Sometimes.....

Sometimes....

I like to brag.

Ooooh! Just a little!

I carry the family photo in my purse and

Whip it out now and again.

Recently I've been appoligizing for the

awful plastic cover....

It was looking really RATTY!

I fixed THAT!!!!

Now I"ll pull out this spiffy picture....

AND this one!

;)

All it took was ONE sheet of this

and a 2" wide scrap!

Oooh! I also added a piece of cardboard inside.

These pictures will get a LOT of ABUSE in my bag!!!

One thing leads to another....

I did some stitching on fabric today.

Of course, there was a little batting and backing involved!

All because....

I bought a sketch pad!

And SKETCHES just AREN'T DONE...

Until they're done...

IN STITCHES!!!

;)

Beginnings

It's a beginning.

I love this part....

Choosing the block....

digging around for fabric....

Finding some little pieces of SCRAPS!!....

Figuring out how to arrange the blocks!

I love beginnings SOooo much...

I feel like BEGINning some more quilts today

WITHOUT

finishing THIS one!

Silly???

I know...

But there are SOoo many quilts swimming around in my HEAD!

I want to get them OUT!!!

Maybe making ONE block for EACH idea will help!????..

Have you ever felt like that?

After ALL....

I have ALL year to finish them.

Right?

Edible Scraps

These LOVELY green scraps appeared at my house yesterday.....

As a result of buying........

ONE big BAG of GREEN apples.

;)

Good thing my 18 year old son was around to EAT half of them!

I hate to see GOOD scraps GO to WASTE....

Even if They're NOT FABRIC scraps!!!!

The apples were quickly seeded and pared.

Thrown into a pot with a TINY bit of water.

While they cooked on LOW.....

I did a bit of stitching.

IF YOU'RE going to COOK...

YOu're going to need NEW POTHOLDERS

every now and THEN!!!!!

I need to add a binding on this one

and I want to see if I can do it ALL by hand!!!!

The apples cooked in a short time.

We ALL enjoyed APPLESAUCE...

and then.....

 I got back to STITCHING the IN-edible kind of scraps!!!!

Wednesday.

Backing chosen.

(Vintage gingham)

Simply Quilted.

(wavy lines)

Binding attached.

(from the scrap bag)

Done!

The First!

Here's the first quilt top for 2012!

Simple and Sweet.

The baby was born Jan. 1....

so it HAD to be simple!

I had the PERFECT fabric for the outside border.....

But RAN OUT!!!

Don't you hate that???

Aaah well....

I added a piece of something else.

NOW...

If YOU won't TELL it's NOT part of the "DESIGN"...

I WON'T TELL either!!!

That's just what quilting friends DO!!!!

You know I'm using the word "DESIGN" loosely...

since this is one of those quilts

that didn't begin with much of a PLAN!!!

;)

I made one similar to this one for a baby boy almost TWO years ago

 and I've always wanted to make one similar for a baby girl!

Love those little HAPPY scraps in there!!!

I'm OFF to quilt this!

Straight lines????

wavy????

Hmmm.......

Winners!!!

Thanks to EVERYONE who participated in

this NEIGHBORHOOD party!

32 blocks arrived....

The above picture is missing 2...

Ooops!

I realized AFTER taking the picture and

then putting everything away.

I'm lazy...

I didn't want to spread them all out again!

I decided to send 8 houses to 4 winners.

The winners (according to Mr. random number generator) are:

Holly, Katherine, Lori Kay and Irene.

(Do you have a blog Lori Kay?)

Congratulations!

Make some pretty quilts

and share them with ALL OF US when you do!