Design Challenge!

I heard about this challenge a couple of days ago...

and my WHEELS are turning!!!

;)

Looks like there are some AWESOME prizes.

This here looks like a GREAT place to begin!!

You know I love APRONS!!!

Singer and Coats & Clark are sponsoring this FUN challenge!

March 12th is the deadline...

I'd better get busy!!!!

If you decide to join in and need to purchase a pattern...

Here's a discount code: VMCB

20% OFF!!!!

Yeah for Good deals! ;)

A finish!

Here's a recent finish.

If you want to see quilts made with similar blocks....

VERY different SETTINGS....

look over here!

Here's the very first block.

I didn't really know what I was signing up for when I began!!!

Isn't that the way quilts are???

They take us on a trip we never planned to go on sometimes! ;)

I NEVER thought I'd make enough of these...

but I finally did.

I AM happy to have used these fat quarters for the backing.

Number ONE..... I didn't have enough of the RIGHT fabric

and second....

They were gifted to me by a friend

so...... I'll think of her EVERYTIME I cuddle with this quilt!

I DO like the swirly quilting.

You can imagine I was CELEBRATING when I got to this point!!!!

:0

I was So HAPPY to be done.....

PIECING those little TINY Half Square Triangles!!!!!

Now it's DONE

and I can MOVE on.....

Next time I decide to border a quilt with

VERY small half square triangles...

I hope you'll STOP ME!!!!

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There is STILL time to add your

PINCUSHION(s) to the PARADE!

Pincushion Parade!!!

I'm hosting a PINCUSHION PARADE this week!

Very Impromptu!!!!

Hope you'll share your pincushion

or PINCUSHIONS with us!!!

Maybe you have a collection??

Or...

Something you made without using a sewing machine.

There might be a sentimental pincushion on your shelf.

Or something cute.

Is there a pincushion you designed??

A pincushion that was inspired by someone else??

An OLD one....

A UNIQUE pincushion.

Link up this week!!

Show us your stuff.

We ALL love these little work horses, don't we???

Maybe you don't like pincushions......:/

Tell us why.

You can link up with an old post...

or a new one!

I hope I get to see LOTS of FUN pincushions THIS WEEK!

Add your post here:

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!!!!