Whew!!!!

I'm done quilting two quilts!
In between quilting I did some

sleeping

and some

eating.

But that's about it.

;)

The double wedding shower is Saturday and I

REALLY wanted to see the girls open their quilt-gifts!!!

Guess you could say I was motivated!

The Girls are sisters getting married only a month apart.

The double shower should be fun!!!

It's interesting to see the polar opposite style of quilt designs chosen, huh?

I let them choose a small quilt top from my pile

and then I made them queen sized.

Yes.

Queen sized quilts are BIG.

Yes.

Queen sized quilts are HEAVY.

Yes.

Queen sized quilts take a while to make

EVEN

when you've got a head start!!!!

Like I said.....

Whew!!!!

In between quilting I had to have a FUN little break.

Someone gave the pieces for the this little doll dress away!

The fabric and the rusty pin holding it all together

gave me SOME indication how OLD this

UFO

probably is!!!!

This little dress is probably

SO HAPPY

to be out of the UFO pile!!!

And a little girl I know is going to have some

fun dressing her doll in

VINTAGE style!!!!

The quilts are ready to go.

And I'm ready to REST.

;)

I was frugal and used my stash for the backings!

I think I like the pieced backs better anyway!!!

You can't tell from looking...

but I tried my hand at feathered quilting.

The feathers seem to be invisible...

even when I look really hard!!!

Oh well.....

Guess it's good to practice those

FANCY stitches

EVEN When....

 they can't be seen!!!!

Blooming like crazy!

When the flowers are blooming LIKE CRAZY!!!......

It's SURE nice to be able to pull a pretty fall table mat out

and

ENJOY THEM!!!!

Monday

I finished my swap quilt.

10" squares of Kaffe Fasset with a coordinate to match.

Isn't it wild?

The tutorial for this block is here.

This little quilt top was an experiment.

I did NO planning.

I just did some cutting and sewing.

Since I didn't do any planning......

I ended up with a pretty small quilt top.

Right now it's only 48"x48".

I guess TECHNICALLY it's NOT finished.

I do want it to GROW.

And.....

If I want it to grow...

You've GOT IT......

I'll have to SHOP!

Ah well......

Worse things have happened!!!

:)

Who won the book, you ask??

sosarahsew!

Congratulations!!!

a giveaway!

Would you like to win a new book?

Quilts.....

Mystery....

Romance.....

What could be better????

I'll pick a name out of the hat on Monday.

Good luck!!!

Beans and Blocks.

While the red beans and sausage simmer in the crock pot.....

(Don't you love cooking this time of year??)

I'm making some more blocks for this quilt.

One thing I know for sure!!.....

I won't be running out of stripes!!!

:0

take two

I made a quilt JUST like this one last year.

I love this pattern.....

Actually....

I'd probably like any PATTERN using

all those little 1 1/2" wide scraps of color!

The back is pretty too!!!

I used some fat quarters that were just waiting to be

a lovely backing!!!!

Maybe I just like baby quilts!

Yeah...

I do.

I'm so happy there are lots of babies for me to sew for!!!

I will never get tired of making them.

:)

There's a tutorial for this quilt block here.

Monday

Today I'm THANKFUL for BIG borders!

They are the easiest way to G-R-O-W a quilt.

I used some neutral colors so you'd notice the quilt blocks.

The ABSOLUTE truth is.......

I was TIRED of making these.

:/

Now I can dream about quilting that BIG border.

Should I quilt in some FEATHERS???

Should I create a SCALLOPED edge????

Hmmm......

My dreams are ALWAYS better than REALITY...

Maybe that's why I like doing it so much.

;)