Happy Birthday

I would like to wish my sister Jeanette at Inch Worm Fabrics a

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It would be great if everyone would visit her shop and wish her a good day. It wouldn't hurt to buy something while you are there.

ALSO DON'T FORGET MY GIVEAWAY

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I did a little cleaning over the weekend (hard to believe) and I had 4 gallon zip locks in a drawer taking up space with these fabric strips.

So I thought about all my followers. Maybe one of you might want some of my scraps.

Most of the strips are 1.5". Great for making a log cabin quilt.

If I remember right that's why I have them.

I way over cut when I made my log cabins  - and I made a king and 2 doubles.

I also had a baggie left over from a courthouse steps that my daughter did.

One of these bundles is 2" and the rest are 1.5".

It's not top of the line fabric but it is nice.

If I was really nice I would have pressed all of it.

Who knows how long they have been tucked away in the drawer.

And if I haven't used them by now, I could at least use the drawer.

Anyway, I thought I would offer these up to one of my followers if anyone is interested just leave me a comment.

 I will draw a winner on Groundhog Day (Feb 2)

Owls are finished

I was able to get the binding on the owl quilt last night. The back is a pink polka dot flannel so I didn't want to use the cream fabric that was on the front. Lucky for me when I made my 9 patches I cut out more than I needed.  I thought I did good using it in the border - that cut it down quite a bit. After  I used it on the binding I had only one square left. My luck usually doesn't work that way.

I put my pineapple quilt together over the weekend - I still need to put the border on.

I thought I might make it a little wider than normal and do some applique

It was paper pieced and this is a picture of how it looked before the paper was taken off.

Took my husband 3 nights to get it all off. He stayed up late last night just to have it finished.

Sure helped me out. 

A Quickie

My daughter needed a quilt for a friend. I had the owls done and all I needed to do was add borders and quilt it. Simple task - no problem.

So over the weekend I played around with different ideas for the border and settled on this.

I also embroidered the name and B-date.

Found backing and batting yesterday (off work for MLK day).

Put it in the frame and went to town.

Now I know it isn't a big quilt but it is a quilt just the same and I managed to get it quilted in a day.

Whew........

But like most of my endeavors something has to suffer. The house is a wreck (nothing unusual), I also did 5 loads of clothes - which are piled up on the couch and I didn't cook any dinner. For that matter I didn't even eat dinner (which won't hurt me in the least)

Now I need to get the binding on by Friday. I have a bunch of leftover squares that I thought would look great.

Pink and Blue

I finally finished this quilt. My sister Beverly (Ouilter's Corner) made the top and let me do some practise work on it.

 

It turned out alot better than I thought it would. I can see all the mistakes. I guess that's all part of it.

One of my goals this year is to get better and get them done faster (wishful thinking on my part)

sorta Texas Star

I can't believe how little I've gotten done lately.

My daughter and 4 grandchildren came down for a week after Christmas and that was nice.

While they were here I did manage to get my star pieces put together.

This is made using dupioni silk. I made it about 15 years ago but I wasn't happy with the way it went together. So a friend of mine ripped it apart and I put it back together by paper piecing. I have all the points done for now. I'll finish it later.

I'd like to say it's a Texas Star but it has 7 points not 8.

I'm still having trouble with my computer and can't get on to post. I've done something (usually do)

When life gives you scraps - make a quilt

I got to work this morning and look what one of my customers and her daughter surprised me with.

This is sooo cute.

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It is tagged 'When life gives you scraps - make a quilt' and is signed and dated.

It comes from Sonshine Promises Figurines

- if you have time go take a look - they are all so cute.

A finish and a start

Wow - I can't believe I actually got on my blog. My computer has gone on strike and won't let me cross the picket line.

I finished quilting my Dresden quilt and finally put the binding on. I had planned on selling it but the quilting didn't look that great (to me anyway) so I put it on the bed.

I sure thought it was a bigger quilt than it is. Turns out it barely covers a queen top.

I guess I will need to make another one - good chance to use up that mounting pile of scraps.

I went digging in my stash of quilt tops and came out with this one.

This was one of the 1st tops that my sister Beverly (Quilter's Corner)  put together.

So I started working on it this past weekend. As you can tell I haven't gotten very far.

Doesn't look like I will have a chance until the new year.

At leat with it set up I can grab a few minutes here and there (hopefully)

And now for the lighter side.

My daughter will be visiting after Christmas and I have an extra addition for her to take back with her.

I just couldn't resist taking this picture - so cute. The little one is mine and the larger one is a schnoodle.

She has 4 kids now and they soooo want a puppy but one has allergies - so a schnoodle it will be.

This is the most use my treadmill has had in awhile.

Lil Twister

I picked up the mail the other day and I had a package from my sister Jeanette @ InchWorm Fabrics.

All I could think was what could this possible be - I hadn't ordered anything???

Well to my surprise she sent me a Lil Twister ruler.

How cool was that.

I have been wanting one for a while but wouldn't spend the money.

Here's a pattern I found to show what the ruler does.

So this will be on my to-do list this next year

Thank you so much Jeanette

Baby Blankets

Sorry I have negelected my blog lately. I just haven't had much to say.

Anyway I figured I would make some baby blankets for a craft fair.

Don't be fooled -  they were easy to make.

This is part of them.

I put them on craig's list this morning - hopefully I can get rid of them there.