Cutting It Real Close~

Usually when I make a quilt, I alter it from the original directions. Then when it comes time to bind it~ I never guess right on how many strips to cut. Most often I am short and have to sew another on before I can finish getting the binding on. :-/ Sometimes I think, 'oh, I'll save myself the trouble of having to cut another' and I'll do it right away~ then I end up with enough binding to cover a quilt and a half! :-o This time was like hitting a hole in one!! :-))) Look at that~ Just snip off the selvage edges and perfect! :-)) I think this might be my lucky quilt!! ;-) Are you lucky with 'guesstimating' bindings??

Have a happy weekend and
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'!!

Vintage Sheets?

While thrifting for striped shirts for my striped shirts project I wandered around to the sheets~ no, I wasn't yet aware of the danger. LOL :-)) One caught my eye so I bought it, then I came home and did a little research~ it seems lots of quilters collect vintage sheets! :-) I am just excited by all the vintage sheet quilts and projects in blogland! Here is the beginnings of my collection~ Do you collect? would anyone like to swap?

I must get back to my sewing~
Have a happy day and
Happy Stitchin'!

Flying Days!~

...and it isn't even windy!! ;-)) Time is just zipping by a little too fast for me lately, but hopefully I can do a little catching up this weekend. :-)

I finished swapping and mailing out my latest swap~ whoohoo! ~10.5 inch squares of autumn & batik fabrics. I had the tables laden with autumn beauties one day, and gorgeous batiks on another. I'm lucky I have so many tables! LOL

Next I will get back to my projects. I've got blocks to make! ;-)) And a Schnibble to work on! And blogs to visit! :-))


Have a great weekend and until next time~
Happy Stitchin'!!

A Year of Schnibbles

Yesterday the fun began! Sherri & Sinta have started a fun little yearlong group. I'll let you read about it on their blogs. The patterns for the year are the cute little Schnibbles from Miss Rosie's Quilt Company. Each month they'll choose one for us to work on. I am so excited to join in the fun! I have the pattern~ I got just a bit ahead of myself and shopped for them over the weekend. :-o Luckily I found the first one!! ~is that a good sign or what?! :-)) Now I just need to decide which fabrics to use! :-o 'Sew' many choices! LOL :-))

Have a happy day and
Happy Stitchin'!

A Day of 'Sewing'?

Well, not for me and this is why~
My DD, who owns her own machine and knows how to sew! decided to make a tote for a friend of hers. She's talked about this tote all summer. Today she finally decided to sew and this is how it went~

'Mom, I'm going to use your machine'
'No, I'm sewing on mine, set up one of the others'

(Yes we own a few more than one sewing machine~ we bought her a couple oldies but goodies for her to learn on when she was younger.) She decided to use my older Pfaff and that is where she set it up!!! Smack in the center of my cutting mat! :-o Do you think she got my attention?
:-))

Yes it stayed there until she finished her project. And what, you ask, did I accomplish?
Well lets just say I should've let her use my machine. :-/

And so this post is for all my friends who have young children underfoot and are dreaming of the day when they get older and you will have time to sew~~ don't hold your breath on that one!! :-)) LOL

All kidding aside, we did have a fun afternoon. ;-) But I can't show you the finished tote~ she took off with it already!! ;-)

Until next time~
Happy Stitchin'!

Design Wall Monday

I received my swapped thimbles back last week! :-) I haven't quite decided how to border/sash them, so they are 'stewing' on the design wall for a bit. It seems lots of the swappers liked red! ;-) LOL I am still thinking about making 2 smaller wall hangings and putting them in my sewing room with the shelf that has my thimble collection underneath. Most of my accessories are black, white & red in my sewing room, but with so many red thimbles, maybe red wouldn't be the best choice for borders... ? They are all fused onto the backgrounds with the window cut out behind the thimble. Would you sew around them? I'm thinking it might spoil them~? And honestly, how often will they get washed? I think I'm talking myself into not stitching around them! :-)) If you like peeking into other sewing rooms/design walls, check out Judy L's list of design wall's. :-)

I'm off to complete my backings. My sewing machine has been humming lately!
Hope you are having a 'sewing' good time too! :-)

Until next time,
Happy Stitchin'!