CELEBRATION !!! One whole year!

 As of today I will have kept this blog for one whole year. HURRAY ! I did decide to have a 12 hour sew day this Friday (12 months in a year idea). I have been busy cutting all the pieces for each block, to be already for the day. I will begin this Friday Oct. 28 TH at 8 AM after a good breakfast and coffee, with a break for lunch. I will of course put a crock pot dinner on so that my duties will not be neglected and I will have finished any other chores the day before. (Thursday)

I have chosen a very random bunch of blocks from various sources, all 12 inch finished. I love a scrappy quilt so this will be scrappy, the majority of the fabric came from my stash. I bought the batting, and backing and a few fat quarters. I will be trying to complete the entire quilt in the 12 hours if not, I at least hope to have it sandwiched by the end of the day and take the weekend to finish. I would like to give the quilt as a gift to a good friend however if the quality and colors are like yuck then I have no idea what I will do with the thing. I did my best to not be over compulsive when cutting the fabric. Either way this should be a very fun day. I will post my progress on the hour. So far no one has wanted to join me which is fine, no pressure. Any way this is my first attempt at this kinda thing, I am prepared to learn and be grateful for the experience. Happy stitching! 

October's mug rug !

Even though this mug rug is crooked (can't make one straight) I love what I did, and I think this is darling.
I will be trying next month to get both of the mug rugs done because as we all know the holiday's are crazy. So plans are in the making, there is something like 70 something days left until Christmas. Happy Stitching!

Charity quilt !

 I'm helping the vice pres. of our guild make a few quilts to donate to the local cancer patient facility. So I started with these cute colors. 

  I cut 4 1/4 inch squares and 3 1/4 inch strips. From the fat quarters this was totally easy a quick.

 I had decided to use a half log cabin configuration if that translates. ( I'm not a savvy about the lingo as others.)

I have 12, 9 3/4 inch squares and that should be a good size top. Which I will put together in the next few days and show you how it turned out. Any how that will make two charity quilts that I will have finished or helped to finish in the year, hurray for me. Happy stitching!

I did my homework!

I got this a while ago from scrapquilts.com titled not so much of a trick, I did all the cutting before I started sewing, and from start to finish it took me 20 minutes. Now I just need to make a for sure choice to have a sew day where I make 12, 12 inch blocks in 12 hours, or a show and tell a 12 of 12 quilting related stuff. I think the sew day is better. Of course anyone can join me if they want to. I will be choosing 12, 12 inch blocks and then I will choose fabrics from my stash and I will do all the cutting before I start. I will start Oct. 28, 2011 ( that is a Friday) at 8 AM going until 8 PM for an entire day of stitching. To really be an over achiever I will have batting, backing, and borders, as well as extra cuts if I have time. If I get that far then good for me but I think by the end of the day I will at least have a top and maybe by the end of that weekend a whole quilt. Cool ! Let me know if I have any joiners?? No guilt trips no making fun of color choices or points not matching this is your quilt do what you want with it, its a lets have fun day doing what we love to do. Happy stitching!

Here's an idea!

As I have blogged about the last time, I would like to try and do something to celebrate my one year anniversary of having this blog site. I first made a list which had 12 things with 12 things example 12 tools, 12 favorite blocks, 12 colors, 12 UFOs,12 gift ideas, anyway you get the idea.  I still might do that. But today I wondered about a 12 hour sew-in. Starting from like 8 AM until 8 PM sew 12, 12 inch blocks and put them together. There would need to be some planning and some ahead of time work, like choosing all the blocks, all the colors, and cut all the pieces before hand. I should try out a block to see how long I take to make a block that size. I will do some checking.

A mile stone for me!

I have been thinking about how much time is past for my blog and it is almost a year ! ( WOW !) Time is flies so fast when you are busy no matter if you have fun or not just busy. I haven't reached the 100 entry but I will have reached the year I will try to come up with something fun to celebrate. Maybe a quilt???? A year of blocks would be great. How about all the blocks are 12 inches and is a calendar block. Any how I will come up with something fun, I do love suggestions. Maybe I will get a great idea from another blog no worries I wouldn't borrow an idea without giving credit to that person. The exact date is Oct. 26 so I have some time to come up with something. Happy stitching!

