I Can Show You! :-)

I got an email from Bonnie telling me she got the mini I made for her~ so I can show you now! :-) Whoohoo!

If you remember, we exchanged fall themed mini's. I received mine last week and you can see it here ~I also showed a photo of the back of hers on that post. I was starting to worry about the mail system because I mailed it priority on the 29th! I am so glad she got it!
And here it is~ :-)
Hope you enjoy it Bonnie! :-)
You can click it for a little larger view. I quilted it with all over loop-de-loo's. :-)
We are also going to exchange Christmas mini's, so I need to find a pattern! :-o

Until Next time~
Happy Stitchin'!!

A Trio..

... of mini's! I was digging around in my quilt cupboard (not a real cupboard but a closet) looking for my fall quilts and I found these! :-) They weren't really lost~ let me explain... When we move every quilt goes with me (yeah, DH doesn't like my moving strategy but I refuse to leave them to movers!), in our last move, I wrapped smaller things inside larger things. Well, you know, as you are settling in and unpacking, sometimes you know things are safe, but aren't quite sure where they ended up~? Does that make sense? That's what happened this time. I thought I'd packed them with some fabric and just hadn't come across them yet~ and there they were waiting in the quilt cupboard! :-)

The one on the left measures 8.5 x 10 inches. The center HST's are 5/8's of an inch. It was little cut off ears from a larger project. Do you save those or toss them? Sometimes I love to play with them! I can't believe it, but I actually hand quilted this one! Hmm, it must be at least 12-15 years old. Bad me, I didn't date it. :-/

The center one is a pattern from a book I had about 14 - 18 years ago. I don't know what happened to the book, so I can't tell you who wrote it. It was machine quilted and measures 11.25 x 13.25 inches. It is probably the first machine stippling I ever did. ;-)

And the last one I did 15 years ago. It is 9.25 x 9.25 inches. A friend and I each made one using a stencil that we traced onto a foundation and paper-pieced. My first try at paper-piecing. :-) It is also machine quilted.

I usually rotate these in my sewing room, but my current sewing room has so many windows that I am afraid they would fade so I need to find a new spot for them. :-)

Sometimes making a mini is just the thing to get your mojo restarted~ either that or as my mother tells me, I really am crazy! LOL :-))

Have a great afternoon and until next time~

Happy Stitchin'!!

Whoops~

Hello everyone!
I missed Judy L's Design Wall Monday this week, but actually you would not have seen much! I am working on a mini for my friend Bingo~Bonnie and I can only show you this much~~
Isn't that funny!? You can do it to your photo's too ~ here So there is your peek Bonnie! :-)

I'm also getting back into working on my 30's 4 patches~ I cut a bunch of strips today. :-)

And finally~ I'm still vintage sheet crazy!! I found this one over the weekend. :-) I am going to host a FQ swap on the HGTV message boards, but if you aren't a member there, and would like to swap with us~ please let me know! :-)

That's all for now~ I need to go make that 'marble' into a mini!
Happy Stitchin'!!

My Mini's Arrived~~

All last year I participated in a swap hosted by Bingo-Bonnie for 3 inch finished 9 patch blocks. The last of the blocks arrived home today! :-) I made way more than I probably needed~ this last group consisted of 50 purple blocks and 30 yellow. In the beginning I made 60 of each color~ they were just too cute to stop! :-) Now I'm thinking, realistically, how many can I use in one quilt?! If I made 9-patch blocks with them I would use 5/block x 12 blocks = 60 mini blocks! Oh my! I have way more than that! LOL I guess I will play in EQ for a while and see what I can come up with! :-)) But aren't they cute?~~ :-))

I think you can click on them for a bit bigger view. ;-)

Until next time~

Happy Stitchin'!!