Tell me what you think.........

Have you been visiting the Bloggers Quilt Festival?? It's been so much fun to visit new and familiar blogs and see so many creative quilts.

And over the weekend I've been doing a little bit of sewing myself ;-)

I put together the blue and white quilt that I found during our recent move.

I'm going to try to put my hands on the magazine (American Patchwork & Quilting?) with this pattern, as I can't really decide if I would like to make it bigger or just finish it out like this.

And here is the little pink number I was working on based on the pattern in the Quiltmaker magazine.


There were several comments asking about the fabric I used.

All the pink fabric except the stripe was "Inspiration" by Linda Lum DeBono. White is Kona Cotton.

So tell me what you have been working on this weekend??

Have a great day and happy quilting :-)

Bloggers Quilt Festival

Amy from Amy's Creative Side has done it again :-) She is hosting another virtual Quilt Festival. Have you been to her Quilt Festival's before? Have you participated?? There are so many beautiful quilts on display, and you can view them right from your easy chair. If you are visiting my blog for the first time - Welcome! I hope you will come back again :-)

This is my fourth time participating in the Quilt Festival, and I am excited to share with you one of my Schnibbles quilts.

Last year I joined a year of Schnibbles. What is a Schnibble you ask? Well Schnibbles are little quilts designed by Carrie of Miss Rosie's Quilts. I like making little quilts. They come together fast and are kind of instant gratification. For me they are better then having a tub full of ufo's needing to be quilted. But I digress.......

I loved the patterns and made about six Schnibbles when life became hectic with a move. So as I was thinking about which quilt to share, this one came to mind.

I found this cheddar fabric on a visit to the Olde Green Cupboard in Jacksonville.

The mixture of colors made for a delicious combination.

What I particularly loved about making this quilt was being introduced to a machine quilting method using my walking foot. I followed Mary Mashuta's technique from her book "Foolproof Machine Quilting."

All in all, I was very pleased with the end result.

So may I introduce to you - Cindy Lou Who

Thanks so much for stopping by. I would love it if you would leave a comment. It's sort of like my guest book. And please stop by again. Soon :-)

Happy Quilting and enjoy the Quilt Festival! Thanks Amy!

Broken Arrows

For the last couple of days, I have been working on the Arrowhead blocks. I've been trying out something a little different in the lay out.

With two baby quilts in the works, I wondered how these blocks might look with sashing. So last night I set up six of the blocks and added some white sashing.

I really like the way the white breaks up the overall color in the blocks. I also think this might work beautifully to make a table runner using three blocks with a coordinating fabric for sashing.

One other little bit of information when you get ahold of the Quiltmaker magazine. They are having a Treasure Hunt. You can do it online, but if you have a copy of the November/December magazine, you hunt for this symbol ....
....find it on the website, and register for some really great prizes. One of which is a sewing machine!

Okay on to more blocks :-)

Happy Quilting!

Run, do not walk..........

.....and buy a copy of this issue of Quiltmaker magazine!

Let me tell you why. As most of my readers know, I have been down after having a fall and back injury. So getting back to sewing has been a very slow, though much desired, activity.

I have been a subscriber to the Quiltmaker "Quilty Pleasures" blog for quite a while, as they always have interesting posts, not always related to the current magazine. For the last month or so, the editors have been talking about the Revolutionary Block by Anita Grossman Solomon. After seeing it written up THREE times, I thought to myself, "hum, I have that magazine! Let me see what is so special about that block."

It was not a disappointment. Looking at the completed block, I thought it looked complex. But after reading the directions, I thought this would be such a very cool quilt.

I laid two pieces of fabric, right sides together.

Following Anita's directions, I placed a sticky note in the top corner. Sewing down and pivoting . Do the same thing at the other corner.

Cut diagonally.
Stack triangles, aligning the edges.

This is where the magic happens.

Measure from the top and cut through all the layers.

Another cut from the bottom.

Press all seams open -

arrange units -
sew together and trim!

I'm telling you peeps, this was so much fun and NOT labor intensive. As a matter of fact, it was so much fun, I made another block.

My Bernina was singing. Once I cut all the pieces out, I was able to assembly line sew until I put the last two pieces together. I would have made more, but I need to find my squaring up ruler first. Even without the right ruler, the block worked beautifully.

There were so many lovely combinations featured in the magazine, but the skys the limit.

You can use scraps, or a fat quarter bundle, batiks, baby fabrics. But I think this would look fabulous with Civil War fabrics.

So PLEASE go and buy the magazine, gather a bundle of fabrics, and have fun! You will not regret it.

Happy Quilting :-)

Do you remember.........

when you bought a dryer, the salespeople always tell you how important it is to clean the filter so your dryer would work more efficiently?

Well as a young wife, I never thought too much about the filter. Then one day my dryer did not seem to be drying very well. It would run and run and the clothes would still be a little damp by the end of the cycle. My brother in law was over one day, and I mentioned it to him. He went directly to the filter, and of course it was clogged full of lint! Gulp!!!!

Since I had my fall, my family has been doing such a great job of helping with the laundry. And since we moved into this new house, the previous owners left their HE washer and dryer, which has made laundry so much more exciting, that is if laundry can be exciting.

Now you know what kind of things can end up in the wash. We have always had a rule in our house. If I find money in the laundry, it goes into a pot by the washer, and all the loose change is used for fun things. So imagine my surprise recently when I went to move some of my hubbys clothes from the washer to the dryer and I see this -

Bills!!! Lots of them!!!!! Apparently my sweet hubby had put his clothes in the wash and left these in his pockets. Woo-hoo......

I found these bills, and of course, nice person that I am, I folded them up and put them on his dresser.

And after the clothes were dried, and as I was taking them out of the dryer, I looked into the dryer to see..........

sigh.......... more for the picking :-)

Just thought I would share a little smile with you today.

Happy Quilting!

In Friendship!

Did you know that quilters are special?? Why of course you did! After all most of you are quilters or lovers of quilts.

But there are some quilters that are extra special! They have a way of encouraging and lifting you up when you are down (or on a detour).

So when I received a little package in the mail, and I looked at the return address, I knew it was from a very special lady.

I received this beautiful scissor fob from Darlene of Quilting Daze. She's been a special blogging friend for a long time, and I've enjoyed seeing all of her beautiful quilts on her blog. She's been sending some quilting love around blog land, and I was so excited to be one of her recipients.

Thank you Darlene!

Now just in case you did not notice, Blogger has been posting a notice that Image uploads will be disabled for two hours at 5:00 PM TODAY!!! So get those posts in before they turn it off. Hopefully everything will be resolved for those who were having trouble posting pictures.

And Happy Quilting :-)

Half way = almost done

As I have been going through boxes that were moved from our old home, I am finding little treasures along the way :-)

Finding a quilt that is half finished is almost like savoring the project all over again. You know how it is. You see a pattern you like, find some fabric, and you go for it.

Yesterday I found these pieces from a long forgotten project.

It was a pattern from a magazine that I started several years ago, only to be laid aside and forgotten.

But the really cool thing is -

It's almost done!!!

AND there is enough fabric for borders, and backing too!

So in the next couple of days, I am going to try to sit at my sewing machine and see if I can pull this little quilt together.

So what are you working on today??

Happy Quilting!