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Tuesday, June 20, 2023

'When Pigs Fly' Hop~

Hello! And welcome!

And happy first day of Summer!

Will it be a hot day for you? Not so much here, but the temps are just where I love them~ 70ºF

I knew I had some projects I needed to finish, but the one that caught my eye was this little bundle~

I stopped working on it last year ~I don't know why!~ but knew I wanted it this year. :-)

All I had left to do was layer, quilt and bind.

And now it is finished and hanging! The tumblers were cut with a 4" Accuquilt Die and the stars were cut with a Crafter's Edge Star Die. :-) I love it when all my little gadgets play together! LOL

I quilted wavy lines and bound it by bringing the back to the front. Do you have trouble making a binding like that? One corner always turns out wonky?

Then I suggest this Handy Ruler~

Quick-Easy Mitered Binding Tool

It works exactly like it is marketed to work, your miters are sewn closed with your sewing machine, and you can finish the binding with your sewing machine! I love it for placemats and tables runners and things that get a lot of washings.

(No, I am not a sponsor of the gadget or get any kind of promo points. I just love sharing when I find things that work!)

Be sure to check out the rest of today's bloggers~

Wednesday June 21

BeaQuilter

crazy'boutquilts

Days Filled with Joy

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Texas Quilt Gal

And a special thank you to Joan for hosting this fun swap!

Until next time~

Happy stitchin'!

Have You Seen Pigs Flying?

This is the week for the 'When Pigs Fly' blog hop. Have seen the cool projects?

I am off to visit blogs, but come back tomorrow for my day!!

Monday June 19

Tuesday June 20

Wednesday June 21

BeaQuilter

crazy'boutquilts

Days Filled with Joy

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Thursday June 22

Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Rose Colored Glasses Hop

Hello! and welcome to my day in the Rose Colored Glasses Blog Hop!

I don't own 'rose' colored glass~ mine are ruby. :-)

I found them one year in the Target dollar section right before Valentines Day. And I love them for deciding on value of certain fabrics~

Yes, you can now use your cell phone and gray out your pix and get the same effect. But my glasses are handy, while my cell phone often is not. ;-)

So, our challenge was...

"Your sewn project must have one or more of the following:"

Rose/pink fabric

Eyeglasses

Roses

Positive Words

~Carol @justletmequilt

My project is a rose colored hooded towel for one of my DGDs!

They all love unicorns. :-) I think I will be making more. LOL

The machine embroidery design is from Designs By Juju HERE

Even if you don't embroider, you will love Juju's tutorial for making a hooded towel. There are NO exposed seams! Check it out HERE

With pool season underway, surely you know someone who would love a hooded towel when they get out of the water. ;-)

I hope you enjoyed my post; be sure to check out all my fellow Wednesday bloggers~~

MAY 17^TH

And a special thank you to Carol for dreaming up this fun hop!!

Until next time~

Happy sewing!!

Sunday, May 14, 2023

Let the Fun Begin!

It starts tomorrow!

You do not want to miss it. ;-)

MAY 15^TH

Just Let Me Quilt

Selina Quilts

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

MAY 16^TH

MAY 17^TH

MAY 18^TH

Sunday, May 7, 2023

May Already!!!

Where has the year gone?!

I look away from my calendar and another month passes. Do you feel the same?

A new month means a new blog hop~

And I will give one hint~

you will never guess what I made! LOL

In other news, I completed a few patriotic things and I think I just might display them until after the 4th of July. I like them that much!

Both are in the hoop designs from Designs by Juju. If you have a 5 x 7 hoop, you can make these too!

Until next time~

go make something!!

Happy Stitchin'!

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Say What?!

Welcome to day 4 of the Say What?! Blog Hop!

I had so many ideas for this hop, but finishing a project for my DGD won out. :-)

I cut the appliques for this pillowcase using my Crafter's Edge Cutting System & dies.

She is 4 and her name begins with an 'M'...we often tease her that her name must be monkey. LOL So she needed a monkey pillow case. I added the letters because she loves letters and pointing them out to us. She also loves her smaller pillow.

I got carried away and cut out another~

And then I sewed a smaller one using up scraps~

I enclosed all the raw edges in all of them, and put an inside flap to hold the pillow in place. The flap depended on the WOF I had~ this one was a good 4.5".

Others were a bit shorter, but they all work.

And then I really got carried away and made a bunch of adult size pillowcases. Can you guess how many I made? :-)

I have really enjoyed this hop and all the interesting things other bloggers have made! I hope you have too. Be sure to visit today's bloggers!

And a special thank you to Joan @moosestashquilting for thinking up this fun topic!

Thursday April 20

Just Let Me Quilt

Karrins Crazy World

crazy'boutquilts

Pinker n' Punkin Quilting

Songbird Designs

Days Filled With Joy

Monday, April 17, 2023

Say What??

There is a new blog hop which promises to be full of fun and surprises!

I am sorry I am a little late in letting you know. I have been gone from home and forgot to take my password book with me, so my laptop was rather useless. Oops!

In this hop it can be words, ideas, something new you tried... almost anything goes! Please pop in and visit the bloggers on their day~ and comment!~ we all love comments!

And be sure to come back for my day on Thursday! See you then!! :-)

Monday April 17

MooseStashQuilting

Selina Quilts

Quilt Schmilt

Patchouli Moon Studio

That Fabric Feeling

Scrapdash

Tuesday April 18

Inflorescence

Creatin' in the Sticks

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs