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Halloween Quilt #3

Happy snowy Saturday from Ohio! Well, this is hubby's weekend to work and i've been feeling very ambitious to sew, so this morning i was up early and working on a quilt i started a month or so ago....i haven't lost my mind (my husband may say differently) but it's ANOTHER halloween quilt...this is the 3rd one i've done since October and can finally say i'm over halloween...at least until fall rolls around.

So, here is a pic of the quilt i just completed...it is for someone very close and i'm sure she will luv it! it is the same pattern i used for my quilt and i just luv the pinwheels!

To the future owner of this quilt, you will need to think of a name for her so i can put it on the label ... she's off to the quilters on Monday!

Now, this evening or tomorrow i am going to dig out my pinwheel quilt that i started last year some time from the Pinwheel Party Quilt Along and see if i can get some done on that.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Mug Rugs

Gosh, it's been a while since I posted, but that is because there isn't much going on here...today it is cold, 4 inches of snow so far today plus freezing rain for 2 hours this morning and lots of wind with the snow still coming down...good day to stay indoors! Maybe I'll make a pot of soup tomorrow!

So, this weekend i purchased some fat quarters to make some mug rugs...here is one set of fabrics ... i have no idea what they are called and i normally don't buy these colors but something just hit me with the purples, blue and greens. so here is the other fabric i bought and this is the mug rug i made...i have another row of 4 to put on it but i decided not to because i thought it would be too big, but after looking at it more, i think I'm going to add it...either that or purchase some fabric for a small border....

So...that's all that's going on here in Northwest Ohio...i hope wherever you are it is sunny and warm!!!

Star Quilt Quilt A-Long

Hello! Hope you had a great week! Well, I've decided to join the Star Quilt quilt-a-long that Piece N Quilt is having...i've decided on Kansas Troubles...surprise surprise! I luv that line and all the fabrics they keep coming out with! So here is a picture of my fabrics...the light color will be the background fabric...

And here is what the quilt will look like when it's done...

So...are you doing the quilt along? If so, what fabrics are you using?

Train Derailed

Hello! Well, there has been no sewing going on this week, but hubby works this weekend, so i'm hoping to get something accomplished.

Last weekend a train carrying ethanol from Chicago to the Carolinas derailed at the edge of town. Twenty six cars went off the track and several of them exploded. It happened at 2:15 am on Sunday. People nearby were evacuated and said it looked like daylight out. Nineteen hours later, the ethanol was still burning. Here are some amazing pictures ...

Hope you are having a great week!

No Sewing :O(

Spring Where are you?!?!?!

No sewing this week...

Hubby and I are both sick...

Lots of coughing, sore throat, head ache, chest hurts...

We've been taking Mucinex DM, helping a bit but not enough so we decided to turn to old style medicine...we just did a shot of Old Grand Dad Whiskey that we keep in the refrigerator for times like this...

Excuse us now while we go take a nap...

Postage Stamp Quilt Along = Completed

Happy Saturday! Whew, so glad this week is over! I didn't spend much time sewing, but plenty of other things were accomplished.

Last evening i spent some time finishing up making the blocks for my postage stamp quilt along, so this morning when i got up i spent 3 hours putting my rows together and completing the quilt top.

So, here is a picture of my completed top...i'm so happy i did this quilt along because i finally used up a jelly roll of Nature's Notebook that i purchased on impulse. The colors of yellow and blue make this quilt so soft and pretty...it goes with nothing in my house, but it's pretty.

Here's a close-up of the fabrics...don't look too close, i'm sure there are many squares that are not 'perfect' but that's what makes it special :O)

I hope everyone has a great weekend and now i'm ready to start another WIP...hmmm when i started quilting i was so good about only having one project going at a time ... now i probably have 4 or 5 ... i don't like that!

Freckled Whimsey Give Away!!

Woo Hoo ... KarrieLyne from Freckled Whimsey is having an awesome giveaway for her 1 hear bloggiversary...be sure and stop by...you have the chance to win a charm pack or two different jellyrolls!

Oh and if you dont follow KarrieLyne's blog, but sure to because she has the most adorable quilts and great ideas!

Postage Stamp QAL ...The First 17 Blocks Done

I'm not a big pizza person ... i'd rather have pasta, but i so love having a dinner like this..... giving me all the more time to do this...

i was able to make 17 of my 48 postage stamp blocks...i'm so luvin this fabric! i figure i'll try to make 10 blocks for the next few nights to knock them out.

