Remember this?

...quilt?

I made it for the hgtv Scraps-to-Treasures challenge. And I won third place... today I received my 'prize package' in the mail. :-))) Wow! One of the hgtv board members, who is a fantastic crazy quilter, made a needle case/sewing kit and donated it for a prize. When she chose which quilt to win her donation, she had no idea she had chosen my quilt~ and I had no idea until I got the mail today! :-) And the really fun thing is that I was her secret sister last year! :-)) How cool is that?! And isn't this a gorgeous needle case??!! She also dyes the laces and did the peacock. You can click the photo's for a little closer view.





And here is a photo of all my winnings~ a very cute little tatted (I think?) shamrock pin, and an assortment of FQ's. ~

I feel so lucky!! :-))


Have a happy day y'all!~

And until next time~~ Happy Stitchin'!! :-)

Still Binding Quilts Here~

I am slow at hand sewing, so these bindings are taking me a lot longer than they should! ;-) But another one is done. I quilted the car quilt during my marathon quilting weekend. :-) Just an all over squiggle and loop, and then a little 'varoom' in the borders. I'm giving this one as a Christmas gift and I hope the little fellow uses it, loves it and wears it out! :-) The back has little race cars zooming along a road. :-)

Oh~ blogger flipped the photo, but you can see that it is quilted. :-) I took the photo before I got the binding on...

The lettering is free hand, that was fun to do with the HQ!

Until next time~ Happy Stitchin'!

Greenies! :-)

I received my green mini blocks back from Bingo~Bonnie's swap. I swapped 60 little blocks and look at all the beauties that came back to me. Neither rain, nor hurricanes or flooding could keep these little guys from their destination! :-) Bonnie had two evacuations during this swap! It is amazing all these blocks arrived at her door. Next up are the purple and yellow mini 9-patches and then I will have a rainbow of 3.5 inch unfinished 9-patches to play with. :-) Guess I'd better get sewing! ;-)

Happy Stitchin' to you too!

While You Wait~

...for me to get the binding on the next quilt. ;-) .....

I thought I'd show you my next set of swaps with the ladies on quilter's message board at HGTV. I've got 2 in the works. It is easier for me to keep track of 2 swaps at once, and when I did a poll to see which had the most interest, these rated about medium. So I thought they would be good ones for anyone who likes to sew over the holidays and doesn't have the rush and family committments that others do.

I'm reviving the red/white swap because I love red and white together! :-)) The last swap we did of red/white blocks was in 2007 and you saw the resulting quilt in one of my previous recent posts. Still don't have the binding on, but it is in the 'Q'! :-) This block is called 'Hen & Chicks'.

We are also going to do two different oriental lantern blocks~ using, of course, oriental fabrics! If you've strolled thru a quilt shop recently, I'm sure you have seen all the beautiful oriental prints! Since some of the ladies don't like to paper-piece, we picked 2 blocks. The first one is from about.com and the second one is from Marcia Hohn's Quilter'sCache website. ~~that is really an awesome place to search for free patterns! She has everything! :-) And she is really a sweet person too. I have had the pleasure of emailing her in the past.

You can click on the blocks to make them bigger. And if you'd like to join us, why not check out the message board? :-)

Until next time~

Happy stitchin'!!!

Quiltathon Weekend~

It's a quiltathon weekend~ and I haven't sewed a stitch! :-o

But... I did have a birthday and received lots of quilty-inspiration! :-) And just look at this FQ my mom sent~ isn't it funny?! I know exactly what I am going to do with it, but I can't tell you because I know my mom reads. (Hi Mom!) :-)) LOL

*You can click on it for a closer view. ;-)

And after last weekend's marathon quilting on the HQ, I am still sewing down bindings. ~oh! I guess I have sewed a stitch this weekend. ;-) Hopefully I'll have the next quilted and bound quilt to show soon.

Until next time~

Happy Stitchin'!!

...and Another One Quilted Up!

Before we moved, I taught a One Block Wonder class from Maxine Rosenthal's book at my guild. The class was a lot of fun~ and a lot of work! :-) This was one of my samples. I am happy to finally get it quilted! I used another all over pantograph called 'Tropical Expressions' by Pattern Man Designs. Being new to machine quilting, I found it a pretty easy panto and I love how the pattern looks on the dark areas! I knew anything I quilted would get lost in the busy-ness of the OBW, and that was ok. ;-) Now it is another project that needs binding... ;-) One of these days... LOL :-)

You can click on the photo's for a little closer view~~

Until next time~

Happy Stitchin'!

More Quilting~

Myra~ I go there to quilt. It is a midarm machine set up on a frame. This photo, from my first trip to the shop might give you an idea of how it looks. ;-) You stand and hold onto the handles and move down the length of the frame, quilting as you go. Or if you are doing a pantograph, you can stand behind the machine and follow a little laser light on your panto. They have handles on the front and back. :-)

The blocks in this quilt are from a swap I did in 2007. I designed my lay-out in EQ. It was fun to play with the Monkey Wrench blocks, come up with an alternate block and then put it all together. ~Even more fun to get it quilted! LOL :-) I used an all over butterfly pantograph. The back is red on white fabric, the light makes it look a little yellow. It's not. :-)

~~Yikes!~ blogger tipped my photo again. :-/ One of these days I will remember to resize them the right way! Sorry.

Until next time~

Take happy stitches!~ :-)