Thimbleberries Sew Day! Finished!

...or maybe not. ;-) All the blocks I've made are together and it measures 56 x 74. I plan to add 4 inch borders so it will be approx. 64 x 82... I'm thinking about adding one more row of blocks along the side so it will be 70 inches wide with borders.... I have time to think about it. ;-)If you are new to my blog, I have been working on this top the past few months using only my Thimbleberries scraps. The pattern is Bonnie Hunter's Bricks and Stepping Stones. It is one of those quilts I always wanted to make 'someday'~ I'm so happy that someday arrived!! :-) Thanks Bonnie for the great pattern!

Did you get to sew today? It was a beautiful sunny day here and hard to sit at my machine, but I am so happy I did! :-))

Until next time~
Happy stitchin'!!

Thimbleberries Sew Day!!

Are you sewing?? :-)

I was out all morning~ a lot of errands in as short amount of time as possible. LOL :-)
Now I am ready to pull out~~
...and see how much I can get together before rolling it up again.
I hope you found something to work on too!! :-)

More later~~~
Happy stitchin'!!

Design Wall Monday and Other Stuff~

LOL that is one long title! :-)

On my floor I mean design wall today, we have my Between Charming Friends Quilt Along top. It is still in need of borders, but I am happy to have the top together! ;-) Darlene of Quilting Daze, is the pattern designer. I used an Odyssea jelly roll and a light gray solid. The light gray was Mandy's idea and I love it! You can see more design walls and great projects at Judy L's.
And speaking of Mandy of That's Sew Mandy~ she is celebrating her one year blogiversary with a great giveaway. I'd love to win it, but if I don't~ maybe you will. ;-) Stop on by and congratulate her! :-)

Just a reminder~ Wednesday is our Thimbleberries Sew Day. Join us! You don't have to use Thimbleberries fabric, but if you have some~ go ahead. As long as either your pattern or your fabric is Thimbleberries, you are good to go. I happen to have a small stashy of T-berrie fabric and a quilt top that needs work, so that's what I'll be doing. Let me know if you are sewing too and I'll stop by! :-)

Until Wednesday~
Happy stitchin'!

I Love Red Too!

Maybe its my second favorite color. ;-) LOL

I joined in the Spring Fever Bingo fun that The Quilt Shoppe's blog~ In Stitches sponsored and while I was terrible at choosing words~ I even wondered if I was playing from the same list!~ ;-) LOL I was a lucky daily winner! This bundle of fun came in the mail this week~ I love red! :-)) Now I'm dreaming about what to use them in!~ so many patterns to choose from! ;-) Thank you Quilt Shoppe!!And I've been stitching~


The Old Glory pattern is from Crabapple Hill Studio. Instead of a pillow, I put it on the towel. I left off the beading parts because I didn't think they worked for the towel. ;-)

The redwork apples tea towel is June's First Friday Freebie from Kaaren of The Painted Quilt. I did mine with perle cotton. :-)

Next I've got some bunnies to embroider. ;-)

Until next time~
Happy stitchin'!

What's Your Favorite Color?

It seems like a pretty straightforward question right? But it is a very difficult one for me to answer! And I'm happy to see some of you had the same problem! :-) LOL Is it a 'quilter thing'? :-) You are probably wondering why I asked~ well, Barb asked me that question last week and I really waffled before answering! I thought of sky blue, and robin's eggs, sunrise.. and sunsets! The clear colors of spring, the greens, golds and reds of the holidays, the cranberries and wheat and oranges & plums of autumn and I was stumped. :-/ So I stretched it and told her 'autumn'. :-) LOL And yesterday the mailman brought me a little surprise~


A bunch of tumbler blocks from Barb! Thank you! And look~ they are autumn! Muted pinks, and cranberries, browns and tans and golds... :-) They are going to make a wonderful little quilt for me. :-) And when I use it this fall/winter, I will think of my friend Barb. :-) How cool is that?!

And you gave me an idea by telling me your favorite colors. I didn't realize so many of you loved pink! You surprised me! I am going to have to do some shopping before my next giveaway, but hopefully I'll find what I'm looking for sometime in my travels this summer. It is going to be a busy, crazy busy! summer but a little 'shopping therapy' will happen too. ;-)

Until next time~
Happy stitchin'!

Quilt Along Progress~

I got to work on my Between Charming Friends Quilt Along blocks a bit today. I'm cutting up the strips for the 16 patches and have a pile of 4 patches ready for borders. My outside border fabric arrived today, so hopefully I can work more in the AM. :-) I know, I'm a little behind, but I am slowly making progress. ;-) I'm making the larger size, lap quilt, using an Odyssea jelly roll. ;-)

BTW~ what is your favorite color? I'll tell you why I'm asking tomorrow. ;-)

Until next time~
Happy stitchin'!

Design Wall Monday~

Thank you for your comments on my new look! I am always a little leary about changing templates etc~ afraid I'll end up deleting my whole blog! :-o LOL Since it worked so well this time, maybe I won't wait as long again. ;-) I had a question about the quilts in the header photo~ They are all quilts I have made. The first one is a Debbie Caffrey design that she did as a mystery in the now-no-longer-published Traditional Quiltworks magazine. My Mom and I made this one together long distance, trading FQ's before we started. Next is my Vintage Sheet quilt~ I don't have the binding sewed all the way down yet, but you can't tell in the photo. LOL :-) Then we have Butterfly Blooms. I made this one with my quilt guild when we lived in TX. The pattern is from the Cozy Quilts co. And Finally my red/white quilt. The Monkey Wrench blocks came from a swap I did with my friends on HGTV; the design I did in EQ6. I'm really happy with how it turned out. :-)


Not a whole lot of sewing going on here, but I did manage to sneak in a few Dear Jane blocks. I am working on a kite, and then I should be all caught up again. Angela, is choosing the blocks each week, and I am trying to keep up! :-)) From left to right we have~ E-12 Mary Ruth's Corset, D-1 Alison's Guiding Light, C-13 Lakota Sioux, and G-4 Shutter Bug. I do love some of the names Jane gave these blocks! LOL ;-)

To see more wonderful, inspiring design walls, head over to Judy L's Patchwork Times.

Have a happy first day of summer!
And until next time~
Happy Stitchin'!