I'm BAA--AACK! :-)

Anyone out there?  :-o

I know it has been almost a month! And I just got home the night before last! But I had a blast!!  I was at the Circle of Friends retreat in Branson, MO. We had 66 retreater's and a very fun weekend.  Its going to take me a long time to recover! LOL

Remember all the secret sewing I have been doing all year?  We were working on row robin quilts. Back in April we started making our center rows and passing them around. I did 2 lap quilt rows and one wall hanging. So every month to 6 weeks, I had three to work on~ and I had to keep them secret so the owner's would be surprised at retreat. I was blown away by all the creativity on all the quilts!  I'll show you mine today~ and if you'd like to see more go to this blog and scroll down a bit. :-)  I think I have photo's of all of them too. :-)

This was my wall hanging. I did the center black cat row and plan to add some crystals for their eyes after I have it finished. The person who made the row with the eyes told me they glow in the dark! Too fun! :-)

Mine is in the center ;-)

 I love the wintery one to the right of mine! And the one to the left is going in the owner's fishing cottage on a lake. Very cool!

This is one of my lap size quilts. I made the Christmas trees and gifts in the center row~

Blogger won't let me put a space between the photo's today, so the bottom shot is of my second lap quilt. I  made the house row and asked everyone to keep it to an autumn theme.  I love them both! **you can click on the photo's to make them larger** ;-)

Mine is on the left, my friend's with a chicken theme is on the right. 

Love the autumn rows!

I have much to do yet, unpacking and organizing. But I'll be back with more photo's soon!!

Have a happy Friday!!

Time Out~

For Fun!! :-)

I have been looking forward to the next few weeks for over a year. :-) I am taking a blog time out and going to a retreat! And while I'm halfway across the country, I am going to be visiting friends, quilt shops, a quilt show, more friends, more shops..... LOL You get the idea!  :-) So much of what I haven't been able to show you this past year has hinged on this retreat and when I get back~ I'll have photo's!! :-) The row robins I've worked on, the challenge, the secret stuff... just wait, it will be worth it!! :-)

In the mean time~ and to help myself settle down a bit.. :-D  I did a little sewing yesterday~ Just a Little Bite. ;-) ;-)  The September Schnibble is a new pattern by Carrie of Miss Rosie's Quilt Co called 'Speck'. The new patterns use little squares.... just "little bites of fabric"  ... :-)  Since the pattern has both the 'x' and the 'o' variations~ I combined them into one little table topper with a few leftover charm squares. :-)

It is the perfect size for one of our end tables.  Originally, I was thinking about a pillow... but the end table needs a topper. LOL I just need to quilt it~ which probably won't happen until after I get back. Just sayin'. ;-)

I'm off to pack and check my lists!!!
Happy Quilting!

I'm Here!

I'm just having a hard time keeping up! :-)

So much of what I am doing now, I can't show you, that I forgot what I can!! :-o

This is September's block for the HGTV BOM I'm doing with my friend Karen.

I really need to lay out all my blocks and take a photo. I am just loving using my CW's and playing with this project!  The center block is called Card Basket from Quilter's Cache.  I see a star. ;-) LOL

I've also made a second Christmas Block for a gift~

Oops~ this is the first block I made, but the second one looks just like it! I guess I forgot to take a photo. :-/

I've made a pile of swap blocks, and some birthday blocks, and a few other things. I will have lots of 'splaining to do in October! LOL

Hope you are having a great week!

Keep those machines humming!~ I am!! :-)

Christmas Through the Year~

It is the end of the month already! And that means show and tell for Christmas Through the Year. In my case, it is just going to be 'tell'. ;-) Too many of my friends and family know I blog now, so I don't want to spoil any surprises. So..........

 I made 4 gifties this month and they involved this~~

I had to go out today and buy these new rolls. :-) And that is all I am going to say! LOL   Darlene at Quilting Daze  has linked everyone's Christmas Through the Year projects, so go on and visit her. You might just be inspired to get cracking on some of your Christmas gifts too! ;-)

I'm Late! I'm Late!

For a very important date!! :-)  Alice in Wonderland

Today is Thimbleberries Sew Day!!

Are you sewing?

We have one special lady sewing away in New Zealand~

check out Clare's blog~

Craftylady in Kiwiland

I love your block Clare!!

If you are sewing too, just let me know so I can come by for a visit!

Have a happy sew-day!!

Flying Times~

...or time flies! :-)  No, I'm not flying anywhere... yet. But the hands on the ol' clock sure seem to be flying around it!

 I can finally show you one of my  kinda secret projects. I made it for a birthday and now I know it has been received. :-)

This is kati cupcake's sewing machine cover. I made the medium size. It has pockets on the front and I liked it so much I actually used it on my machine for a few days! :-o (don't tell my friend!)  I was very tempted not to mail it off, but I did.  ;-) Now I need to make one for my machine~ it looks so lonely now without a cover! LOL

I've been working on the Fusion Blanket Crochet Along in the evenings. I said I wasn't going to start it until this fall... but.... :-/    First I cut out some vintage sheet squares.  Then I cut some flannel squares to put between the sheets because I thought they were rather thin feeling.  sigh Then  I thought... maybe I should crochet around one to see how it works. Then I did another, and another.... oh! I am weak!! :-o

After I had a few crocheted around, I thought.... I wonder how they will look together.....

I really couldn't help myself!!! :-o  Now I really have set it aside~ until I can get more squares prepped! :-) LOL  This is the most addictive little project!

I hope you've been still following the Bowls with Borders Blog hop. Today is day 11~ and there are more cute bowls out there!

August 23rd

Maureen

Silvia L.
Pam M.

Abitato

InGa

Traveling Stitcher

Taschen, Quilts und mehr

Never Enough Stash
From This To That
De Zondagssteek 
Guilitta 2000

Until next time~

Happy stitchin'!

Friday Night Sew In

                                                      

Last night was Friday Night Sew-In. Did you sew?  I didn't think I was going to be able to join in, but at the 11th hour decided I needed a little 'me time'. :-)  And I sewed! Whoohoo!  I have been working on so many things that I can't show you... yet. That I decided I needed a little fun. LOL

First, I needed to make some pinwheels for a project. A friend is making some too, so we needed to coordinate the 'spin'. I am pinwheel challenged. LOL  So I made up one and hopefully we will both be spinning the same way. I have more to make up today~ part of the reason I will be tied to my sewing chair. ;-)

I've fallen behind in my Great Granny Quilt Along squares, so I got two almost completed. One is partially done by my sewing machine and one more is laid out on a design board. I will finish these four up today and that will give me nine. But do I want to stop there? Or make my quilt a little bigger? Decisions. Decisions.  I am using my vintage sheet collection and white muslin for my blocks and am loving how they turn out. This is going to be a very snuggly quilt ~ which is why I think I should make it bigger.  ;-)

Today my sewing is going to be for me and next week I get back to work on the 'secret stuff'. But no worries~ you will get to see the secret stuff in October! :-) And really, it isn't that far away!~ Must get to work!

Have a wonderful day and

Until next time~

Happy sewing!!