Winners! Winners!

Happy May Day!

Thank you for taking the time to enter my giveaway! And thank you to Loris Nebbia, the author of Solomon's Puzzle for sponsoring this giveaway!!  I have two lucky winners~

the Solomon's Puzzle quilt pattern goes to.....

JulieQ!  Congratulations Julie!

And the adorable Corded Baby Cap pattern goes to.....

Mary!!  Congratulations Mary!

I will email both of you shortly for your snail mail addresses. :-)

Did you notice the new button at the top of my sidebar?  Yup, it is time for Quiltmakers 100 blocks issue 5~ click my button and check out their blog~ lots of chances to win!  I'll cross my fingers for both of us! ;-)

Until next time~
Happy Stitchin'!!

Catching Up~

This month's Schnibble project was Summer Day.  With a name like that, I couldn't help but make it summery! ;-) I used a bunch of bright and cheery scraps that I won earlier in the year from Lurline. :-)  They were perfect!~ thank you again Lurline!!

I also managed to get last month's Bibelot quilted and ready to sew the binding down~ this is going to be a pillow for hubby~ 'T' is for 'trouble'. LOL ;-)

Watch Sherri and Sinta's blogs tomorrow for a May Day parade of Summer Days!! :-)

And~ I got busy this morning and finished up one of my Christmas Through the Year projects! :-)

These are cradle quilts. They will be mailed off this month to an organization that makes cradles for little girls at Christmas time. The red one is all finished and ready to go. The other one is a Ticker Tape quilt and it just needs a bit more quilting and a binding.  Both will be on their way by the end of the month. Wouldn't it be fun to be a little fly on the wall when some little girl finds a doll, cradle and little quilt under her tree? :-)

That's all for now~ I need to get back to Spring cleaning! ;-)

Until next time~ happy stitching!

Oh! I am drawing the winner in my giveaway tomorrow~ be sure to leave a comment on that post!! :-)

Shopping, Fiddling, & Fun!

First, don't forget to comment on my giveaway post!  You could be the lucky winner of a beautiful quilt pattern or an adorable baby's bonnet pattern from the wonderful Loris, who wrote Solomon's Puzzle. :-)

Shopping~
LOL Who doesn't love to shop?! I infrequently stop in our local Tuesday Morning store and always come out with something I never expected. Like this bundle of FQ's from Westminster Fibers, and the little roll of Kaffe prints.  Both are first quality fabrics, but at fantastic prices! :-)  Whoohoo!

Fiddling~
Well, when everyone was on the hexie craze, I thought I would make a couple and applique them to a background as a sort of mini quilt~ that way I could say I tried them, right? Who knew they would become an addiction?!! :-o  I made 4. Then a couple more. Then thought how would they look joined? Argh!  It is only going to have the 7 hexagons in it and will be a table topper! Yikes!  I have to stop myself!  ;-)

Fun~  :-)
I was the lucky winner of the latest issue of Primitive Quilts from Lori at Humble Quilts. What a fun magazine!! :-))  The question isn't 'which project should I do?'  but 'which project should I do first?'!!  It has so many wonderful projects in it, I want to do every single one!!  I think I'll start with the redwork and put the hexies aside for a little while. LOL

Hope you are having a fun weekend!~ which includes a little shopping and fiddling too! ;-)

Until next time~
Happy Stitchin'!

Thimbleberries Sew Day!

Did you sew?  Please tell me so I can visit! ;-)

I pulled out the rest of  my Thimbleberries scraps and made more T's!!   This was March's Schnibble project, but being the slacker I am (not!), I didn't have it finished. Well, the truth is that I really wasn't too inspired by Bibelot last month. I thought I might be a little choosier on which projects I did this year because I have done them for the last 2 years~ and really, do I need more wall hangings? ;-) But then I saw the pattern... and the cute designs... and I got to thinking it would make a really cute pillow cover, or small quilt... yes, I am weak! And with today being Thimbleberries Sew Day~~~ I caved! :-o  Are you really surprised? LOL  Ok, enough of the bold T's too! I'm getting confused. ;-)

Here is my little topper~ or as hubby has started referring to it, 'his pillow' top. LOL :-)

I hope you had a fun sewing day too!  Tomorrow I will work on this month's Schnibbles~ hey I have a few days yet! It could happen!! :-)

Oh and don't forget about my giveaway~ a couple gorgeous patterns are in the hat!!

T is for...

Tomorrow...

Thimbleberries Sew Day!! :-)

I am going to work on some little T's~ the Schnibbles pattern for March~ Bibelot. :-)  Yep, I am a Tad behind!

Hope to see you sewing with us!!

And don't forget to stop by my giveaway post!

Something Wonderful For You~

Remember when I read Solomon's Puzzle and gave away a quilt pattern that was inspired by the book?  I really enjoyed the book~ fantastic writing and so pertinent if you are raising or have raised a teenager.  I read it twice and it still comes to mind whenever I think about a book that touched me.  It has mystery, humor, sadness and joy all in one very good read.  I can't encourage you enough to check it out. ;-) but enough about me~~ LOL ;-)

Photo Courtesy of Solomon's Puzzle

 Loris Nebbia is not only a great author, but  also a very generous one!  :-)  She sent me two patterns to giveaway to two of you!! Isn't that wonderful!  It's a little early Mother's Day giveaway. :-)  Thank you so much Loris!!  ♥

One pattern is for the Solomon's Puzzle Sampler Quilt pictured above.  The other is for a darling French Corded Baby Cap.  I tried to get a good photo of it, but just couldn't do it. So if you go here~ French Corded Cap, you can read about it and see some great photo's! Loris made one for her granddaughter and it is just so sweet! 

So just leave a comment, tell me something about yourself. I will draw on May 1st.
Good luck!!   :-)

A Bit More ~

I wanted to show you some of the blocks in the lotto at retreat. We had 101 attendees and collected 54 blocks~ the first time there has been over 50 blocks in years! This is a small sampling of them. Unfortunately my cell phone died after taking this shot, so I didn't get the other half. There were 4 winners who each received a share of the blocks and some of the lotto fabric to go with them.

Of all the things I saw people working on, the paper pieced quilts were the most stunning. I can't show photo's of them because the ladies told me they were making them for specific shows.  Maybe next year. ;-)  I was sure taken though by the accuracy... almost tempting me to begin paper piecing something too! LOL~ And y'all know, I generally don't like to paper piece! ;-)

I did finish my 60+ blocks for a signature block swap this fall. And I worked on my Schnibbles quilt for this month~ more on that later. ;-)  And I brought home 20 FQ's I won in the FQ lottery. :-) Fun!

It is gently raining here and I am off to make some soup. Seems strange to be thinking of soup in April, but this kind of weather just calls for it. :-)

Have a good evening~
More soon!