It's the Little Things~

That add up to the big things!! :-)

And I've been working on little things~

I finished the 9th installment of the I Believe in Snowmen (by Bunny Hill Designs) sew-along that we are doing on the HGTV message boards. I love how this quilt is coming together!

Next month I will have the top together and show you. Then it will be on to working on borders. :-)

And I'm getting quite a stack of hexies~

They are cut from a Happy Go Lucky charm pack I was hoarding I mean~ saving for a special project! Yup that's it! :-)

I can't show you what project ...yet. :-)

But if you'd like a peek at what little secrets I was working on, check out Clover & Violet's blog post today.

;-) Yep~ that was me!! :-) And I enjoyed every minute!!  :-)

Until next time~

Happy stitchin'!!

A Little of This and A Little of That

Since finishing my swap blocks, I've been doing a bit of this and that

and not really much of anything! :-)

I did get my August BOM block done for the HGTV message board sew along~

 

 

This year I am doing my blocks in B&W, with grey and red. 

This block was called Ruins of Jericho, but when I spied

that 6 inch center, I just had to add a star. :-) LOL

 

I also caught hexie fever! :-o

But this time I am making bigger hex's. Instead of cutting around each one, I made my templates with a double layer of freezer paper. They press nicely to the fabric, and are firm enough to hold on to. 

When I'm ready to stitch the seam allowances down, it is just a quick snip of the 4 corners and my 

hex is ready. Little waste, and not trying to rotary cut and create big waste. ;-)

 

 

I think I like the larger size! ;-)

What are you working on?

Until next time~

Happy stitchin'!

Shopping, Fiddling, & Fun!

First, don't forget to comment on my giveaway post!  You could be the lucky winner of a beautiful quilt pattern or an adorable baby's bonnet pattern from the wonderful Loris, who wrote Solomon's Puzzle. :-)

Shopping~
LOL Who doesn't love to shop?! I infrequently stop in our local Tuesday Morning store and always come out with something I never expected. Like this bundle of FQ's from Westminster Fibers, and the little roll of Kaffe prints.  Both are first quality fabrics, but at fantastic prices! :-)  Whoohoo!

Fiddling~
Well, when everyone was on the hexie craze, I thought I would make a couple and applique them to a background as a sort of mini quilt~ that way I could say I tried them, right? Who knew they would become an addiction?!! :-o  I made 4. Then a couple more. Then thought how would they look joined? Argh!  It is only going to have the 7 hexagons in it and will be a table topper! Yikes!  I have to stop myself!  ;-)

Fun~  :-)
I was the lucky winner of the latest issue of Primitive Quilts from Lori at Humble Quilts. What a fun magazine!! :-))  The question isn't 'which project should I do?'  but 'which project should I do first?'!!  It has so many wonderful projects in it, I want to do every single one!!  I think I'll start with the redwork and put the hexies aside for a little while. LOL

Hope you are having a fun weekend!~ which includes a little shopping and fiddling too! ;-)

Until next time~
Happy Stitchin'!