Thursday, March 6, 2008

Mini 9-Patches


Aren't they cute?? It is hard to believe there are 120 3-inch blocks pictured here! Bingo-Bonnie is hosting a quarterly swap and I just couldn't not participate! :-) It will be a lot of fun finding projects for these cuties! Maybe I should have made a few more... :-))

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Great site!

Sorry no photo's just yet, but I have been busy!

Steph was so sweet to offer to help me with my Quiltathon button, and I emailed her about linking. She shared a website with me that had a link to Magic With Blogs. What a great place to learn!! Thank you Steph, twice!!!!

Now I'm off to work, so I'll have some photo's soon!
Happy Stitchin'!

Sunday, March 2, 2008

Progress made...



What a great day! First I sewed together 3 blocks I made for a friend who is making quilts for 3 gals who lost their mother to cancer.













Than I cut out all the pieces for a dozen more paper pieced stars and sewed for a little while before family obligations took me away. ;-)




When I came back to my sewing room, I ironed... forever! I have been collecting FQ's and stash for 2 quilts on my to-do list. It was wonderful to have this 'excuse' to get to them! First I want to make the 'Honeyberries' quilt on the cover of Evelyn Sloppy's book, 40 Fabulous Quick-Cut Quilts in blues like she did. I cut a pretty big stack and only have a few more blues to cut up. I also have wanted to make a 'Shakespeare in the Park' (Judy Martin) for ever! Evelyn at Starfishy has a gorgeous one in her header. I have all the FQ's ironed and ready to go and will cut them up tomorrow. Wow, it feels so good to have this start on these quilts. :-) Thanks Judy!!!

It's Quiltathon!

Whoohoo! :-)
JudyL had a great idea to get everyone sewing/quilting this weekend. You can check it out from the Quiltathon button (thanks Judy!). I had errands and family stuff that kept me out of my sewing room yesterday, but today I'm going to sew! Lots to do and I'll be back this evening with photos... I'll continue my 'weekend' tomorrow to make up for missing yesterday.... ;-)
Happy sewing!

Monday, February 25, 2008

Look at this top!



My Mom made it for me. Candlewicking blocks, floating borders, my favorite colors! What more could a girl ask for? :-)

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

The other half...


...Is now finished! It is 'Sweden' from Carol Doak's Mariner Compass Stars book. I think I'm starting to like paper-piecing. ;-)

I am off to my sewing room. My DH calls it my "padded room". :-) ~could it be because fabric lines the walls? LOL I hope to get it more organized and find a little more storage soon, but until then I'm happy in my 'padded room'.! :-))

Happy sewing!

Friday, February 15, 2008

Still sewing....


...and sewing, and sewing! I love it!


I received this wallhanging kit as a Christmas gift. Just got the top together so far. ;-) I'm thinking about machine quilting in the ditch and hand quilting an eagle in the center.


I'm also continuing to work on my blocks, BOM's, and other fun things.

B-r-r-r-r

Who knew that having a Halloween Hop last week would bring the chilly weather?! We had rain, wind--- the power even went out for a few hours...