There's always a way

Don't you love it when someone repurposes furniture? I love seeing all the ways people are using dressers, kitchen islands, night stands....... and on it goes.

Last week I read Sue Bleiweiss' blog and she showed a great kitchen island that she is using for an ironing station.

And a few days before that I've seen an antique Buffet revamped to be a kitchen island!!!

Okay so what is the point?? At our old house we had a rolling cart that was used in our kitchen until we bought new kitchen furniture and it did not fit in the space anymore. When we moved last summer, I kept trying to figure out how I could use the cart. No place in the kitchen or eat in dining.

And then it hit me! I needed some way to watch DVD's of free motion quilting while I practice. So wha-la!!!

The cart fits perfectly in the little space.

And the very best part is...............

my sweet hubby made this little beauty :-) He's a genius ;-D

Happy Quilting!

What do you do

on a cold wet Saturday?

I've been working on organizing my fabric stash.

My sweet hubby set up the old TV in my sewing room so I can watch Patsy Thompson DVD's.

And then it's time to take a few minutes to sip on a hot cup of tea and enjoy a new magazine and a new book!

What are you up to this weekend??

Making some progress

Well the first little quilt top is quilted. Just need to sew down the binding.

And while I was still sorting through scraps, I found several HST's that were ready to go. So I pieced them together and tried to make a civil war looking wall hanging.

Well I tried to give it a civil war look :-S

How's your day going? Is everyone thawing out from the Blizzard of 2011?? What are you working on this weekend? I hope there is some Happy Quilting involved :-)

UFO sightings

As I have been going through and organizing some of my fabric stash, I've come across a couple of UFO's that I had forgotten about.

This cute little wall hanging is a Lori Smith pattern that my BFF and I bought when we visited the Chicago Quilt Festival 3 or 4 years ago. We bought fabric and started on the little project when we went back to her house. I finished the top but after arriving back in Florida, it was put away for another day.

I bought this tablerunner kit at the Amish Country Shop Hop in 2009. Again my BFF and I worked on these together. But for some reason mine did not come together, so I had to take the whole thing apart and redo it when I got back home.

These are two little quick projects that will be fun to complete.

And if my readers would like to meet a wonderfully talented and interesting blogger, I'd like to introduce you to Leslie at MarveLes Art Studios. Be sure to go back and read some of her earlier posts. She really is a beautiful quilter.

Have a Happy Quilting day!

One Day

Winners...............

Yes I decided to pick two winners. I've got enough Homespun to share.

So..........

Winner #1 is Susan

and.....

Winner #2 is Julia

Ladies, please send me your mailing addresses.

Thank you everyone for entering my One Day Giveaway :-)

Happy Quilting!

The fog

is lifting! And I am finally seeing the light of day. Thank you so much for all of your well wishes. It was so encouraging to see your sweet comments. I tried to answer most of them, but may have missed a few of you. But know that I appreciated everyone's get well thoughts.

And as the light has finally cleared my head, I started looking through some of my fabric stash and thought I might have a ONE DAY giveaway. Sew Cindy does this every once in a while, and it seems like a fun thing for my blog readers.

A few years ago, when my quilting buddies and I were doing a lot of charity quilts, I accumulated a healthy collection of Homespun fabrics.

So if you are interested in some Homespun, leave one comment on this post and tomorrow I will pick a winner!

ONE DAY!!

Hibernating

Cough, cough, sniff, sniff...........

Miserable, that's the only word for it. Since last Friday those are the only words that come out of my mouth. Well if you can call them words. I've felt like a hermit, huddled in for the winter. And I really don't feel like doing anything. I've knitted a little, and read a little bit of a book, read a few blogs. But basically, nothing very productive.

And to top it all off, yesterday and today I've had to listen to this all day long.

Thankfully he does not have the back up BEEP, BEEP on, or I think I would have moved!

But this afternoon my speedy mailman brought my copy of the latest American Patchwork & Quilting!
YAY!! I was so excited when I read on Jillily's blog yesterday about her pattern being published.

I have wanted to make Around the Town ever since I saw Kim's post about Wasatch Quilt Shop Hop. I love Jill's pattern, but I think my color way will be more along the lines of this -

Okay, back under the quilts and another hot cup of tea............ gotta get over this stuff.

cough, cough.....sniff sniff...............