Hope everyone has a great weekend and you get lots of sewing done :O)

Postage Stamp Quilt Along Update

Well, last night i cut the strips for the postage stamp quilt along that rachel from p.s. i quilt is having, so this evening i spent lots of time on the floor laying out my blocks and just spent a short bit of time sewing the below two blocks...it seems like it took along time to just put these two blocks together and maybe that is because i'm pinning each row...yikes, it's gonna take all week and then some for me to sew 48 of these blocks :O) but i think it's gonna be very soft and pretty when it's done...

Hoarder - Addict --- A Little Bit of Both??

Hoarder - Addict --- A Little Bit of Both?? Holy cow! This weekend when i was cleaning i came across a bunch of lotions! I didn't realize i had this many, and these are only from my bedroom and office ... it doesn't include what is in the bathroom, linen closet or living room ... i definitely pitched a bunch of them!

Great Weekend to Sew

Hello Everyone! Well I hope you had a great week! For me the week has flown by but I'm so ready for the weekend! Hubby works all weekend and since he is now on days that makes it even better ... i no longer have to tip-toe around the house worried that i'll wake him. So i have a whole bunch of nuttin planned for the weekend ... hoping to get alot of sewing done...want to do some serious cleaning...UGH...and that's about it!

Here are a few of my pinwheel blocks from the pinwheel quilt along i started last FEBRUARY (holy cow, didn't realize it was THAT long ago)... i only have 1 block left to make, then it's the 20 small pinwheels and the sashing and i can put it all together, so that is something i'm going to work on this weekend! Here is my scrappy rail quilt ... the border fabric came in last week so that is all put together and ready to be quilted :O) i think she looks very pretty with our brown furniture.

OH...and the Postage Stamp Quilt Along that i'm doing from PS I Quilt ... here are my 16 sets all sewn together and ready for the next step which should come out on Monday. These fabrics were an impulse purchase and then i kept asking myself why i bought them, but now i really like the look of them in the postage stamp, i just wish i had more yellows.

Well i hope you have a great weekend and get lots done on your projects. See you next week :O)

New Fabric Purchase

More Christmas fabric ... YEAH ... Well i went to The Door Mouse last week and they were having their end of year sale before they do inventory and I purchased the below fabric for $3.50 a yard ... i couldn't pass it up so i bought 2 yards of each cut! Much of the good stuff was already picked over since I didn't get their until the 3rd day of the sale, but that's OK because I really don't need any more fabric. I keep saying I'm going to stop purchasing fabric until I get more quilts knocked out but that never happens ... if Moda would just stop putting out such pretty fabrics for a year and give me time to catch up that would be great! I also purchased some of the new Evening Mist line to go with what I already have. They have some very pretty purples and they look awesome with the sage green and tan colors in the previous line, so one of these days I'll be working on that ... gosh, i think i need to retire so i have more time to sew! The purple fabric looks more grey in this picture, but it is a very pretty lavendar/purply color.

Hope you are having a great week and thanks for stopping by :O)

Are You In the Postage Stamp Quilt Along?

Are you in the Postage Stamp Quilt Along that Rachel is having? When i first saw it i thought it was adorable then thought do I really want to do a postage stamps?!? They are so small ... ugh ... then i decided i have a jelly roll to use up and this is the perfect way! So, yes, I'm in!

I'm doing mine in Nature's Notebook ... blues and yellows ... i just ordered cream fabric from this line from the Fabric Shack and will cut my 2 1/2" strips rather than order a jelly roll. I wanted to make sure the cream fabric matched perfectly! Now i just need to "grab" her button. I tried several different ways but it hasn't seemed to work:O)

Hope you are having a great week!!!

Wonky Pillow

Well I hope everyone had a safe and happy new year! Ours was lots of fun with friends...love the holidays, but glad they are over and life is back to normal! Hubby went back to work today and it is very chilly here so I'm planning on spending the day inside in jammies working on a Halloween quilt for my cousin.

A few months ago KarrieLyne from Freckled Whimsey made the cutest pillow with wonky stars! She did a great job of creating this pattern and i fell in luv with it! Be sure to stop by her blog and check out her pillow, the quilting is just adorable!

