~More Quilts from the Past~

Thanks for visiting and commenting on my quilts! :-) I think a few more peeks are in order~~
I made this quilt for DS2 when he 'graduated' to a twin bed. :-) It was a mystery pattern in 'Traditional Quiltworks'. I'm pretty sure the pattern designer was Debbie Caffrey. The border is a forest animals print and the back was another fabric from the same line with animals all over it. This quilt is well loved and this photo was taken before all the lovin'! LOL :-) It was hand quilted by my mom and her friends also.

This is one of my all time favorites and you will find it on my bed in the autumn. :-) It is a Kim Diehl pattern from the book 'Simple Blessings'. It was machine quilted with feathers and other fun stuff. :-)

Have a happy day!~

I'm off to my 'padded room' to work on that challenge! ;-))

Until next time~

Happy Stitchin'!

Happy Weekend!

I have been missing blogging, but can't show you what I am working on! :-/ It's for a challenge. ;-) So I'll show you one of the quilts in my house. :-)

This is one of the first quilts I ever made. I didn't know what I was doing, so I hand stitched all the animals to the squares, then decided to sew around every part with my sewing machine! :-o I thought if my oldest DS was jumping on the bed, those little appliques would not hold. LOL I can hardly believe it, but this quilt is now 20 years young! :-o It suffered the abuse of a preschooler and is still around to tell the tale! ;-) It was hand quilted by my mom and her friends.

This is one of the quilts I made for my DD. It was machine quilted. It's a Debbie Mumm pattern and I think the border print was a Debbie Mumm fabric too. DD was in a purple phase when I made this one. LOL ;-)

Ok, back to work for me! Gee, you may end up seeing all the quilts in my cupboard if I don't get this challenge done soon! ;-)

Until next time~

Happy Stitchin'!!

A 'Thrifty' New Project~

Blog-hopping is dangerous. :-) That should be my title. LOL
Since there seems to be little on TV lately, I spent an evening blog-hopping and came across Anita's blog, just look at the quilt she is making! I love the blue/white stripes! So first I raided my DS's closet. ~not to worry, he has grown like a weed this summer and all of his clothes from last fall are way too small for him~ and then last night I had the opportunity to do a bit of thrift shopping. Whoohoo! So you are looking at the beginnings of a new quilt. :-) This will definitely be a long-term project, I still need to find the Kaffe Fassett book, and collect up a few more striped shirts! Next stop~ hubby's closet!! :-))) LOL And then off to the library~
There is just something thrilling about the thought of starting a new project, even if you can't begin as soon as you'd like! ;-)

Until next time~
Happy Stitchin'!

Design Wall Monday~

What is on my design table today?? :-) Judy L asks that question every week and today my wall is my dining room table~ and it has had a lot on it!! :-o First~ I sewed some of the My Blue Heaven blocks (Marcia Hohn's QuiltersCache site) that I'm exchanging with Bingo~Bonnie together over the weekend. So, although I never got around to pressing them, I wanted to lay a few out for y'all for today. :-) I am really excited about these blocks! :-) We've exchanged 30 so far, and have made 60 total. We are going to exchange another 30 so we can have big quilts. :-) I don't know why it is flipped on it's side, but the blocks look the same. LOL :-))

Then I cleared off the table~ got a 'few' more tables out and laid out all the blocks for the Jewel Box block swap I am hosting on the HGTV message boards. What you see here is all the blocks before I started swapping. There are 256 blocks from 14 swappers. I need to get back to work, so that is all for today~ enjoy the photo's and until next time~~ Oh! and if you click on the photo's they will enlarge. ;-)

Happy Stitchin'!! :-)

A New Giveaway~

Check out Bluebird's A Hint of Pink Giveaway~ so fun! :-)

Have a happy day!

60 blocks! & Superstitions~

As I was bagging up the 18 My Blue Heaven blocks (from QuiltersCache) I will be sending to Bonnie with her Jewel Box blocks~ I just couldn't help but look thru my little stack of blocks. We have now swapped 30 blocks, which leaves us each with 60 blocks!! :-o My goodness that went fast! I can't believe we've each done 60 already! I guess we will soon need to be figuring out how many we want in our quilts. It is kind of addicting making these blocks LOL! :-) That is what a stack of 60 blocks looks like~ Bonnie, yours will be in your hot little hands soon! :-))

Now for the second part of my title~ I broke my hand mirror this morning! :-( It slipped right out of my fingers onto the tile floor~ splinters galore! ;-) My first thought was 'oh no! I don't need 7 years of bad luck!!' ;-) Have you heard of that superstition? I can't remember ever breaking a mirror before, so I guess this will be my test. ;-) Do you have any superstitious sayings that come to mind when things happen? How about when your ears ring? or your nose itches? or you drop a knife? ..or is that a fork? ;-) LOL Lots of things get dropped in my kitchen, I hope there isn't a saying for every one. :-)

I'm off to play a bit~ 60 blocks are just begging for me to play with them!! :-))

Until next time~

Happy Stitchin'!!

Blocks & Stuff

I have been so slow lately! What is up with that!? Maybe a little stimulation is in order? LOL :-)

Faithful Quilter: Elaine is having another stimulus giveaway~ go check it out! ;-)

I finally finished the additional 6 sets of blocks that I am exchanging with Bingo~Bonnie at Nap Time News. (check my sidebar for a link to her blog) I don't know why I was so slow with these! I have a whole bunch of triangulations printed and paired with fabrics for the next blocks~ hopefully I can keep focused for a bit! ;-)

In other news, all the Jewel Box blocks have come in, so I will be swapping as soon as I can get DH and DS to carry in my big tables. ;-) Whoohoo! I really love those blocks~ I'll snap a few photo's when I have them out for y'all.

I guess that's the news from here~

Until next time~

Happy Stitchin'!! :-))