Little by little

 Well I worked on these boxes until I was really tired of them. I had to rip out several of them to redo. 

I ended up deviating from the pattern. I did not want to make the 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" border. Mine always turn out wonky. So I just cut a 4" strip of red and it was done.

Then I decided that I was going to quilt the Harvest panel. But I had no cooperation from my free motion foot. It refused to work. I would sew an inch and the bottom thread would break. I changed the needle, the bobbin threat and tried again. No, nada....  So I put my trusty walking foot on. and we were good to go.

No fancy quilting. Just a wavy walk in the park :-)  

What projects are you working on?

Sew and Tell

National Sewing Month

September is National Sewing Month

Do you have big sewing projects in mind? Where will you start? I'm planning on getting some projects finished. At least I will try to finish them before the new year... hopefully :-)

Happy Quilting!

A finish

Today is Dirty Dozen reveal day from Country Threads Chicken Scratch. 

I have finally finished this quilt and love it!

It needed a major amount of quilting, but I just kept at it until it was done.

Did you finish anything last month?

Happy Quilting!

Christmas is coming

 Together with my quilting buddies, we decided to make Christmas boxes :-)

And me, I'm just prodding along. But I will get there.

cC

Have you started any Christmas projects yet?

Happy Quilting!!

I'm inspired

 Last weekend we visited one of my favorite quilt shops.

Inspire in Plant City Florida. And oh my did it inspire.

There were so many beautiful samples made up.

Gorgeous, gorgeous quilts.

And did I buy anything. Well yes :-)

I just loved these panels.

Have you made many quilts using panels?

Happy, happy quilting!

To make a quilt

 

Quilting, quilting, quilting.  I've been working on getting this quilt finished.

Once Upon a Royal Christmas

 

Once Upon a Royal Christmas by Teri Wilson was such an enchanting story. The perfect Hallmark story.

Gracie Clark, Princess Snowflake, is a Party Princess who wants to take her business to the next level. But no bank will loan her the capital that she needs. Claire, her best friend, finds the solution. She enters Gracie in a contest to help a small European country wanting to boost tourism. With a hefty prize money, Gracie wins and sets out for the San Glaceras Christmas Festival. 

Prince Nikolas is reported to be a prince with no heart. He cares for his people and his country, so when his sister announces this contest, he protests. Feeling that is more of a gimmick. When Gracie arrives, he meets her but, they each mistake the other. He thinks she is a real princess, and she thinks he is the actor to portray a prince.

Very entertaining. I loved the banter between Nick and Gracie. And the sweet way they fall for each other. Although Gracie tries so hard not to. This is a delightful story, clean and wholesome. Terri Wilson has a beautiful way of engaging the reader into her story. I could envision someone like Fiona Gubelmann or Jessy Schram playing Gracie in this Hallmark movie. 

I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book which I received via Hallmark Publishing and NetGalley. All views expressed are my honest opinion.