Why I like Thursday.

The first thing that happens every Thursday morning is...

I CLEAN.

I run around like a crazy woman....

dusting, vacuuming, wiping down counters....

cleaning bathrooms.....

Company always gets me in the CLEANING mood!

Grandma comes to crochet!

Friends bring show and tell!

Look at those wonderful TINY stitches!

Some come to knit.....

And others QUILT!!!

Woo Hoo!!!

Dear daughter doesn't want to miss out

on the lovely conversation...

so she tries to do homework...?????

:/

Of course....there's always a snack and coffee.

And last of all....there are GROUP projects.

See???

Thursday mornings are THE BEST...

EVEN if it DOES involve a little CLEANING!!!!

Simple Recipe

Here's a recipe for a very simple baby quilt.

Begin with ONE very cute fat quarter.

Divide the fat quarter into FOUR equal parts.

My four pieces were 9"x10".

Add a dash of 2 1/2" strips.

Any length.

Finish with a 6" border on the top and bottom.

This is called ...

The lazy man's way to a longer quilt. ;)

THIS my friends....

Is the secret ingredient!

Men's shirts.

STRIPED!

Add a backing. Quilt and bind.

Very simple.

Very effective.

V-e-r-y Cuddly!

Linking up with Sarah and AmandaJean this week!

Giveaway!

There's a bit of a BOOK BLITZ going on in blogland right now.

Everyone is talking about this book...

Due out TOMORROW!

There's a GREAT review by Lori here.....

And multiple blogs having giveaways.

I'm one of those quilters who LOVES to read!!!!

I bet you are too!!!

Thank YOU Jennifer Chiaverini for writing about what we LOVE.

:)

If you want to drop your name in the hat HERE to win...

Leave a comment.

I'll ask Mr. Random Generator to choose a number

FRIDAY, Feb. 24.

Celebrate!!!

All my 2 inch squares are now TAMED!!!

They are neat and tidy.

They are STRAIGHT and SQUARE.

Ooooh! Aren't they amazing????

They measure 90"x90"

I need to CELEBRATE!!!

There will be SINGING and DANCING today!

Join me if you can!!

:0

Thread Heaven

I'm still working away on this pillow.

LOTS of handquilting.

Round and round I go!!!

IF....We had more Doctor appointments

I'd be farther along.

I'm COUNTING my blessings...

but....

Not moving along very quickly here! ;/

This is a product that helps me out!!!

Maybe you know ALL about it already.

My Mother-in-law didn't....

so I thought I'd mention it to YOU!

I just press my finger on the thread...

pull it through over the "thread heaven"

and

VOILA!!!!

No MORE knots as I sew along!!!!

It's great for ANY hand sewing project.

;)

One of the ONLY problems with this product is...

IT'S WAY too small!!!

It's always getting LOST in my sewing bag!!!

Tuesday Tip.

You wouldn't think it would be TRICKY

to line blocks up when using sashing.

But I've found that they don't

AUTOMATICALLY line up!

Surprised?

I know I was as a beginning quilter.

I thought that if I just eyeballed it

and pinned these two together it would work.

It doesn't always.....

;/

Thankfully..... I remembered this little trick today!!!

Using a ruler and pencil

Line up the ruler with the seam you are matching below

and draw some little tiny knotches on the top of that sashing piece.

Now...

when you lay the next row down to pin...

you can match the seams to those little pencil marks.

And..... when using WHITE fabric

pin it BACK away from the white

so it doesn't show through when you get this quilted!

You should also press it away from the white.

Oooh! I'm so GLAD I remembered that little trick today!

It slowed me down JUST a little bit....

but I'm really happy with the results!

Happy quilting!

sewing with friends

I was able to sew with friends on Saturday.

We began a quilt for a GIRL.....

And one for a BOY.

These quilts will be given to graduating senior high school students

who attend our church.

We used up LOTS of scraps sewn onto paper foundations.......

And SMILED the WHOLE time!!!