In love.

I didn't fall in love with this quilt until today.

It's amazing how a fun backing

that goes with all your scraps...

some flowers quilted in....

and

a striped binding will do for a quilt!!!!

This time I was WON over!!!!

I wasn't too sure about this quilt until it was ALL done.

Now I'm sure.

Actually ....

I'm NOT sure I'll be able to give it away!!!!!

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Thanks to ALL of you who commented on

BREAKING rules in the last post!!!

I LOVED them all!

Weren't they FUN to read???

One Word Challenge.

We were challenged over at Modern8create

to make a little quilt with ONE word.

An inspirational word.

I don't know how inspiring this is....

But it's what I WANT to do this year!

Break EVERY quilting rule in the book!

How many rules are there???

1/4" seam.

Now.....

That's ONE rule that I already know HOW to break.

I'd love to hear about the "rules" you like to break!

Just Because....

Just because...

I needed a small project to work on this weekend at the cabin.

Just because....

Someone gave me a LITTLE bit of these pastel colors.

Just because....

Someone else gave me an even LITTLER bit of these 30's fabrics

already sewn together.

Just because...

I really like putting little bits and pieces together!

Just because....

Little quilts make me happy.

This little "just because"....

will now be in my quilt top stack....

"Just IN CASE!!!"

Snowball Weather.

Snowball blocks!

It's that time of year, right?

I began with a 5" square

and used 1 3/4" white squares in the corners.

Pressed them back and trimmed the excess.

I found that putting 1 3/4" squares in the corner

was a LOT different than using 2" squares.

I was AMAZED at how a little 1/4" can make

such a BIG difference!!!!

The 1 3/4" white squares are on the LEFT.

The 2" white squares are on the RIGHT.

The difference is not QUITE as obvious here....

but....

I liked the 1 3/4" better.

Too bad....

because I have a nice big box full of 2" squares

ALREADY cut!!!

Now to figure out how to quilt this sweet little baby quilt!!!

Little bag

I wanted to make a bag today

after seeing my quilt teacher demonstrate her pattern.

I don't need a bag.

But I made a bag.

See??? I knew you'd understand.

Mine is made in miniature.

I used 2 1/2" squares instead of the 5" Squares called for.

A little more Fiddly than 5".....

but cute!

And totally pointless!!!

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For your health.

Did you know quilting adds to a healthy life???

It does.

I'm not sure how much medical PROOF there is in my claims...

but I'd like to STRESS the medical benefits that I think sewing brings.

;)

I was given these blocks.

There were JUST enough to make a baby quilt.

The stripped pieces were already sewn together!!!!

What a BLESSING they were to ME!!!!

As I sat down to the machine...

my mind immediately began to think about a needy child...

OR...

Maybe a needy mom who would be using this quilt.

Automatically my troubles melted away!!!

It's truly AMAZING what quilting for OTHERS

will do for your MENTAL health.

And GOOD mental HEALTH means good overall health...right???

Try it today and tell me if I'm ON TO SOMETHING!!!!

Maybe we should do a REAL study about this phenomenon!!!!

;)

Please NOTE:

Results VARY by individual.

Results are not OPTIMUM if using VERY tiny pieces of fabric

that need to MATCH up perfectly.

Best results come when using LARGE

Happy squares of fabric!!!!

Hawaiian pillow

My Mother-in-law wants to make a pillow......

Hawaiian STYLE!

This is NOT a project I would have ever chosen on my own....

but when sweet Mother-in-law wants something....

then sweet Mother-in-law gets it!!!! ;)

I'm making one so that I can help HER make one.

We've made a few quilts together and I enjoy

the process and the time we're able to spend together

doing something fun!!!

There I was needleturning this yesterday as I sat in a hospital room

with a relative......

Thinking....

 I don't see too many quilts using this pattern in blogland.

Well!!!!!

Look what I saw when I got home from the hospital!

Victoria is making THIS!!!!!

NO...it's not Hawaiian quilting....

But it IS

AMAZING!!!

Here's the pattern my Mother-in-law and I are using.

Simple.

Victoria sure has me thinking about

some possibilities though!!!

Next up...

I need to begin handquilting this.

:)