Machine Embroidery Blog Hop

 "I Have A Notion" 

will be hosting a Machine Embroidery Blog Hop which is being sponsored by Anita Goodesign who has some wonderful giveaways during the Blog Hop.

Anita Goodesign is probably my favorite designer (I want one of everything)

Attached is a list of the bloggers and the dates they will be hosting on the hop.

I will be on Wednesday March 20.

I have spent all weekend working on my project and I'm so excited to share what I chose to do.

Mon., March 18th 

Kelly - I Have A Notion
SewCalGal

Tues, March 19th

Cindy - Sew Cindy
Trish - AllThingsCrafty

Wed., March 20th

Marjorie's Quilting Bee
Margaret - The Average Quilter

Thurs., March 21st

Rebecca Grace - Cheeky Cognoscenti

Fri., March 22nd

Gene Black - Alabama Artist
SewCalGal

Don't forget to enter my GIVEAWAY 

deadline is March 14

Beat the Winter Blues – Quilters’ Blog Hop Party

I thought I'd join in on the fun in the Quilters’ Blog Hop Party

 But 1st I thought I'd show off my lastest baby quilt.

I have been home from work with a tooth ache and was able to get this finished.

I needed it for Saturday so I finished it in record time.

I didn't do a lot of quilting on it but sometimes less is better.

 On to the giveaway.

I collected up a few things to give away.

Here is what I have so far.......... 

From Here to Eternity - a fun and easy pattern 

Garden Pinwheels - I really like this one

Fabric Dance - another one I like alot

Right Triangles - this can be used with your GO dies

Wonder Waller by Lazy Girl designs - this was on my to-do list.

And last but not least a few notions to go with the patterns - marking pen, scissors and a needle inserter.

This is all part of the

Beat the Winter Blues – Quilters’ Blog Hop Party

The party will last til March 14th (Thursday) and will have tons of blogs to visit.

You can find a list of all the participating blogs on the Quilting Gallery page

I knew I had forgotten something yesterday when I wrote this post.

Added to the list are 2 charm packs one Welcome to Bear Country by Moda and the other Kashmir designed by Jenny Beyer.

If I find something else to throw in I will do so at the end

To enter leave a comment letting me know where you're from.

(for the 1st 37 entrants I will count you twice since I just added this)

For a second entry be or become a follower

I will ship internationally as well.

Thank you for following my blog

Embroidered Sea Pirates

I finished the lod cabin this past Saturday and my daughter reminded me that I promised to make a baby quilt for March. She didn't tell me the begining of March - I was hoping for the last of the month.

Anyway I started Saturday night making the sea pirates and finished embroidering them late Sunday.

Last night I put it all together and hopefully I can get it in the frame tonignt. With any luck I'll have it quilted and bound by Saturday.

Then I think I'll sleep all day Sunday.

I took this picture of the log cabin at work today. You can see the backing color a little better.

Log Cabin Finish

I finished quilting my niece's log cabin.

The pictures look aweful - I've been trying to fix the colors but not having much luck.

 

Believe it or not this backing is brown.

 I meant to get some better pictures today but the day got away from me. If I remember tomorrow I'll replace these.

 

Burp Cloths

I was asked to make some burp cloths on diapers.

 Had to go to 2 Walmarts to find the diapers.

 Got on line to find the Lion King designs and the applique font. Had them downloaded in minutes.

Easy-peasy

Log Cabin

I loaded this log cabin in the frame last week. This is my 1st log cabin to quilt. Seems like I've had a lot of 1sts lately. Anyway it took me awhile to figure out how I wanted to qult it.

 Looks like this is becoming my signature border.

 I drew this out and figured it might work.

The backing is brown so I used brown thread.

 Here's another shot. Would be nice if both sides matched up better.

I think the overall will look good (hope so anyway)

Garden Path

Garden Path Bed Runner

Here is the pattern I used to make my table topper

Mine is a little different. It's shorter, thinner and I rearranged the pattern a little in order to make the table topper.

Table Topper

I finished my 1st table topper last night and it turned out alot better than I thought it would.

I took the picture above at work this morning on the table it will rest on.

I was in a hurry last night when I took these other 2 pictures.

The house was a mess but the topper looks ok.

I'm thinking about using this pattern and making a full size quilt. I guess that will just have to go on the bottom of the to-do list. 

Tee Shirt Finish

I finished the tee shirt quilt Monday and put the binding on Tuesday. Gave it to my customer on Wednesday and now I need to get another one in the frame.

It sure looks better than I thought it would. I was debating on how to quilt it and my daughter suggested a chevron pattern. That worked out perfect as far as not detracting from the tee shirts.

This was my 1st tee shirt quilt and the 1st time I used the chevron pattern.

I'll know better on the next one.

 I couldn't make up my mind on the binding.

I didn't want to be too bold and take away from the top or to have it be too plain.

I ended up using the yellow and I think it was a good choice.

 After I put the binding on Tuesday morning I put this table topper together.

I had to cut the pattern down a little and I also re-designed it.

Simon Beck - Snow Artist

I was going to show some of my stuff today but decided to show this instead.

This amazing work was done by artist Simon Beck.

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He creates these sensational patterns in the snow along the lakes of Savoie, France. 

Spending  5-9 hours a day plodding through the snow in raquettes (snowshoes) 

 The man must be a quilter at heart. These designs are so percise

 At least when I make a mistake I can take a seam ripper, rip it out and fix the problem. I wonder what he does when he makes a misstep

I'm just in awe. I truly love seeing a great artist and couldn't help but share.