Little Tricks~

 

 

 

Today I am guest posting about this pocket at Clover & Violet.

Stop over and say hi! :-)

A Little Therapy~ ;-)

Do you have a Tuesday Morning store near you?

When I visit my Mom, we always go to Tuesday Morning~ hers has a wonderful little sewing section with notions, books etc. all at greatly reduced prices. ;-)

I have one locally, but whoever orders for it must not be into sewing/quilting because it rarely has any 'good' finds. ---  Today I was lucky! :-)

I found yard pieces of Riley Blake fabrics!

Look at those cute hexagons!  And I love the little flowers on the selvages.

Granted, it is a 2013 fabric~ but I have a plan. ;-)

And the price was right! 

I couldn't resist a few more pieces...

Little houses! Fun!

I hope you are having a bit of fun too!

Until next time~

Happy Stitchin'!!

A New BOM~

Yes, I do seem to be hooked on BOM's. LOL ;-)

 But, it is a way to keep me focused and not lose interest mid way.

And it is so fun to see what others are doing with the same pattern.

I love the inspiration!

Jacquelynne at the Art of Home is starting a new BOM in October~

 You can find all the info HERE

I have always admired Jacquelynne's artwork and projects

 and I am jumping in to this BOM with both feet!

Want to join me? :-)

Winter Solstice... or Whoops!

I've joined Sweet P in a Winter Sostice quilt along~

Last month we did the barns. And I thought this month was

houses and trees... whoops!

It was supposed to be houses and stars! :-o

 

I guess I am a little behind and a little ahead! LOL

I didn't even get all the trees finished up because they are a lot of work!

Digging through scraps, pressing, cutting, sewing,  repeat!

Here is my progress~

I cut the house as one shape, and appliqued wool doors.  I liked the look better than trying to match up plaids. ;-)

Now I need to step it up for September as she thinks I will get the whole top together!? :-o

Gulp!! 

;-)  LOL Time will tell.

I hope you are doing some fun sewing too!

'bye for now!

It's the Little Things~

That add up to the big things!! :-)

And I've been working on little things~

I finished the 9th installment of the I Believe in Snowmen (by Bunny Hill Designs) sew-along that we are doing on the HGTV message boards. I love how this quilt is coming together!

Next month I will have the top together and show you. Then it will be on to working on borders. :-)

And I'm getting quite a stack of hexies~

They are cut from a Happy Go Lucky charm pack I was hoarding I mean~ saving for a special project! Yup that's it! :-)

I can't show you what project ...yet. :-)

But if you'd like a peek at what little secrets I was working on, check out Clover & Violet's blog post today.

;-) Yep~ that was me!! :-) And I enjoyed every minute!!  :-)

Until next time~

Happy stitchin'!!

A Little of This and A Little of That

Since finishing my swap blocks, I've been doing a bit of this and that

and not really much of anything! :-)

I did get my August BOM block done for the HGTV message board sew along~

 

 

This year I am doing my blocks in B&W, with grey and red. 

This block was called Ruins of Jericho, but when I spied

that 6 inch center, I just had to add a star. :-) LOL

 

I also caught hexie fever! :-o

But this time I am making bigger hex's. Instead of cutting around each one, I made my templates with a double layer of freezer paper. They press nicely to the fabric, and are firm enough to hold on to. 

When I'm ready to stitch the seam allowances down, it is just a quick snip of the 4 corners and my 

hex is ready. Little waste, and not trying to rotary cut and create big waste. ;-)

 

 

I think I like the larger size! ;-)

What are you working on?

Until next time~

Happy stitchin'!

Done is Good!!

I've gotten a little behind in my BOM's and things, so when I finished 

my swoon blocks for Bea's swap, I was feeling pretty good!

Done is good! :-)

There are two blocks in every stack, so you only get to see one. ;-)

We had requests for Christmas & Halloween, patriotic to cerise!

Do you know what color that is? 

LOL I had to look it up. ;-) But I also discovered, after asking at 3 quilt shops,

that not many people do! I was told anything from green to a cherry red. 

Its not.

I also finished 8 other blocks, but I can't show them.

They are for a surprise! :-)

Thanks for all your comments about flying geese!  I love the look of geese, but haven't

really found one method I would do as a hands down favorite...

maybe it will be a mix of methods depending on how

many geese need to fly. ;-)

Until next time~

Happy stitchin'!!