Design Wall Monday~

I worked on lots of things last week in little fits and spurts. :-) One was getting this table runner together. I have 2 seams left and then the trimming. :-) Sorry the photo is bad~ it is sunny today!! Yay! :-)) It is going to look great on my dining room table! :-) The pattern is 'Whimsy Diamonds Table Topper' and is the second project in this year's Fig Tree Club. (link in sidebar)

For lots of inspiring design walls check out the Mr Linky at Judy L's~

And don't forget to check for the new block in the Jelly Roll Sampler Quilt Along at Moose on the Porch. (link in sidebar)

Until next time~
Happy stitchin'!

~Catching Up~

I finally finished up last week's Dear Jane blocks, and as long as I was at it, I did this weeks too! Whoohoo! :-)

K-2 Grandpa's Chickens, H-2 Jacob Anthony~ that one gave me fits! I do not like set in seams and I am still considering remaking it and just putting a wonky frame around it. ;-)
C-3 Rayelle's Fence, and K-6 Ann's Folly. The last two were pretty quick and fun. ;-)
While the CW's were out, I did block 6 of the Jelly Roll Sampler Quilt Along too. I altered the final borders, because it looks better with my other blocks this way. ;-)
Hope you found some time to sew today too!
Until next time~
Happy stitchin'!

Bloggers Spring Quilt Festival~

Today is the day! :-)

Lots of wonderful quilts and quilt stories all over blogland! Go to Amy's Creative Side to join in the fun! And then look at all the links to wonderful quilts! A girl could sit and dream at her computer allll weekend!! ;-)

I was digging around nicely looking through ;-) my quilt cupboard this morning and decided to show y'all this one~ it is a quilt of many firsts! :-)About six years ago I hosted a block swap for red/white Monkey Wrench blocks. Any red print and any white-on-white could be used for the blocks. I had no idea what I would do with my blocks, but my love affair with red/white quilts began then! I love red and white together! :-)

This is the first quilt that I put all my playing around with my Electric Quilt program to use. I don't remember if it was EQ 5 or EQ6, but I do remember that shortly after I had the parts for the top sewn together, our computer crashed, so I don't have a pattern anymore.

At the time, my design wall was our bed, so I made lots of trips from the bed to my sewing machine and back to bed again. LOL Maybe that is why I got the top together so much faster than I do now! ;-)

I quilted it myself during one of the first times I rented a longarm. I used a panto of butterflies and loops.
I used an allover red/white print for the back. At the time I had enough left for pillow cases, but I inadvertently used it for something else. :-/ Now I mark fabric's that I'm using in a project. ;-)

This quilt just makes me smile~ all those firsts wrapped up in blocks made by my friends. :-) I hope you enjoyed my little story too.

Thank you Amy for the fun festival! Now hop on over and start looking at great quilts!

Until next time~
Happy stitchin'!

My Crazy Brain!

There is a reason my blog name fits me so well! :-) Yep, just 'call me crazy'! :-)
My brain is a little backward... LOL. I am generally left-handed, which means I am right-brained. But I've trained myself to do a lot of things right handed... and I read patterns and follow directions with my left-brain (the right-handed way). But sometimes! Oh sometimes I confuse myself!! I was working on my Fig Tree Club Project for this quarter, which is a fun table topper.. using~ diamonds! :-) I've had a lot of diamonds in my sewing lately, but the vintage sheet top I made up as I went along~ no directions to follow. This time, I thought I'd follow the directions *grin* but my right-brain jumped in to confuse me!! :-o I cut all my angles the opposite way! Makes no difference in the finished topper, but it sure threw me for a loop this morning! Trying to marry the photo with my cutting and thinking I'd really messed up this time! Nope I didn't~ I'm just a little backward. :-)) LOL Fits me. Oh~ notice the striped sheet? It really helped when lining up the diamonds. Try it if you are working on a diamond project. ;-)
I also did a little PhotoShop playing~ I like looking at my things in greyscale before I start sewing, just to make sure I like my layout. :-) Looks good to me~ I'm off to sew!
Hope you are having a great day!
Take some time to play!! ;-)

Spring Fever Bingo~

Have you heard about it?? Hurry on over to The Quilt Shoppe's blog, In Stitches and read all about it!
The fun starts Monday!! :-)

Design Wall Monday

Not a whole lot of sewing going on here, but I did get this partially cut out~ It is 'Imagine' from Carrie's 'Schnibbles Times Two' book. I had 2 Gypsy Rose layer cakes that I had been hoarding saving :-) for something special. The day arrived to cut into them! But I was a little too speedy because Kelly announced this~ after I made my first cuts! :-o Oh well~ I am going to have a beautiful quilt! If you've been holding on to a special set of charm packs or layer cakes, be sure to check out Kelly's contest before you cut! ;-)

And to see lots of design wall inspiration, hop over to Judy L's blog and check out all today's design walls!

Until next time~
Happy Stitchin'!!

May Schnibble-ing~

I finished my Schnibble for May. It is 'Nice Day' (thanks Carol!) from Carrie's new book~ 'Schnibbles Times Two' in Astor Manor. I loooove Astor Manor! :-)) A very sweet friend gifted the 2 charm packs to me. :-)


I messed up reading the directions and that is why all the lights ended up around the border. :-o Whoops! I picked out the mediums and darks and started cutting and sewing and thinking~ 'this doesn't look right' :-/ After another look, I realized I should've put some of the lights in the center blocks. Oh well, I still like it and I have some of the dark brown for the binding, so I think it will come together nicely. :-)


I got some fun mail today! :-) I won Sweet P's giveaway and got all these goodies!~ :-)) I love the redheads. :-) Thanks Sweet P!!

That's all for today~ I hope y'all are having a great day!
Until next time~
Happy Stitchin'!!