Mark Your Calendar

Mark your calendar for a Blog Hop beginning July 23rd.  You will have the opportunity to enter a drawing each day to win some precuts of these wonderful fabrics by Gina Martin for Moda.  This Folk Art Holiday Christmas line is sure to jump start your Christmas sewing projects.  

Get Ready for a Blog Hop

Get ready for a Blog Hop starting July 23rd, featuring Gina Martin's Folk Art Holiday by Moda.  It is not too early to start thinking about Christmas projects.  Be sure to stop by and see what ideas we have to jump start your holiday sewing.  

Farmer's Wife

Some time back I started the Farmer's Wife blocks in my Fig Tree fabrics.  I got these 12 done then just sort of lost interest.  I hate to waste them, so I put this little wall hanging together with them and it hangs in my studio.

Shape of Spring Placemats

I purchased this fabric from The Intrepid Thread called Shape of Spring.  I thought it would make perfect placemats and a table runner.

Cut it Up

I really did not like this line (Simmerlove) once I purchased it.  I had half yards of ten pieces in the line.  It sat in the closet for a year at least.  I attended a Ricky Tims Seminar in January and decided to try his Convergence pattern.  I really like this.  I am now trying another similar idea with it.  Great idea on how to use something your not crazy about and turn it into something you love.

Baby Love

I purchased a pattern from Cotton Way a couple weeks ago, and cut some fabrics of several different fabric lines of Moda by Bonnie & Camille.  The first row is done, but I went ahead and cut the rest of the blocks pieces to audition them.  I think this lay out looks pretty good.  What do you think?

Irish Chain

Half of my Irish Chain quilt is done.  The other five rows are finished, but just need to be sewn together.  Alison Glass fabrics and a dark grey really came together nicely.

Three More to the Mix

Well I added three more this week.  Now that pink is not so bright, but the lime and yellow sure are bright.  Have eleven more to go, so will see where this all ends up.

Rock N Romance

I received with a magazine, that included a little extra booklet of 20 Simple Block Designs for Amy Butler's Hapi fabric. I decided to try to use up some of my Rock N Romance leftovers and Art Gallery's Ovals.  I am a little concerned with that bright pink Oval, but some of the Rock N Romance prints are brighter.  I am hoping that will calm down and blend in better with the darker prints when all 20 are done.

Suzy's Zoo

A friend asked me to help make a baby quilt for a co-worker.  The line is called Suzy's Zoo.  I added some stash fabrics in green, yellow and blue strips between the two prints in the line and bound it in the yellow.  It is 42 by 63 inches.  I quilted it myself.  That was a learning experience, as I had never done one that large before.  It really came out cute.