So...after thinking about KarrieLyne's adorable pillow for a few weeks and knowing that I had to make one, my cousin and i put our heads together and came up with the pattern ... thanks Kristin! and oh, it is just so cute! It is made with wonky stars, and who doesn't like wonky stars....i made it with the scraps of my In The Pink II collection and it goes great in our living room....now i'm thinkin i need to get busy makin a table topper! So here's the pillow.... Ok....off to work on yet another Halloween quilt :O) Have a super lazy Sunday!!

2010

Let me just say that 2010 was a good year ... not a great year and it doesn't seem like much quilting was done, so 2011 is going to definitely be a better year of quilting with my new Janome!

I just looked at my post archive from 2010 and only did 59 posts the whole year! ... Well that is definitely going to change! I'm going to make a better effort at posting more and hopefully having many more projects to show! I think I will also make more of an effort to leave comments on other blogs. I look at so many blogs and luv them all, just don't take the time to comment.

Oh gosh ... and those WIPs! I am probably not as bad as alot of other quilters, but i think i have about 4 quilts in the works and I want to get those completed early this year before I start another one! Remember this pinwheel quilt-along from Twiddletails ...well i still need to do a few blocks and all the pinwheel sashing ... i think it's going to be adorable, i just need to do it!

Thank you to all the comments left on my search of fabric in my previous post and THANK YOU Needlewings! I was able to find the fabric!! It is Collection for a Cause by Moda and I was able to order the border fabrics this morning! WOO HOO! This may actually be my first finish for 2011 when the new fabric comes in :O) I'm also planning on quilting this one my self, so i can tell you it won't be anything fancy ... just a bunch of straight lines!

I hope everyone has a safe and happy new year and thanks so much for checking out my blog :O)

Any Idea What Fabric Line(s) This Is?

So, when i got my Janome i was so excited and just wanted to sew but didn't have any projects cut out ... cuz i wasn't planning on getting the Janome! So i remembered i had received a scrap bag of stuff from the year of schnibbles and they were 3" strips...so i drug those out and decided to make a scrappy rail.

So here is my scrappy rail and I really like the looks of it...the colors are very pretty together! So...now i just need to know what then name of the fabric line(s) are so i can order a few cuts for borders ... here are a few close-up shots of the fabrics...

i really love the paisley in these pictures.

Hopefully one of you great quilters out there will know this line!

Thank you so much for visiting my blog in 2010 and I hope 2011 is an even BETTER year with the new machine! Have a wonderful and safe new year's eve and we'll see you next year :O)

My Santa ROCKS!

I have one of the bestest Santa's EVER!!

If you could only see me now! I can't stop smiling! I was on the verge of jumping up and down! I keep giving my Santa kisses! I told my Santa I feel like we have a new baby so we are definitely going to give it a name ... his suggestion ... Cadillac :O)

Today Santa and I stopped at a local Ice Cream store that has wonderful chocolate so we could get a stocking stuffer for my dad...I was just unlocking the car to leave and Santa said ... why don't you show me this sewing machine you've been talking about ... i about dropped the chocolate! Since the shop is just a few doors down from the ice cream store we strolled down, i showed it to him, the lady told us all about it (like i didn't already know the info!), I asked a bunch of questions (just to make it look good)... Santa just asked what the warranty was like ... then i asked the lady how many they had in stock and while she was checking Santa said ... let's just get it while we are here! My mouth dropped open, my eyes got huge and i couldn't take the smile off my face :O)

So....here is my new baby ... i'm thinkin the name Gerty or Bella Bleu sound good for her ...

Thank you Santa, you're the best and I LUV YOU!

Wordless Wednesday ... Mmmmmmm

Halloween Again :O)

Hello! Well, it is still Halloween in our house, at least thru this weekend! Hubby worked so i knocked out another Halloween quilt with all the scraps from my last one. It turned out so cute and I think I'm going to give it to my sister-in-law. It was a pattern on Moda Bake Shop by KarrieLyne of Freckled Whimsey called Boxed In. I can't wait to get this quilt and my last one to the quilter this week! So...now I'm going to dig thru my stash and see what i have in progress that i can get completed...i'm sorta luvin that the year of Schnibbles is over ... didn't get much else accomplished during that time.

Have a great week :O)