The sewing I finished while my computer was in the hospital.

Our guild held this month's meeting at a quilt shop, then ordered lunch and had an optional class.  It was for a bag, so of course I stayed.

It is the "Steel Ball Frame Purse" pattern by Quilt Plus using the Steel Ball frame handle from Hobby & Land.

The handle is removable so you can make multiple bags and use the same handle. It takes three fat quarters and that is exactly what I had from Amy Butler's Love line.  (That's the lake in the background in this photo.)

It opens nice and big and I added a pocket:

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Here is my finished Something From Nothing Mini:

...a closeup

...and a few full shots.  It's ready to be sent off to my secret partner tomorrow.

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And today I finished two each of the last two months BOM from FQS:

I love all the blocks but especially the baskets designed by Anne Sutton of Bunny Hill Designs.

Something From Nothing Mini Quilt Swap

I joined the "Something From Nothing Mini Quilt Swap" over at the 15 Minutes of Play blog  originated by Victoria of Bumblebeans,Inc.  

I need more practice in being comfortable out of my box in quilting.  This includes no patterns, for me using solid color fabric and using up scraps.

Here is where I'm at:

Now I'm trying to decide if I should add some hand quilting or embroidery before I send it off to my secret partner.  What fun!

What do you think?

It's a 12 inch square ( just wobbly in the photo).

 

Isn't that just Hunky Dory??

A charm pack of Hunky Dory, some Hunky Dory yardage, some Moda Bella solid (aqua?) and a Lil' Twister ruler equals=

..an Easter gift for someone.

I didn't choose enough contrast in the charm squares.  I added top-stitching to help define each whirly gig.  More dreary cloudy weather and drab photos.

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Happy Easter

Dolce Brocante

Oh my - it's been ten days since I last posted!

Part of that time was a six day road trip (2500+ miles) to Texas and back for my BIL's funeral :(

Here is the quilt top I started before I left and finished  tonight:

This is Dolce by Tanya Whelan for Free Spirit and Brocante Schnibbles pattern by Miss Rosie's Quilt Co.

P.S. More snowy, cloudy weather here so difficult to photograph this quilt.

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And here is Little Miss Audrey at her first birthday party:

 

Another Birdie Stitches complete...

And here are the first four:

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I started another new project, but not much to show yet:

 

Time for a new spring bag!

 I saw this great pattern called 241 Tote by Anna of the Noodlehead Blog.

 

I used two of my Japanese prints and love how it turned out.  Click here to get the pattern.

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This photo of Audrey is so cute, I just have to share it with you:

 

Quilter's Quarters Dress

Does that title catch your attention?

Well, when I was in AZ at the quilt show, there was a scrap-booking booth with a few quilts.  One of the very friendly people working there gave me a flyer with a coupon for their store called Scrapbooks, Etc . The store was right on the way back to my MIL's so we stopped.  Wow, an amazing amount of beautiful current fabric.  I would never have guess by the name, the website or the phone book that they were a top notch fabric store (lesson learned).

They also had samples, including the Quilter's Quarters Dress by Chanana Design.  I have a little girl with a birthday next week that may need a new dress:

It calls for seven fatquarters, but I had six fatquarters of Anthology Fabrics High Society that I made work.  This was a creation for Stash Project of the Month at Clover and Violet. I hope I will be able to show you a photo of the dress on the one-year-old!!

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I showed a photo of my completed doll quilt for DQS10 that I sent off a few weeks ago:

I received mine yesterday:

This 22" sampler was made by Jamie of Maricopa Fabrics in Texas out of Kona Cotton in navy and Amy Butler Love!  Isn't it beautiful?  I also got a charm pack of Sherbet Pips and a Magnetic Pick-Up Tool.

This swap was so much fun.