries scraps along with others I've accumulated. LOL

Thanks for checking in on me!
Have a great evening!

Thimbleberries Sew Day~ update

Thanks for the reminder Barb!  :-o  I nearly forgot that today is our sew-day!  Are you sewing?
I'll be working on more log cabin blocks~

Be back later~~

I'm baaa-aack! :-)  I got another 20 blocks completed.  There are 104 in the quilt, so I am a little over halfway there with the log cabins.  The pattern also has a bunch of flying geese, so I am cutting those out for the next sew day.  I hope y'all had some time to sew today too.  Until next time~

Happy stitchin'!! 

Yesterday's Sew Day~~

...didn't quite go as planned, but I did get a lot of cutting done!  I'd almost forgotten about my sourdough starter in the refrigerator, so had to divide and start mixing on that before I could go near my machine. (Today I had to knead in more flour and it is now ready for the oven. Yum!  We just love fresh sourdough bread!!! ) Then I got to my machine, but decided I would rather have all the 'logs' cut and ready to go, instead of sewing to a strip and cutting apart. My strips were only 21 inches and I decided I could make the best use of them by cutting. (Carrie has that all figured out for you in the book, but I had to test it! lol) 

Logs cut..

Then I sewed on the HST part using Triangulations.  Next month I will be all ready to sit and sew! Whoohoo! :-) The day ended before I got much more done. :-/

HST's~ I've got them all cut apart since this photo :-)

 In other news~ the painters left about an hour ago. :-)) Double whoohoo!! :-)  I am so happy to have my house painted and the doors done! I will take a photo for you this weekend of my cottage. :-)  So the painting is done~ and you know what that means?!  It's giveaway time!  I have 4 more vintage sheet FQ's or these two wool patterns. Which would you like to win? Let me know and your name will go in that hat. :-)  I will draw on Sunday.

I am so sorry for the glare! Around the pumpkin and the squirrel there are autumn leaves.

Thanks so much for your wonderful comments, following me, and the inspiration you give me!  :-)

Have a happy day!

Tomorrow~~

~~is Thimbleberries Sew Day!  :-) Won't you join Barb and I in sewing something fun? You can use a Thimbleberries pattern or fabric~ and be sure to let us know you are sewing so we can visit! :-)

I am going to be working on my 'Double Duty' blocks from the Miss Rosie's Spice of Life Quilts book.  I wonder how many blocks I can get made if I get some good sew time in? :-)

And our painters haven't finished up our house yet... Thursday is looking promising though. I haven't forgotten about having a little giveaway when they are done and gone, so come back later this week to see. ;-)

Until tomorrow~
Have a good evening!!

Thursday~

Yesterday was Thimbleberries Sew Day~ I know Barb sewed, and so did Kim. I love both of their projects!! I, ahem, didn't get much done. :-o  Mr Crazy and I have been having one of 'those' weeks~ you know the ones~ when everything under the sun seems to be packed into each day! Dentist appts, Dr appt's, DD came home for a little visit, house painter's here, etc etc~ today we are getting new rain gutters. Exciting huh? lol  The house painter's aren't quite finished~ they will be back next week, but the majority of their work is done. Whew! 

My Thimbleberries Sew Day plan was to work on this quilt~ Double Duty in Miss Rosie's Spice of Life Quilts book by Carrie Nelson. Unfortunately, I only got 4 little blocks finished.  I hope to do better next month! Mark your calendars for the 27th of July!! :-)

I did get a "sweet" squishy in the mail yesterday!  Jenny from Cut.Sew.Iron.Repeat had a little giveaway for some scraps of Sweetwater's new line Hometown.  They are such cute fabrics! I see some small scrappy bags in my future! ;-)   Thank you Jenny!!!

I hope you are finding a little time to sew today!
Until next time~
Have a happy day!

~~Tomorrow~~

Is Thimbleberries Sew Day!  Are you sewing? :-)  If you are sewing something in Thimbleberries fabrics, or using a Thimbleberries pattern and your own fabrics, we'd love to see it!!  Barb at Bejeweled Quilts by Barb and I started this sew day last year, because we both love Thimbleberries! :-))

Unfortunately, I will be out for a bit tomorrow. BUT if you leave me a comment and let me know you are sewing~ I'll stop by!  If I get time, I plan to work on some log cabin blocks that I've added a lot of my T-berrie stash to. :-)   I'll be back tomorrow with photo's!!

Have a happy day!

Finale for today~

I just kept pressing and cutting and I have a lot of the quilt cut out now. :-) This is going to be my monthly Thimbleberries project and I am in love with it! Thank you for stopping in to visit today! And for telling me I'm not the only one who hasn't made a Log Cabin quilt. :-) Want to make one along with me?  :-)

And the guy in brown stopped by today! :-)  I recently won a little giveaway of CW scraps from Faithful Quilter; Elaine~ and she even sent the scrap container and some extra FQ's! Thank you Elaine! These pieces will be perfect for paper-piecing some of my DJ blocks!! :-)

Have a great evening~
Until next time :-)