Oh NO!

My retractable scissor lanyard broke this weekend!

Well, Lori, I used it sooo much that it gave up the ghost!  :(

It was a gift from Lori when I first got my longarm.

Thanks Lori! It was wonderful!

Happy Thanksgiving Canada and a Give Away!

Linda at Stray Stitches is having a give away~hop on over and check it out!  can you say, 'Fat Quarter Shop Fat Quarter Bundle' three times, real fast?!   Linda has some interesting facts about Thanksgiving, too. (and this totally cool graphic that I stole...:)...sorry, Linda~I couldn't resist.  Hurry over to Linda's and check out her give away...

Happy Thanksgiving to all Canadians!

Design Wall Monday

Halloween place mats and table runner are on my design wall to start the week.

Place mats inspiration found here.

Pattern for the table runner found here.

Hop on over to JudyL's Patchwork Times for more Design Wall Monday inspiration.

Stash Update Week #41

I finished a few projects and I added a little bit.

fabric added this week:  +3 yards
fabric added this year:  +206 yards

fabric used this week: -5.5 yards
fabric used this year:  -225 yards

net fabric for the year: -19 yards (used)

What I accomplished this week:

completed Construction Bricks (and it's at Margaret's Hope Chest!)
Packer flag

Goals for next week:

continue work on Simba's Rainbow
Halloween place mats and table runner
hockey lace bracelets
make a few birthday cards~someone I know has a birthday soon!  :)

Hop on over to JudyL's Patchwork Times to see other Stash Updates

A Finish is a Finish!

I sewed the binding back last night during the Brewers' game and added the tabs this morning.  I suppose it should be a Milwaukee Brewers' flag as they have advanced to the next round of the playoffs~yea, Brew Crew!  The Crew will be playing against LindaJ's favorite team, the St. Louis Cardinals. But, I didn't have a Brewers t*shirt that I wanted to turn into a flag~maybe next season!  :)

This Packer t*shirt is a reject from this quilt here...with the rejected t*shirt and the final quilt.

WIP Wednesday

Doing what I put off for way tooooo long...sewing on labels for a few of the Margaret's Hope Chest quilts.  My quilts are added to the totals for the 100 Quilts for Kids campaign at Kate's Swim, Bike, Quilt blog.  See my donations here and here.

Why 'Bell Creek Quilts'?

Dawn at 'As Sweet as Cinnamon' is hosting a give away. 

All you need to do is: post why you named your blog it's name then link up with her. That's easy!

I named my blog Bell Creek Quilts because:

1. I grew up close to the Bell Creek branch of the Rouge River in Michigan
2. Creeks usually are a place of peacefulness and calmness to me
3. Quilts...well, I started out making quilts to post about but my *real* life filters in every now and again as well as some of my other creative endeavors~like card making and scrapbooking.

I was Google searching for a cool picture of Bell Creek but I couldn't find one I liked.  :(

Instead, a picture of the Bell Creek in my mind.  :) 

from Google Image Search

100 Quilts for Kids~Part 2

I finished the Construction Staggered Bricks which I will link to the next 100 Quilts for Kids Linky Party in mid October over at Kate's Swim, Bike, Quilt blog. I just missed the deadline for the first Linky Party.

Thanks to my friend, LindaJ for helping with this pattern.  It really is easy breezy and goes together fast!  I love the staggered bricks look! :)

The Inkblot quilting.

I found this fun backing for it with all sorts of street signs in the stash.

Design Wall Monday

The start of another rainbow crumb quilt, which, by the way, was not on *the list*!

This will be for Simba to use rather than a quilt my son received as a baby shower gift 21 years ago. :)

Stash Report Week #40

I brought a little for future projects but had no finishes.  :(  I am getting close to a finish, though. :)

fabric added this week:  +3 yards
fabric added this year:  +203 yards

fabric used this week:  0 yards
fabric used this year:  - 219.5 yards

net fabric for the year: - 16.5 yards (used)

What I accomplished this week:

pieced and quilted Construction Bricks

Goals for next week:

bind Construction Bricks

I did hang my last year's birthday gift from LindaJ~this wonderful Halloween Wall Hanging!

I LOVE IT TODAY as much as LAST YEAR!