Bloggy Break

Holy Cow! It has been a short while since i posted, but i have been very busy and not a fun busy until now. I decided I wanted to paint our living room and we have a popcorn ceiling...so one evening hubby went to work and i trimmed out the ceiling excited to get it painted the next evening ... WRONG ... the popcorn on the part i painted fell ... so the next evening i spent 5 hours scrapping the popcorn ceiling to get it flat ... trimmed it out again ... WRONG ... the part i trimmed became all crackly ... so hubby spent that day spraying the ceiling down with water and getting all the popcorn remnants cleaned off and then put a coat Kilz on it and a coat of paint and it looks WONDERFUL! Let me just say who ever invented the spray popcorn ceilings .... what the hell were you thinking?!?

Once the ceiling was finished we put 2 coats of paint on the walls and they look so fresh! This whole fiasco started on Monday and it was Sunday morning when I finally put my living room back together...it drove me NUTS with things such a mess for nearly a week! There was a path to the kitchen sink and a path to the refrigerator which meant no cooking for me:O)

So last night we went and ordered our FlexSteel furniture and stopped by the carpet store and brought home some samples ... I'm so excited to get it done and get life back to normal!!!

Hubby works tonight so i'm planning on doing some sewing ... i really miss it! I finished my schnibble a few weeks ago and haven't touched anything since, so tonight I'm planning on working on my Pinwheel Party quilt along that Twiddletails is having.

Have a great Wednesday everyone and hopefully I'll have something to show in the next few days :O)

April Schnibble

Hello Everyone! There is just a whole bunch of nothin goin on over here!

Here is my April Schnibble, Tagalong, and it's ok. I don't even remember what charm packs I did it in and it's just too busy for me...so i think i'll quilt it and put it on an end table since it will be covered with pictures and candles and hopefully that will take away from how busy it is.

I'm hoping to start painting our living room next week so part of this weekend will be spent packing up stuff and moving some of the furniture out...i'm so ready to get the painting and carpeting over so the furniture can be ordered!

Hope you have a wonderful weekend and that it is sunny and warm where you are :O)

No Sewing Happenin

Hello There! It was a BEAUTIFUL day here in my part of Ohio...68 degrees and sunny...the windows were opened and it was great to have the breeze coming thru the house!

Well there isn't much sewing happening in my house. I have Spring Fever and am in a cleaning mood! Tonight i attacked my kitchen...windows washed, curtains washed, ironed and hung back up, floor swept and mopped, cupboards wiped down and all the clutter put away or in the trash and dishes done...it looks great!

Tomorrow night it will be the living room and bathroom! Then possibly a trip to Lowe's for some paint ... hopefully it will be busy in our house over the next month or so with cleaning, painting and carpeting, so probably not a whole lot of sewing.

I plan to keep up with my Schnibbles so i'll have that to post and I'll be sure to check blogs in the evenings.

Hubby's birthday is Monday ... he'll be 48 ... not too far from 50...and he has next week off so it will be nice to have more time together!

I hope everyone has a safe and wonderful Easter!

Hi There!

Here are my first 4 blocks of the Pinwheel Party quilt along. It took me a while to figure out what fabrics I was going to use, but yesterday at the quilt store i saw the new Kansas Troubles line of Butterfly Garden and decided that is what I was going to use. I had 3 1/2 yards of the gold background fabric that I bought a few years ago to use as a backing but didn't like how it looked with that quilt, so i put it in the trunk for a rainy day ... today it is raining and i'm using the gold background fabric. Of course i had to purchase some the Butterfly Garden fabric, but that's ok, cuz i love it!

And for those asking, below is the picture of the quilt i did with the Cotton Blossom Jelly Roll. If you look at the right side of the picture, the rows are at an angle and I would have had to cut too much off to make it square, so that is why i was frustrated and tore it apart. This is the fabric in my previous post that I used for my March Schnibble pattern called RoundAbout.

I can't believe tomorrow is Monday already, and since today is only 1/2 over, i'm going to relax on the couch and watch some movies since the Nascar Race is rain delayed.

Have a great week everyone!

March Schnibble and Completions ... Woo Hoo

Happy Saturday! Well my plan was to do the border on my March Schnibble last night but that didn't happen ... it happened today instead ... but nonetheless, it is done! I used a jellyroll to do this schnibble rather than charm packs. I had made a quilt out of this fabric a while back, hated how it looked, tore it all apart and put the scraps away...then when this pattern came along i came across the scraps in my tub and used them up. I made it two rows wider and two rows longer just to use it all up and i'm glad i did and i'm glad it's done!!!! Tonight when Dave left for work i got the binding put on another quilt that came back from the quilters this week and today i ran to the quilt store in Bluffton to purchase some fabric to do the Pinwheel Party quilt. I had 3 1/2 yards of fabric i bought a few years ago and decided then i didn't like it, but i think it will make good background fabric with what i bought today...so, i'm off to get the fabric cut so tomorrow i can get the first 4 blocks done since the 5th block comes out Monday.

Have a wonderful Palm Sunday!

M...I...A...

Well hello everyone! I think i've been in my own world for the last few weeks. I've been working on my schnibble for the month ... pics to post this weekend ... working on a few other quilts and call me crazy, but i just joined the Pinwheel Party over at Twiddletails. Not sure what i'm doing my pinwheels in yet ... they're on week 4 and i just decided today to do it with all scraps, so hopefully i'll get the first 4 done this weekend. Here's a picture of what it will look like...I'm not a black person, but i think the colors really pop using black and the fabrics i have are bright! Today i picked up a quilt from the quilters so i'll get the binding on that this weekend, plan to finish my schnibble friday night and do the pinwheels on Sunday. I made the March Schnibble bigger than the pattern calls just to get rid of this fabric line i have. I did it in Cotton Blossom.

Since I don't have alot to blog about, here is a picture of a cute sign...i took this picture down in Florida at Ponce Inlet when dave and I took the harley's down there over Christmas a few years back...

Have a great rest of the week ;O)

Too Busy? Will It Look OK? What Do You Think???

i LOVE this fabric...i got it free when i purchased fabric for my nephew's quilts last year...the quilt store was giving you a "store credit" when you spent so much ... so this is what i received with my credit.

I've been trying to figure out what to make with it and i've always wanted to make a log cabin quilt ... so, my cousin suggested i make one using this...blue on one side, the whites on the other and i'm thinking of a pale yellow for my center square.

Here's where you come in ... what do you think? Will it look ok? Is the fabric too busy? Is it too much blue? Will a pale yellow center look right?

Funny Post

Good Morning! I haven't done much sewing this week, but accomplished some last weekend, but am not yet able to show you any pictures ... it's a secret.

But last night while checking out some blogs i came across the funniest post. Check out Milah's post ... A Spit Bath by Skipper ... and make sure you go thru all the pictures ... when i got to the end of the post i laughed so hard ... thanks Milah for the great post!

It's suppose to be a great weekend here, sunny and on the warmer side and hubby is off, so probably not much sewing gonna happen.

Have a great weekend everyone!

February Schnibble

Happy Saturday everyone! So, this has been my life the past few weeks ... eat, sleep, work 12 hour days, nap on couch in the evenings, go to bed ... get up and do it again the next day. That will be my life for hopefully just 1 more week, then it will be back to sewing in the evenings!

But last night I worked on my schnibble and this morning i was up at 6:30 and putting the borders on my schnibble at 7. I love this schnibble, it went together so fast! Here's a picture of how mine turned out...

I realized the other day that I haven't made a full-size quilt since we started these "schnibbles a month" back in September...but today i am going to start on a quilt. I was all about just doing one quilt at a time and not having a bunch of WIPs, but no more! I have two quilts cut out and ready to start sewing and this afternoon i'm going to get started.

OH! and Monday the next Schnibble will be announced! Gosh, do you ever feel like you don't have time for a real job so you can spend your days sewing (and i mean before retirement)? I wonder if my husband would go for that? UH ... i don't think so :O)

Have a great weekend!

PS...I am so glad I don't live on the East Coast right now with all that snow!

A Whole Bunch of Nothin

WOW! It's been a crazy-busy month and I'm not sure I've done much of anything! But...here are some pictures of a few things i purchased while shopping this month and the very little sewing I've done!

This is 12 fat quarters of Evening Mist by Moda. It is so pretty and i just love the soft green in it! Loved the stocking stitcheries too! And I thought i might do the pattern on the left with my In The Pink II fabric ... one of these days! Here is my Schnibble for the month. Just started working on it the other night and i have gone nowhere fast! Hubby works this weekend so i hope to get it finished!

Aren't these beautiful! These are the long-stem roses i received from my parents for my birthday! Thanks Mom & Dad! The colors of them are so pretty! Below is a close-up of a yellow rose that i thought turned out awesome!

Just a pretty yellow rose!

Have a great evening ...

The Snowman Takes a Bow!

Last week my brother David and his son Michael (or 'Fish' as he's also known) decided to make a snowman. What an awesome job they did...

but after a few days Mr. Snowman decided it was time to take a bow ...

Have a great week-end! I will because I turn 43 on Sunday :O)

A Few New Schnibbles ...

Yesterday i got a few new Schnibbles patterns and 2 charm packs of Garden Party in the mail. I love the colors of Garden Party, but not sure I want to use them for my February Schnibble...my cousin suggested using black and white fabrics for the bowties and calling it 'A Black Tie Affair' which i think would be pretty too, just nothing to go with it in my house. I'll be quilt shopping hopefully this weekend, so maybe something will come to me. And i got this ... i love this pattern! I was reading it and Miss Rosie gives you fabric requirements to make it much larger than a schnibble, so i am going to make one that is 49" square. I've been wanting to make a red, white and blue quilt for some time now, so this is it!!!

It's still pretty cold here in Ohio, but the snow has let up. Yesterday we received 11" and another 2" this morning. It's sure pretty and it could snow like this all the time for me, but I don't think my husband would be too fun to live with if that was the case :O)

Have a happy Wednesday!

Pretty Snow

This ... is what it looked like in Findlay, Ohio this morning ...

We're suppose to get snow all day tomorrow (Tuesday) and in to Wednesday and they are calling for 12+ inches ... i can't wait, i hope we get it all and then some!!

Tonight ... hubby's working and i'm going to clean like a mad-woman so tomorrow night i can sew, sew, sew while i watch it snow, snow, snow!

Happy Monday everyone!

Matthew ... Bad Day

Last Wednesday wasn't a good day for Matthew. I don't quite understand what he was doing, something about jumping on something then hanging from something then he either let go or slipped and landed on the ground, thus fracturing his elbow .... OUCH!

He was at the ER until about 1 am Thursday morning then to the orthopedic surgeon's on Friday for another x-ray and then on to get a CT scan because they didn't like how the fracture looked. I think it was near his growth plate so they wanted a better look at it so he goes back Monday for the CT results...so here's a picture of matthew with his cast ... he's rooting for the COLTS in the Super Bowl ... GO PEYTON!!!

So let's just hope that everything comes back OK on his scan and his elbow heals just fine! He's all about sports, so it will definitely be a long 6 weeks in this cast.

Have a great week everyone!

Snowy Saturday

It's a Happy Snowy Saturday in Ohio!!! We didn't get a whole lot of snow in my area, just about 4 inches, but the blowing was terrible! Lots of big drifts and a great day to stay inside, bake some cookies and take a nap! Here's a picture of my car snowed in with the drifts...only about 4 inches of snow, but the 40 mph of winds was the kicker...

Well, I haven't done any sewing this week so i thought i would show you some of my recent purchases...I think the Sent With Love line is so girly and cute ... i'm going to make the Schnibbles called NASH with it...Check out Kim's finished Valentine's Nash...

and the Moda line called LOVE U ... it is so sweet! i have no idea what i'm doing with it, but i just fell in love with the snails so i bought a few charm packs and a yard of fabric for a border ... i'm sure i'll find a cute Schnibbles to make for some little girl...

here's some of what the fabrics in the LOVE U line look ...

Have a great Saturday night everyone and I have another picture to post very soon of my poor nephew once i figure out how to make it smaller ...

1 Million Pillowcase Challenge

Well this weekend i finished my pillowcases for the 1 million pillowcase challenge. i made one dozen pillowcases, 4 of each pictured. I'm going to donate my pillowcases to Red Rooster Quilts in Dublin, Ohio. OH! and have you checked out Moda Bake Shop lately? There is an adorable new pattern posted today called Vintage Inspired Bear Paw Quilt that I'm going to do in my muted florals (pictured below). I've had these fabrics for over a year and they're drivin me nuts so i think they would be very pretty in that pattern with an ivory background.

I also did some quilting on my red white and blue table topper and hope to finish that this week. i'm not diggin the red thread, so i may have to purchase something that goes a little better with the fabric.

Have a great week!

New Cookbook ... YUM!!

I can't believe it's been over a week since i blogged! Holy Toledo!

I've been too busy EATING to have time to sew :O) Last Saturday I bought Ree Drummond's book and it is FABULOUS! I think there is two or three receipes in the book I would probably never make, but everything else looks so yummy and the things i've tried are great!!! If you like cooking from scratch and all the fattening things in life ... then this is the book for you!

I've promised my husband i'll only make one of her items a week from now on, but oh how i could make something different every night!

This weekend hubby works so there will be plenty of time to sew. Last weekend i started working on pillow cases for the 1 million pillow case challenge and i made 5 and now i have another 8 cut out so i hope to finish those this weekend, get my red, white and blue table cloth quilted and bound and then maybe get my last shopping bag put together so that i have 2 to take to the store instead of just one. It's going to be bitter cold here, highs in the single digits, so a great weekend to stay in, sew and cook!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Pinwheel Prairie Point Pillow

Pinwheel Prairie Point Pillow ... say that fast 3 times! WHEW!

So tonight i made a little pillow to go with my quilt and it is very cute! I just wish I had made it bigger...but after i finished the pillow i decided ... hmmm ... i have enough fabrics to make a table topper ... so i think i'll be making a table topper to go with the quilt and pillow! Now i just can't wait to get my quilt quilted :O) Here's a picture of the pillow on the pieced top and it sorta gets lost with the top, but i'm thinking after it's quilted the pillow should stand out just fine.

For as long as I second-guessed this purchase, i'm sure loving the fabric now. Strange how that works!

Have a great week-end everyone!

Pinwheels

Well, it's a bit chilly in Northwest Ohio, but that's about it...no snow, no rain, just overcast blah days ...

So last night i decided i wanted to go thru some fabric and find something fun to make. Well, do ya ever walk in to a quilt store and immediately fall in love with fabric so you buy it ... then the next day you think ... why did i buy that fabric?!? Well I did that about 1 1/2 years ago and have been pondering what to make ... so last night i pulled it out and tonight i made this ...

The colors seem very dull and boring in this picture, but they are very pretty in person. The pattern is from Jodi's Moda Bake Shop tutorial ... it's suppose to have prairie points between the white border and the outer border, but since i used a floral border, the prairie points got lost ... so i think i'm going to make a matching pillow and use the prairie points for the edge of that.

Well, it's a bit late and it's been a long day, so have a great Thursday :o)

Simple Finish!

i LOVE this table topper! i finally got around to putting the black border on it and i love it! now i can't wait to make a few more and get them quilted! Happy Wednesday everyone!

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