That Elaine is doing it again!

You should hurry on over to Faithful Quilter: Elaine's Journey right now because Elaine is having another of her Stimulus package giveaways!

 

Elly won the last one and you just have to see what all Elaine sent her....WOW!!! Major goodies!
Quilters are for the most part, the most generous people I know. I love that I'm part of this world wide club of really cool awesome people :o)

Update on the Antique Quilt!

Well I've got two sides completed on the Antique quilt and I've made the other two Lemoyne stars, just need to prep the applique for the smaller stars this evening.

 

A BIG thank you to Guute, who is drawing this quilt in EQ6 and sharing with others, Miriam and Renate, all three helped with moral support and measurements when I cut my first LeMoyne star diamonds the wrong size! I am continually amazed at how the love of quilting surpasses all language barriers. Although Guute and Renate speak much better English than I speak their languages :o)
Miriam is Australian so we write the same language, but I'm sure if I heard her speak I'd have to ask her to slow down...lol...I couldn't even understand people in Boston when my husband and I visited a few years ago. He had to translate everything for me!
Here's a quilt that I did a few years ago out of a Kaffe Fassett book (not sure which one right now, but I have all of them)called Handkerchief Corners, I believe.

 

I may have shown a picture of this quilt before, but it just looked so pretty hanging on the stair rail thing this morning that I decided to post a picture of it. I think this quilt is one of my favorites because it is SO soft. I won't let anyone use it because I don't want it to wear out, but I think my oldest daughter occasionally sneaks a nap with it when she's home.

I'm thinking about doing a big giveaway soon. August is my birthday month and I like giving as much as receiving. Stay tuned for more info. Also I quit eating sugar on August 1st...cold turkey! I'm doing pretty good so far although it has been tough. I am a major sugar addict, but I need to get healthy!

Have a Blessed day today!

Bunny Hill give away!!!

MamaSparks is having a terrific give away for a $50 gift certificate to spend at Bunny Hill Designs. How exciting is that??? Anne Sutton herself is offering this gift certificate for the give away...very generous. So hop on over and enter to win.

Pear pincushion

Well I still needed something easy to do after I finished hemming the day of the week towels, so I pulled out a pincushion pattern that I purchased sometime last month. It's a Heather Bailey pattern and it went together very well, although I should have stuffed it a bit fuller. Oh and don't pay attention to the mess in my work space...please....lol...I have to clean it this afternoon.

 

Plus I was jealous that I didn't win the pretty pear pincushion that Jean from Linen and Raspberry gave away last week...really I was! If you haven't visited Jean's blog you really should. She takes beautiful pictures and she also makes wonderful quilts and she's met Janet from Quiltsalott in person.
Janet is an applique master and I would love to sit and just watch her work!

Okay I've got to get busy now....Have a wonderful weekend world!

Frustration!!!

Well I can't seem to get anything to work out right in my sewing room and that means I don't have anything new on the quilty front to show you. I'm working on the Antique quilt and I think I may have messed up somewhere along the line, but I'm not sure where. It could be that I'm trying to convert from cm to inches or maybe my printer is way off, but things don't seem to be lining up like they should. I decided to put the AQ down and just do something mindless for a little while.

First I went out on the deck and took a few pictures of the wonderful flowers out there. Usually by this time in the summer they are looking pretty wilted, despite my husbands best attempts to keep them green and flowering. We've had unseasonably cool temps the last few days and a bunch of rain. Seems we've switched places with Seattle somehow...poor them... Anyway here are some pretty flowers...

 

 

 

Then I moved on to taking pictures of the animals. Shia is saying "help! the kitty is taking over my bed"

 

Now Shia is saying "oh well might as well live with it"....lol

 

But I still wanted to sew something and I don't make a lot of mindless quilts as most of the stuff I do involves itty bitty pieces, so I remembered that Monday when I was at the Savage Quilter in Oklahoma City I picked up this panel (forgot to take a picture) of kitchen towels and tada.....

 

 

 

Cute huh!?! Didn't think I needed to take pictures of all 7 of them, but they each have a scene of the chores for that day just like Grandma's used to. Very vintage and nostalgic looking, although it's just printed on the fabric. I thought about both of my Grandma's while sewing and I really, really miss them. Also the panel came with 4 napkins, but I didn't get them hemmed yet.

Okay I guess I should accomplish something around this house today and maybe I'll pick up the AQ again tomorrow. Sometimes if you give a frustration a few hours it works itself out.

I'm back in the saddle again......

Oh yes I am....I had some time this weekend to get back where I belong....my sewing room! Yippee! I accomplished quite a bit actually. I put the back together for the Truly Scrumptious top. I pieced it to use up fabric and that always takes longer and I also pieced the binding.

 

I also made some of these cute little LeMoyne stars for the Antique Quilt.

 

And I worked some on my pies for the pies and tarts quilt.

 

Oh and I forgot to show the new pincushion I ordered for myself from Bunny Hill Designs It was to make myself feel better last week....it worked :o) It's so pretty and heavy too. I really, really like it.

 

Okay I've got to go to the big city today for a doctors appointment. I may have time for a stop at quilt store if I hurry...

I miss quilting :o(

This has been such a busy time at work and in life that I haven't done any sewing lately...that makes me so sad! I worked over 12 hours yesterday and today will be another long day.
I thought I'd show a couple of pictures of quilts that I made several years ago for gifts. This one was made for my friend and boss, Mary in honor of her 60th birthday.

 

It's a Miss Rosie's pattern and I've made it a couple of times since. Very simple, but effective.

 

I made this quilt for my oldest daughter's 18th birthday. I don't remember the pattern name right now, but it is also an easy fun quilt and I really enjoyed making it for her.
Okay enough for right now, I've got to get to work....maybe this weekend I'll get a chance to turn on my machine.
Later!