four squared

Chances are...

If you liked the quilt you were making for a BED....

You'll like it on your table too.

;)

 

This quilt BEGAN.

Stalled.

Sat.

and...

Sat some more.

I took the four quilt blocks.

Quickly joined them together.....

quilted around the squares with a wavy loop.

Another quilt table topper for an upcoming

retreat and fundraiser.

 

I might bid on this one MYSELF!!!

Wonderful Weaving

Between family life....

Quilting life....

and

everyday life...

I've been weaving.

 

I had this bag on the loom when a special order came in.

:)

I loved using a LOT of gray

PLUS

some blues and browns to make this little "hippie bag".

After the bag was complete...

I wove two table runners.

I DO love weaving these.

There's TEXTURE,

color,

and MORE TEXTURE!!!

Just for fun...

Here's a picture of my loom and me

Weaving on a recent camping adventure.

 

That's another thing I love about weaving.

The loom doesn't need ELECTRICITY.

 

I can take it anywhere!!!

 

 

Finding Fabric and yarn

Walking into a BRAND NEW-to me quilt shop

always feels like HOME.

Somehow my son managed to find a college,

in a VERY SMALL town,

that has a QUILT SHOP!!!

 

10 points!!!

 

I visited him this past weekend.

Enjoyed my VERY FIRST lacrosse game

(son on far right)

and enjoyed TIME with him in Iowa.

 

Even though it's WIDE open country....

 

There was FABRIC!

:)

And yarn.

Had to pick up some yarn since....

I only took ONE sleeve from this project to work on.....

and finished it before my trip was over!

 

I need a little help getting all these pieces together!!!

I'm pretty PROUD of the fact that I have

the FIVE pieces ready to be put together!

This is a size 2 sweater.

I wanted to begin with something SMALL.

After working on this little sweater

I wonder how long it takes to make something

ADULT size?????

 

Cotton yarn crocheted into dishcloths

SAVED my sanity on the plane trip home!!!

 

Busy hands = Sanity

 

Is that a math problem you identify with???

;)

 

 

Springtime

 

 

It's SPRING at my house!!!

 

A little chilly this morning...

but the flowers are blooming!

I'm so glad my husband likes to garden.

I enjoy the PRODUCE

and....

Quilting and gardening go so WELL together!!!

 

I pulled out my Springy table toppers...

and added some pretty flowers.

;)

 

The tables are all covered.

 

 

Even the napkin basket in the kitchen gets a little pretty neighbor!

 

It's hard to sew INSIDE

when the outside is calling my NAME!

 

 

Thrifty Pillow

One REALLY nice thing about knowing how to sew...

is that when you need a little SOMETHING new for your home....

It's only a FEW STITCHES away!!!!

Scraps and thread are ALL YOU NEED.

 

I used 9 foundation papers (telephone book pages)

and lots of dark scraps to surround those BRIGHT golden

POPS of color!!!

 

I also added some gold thread around the squares.

 

You know me....

A little hand stitching makes EVERYTHING better.

The stuffing in this pillow is an experiment.

 

I stuffed this with all the little TEENY tiny

pieces of trimmings that were in the trash next to my sewing machine!!!

You'd be AMAZED at how fast that little bucket of scraps GROWS!

 

I think it will WORK!

 

Proves:

There's something you can DO with

even the SMALLEST of scraps!!!

 

 

 

A quilt for EVERYthing

I haven't made a quilt for myself for a while now.

I think I have MOST of the activities of my life COVERED

as far as quilts are concerned.

 

There's the SLEEPING quilt, of course.

The T.V. watching quilt.

The READING quilt.

 

AND....

the backyard blowing bubbles,

Resting in the SUN,

and

picnic kind of quilt!!!!

 

There's also a BIG stack of quilts

that switch around

doing these different kinds of activities.

 

A quilt for EVERY activity.

That's MY motto.

;)

 

 

Easy Peasy

I love a good block drive, don't you??

This one is hosted by Kevin.

He's already recieved LOTS of blocks

and looks to me like he's having fun getting mail these days!

;)

 

I'm sending these along to help him out.

I have LOTS of that solid BLUE.

I was able to get four blocks with just ONE Width of fabric cut.

(It was extra wide)

Strips came from my 2 1/2" strip drawer

(leftovers from bindings)

 

These blocks are easy.

12 1/2" square.

 

Send five blocks and he puts your name in a drawing.

 

Heres' his post with ALL the DETAILS!!!

 

Quilts of Valor Block DRIVE.

 

Have fun sewing today!