If I listen real close....

I can almost hear you all saying "not another boring red & white block...please"....lol Well there is one at the end of this post, but first I want to show you the last quilt that I had quilted in November or December by my longarm quilting friend, Linda.

 

The quilting on this quilt took an ordinary Double Wedding Ring quilt (yes I used the cheater's stuff) to a beautiful quilt to throw on my table in the Spring. Here's a close-up of the quilting.

 

Linda did such a good job. Of course she always does. I'm not going to be able to get any quilts professionally quilted for a little while, which is going to push me out of my comfort zone and I'm going to quilt some of my tops myself. Come h-e-double hockey sticks or high water. I mean it. I always used to quilt my own tops so I know I can do it....hopefully.

It was also a great mail day with my favorite quilting magazine being delivered directly to my door.

 

I haven't looked through it yet, but I'm sure it's chock full of quilty inspiration!

Okay, okay here's the red & white NI block for today....I just couldn't not do one when I'm sooooo close to being done with them.

 

The last few I've done have been very easy, but I checked and I've got a few difficult blocks coming up. I just need to keep the mojo.

Well I'm off to do some laundry and look at the sunshine....WooHoo....later!
Ranette

3 days in a row!!!

What's up with that....lol...I really do plan to post everyday and then life happens and I don't, but so far so good this week. Nothing really new to show you on the quilting side of life, well except two more Nearly Insane blocks.

 

 

Sorry the pictures are so dark, but it's cloudy all the time anymore. I know that it's January, but come on....I'm sick of it and I need some sunshine. I'm also cold....like all the time anymore or hot....no in-between, none at all...lol

Okay, enough complaining now....I'm going to go sew!

Ranette

Good Tuesday morning!

I'm not sure what happened to Monday, but wow it went by fast! I did manage to squeeze in piecing a Nearly Insane block.

 

I'm just going to keep plugging away on these blocks and one day, very soon I hope, I'll be done, with the blocks that is. Still a long way to go on this quilt.

I also made a few more yoyo's. If any of you haven't tried making these....don't! LOL They are so addicting and now Sharon and I have Kara making them as well.

Allie is having surgery to remove the screw in her ankle on Friday...not a big deal according to the doctor and hopefully it will help her pain and mobility some. The doctor said she's healed up great, so that's good news. I want to thank all of you again for your prayers and concern for Allie during her ordeal. It was such a blessing!

Enjoy the day!
Ranette

Peppermint twist....a song or a quilt????

Well it's a quilt, of course! Or a quilt top anyway. Actually I was just a 1 year old baby when the song Peppermint Twist was popular...is it weird that I remember that song and the entire time I was working on this quilt the song played in my head....it is weird isn't it?! LOL Anyway here's my finished quilt top (pattern by Jo Morton).

 

Fun little quilt to make and I really hope to quilt it myself. I may hand quilt it in the plain squares and machine quilt the rest of it, we'll see.

Very good weekend, just too darn short. Since I work in retail I don't get a 3 day weekend like many of you. I've also spent a little time in the evenings working on these little darlings.

 

These yoyo's are so addictive....aren't they Sharon...hehehe. The yoyo's are for Anne Sutton's quilt pattern Yoyoville
My my I think Anne's site has a new look....I'll have to go back and check it out very soon.

I also worked just a little bit on my Antique Quilt and I have plans to get back to some of the other long term projects as well. And just for kicks here's a link to a video of the above mentioned song

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WIvZu4dPQQ Enjoy!!
Ranette

And the winner of the jelly roll and pattern is.....

Cindy from sewcindy.blogspot.com who was commenter number 56 on the random number generator thingy! Congrats Cindy!
Cindy said...
Oh my, what a nice background to your blog, Ranette. The mid section reminds me of parchment paper.

I just love the Grace line of fabrics. I'm currently doing the Fat Quarter Shop's Glace BOM (7 months into it). I love the line so much I bought 2 additional charm packs. How I would love a jelly roll of this beautiful line to add to my Glace fabrics to make a pattern for my DD or DIL.

Sewing hugs and blessings...always.

Come visit my blog anytime at:
http://sewcindy.blogspot.com/
January 12, 2010 6:32 AM

Cindy if you'll send me an email with your snail mail address to ranette@brightok.net I'll get your prize right out to you.

Thanks to everyone that left a comment, I wish I had a jelly roll to send all of you. Actually I probably do, but.....just kidding....lol

The quilt show was fun although not enough quilts were displayed or at least that I could find. I totally forgot to take pictures....darn it, but I did meet up with Penny and Teresa. Isn't blogging fun?! You get inspiration 24/7 by looking at other people's creations and sometimes if you are very blessed, you get to meet in person....wow I love it!

Okay I've got to go now....but TGIF because I'm going to sew some this weekend!

Ranette

Oh my gosh....

Over 100 comments.....Wow! I've had some fun checking out your blogs and most of you have had an email back from me. If you haven't that's because you're set "no reply" on your email address. I'm sure some of you have it that way on purpose, but I'm also pretty sure that most of you don't since blogging is all about meeting people with our same interests. If any of you are interested in changing your settings, here's a great tutorial that Chookyblue has done "how to change from no reply"

I have had a great time visiting some new blogs and to be honest, that's one of the main reasons I do giveaways is to see some new people and quilts. I'm really going to have to start limiting my time on the computer though....lol...a person could spend all day looking at pretty quilts and getting inspired!

Remember a while back I showed a picture of a cute Eiffel Tower pincushion kit that my sweet little sister sent me? Well tada....

 

Isn't it just precious?! I also made the pretty pins, although don't look to close because I did get carried away with the glue gun. Thanks again Pam!

Today is going to be a very fun day! My friend Sharon and I are going to the Oklahoma City Winter Quilt Show....yippee! We are also meeting up with a couple of blogging friends Penny from Penny Quilts and Teresa from MamaTquilts
Very exciting!!!

Thank you for all of the concern for my health....I've decided to swear off doctors....seriously! I am still having pain off and on, but I am feeling better. I am not going to run a bunch of expensive tests though and have them come back with oh it's just the auto-immune thing. I get so tired of that! Okay enough of that...lol

If you haven't entered for the giveaway, there's still time and check back here tomorrow morning for the winner!

Have a wonderful day! Miriam I wish you could join us today and we will be thinking of you!
Ranette

I feel like a little give away!

I've been wanting to have a give away for a little while now and I'm finally getting around to posting it. So if you would like to be the proud owner of a jelly roll of Moda's Glace fabric (gorgeous stuff) and a jelly roll friendly pattern, just leave a comment. You can post about it on your blog if you'd like and if you don't have a blog be sure to leave your email address.

 

A winner will be picked on Friday morning, January 15th. Enjoy the week everyone!

Ranette