Quiltathon Weekend

I had a great weekend! Mainly, I cut because I'm off to a retreat next weekend and wanted to have my projects all cut out and ready to go. Our family HS graduation gift is a raggy denim/flannel quilt. I've made them for all the boy graduates we've known for the past few years and they have always been very well-received. Well, this year DD graduates and I didn't think she'd really want a denim/flannel quilt. Boy was I wrong! She not only wants one for herself, but for her best girlfriend too. :-) And we do have a boy graduate this year too. So... I recycled denim for 3 quilts! They are all cut out and ready for the sewing. Whoohoo!

Next I worked on Honeyberries. I trimmed up/squared up all the blocks for the final steps. I did make it to my sewing machine to start assembling them, but forgot to take a photo! Maybe I'll be able to get back to them tomorrow.

Thanks for the inspiration for a great weekend Judy! :-)

Spent Today Cookin'...

Seriously, if you have not gone over to check out The Big Cook, you are missing out! :-) I have spent part of today (and a little time yesterday) preparing meals for my freezer. The one's I have tried have been big hits with my family, so I made up a few more. I think I am all set for Judy's Quiltathon and beyond! :-) The meals are easy to prepare, they use common ingredients and they cook up fresh. I love it! :-) And no, I don't know these women personally, I might never have even heard of this great cookbook if not for a friend I met thru the internet. :-)

Have a happy day! I am! ;-)

Working on blocks..

I'm back to working on Honeyberries. And I am so glad I am ambidextrous! All of the blocks need squaring up at this point and it is so much easier to switch off hands with the rotary cutter. Otherwise my wrists would really hurt! Once all of these blocks are trimmed to the right size, it will be back to the sewing machine. ;-)

On another note... have you ever heard of this book? The Big Cook A friend from Canada sent it to me and I love it! It is such a neat concept! I've started trying out the recipes on my family and I can see where this will be a great help for Quiltathon days. :-) I already have a meal ready for this weekend.

A Little Bit of Spring...

Daffodils! :-)

Have a wonderful day!

Days Fly By...

Time is just flying by much too fast for me! I haven't been in my sewing room in nearly a week! :-( Ok, I've been near it... I am reorganizing. But since I haven't really been organized since my last move, it is time! We shopped for shelves, assembled them and they are waiting for me to fill them up. This is Spring Break week for my children, so day trips have been keeping me away. Next week I'll be back with some photo's and hopefully get back on track with my projects.
Happy stitching!

Switched Gears.. Again!

Well, you know the saying 'so much to do, sew little time'? I keep jumping between projects, trying to do a bit on each and hopefully get them all done. :-) I made my paper-pieced Carol Doak Sweden Stars and even pulled the papers. Then I switched to cutting up a pile of denim for raggy quilts. I need to make 3 in the coming months. They are my favorite High School graduation gift. ;-) And in between I've been working on Honeyberries (yes, that is the name of the pattern :-) ). I know a post is boring without a little eye candy and I'm sure you don't want to see a pile of denim, so here are my Sweden Stars from Carol Doak's Mariner's Compass Stars book... Have a happy day! :-)

A good day... :-)

I changed gears today and worked on Honeyberries. I have all my strip sets (100 of them!) together and started pinning them for the next step. And I ran out of pins! Doesn't my little hen look so sad without her feathers? After finding more, I have them all pinned and ready to sew tomorrow. I also trimmed up a few paper-pieced blocks. And the best news? No ripping!! Whoohoo!!! :-))