Monday.

Has life got you DOWN on this Monday morning???

I have the answer.

I have the Elixir.

I have folks......

THE TONIC!!!!

(Something that invigorates, restores, refreshes,

or stimulates!!!)

ORANGE and PINK.

That's it.

It's THAT simple.

You simply walk to your fabric stash and

PULL out BRIGHT oranges and pinks.

They can't be subtle.

They can't be mild.

They can't be muted.

Sew some 3" wide strips together.

You may even have some precut squares to pop in there!!!!

This is a FREE Prescription.

There are no hidden fees.

No hidden costs.

Just YOU and your MACHINE.

Happy together...

with ORANGE and PINK!!!!

saturday.

This is my VIEW today!

Lots and lots of lines on squares!!!

Queen sized!!!

It took me a while to get up the NERVE to even baste this one!!!

I'm huffing and puffing along over here today!!

My husband heard my groaning and said...

"Is that why people have LONG armers quilt for them??""

Why yes! I think that's why!!

:0

What about you??

Do you huff and puff on your own quilt??

OR.....

Do you pay someone else to do that part???

Cast YOUR VOTE!

(over on the sidebar)

We'll soon find out what MOST people do!

;)

winner!

Cheryll....you won the charm pack!!!

Send me your address....and I'll send you some fabric.

;)

One year ago

Just over one year ago I made a quilt top.

I was stuck on the Disappearing 4 patch pattern.

Totally stuck!

I made 2 quilt tops using flannel and blogged about them here.

Hey!!!

I even got them quilted up....ready to go....

and there they sat.

:/

Until today.

Today I said goodbye to this quilt.

I was Soooo happy to have it on hand.

I needed a baby quilt for someone special.

Woo Hoo!

All I had to do was get the quilt tag on.

(Why do I always drag my feet about that????)

Having this one READY to give was a GREAT feeling!!!

It makes me want to have a BIG stack of quilts

just WAITING for the next baby or special event!!!.

Don't we ALL want BIG stacks of quilts???

Some would say I DO have a big stack...

but........It's NOT quite big ENOUGH!!!

LOL!!!!

Blocks of Hope

Here are the blocks I made for Margaret's Hope chest.

The GREAT thing about projects like this is...

You get to try out a "new-to-you" quilt block...

and you're not committed to a WHOLE quilt!!

There are three blocks for a boy...

and three for a girl!!!

Now....

If you wanted to make this easy you would just cut some strips

from 6 or so fabrics and sew them together with that middle sashing.

I didn't make it the EASY way.

I ended up having a treasure hunt!!!

Treasure hunts are FUN...

but they're
TIME CONSUMING!!!!

Needless to say.

I think I could have made a WHOLE quilt

in the time it took to SIFT through scraps

Looking for the right COLORS!!!

:0

An Early Celebration!

I'm a little surprised that there are almost 500 people

willing to listen to me .....BLAB....about quilting....sewing...life...etc.

I received some NEW fabric

and I can't wait to GIVE it AWAY!

So......EVEN though I don't have 500 followers YET....

I'm going to celebrate with YOU!!!

Nothing wrong with EARLY celebrations...

IS there???

This is a fabric that's....

PERFECT for a baby quilt.

AND....

you know I LOVE baby quilts!!!

Once Upon a Storybook fabric is from Windham fabrics.

A collection by Whistler Studios.

This sweet 1930's reproduction fabric is coming out in April.

Would you like to win a CHARM pack NOW???

I'll draw a winner on Friday.

Good Luck.
And Thank you.
It's so nice having you as friends here in blogland!!!
;)

Quick Quilt!

This was a very quick quilt to make....

because I used VERY big blocks of color!!

I only had to make FIVE of these nine patches

using 9" squares of fabric.

It all began with some orange fabric I liked.

I pulled some more oranges

and placed them in the corners.

I wanted those squares to be UN-CUT.

I placed a dark POP! of color in the center....

FOUR light colors in between....

I sewed these big nine patches together..

and then...

....I did some cutting.

Since I used 9" squares...

I measured 4 1/4" from each seam.

TWO cuts.

Easy. ;)

I also needed to trim each of these squares once they were all cut.

It really helps things match up when you

SQUARE UP!!!

After moving blocks around....I put it ALL together!

The colors in here are so fun!!!

Polka dots always help too!!!

A simple 2 1/2" wide sashing....

and a 6" wide piano key border.....

VIOLA!!!

a very QUICK quilt

measuring 65"x76"