WIP

I have been stitching but no finishes so I will show what I am working on.

The first two are little hexagon dolly quilts that I worked on while traveling to Florida and back. They are for "One Pack Doll Quilt" Challenge by Vickie of Mid-Ohio Quilter. You will see these again once they are all together, quilted and washed.



I'm not very fast with hand stitching, but I got quite a bit done while I was gone.



And since I've been home, I've been trying to catch up with Kellie of Don't Look Now on her Joseph's Coat quilt along. I am using Lila Tueller's Santorini and Kona Chocolate for the background. The photo is yellow as it is taken inside this evening. The colors are actually pretty cool looking.

This will be a long, long project!!

Unexpectedly Unavailable

With only one day notice, flew to DC with my sister and road tripped to Punta Gorda FL to help her finish furnishing and decorating her new condo. This is the view from the Lanai!

It is HOT, HOT, HOT here and sunny! The only sewing is some hexies that I will show next week.

Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend!

Stitch in the Ditch around 429, yes 429 Flying Geese

I am all finished with my Geese in the Forrest designed by Anina of Twittletails! Thanks for the great design Anina! It was quite the process and I am so happy with the results. I did the whole quilt from start to finish by myself.


I was not sure about borders or quilting, so I took my time. I decided on red Ta Dot from Michael Miller and then darkest green in the quilt with solid red binding.



For quilting, I stitched in the ditch around all 429 geese with red, green and white variegated thread, then also around the red dot border and finally three rows of green in the outside border fabric. And then I quit!



And here is the final finished quilt. Zoom in to see how crinkly sweet it is after washing and drying!



For those of you who have followed this Geese in the Forrest progress, you may remember that I had 46 blocks that were the wrong size and I needed to make them over. Well, here is how I used them - on the quilt back!

I've Got Mail

Ann from Noodlehead wrote a great tutorial for a zipper wallet and then had a giveaway of one of her creations! I won this one made of two awesome Amy Butler prints along with these two Halloween pony tail holders. So cute. Go check out Amy's blog. I think she creates something new every day!




Julie from Jewel's Arm Candy did a tutorial on some cute star blocks I wanted to try and then I won nine jelly roll strips of Simple Abundance!! How cool is that! Now I can try the star blocks. Go check it out - you may want to make some too.


I won this beautiful one yard piece of Aunt Grace 30’s print from Melisa at Sweet Home Quilt Co.. It will be so much fun deciding how to use it! Stop by and check out Melisa's blog and see all the great stuff she has in her store too.

Another Bag

I've been eyeing Arcadia by Sanae by Moda ever since it came out and got my hands on a jelly roll. I liked the jelly roll version of the Grids & Grommets by Indygo Junction so I put this together this weekend. I love it!! It's 10" by 12" and has a comfy cord covered handle that can either go over your shoulder or across your body if you pull one side all the way through. This one's for me.

I used a total of 13 strips (not including lining) so I have enough for a few more of these out of one jelly roll.

Finished my Sis Boom Pow Blocks

Haven't done much applique since I finished the center of the medallion of Comsati (my header quilt) so it was good to get back to it. I am just a beginner at applique.

Well Victoria ask for applique for the Sis Boom Pow blocks, so I got out my Easy Applique Blocks book by Kay Mackenzie and chose the vase. This cool book has a CD so I went to the index and chose my design and the size I wanted (so easy) and printed it out. I used the starch method for these.



Hope they work for the quilts Victoria is making. I sure had fun putting them together.

Carmella Hostess Apron!!

I also did some pattern testing for Karen of Venezie Designs. Here is the test apron I made (note Karen's final design is a little different).



Karen just added this pattern to her etsy shop. It's pretty cute, huh?