September's mug rug!

I finished this two weeks ago and as usual things in our house hold took some major busy swings and I am finally getting around to posting this finish.

Love picture quilts!

I will so need to look through my stash and find some border fabric and maybe make this for a gift to somebody. At any rate it will give me a nice small hand working project to take with me since I am running out of small projects to take with me.

God Bless America, we will never forget.

Fun with strips!

This has got to be a great pile of strips, as before the possibilities are endless. I do love string quilt tricks so I went in that direction. Once I had a few rows of strings I cut them into.....

4 inch long strips. I made like four lengths of these babies. I cut a neutral color like off white/ecru or muslin what ever. Then I stitched along each side, then I used my handy dandy triangle maker tool. And...

I ended up with something like this. I know that isn't much of a tutorial but I'm not giving a tutorial. I was able to get 10 squares from one long strip. The little squares unfinished are 5.5 inches they combine to create a 10 inch square. I was able to make 40 of these in an afternoon. If you want a better tutorial visit Bonnie Hunters website (teacher of the year), at quiltville.com she gives a much better tutorial, diamond-in-a-square strings. Enjoy!

Long time no post!

Finally I both find the time and take the time to post some pictures of finished projects and one WIP. This is a quick quilt that started a few months ago when I had a sew day and did a strip race. Any how I needed to make a quilt for my hubby because he will be a geographical bachelor for a few years. I sliced the stripped top into three equal parts and then added the borders to make it big enough to fit a twin bed. I was glad to get it done before he had to go.

I sat down last week and quickly made these mug rugs to catch up on my year of mug rug series. I'm guessing you can tell they are June, July, and August.

Last but not least this is a birthday wall hanging/ banner, because this month is my birthday. Hurray for me. Happy stitching!

Vacation works in progress.

First the fabric. I was so well behaved due to non-existence of space. I stayed with fat quarters, here we have the calicoes, I will always have roots in the traditional.

Here is a scrap grab bag jelly roll from Moda, I can't wait to have some fun with this.

I was on a search for this particular range of fabrics. Because......

when you take a few like these for example you get.....

This, I love this technique from the "Accidental Landscapes" book. I really enjoyed her technique extremely easy. I would say very much for a beginner. 

And last but not least I was able to get my two color quilt challenge almost done it just needs to top stitching and binding.(HURRAY !!) My colors are aqua and brown not to much difficulty with these colors. I forget at the moment the book that gave me the idea I will have to find it and get back to you on that.

I have returned!

I have been gone a while I know, but when in-laws need you they really need you. I have made a lot of progress on many projects. Today I am resting, so I will get pictures of the fabric and the work I've done and hopefully you will be pleased. I know I am. Happy stitching! 

Finished UFO's

I love to have small projects to take and work on just about every where I go. This is a cute little doll quilt that just needed top stitching and binding. Done!

This is a little wall quilt that I started about two years ago. I love houses and this made sense to finally make a home sweet home with a little house and some simple embroidery flowers. Any how at least they are done. Happy stitching!

school days

I can't believe that I haven't blogged in sooo long!!!!???? The end of the school year is upon me and with all the activities going on it's been just a little crazy. Both of my girls will be moving onto new schools in the fall, the youngest into middle school and the oldest will be a freshman in high school. Where does the time go?? I feel confident that in that time I have celebrated their lives helping to make memories for them to cherish in the future. I do have some things to share I just need to take pictures and download, when I get some time.
I have been to a great quilt show and didn't take any pictures I didn't take my camera what was I thinking???
I did have a great time, it was a guild trip so I had lots of company. Any way I will try to down load and make updates all this week. I will be gone for a few weeks and I don't know if I will be able to get internet service so I definitely want to make updates before I go.