Score!

I'm doing the happy dance today! :-) I had a bunch of errands to do~ in the rain~ and at the end I thought I'd stop at the thrift store and see if they had any vintage sheets. The last few times I'd been (which were all before Christmas! ;-o ) there had been nothing, zip, zilch, so I wasn't very hopeful.... but since I was already in the neighborhood.... :-)

Ooh-la-la! I couldn't believe it!! Most of them are in great shape~ like new! :-))
They are all in the wash now and then I'll get a diamond off of each for the top I'm working on. :-)

Hope you are having a great day too!~ despite the weather! :-))

Until tomorrow~
Happy Stitching!

Design Wall Monday & the Rest of the Week!

Good morning! I sewed over the weekend! I am working on my Vintage Sheet top. I drew up the design in EQ and could not figure out how to make sashing without cornerstones~ yeah, there is a lot to EQ that still baffles me, but I do have fun! ;-) Sometimes knowing how you want to do something, and actually getting it to look that way are worlds apart! LOL Anyway~ I sewed, and sewed and have about a third of the top together. I plan to put in a few more of the pink polka dot and green dotted fabrics to give the top a little more color, a lot of my sheets are kind of plain, but I love them all! ;-) And I'm sorry the photo is a little dark~ I took it early this morning. ;-) To see more great projects and get loads of inspiration visit Judy L at Patchwork Times~ and while you are there, add your link too! :-)

This is going to be a busy week! Wednesday is Thimbleberries Sew Day and I am going to start another quilt top! :-o

Oh yes I am! I have loved this pattern from Bonnie Hunter's Quiltville since I first saw it. So I cut out bricks and strips for 4 patches to get started, but will be cutting a lot more in the coming weeks. :-) Join Barb and me if you love Thimbleberries too! You do not need to make a Thimbleberries pattern~ you can either use a pattern or Thimbleberries fabric and join us for a fun day of sewing!

And Saturday is the Charming Guys and Girls Spring Sewing Party! I plan to keep working on my vintage Sheet top! :-) Maybe I will get the next third done~ I hope, I hope! :-))

Yes indeedy~ a fun week of sewing ahead!
Until next time~
Happy Stitchin'!

Busy~Busy

I love watching the Olympics and stitching. :-) I put the last stitches in this last night~ I can't decide if I want to turn it into a pillow or a wall hanging. Which would you choose?

The pattern is from Bird Brain Designs and is called 'Spring Garden Redwork - 126'. I turned off the flash to cut down on the glare~ its on Kona snow. ;-)

And I've been cutting~ I cut all my vintage sheet FQ's into 6.5 inch strips, and then into squares. Time to have some fun!

Hope you are having some fun this week too.
Happy Stitchin'!

February Schnibbles

This month's Schnibbles pattern is Sunday Best from Miss Rosie's Quilt Co. I loved this pattern! I would love to make a large quilt~ bed size! :-) Ahhh someday, someday... ;-) I had to downsize the blocks a bit because I wanted to use these cute little Petite 4's that I won from The Quilt Shoppe's Holly Jolly Bingo game in December~~ thanks Quilt Shoppe!! :-)
See~ half of them are gone. I didn't have enough of the background fabric, so I went scrappy. I didn't make as many blocks either~ I wanted it to fit the top of my treadle. ;-) Sheesh, I was a rebel this month!! :-o Even with my little sewing boo-boo's (see previous posts) :-o this was a fast, fun pattern and I love my topper~
Be sure to check Sherri's and Sinta's blogs on March 1st to see all the other Sunday Best Schnibbles! :-)

Until next time~
Happy Stitchin'!

Tag!

Joan is tagging the CG&GQC this month to list some of our favorite things~ :-)
Mine could be summed up in 3 F's~ family, flowers and fabric!!

I can't show you a photo of my family. We are spread out all over the place. And DS would probably never forgive me if I put his pic on my quilting blog. LOL ;-)

I thought about taking a pic of the crocus blooming outside my front door, but thought that might be cruel to those of you who are scooping snow. ;-) So how about a ~

It reminds me of the song 'raindrops on roses, and...' which seemed to start playing through my head the minute I saw Joan's tag. :-)

And instead of showing you a stack of fabric, how about a few quilts?~

We do not lack for quilts here. ;-))

I also love to do redwork~ just a peek at what is currently in the hoop. ;-)

Of course chocolate isn't mentioned, but should be.... (I didn't have any to photograph! :-o Time to go shopping!) LOL :-)

What are your favorite things?
Until next time~
Happy Stitchin'!

Mama Said~

"There'd Be Days Like This"~~

Chalk it up to 'one of those' weekends! Not a whole lot of sewing went on, and what did ended in rippin'. :-/

Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day~ :-))

Until next time~
Happy Stitchin'!

~More Fun~

Nichole from Nichole in Real Life had a giveaway last month for her 100th post and I was the lucky winner of these beauties~ :-)
Thanks Nichole! :-) The timing was perfect as I was at the dentist this morning... how fun to come home to such wonderful mail! ;-)

My sewing progress has been slow the last few days. I've still got the pile of HST's by the machine. I'm making headway~ slowly but surely. ;-)

Until Next time~
Happy Stitchin'! :-)