It's A Quiltathon Weekend!

Judy L is hostessing Quiltathon's again this year. Yay! Read about them Here. I am planning to sew on Saturday~ I have had enough stash organizing for a few days and I want to sew! LOL ;-))
If you can't make it this weekend, she has a weekend a month dedicated to quilting and encouraging each other on our projects. There is always so much inspiration! Mark your calendars for future sew-in's and come and join us! ;-)

• January 16 & 17, 2010
• February 13 & 14, 2010
• March 27 & 28, 2010
• April 17 & 18, 2010

Design Wall Monday ~or~ In Over My Head

:-)) LOL How is that for a subject?!

Shannon started a blog to follow her as she works on her Christmas projects through out the year. She is starting with the quilt pattern 'Piece & Goodwill' from Quiltmaker Issue #130. (last Nov-Dec). Well, I have the magazine. I loved the pattern. And I have Christmas scraps! So I decided to work along with her... 3 blocks/month~ easy right?? Muahahahah :-o Not so fast! I am in over my head and don't even have my first block made! My Christmas stash falls into the medium & dark greens category. While I was supposed to be organizing my stash on Saturday, I was secretly looking for light greens for the blocks! :-o So today's design wall consists of my half of a block. ;-) Now I need to get back to organizing... (to see if I can find any more light greens!) Who knew my stash was so lacking!? LOL :-)) It's not~really! :-))

Don't forget to hop over to Judy L's to see what everyone else is working on~ ;-)

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

Odds 'N Ends~

Amy over at Park City Girl is having a little re-look at all the 683 quilts from her Blogger's Quilt Festival last fall. You might recall my entry~ It's #462. :-) here's the link to it all quilted up. If you are snowed in ;-) with a little time on your hands, go back and check out more of the quilts. Loads of inspiration!! :-))

And yesterday I finished my 2009 HGTV BOM blocks~ I have an idea for the layout I want to use, but need to let it 'stew' for a bit. Well, that and I need to find a huge chunk of time! LOL

Until next time~
Hope you are happily stitchin'!! :-)

Have You Heard?

Hop on over to Carol's blog or Amanda's & check it out~~ :-)

Whoops~ had the date wrong originally. It is in March~ plenty of time to join us! :-)

Petite 4's

Remember the fun Holly Jolly Bingo game that The Quilt Shoppe hosted around Christmas? I really enjoyed the game and the fun of checking my bingo words everyday. :-) And I was one of the lucky daily winners! :-o Look at the cutie that came in the mail today~

Petite 4's! It says "Petite 4s- 320 tasty 2.5 inch squares from 2 collections" How cute is that?! There is a pincushion pattern enclosed too. But I think I am going to have to play with these and pet them for a while before I sew them into anything. LOL They are just cute! Thank you to the ladies of the Quilt Shoppe for such fun! :-)

~Monday, Monday~

It is Design Wall Monday~ the idea of Judy L at Patchwork Times. And if you need a little inspiration to start the new year, hop on over to her blog and check the list of other quilters who participate in Design Wall Monday~ you will see lots of great projects! :-)

As for me~ I can't show you the Christmas blocks I am working on, but I have half done and number 7 ready, so I'm pretty sure I will be mailing next Monday. ;-)

I can show you these blocks~ On the HGTV Quilters Message Board we do a little BOM project. Last year the co-hosts chose the blocks and everyone kept up making the blocks.... ahhhh, well, everyone but me. :-/ I got this many done~(agh~ the photo is turned, sorry!) I need to do 4 more to finish up 2009. So why did they ask me to co-host this year? :-)) It's a mystery to me too! LOL The hope is I'll have the blocks done ahead of the reveal date, so if there are any snafu's in the pattern we'll know about them. Here are January's blocks. We are doing both a 12 inch finished block and a 4 inch. The 4 inch will be cornerstones for my blocks as I'm planning a big quilt. ;-) LOL This year the theme is 'stars'. My favorite kinds of blocks! :-)

So back to the sewing machine with me!

Until next time~
Happy Stitchin'!!

Charming Girls Quilt Club Goals for January (and other stuff)

LOL How is that for a title?? :-))

Thank you all for your wonderful comments on my last post~ I would love to show you the snuggies~ blanket with sleeves~ I made. Yup, both are finished already! But my DS doesn't want his photo on my blog, so I fixed it a little~ LOL. ;-) Here are my clowns! :-)) Both not only have sleeves, but a big pocket in the front and a huge inside pocket at the bottom for their feet! You know how, when you cover up with a blanket, your feet get uncovered? Well theirs won't! LOL


I have been doing a lot of thinking for my goals for January~ you know there are need to do things (commitments I've made), want to do things (because they would be so fun and wouldn't it be wonderful to make all the great projects we see?!), and "necessary evils"~ lots of things fall into that one but just a few are laundry, bill paying, cooking... although I like to cook, so usually I don't mind that one. And my biggest "necessary evil" is cleaning up my 'disaster area'~ the sewing space. Let's face it, quilting is not a neat hobby. There is fabric, batting, scraps, threads etc. My goal list for January is going to be one thing from each list. :-)

1. I need to finish up the 12 blocks in Christmas fabrics that my friend and I decided last year to exchange for Christmas. Well, neither of us finished our blocks in time for Christmas, because neither of us did one each month like we planned! :-o I now have 4 done and plan to finish them all and mail them by January 11th. ~sorry no photo's until they are in her hot little hands~ ;-)

2. I want to work on my Fig Tree Club quilt called Cobble Stones. Last month I got it all cut out and part of the blocks sewn. I'd like to get them all sewn. ;-)

3. And the biggie~ the 'necessary evil' ~~ clean up my disaster! Yikes! There I said it. I have a huge disaster. No photo's because it is too embarrassing! ;-/ But it has turned into the elephant in the room, so I will work on it. Wish me luck? And if I don't post for a week, please check on me~ I might be buried in fabric! :-o

Until next time~
Happy Stitchin'!!