Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!

The gremlins have gotten into my home computer...hope the resident computer guru can chase away the culprits! I'm posting from the local library...so if you don't hear from me in awhile...it means the gremlins have overtaken the home computer :(

I'll be back when I can and hopefully, will have tons to share!

The Next Step...

Would you do this?













or this?!

Believe it or not, neither the skirt or apron got dirty! only wet in the rain! I must have some really clean tires....lol.

We'll be looking for a dirt road after DD gets home from school! DH suggested rubbing shoe polish onto the skirt and apron as a last resort...



Since I had about an hour on Saturday and didn't feel like *doing what I should be doing*, I made a *Day of the Dead* purse to carry until Halloween with the leftovers from my Halloween quilt backing.

It is a little smaller than my other placemat purse but this is about all the Day of the Dead fabric~only small scraps are left. DD asked if I could make one exactly like it for her to use as a Trick-or-Treat bag but make it bigger, change the placemat color and ric rac...you know the drill. My answer was, "er, no sweetie~I'm out of this fabric" Let's see if she takes over this one! :)

Design Wall Monday

Two *dirty maid* skirts...would you *let* the girls purposely *dirty* your muslin?! Better the muslin the the Moda t-o-t they were reaching for! :)

When it starts to rain again, we will show the next step in the *dirty-ing* process...

Beginning Card Making

Simple but effective!

Many thanks to Pam, Linda, Amy and Maureen for sharing of their stamps, inks and ideas!

Looks like now I need to figure out how to photograph cards...teehee...

Stash Report Week #43

Seems like a few bloggers also did some buying this week. Perhaps we are getting ready to hibernate in our sewing rooms for winter?!

My report:

Fabric added this week: 8 yards
Fabric added this year: 224.5 yards

Fabric used this week: -5 yards
Fabric used this year: -274 yards

Net fabric for the year: -49.5 yards (used)

What I accomplished this week:

• quilted a guild QOV
• made 2 Four Corners Aprons

Goals for next week:

• finish the *dirty skirts* for the Halloween costumes
• start on another project

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Guild Quilt of Valor

I finished quilting one of the Oconomowoc Quilt Guild Quilts of Valor. My contact person is Jean but I am not sure if Jean was the sole piecer or if it was a group effort.

In any event, look at the interesting back. At the Oconomowoc Arts Festival in August, members of the community signed squares and this is a clever way to include them.

This one Signature Squares sums *it all up* quite nicely, I thought.

I took Mary's advice and used the Ebb and Flow pattern from Willow Leaf Studio as I was unsure which pantograph to use.

Aprons for *Maids*

The two Four Corners Aprons.

The girls had gone through the scraps of black and white to pick out fabric for their aprons. I made M-A-M type blocks and then sewed them to get a size that I thought would work for the girls. Yesterday at DD's basketball game, I made the yo-yo's and sewed them onto the top flap.

Not a whole lot of quilt-y happening here. So not very much to share. :(

Stash Report Week #42

I added some fabric but also had a finish, a slight change in the numbers.

Fabric added this week: 4.5 yards
Fabric added this year: 216.5 yards

Fabric used this week: 6 yards
Fabric used this year: 269 yards

Net fabric for the year: -52.5 yards (used)

What I accomplished this week:

• pieced, quilted and bound Christmas Tree Skirt

Goals for next week:

• work on DD and BF's Halloween costumes
• quilt a QOV

Halloween is nearing so I need to concentrate on DD's costume. Oh, and she volunteered me to make a matching one for her BF that she will be Trick-or-Treating with! :) I am to make black aprons and they *stole* some muslin yardage from the closet. They are currently trying their hardest to make the muslin *dirty* so they can be....are you ready?!....*dirty maids*! as in muddy, dusty, etc, etc, etc....DH suggested that he drive over the fabric to *help with* the dirty-ing process....

A Finish

The finished Quilted Christmas Tree Skirt.

Designed by Jacquie. Tutorial here.

Quilted with Snazzy Snowflakes from Willow Leaf Studios.

Thanks Jacquie for a wonderfully fun pattern!



The pieced back. I miscalculated on where to start the quilting, so the borders all ended up being a different size. Just adds to the wonky-ness of the Christmas Tree Skirt.

We are travelling to Michigan for the Friday night reception. See you Monday morning with the stash report!