Thanks Fabric Mom

I won last week's drawing of a floral fat quarter at Fabric Mom's blog.
Thanks! It is beautiful and will be a great addition to my floral stash and I want to make a floral quilt. Is that great timing or what?


ps...picture to follow when blogger will load for me :)

ps2...it loaded...anyone else having trouble uploading pics to blogger?

Maverick Stars

DD decided to read for a spell this morning, so I went down to the sewing room and stitched a few of Bonnie's Maverick Stars. DD's goal is to color in 20 reading boxes at school. That is the equivalent of 10 hours of reading over Easter vacation!

So far I've made five stars, four as cornerstones and one for Bonnie. I hope to make a few more.


ps...blogger isn't playing nice and won't upload the picture of the Maverick stars. Will try later tonight or maybe in the morning. ps2: Here are the maverick stars...yeah...they loaded :)

Labeled, Wrapped and Ready To Truck

I was able to print off the labels for 'Leaves' and 'Florida' on Easter Sunday. I made the labels today and sewed them to the back of the quilts. Inspiration came and I wrote the 'Graduation' message to my nephew.

I wrapped the quilts in washed new pillowcases and packaged them up.


One box is 'trucking' to Colorado and the other to Michigan. All three quilts will soon be with their 'Forever' owners. I hope these quilts will bring comfort and warmth to everyone who receives their *hugs*.

Hoppy Easter

x

Stash Busting Report Week #12

I switched gears this week and set aside the green/white graduation quilt to work up a few quick donation quilts to practice quilting on. My report for this week is as follows:

• Fabric received in: 3 yards
• Fabric used: 6 yards
• Net fabric for this week: -9 yards (used)

Net total fabric for the year: -22.5 yards

It seems the fabric I'm buying is to use with projects that I have in mind, which is good thing! I just need to 'stay away' from the novelty sections of the fabric stores as this is where I tend to do my 'impulse' shopping :)

Not sure that there will be much time in the sewing room as the kids are off school for Easter Break this week. So if I'm not checking in and posting, it is because I'm having fun with the kids while they are home :)

No goals this week...all time spent in sewing room will be a bonus!

A Finish and A Beginning

I put the final stitch in the binding yesterday for the Black and Gold Graduation quilt aka 'Putzy'. Of course, I had to have it done for Show and Tell at guild! One last picture...taken by the jar of jelly beans since Easter is so close.

I sewed my favorite label on. The corner job...just waiting for the pigma pen and words of inspiration. I saw this label style on a blog last summer (sorry...I don't remember who or where.)

And now for the new beginning...I have a new friend in my house. Her name is Val (well at least I think she's a she!) She arrived on Wednesday and hence the reasoning for the Quick Strippies so I could practice on the 'real McCoy'.

I was feeling a little guilty for buying Val but then I took a trip down memory lane and realized I never said, "No" to anything that DH wanted to buy for a hobby.

Please join me for this quick down memory lane!

First is the 1988 Honda GL 1500 Gold Wing. This pony is still in our stable today some 20 years later. Only 5 more years and it will be a classic!

Circa 1995 (or close to it) brought a couple of SeaDoos into the picture. My in-laws had brought a cottage on a lake and we used to visit every weekend. So it was only natural that we had rides on the lake too. The SeaDoos were sold to a family friend that had just brought their cottage (on a different lake) and we moved to Texas in 2003. (uh-oh...can't find a picture...it was pre digital and I can't find the scanned pix)

In 2004, we added two Honda dirt bikes to our stable. These are currently in storage at my in-laws cottage in Michigan for the winter season.

and finally our latest addition as DS turns 17... a 1979 Chevy Corvette...what more could a teenage boy want!

and of course, a picture out my kitchen window about 9:30 am...an Easter snowstorm for us in SE Wisconsin.

EDIT: DS helped me find the SeaDoo pix...lucky for me that he is computer literate!

Quilt-a-thon #2 Lunch Update

I was at a good breaking point for lunch and thought I'd show my progress so far on JudyL's Quilt-a-thon #2.
I machine sewed the binding onto Putzy using this tip (scroll down to bottom of post) and it worked like a charm! Best of all, it kept the binding off the sewing room floor and I didn't roll over it once with my chair!


I was also able to cut and sew one of the Quick Strippies.
I choose to use the cowboy fabric first.



5:00 pm update:
I was able to sew another of Mary J's Quick Strippie quilt tops after lunch. This time I choose the dog and bones fabrics.

All in all, a very productive day for me in the sewing room! Thank you JudyL for hosting Quilt-a-thon #2!

JudyL's Quilt-a-thon #2

JudyL is hosting her second Quilt-a-thon today March 18, 2008 and I have a plan!

The pattern: Quick Strippie by Mary J.
The fabric:The objective: to make as many donation flimsies as possible

Before I start on the 'Quick Strippies', I want to machine sew the binding to the front of 'Putzy'. The next step will then be to hand sew the binding to the back and label. It would be kinda cool to get 'Putzy' almost finished at Quilt-a-thon #2 because I made most of her blocks during Quilt-a-thon #1 :)

Happy Saint Patrick's Day

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

A few pictures as promised...I was the quilt holder and DH was the photographer and as you can probably tell...I'm not very tall :)...
first is the 'Michigan Fall' or 'Leaves' Quilt...

next is the 'Florida' Quilt (both quilts only need labels)...





last but not least... a peek at the green and white pineapple blossom blocks for the next graduation quilt (a Michigan State University grad).