Girly?

I'm doing a little swap and the swapper asked for 'girly' quilt blocks. She wants to put together a quilt for her DD.  So~ would you call these girly? I couldn't get any hints as to her DD's favorite colors, or anything.  I pulled out Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks magazine Volume 5 and found these two blocks.  The left one is called 'Mia Bella', by Judy Martin. The daisy is called 'Whoopsy Daisy' by Eileen Fowler and is paper pieced.

I love to try new blocks and doing just one for a swap is the perfect way!  :-)

I hope you are having a good week~
Happy Quilting!

A Quilter Lives Here!

Snoodles @ Lily Pad Quilting created a very cute post posing the question~ is there enough evidence in your home to prove you are a quilter?  Its titled Go To Jail. LOL

As for me, the answer is yes! Evidence is in my header and....

All you have to do is step into our home and the fun begins~

The table in the front hall has this cute little topper that was a sew along a while back.

The stairs are only used when the kids are home, so I like to stage a few seasonal things on them. This is right inside the front door.

I also have a rod right across from the stairs for a seasonal wall hanging. It looks crooked, but it isn't~ its my photo taking abilities~ or lack of said abilities! :-o

A little further into the house and you'll see the table. Normally there is a little mail on the side~ I took it off just for you! ;-)

And of course all the beds have quilts, the bathrooms have little tank toppers ;-) LOL  There are pillows all over the house, and these special pillowcases are DS's. ;-)

I hope you enjoyed a little peek into our home. To see more 'evidence' of quilters in residence be sure to visit the links at Lily Pad Quilting!

Until next time~ happy stitching!!

Two Steps Behind...

..or maybe it should be two weeks behind? It seems like I am behind in everything lately, and to top it off I caught  nasty cold. Yuk.  I spent the weekend sleeping. I didn't know I could sleep all day and still sleep all night! :-o  I am slowly getting rid of the congestion, but it is going to take time... sigh to get healthy again.

I did get a CTTY project made this month~ but I can't show you. You'll just have to trust me. It is for a friend and I know she reads my blog. hi there! ;-)

Be sure to hop over to Anthea's blog and see what other crafters have been up to~ maybe you will get an idea or two. :-) Christmas is getting closer and closer!

And I did manage to get my September blocks for Country Threads BOM done~

Tomorrow the new blocks will be out already! :-o

And my last block for my Merry Merry Snowman sew along~

Now I can start putting it together. :-)

I just need this nasty cold to leave me and get some energy back. I hope you are enjoying fall and busy stitching.

More soon!~

Happy Fall!!

Yes, I'm a little late~ seems that is my middle name lately. ;-)

I've been hither and yon, visiting family and friends and am finally home again! I have much to tell you, but not today~ laundry, unpacking, all the 'fun' things about taking a trip have to be attended to.  In the mean time please visit Jane @ Jane's Fabrics and Quilts.  I am guest blogging today and it involves~

                                                                         and this~~

I'll be back soon!!!  :-)

CTTY

*Christmas Through the Year

I can't believe August is nearly over!  I have been stitching away but can't show you a few things yet. ;-)

I am making a few ornaments for my Christmas basket and got two completed for this month....

The little snowman embroidery was in the newest edition of Quilter's World magazine. I have a half dozen more traced and ready to stitch. ;-)

I promised a better photo of my mini baskets from yesterday's post.  Hot out of the wash~~

I love how it crinkles up! I'm not sure if this will go into the Christmas basket or not. Hubby likes it, so it may end up on his end table. ;-)

To see the great projects others are working on for CTTY, visit Anthea.

Until next time~
Happy stitchin'!!

Mini Basket Challenge

Remember the mini basket challenge Temecula Quilt Co hosted in July? You can see the adorable quilts they made here.  I used one of those little Moda 'candy' sets (2.5 inch squares) to make my baskets, and I was only able to get 16 out of the pack.  No worries~ I loved making the mini baskets! They finished at 2 inches! :-)

Here is my mini~

I'm sorry but I was so excited to get it washed and crinkled, this is the only photo I took before tossing it in the water! :-o  You can't see all my little baskets very well, but all 16 are in there! :-)  My petunia's are bigger than the baskets. LOL

Today I am off to quilt a top for my Mom. Wish me luck as inspiration has not struck yet! :-)

Have a happy week!

Sewing, Sewing, Sewing

I am! Are you?  :-)

Unfortunately, I can't show you much of what I am doing right now.  Gifties for birthdays, and Christmas that I don't want to get out of the bag too soon. ;-)

I can show you my Heartspun Quilts/Nabby's Dowry blocks~

Blocks six and seven

 Are you sewing along too? It isn't too late to start! Every block is on Pam Buda's blog.  You just need to do a little search~ use the search link on her sidebar and put in 'Nabby's Dowry'. ;-)  The thing I really liked about this sew along is that we did all the work first. I know that scares some people, but I really liked making all the HST's ahead of time. Every Friday I can just go peek at the new block, arrange my HST's and sew the block together. Easy Peasy!  All the 'work' is done and I'm just 'playing' on Friday!

What are you playing with today?  Let me know so I can come by and peek in!
Until next time~
Happy stitchin'!