Oh No!

There is something wrong with my equator! Looks like I'll be *froggin* later instead of applying borders!

WIP Thursday

The northern and southern hemispheres of the Trip Around the World have been pieced. Now to build the equator!

Stash Busting Report Week #17

Note to self: Don't take children to the Quilt Store...they always find something to buy!

My report follows:

Fabric added this week: +22 yards
Fabric added this year: +53 yards

Fabric used this week: -13 yards
Fabric used this year: - 89 yards

Net Fabric for the year: -36 yards

What I accomplished this week:

• finished quilting Navajo Log Cabin
• bound and labeled Navajo Log Cabin
• started piecing Trip Around the World

Goals for next week:

• finish piecing TAW to a flimsy
• start quilting TAW

Trip Around The World Update

I'm following Beverly Ingram's Magic Trip Around The World pattern where you make 9 patches then you twist and sew to get the Trip Around The World pattern to emerge.

Here are my strip sets.

I cut the strip sets and arrange the sub-strips this way.

60 Block A's made!

I cut the second set of strips and arranged them this way.

60 Block B's made!

Here is the lower left quadrant on the design flannel.

I had pieced the upper left and lower right sections when I realized that I need to add more rows to the top and bottom. I was wondering why my pile of 9 patches wasn't decreasing very fast! :)

How Do You Store Your Selvage Stash?

Karen at the Selvage Blog was interested in how the Selvage Stash is being stored. Send her your picture and she may just post about it!

I 'lifted this idea' right from the Selvage Blog and Moda Lissa. I simply start with a wiffle golf ball and wrap the selvages around and around until the selvages don't wrap around. I've already started my second selvage ball. I toss the balls into this empty 5 quart pail to corral them.

I'm saving these selvages for Pam. I hope they are not too wrinkly or crinkly when she unwinds them. :)

Navajo Log Cabin

Navajo Log Cabin finished and on my bed...my second April 'Spring to a Finish'.

Here is the label I made prior to 'writing the stats'.

WIP Wednesday

Binding day.

Three sides sewn back.

One to go.

I snuck in some florals on my bed quilt.



DH requested NO BRIGHT COLORS, not a word about florals! :)

A Binding Dilemna

I had a binding dilemma this morning. Usually I place my double fold binding into a baggie then pin the baggie to the ironing board. The binding pulls out of the baggie beautifully for me with no wrinkles or crinkles. Today I knew that I wanted to use the ironing board to support the extra weight of the Navajo Log Cabin. Then I remembered this post of JoAnne's with an improvement of the baggie system!

She empties her garbage can (very important!), places a fresh bag in and places her double fold binding in 'the can'!

Here it is...alternative uses for 'things' in the sewing room...please look 'past the mess'...I'm NOT the neatest 'kid on the block'!

Thanks JoAnne for an improvement on a tip I had passed on! Visit JoAnne's nappinnana quilts blog to see what else she is doing! I'll give you a hint: She's been bitten by a 'bug' that is going around blogland currently. :) Now you'll just have to hop over there and *see* how she is doing! :)

Thanks Cate!

I won a fabric give away at Cate's blog, A Charmed Life.

Thanks, Cate! These little bits and pieces are really going to be 'zingers' in my quilts as this style of fabric I don't usually buy for myself.

Any estimate in yards? Anyone? maybe 2? maybe 3?

I Couldn't Resist...

...temptation! DD and I went to Patched Works yesterday for the Fat Quarter Frenzy Sale. We were lucky enough to meet Jen of Cre8tive Quilter but, she was so busy there was no time to chat. It is always fun to meet a fellow blogger *in person*, if only for a few minutes!

Here's what came home with us. DD picked the 2 bolts of brown/blue. Her birthday is the end of May and we are hosting a Crafting Birthday Sleepover for 6 girlfriends. I'll be making tote bags for the girls to 'tote' their goodies home. We are thinking about making pillows and stuffed frogs and maybe key chains, too. We are still in the planning stages but DD *knows* she wants the brown and blue theme. The floral fq's on the right are for my secret pal exchange. I signed up and this year I received 5 names, so a different secret pal every other month. 4 out of 5 listed floral (or gardening) as a fabric choice...score! The fq's on the left are for me...a few florals and an Oriental to go with my growing stash. Last but not least, the 2 yards of pink that was the reason for the trip to Patched Works.

Here is the pink with the other fabrics for the Trip Around the World. The rose print will be the border and I am going to do two rounds of the pattern for a queen size. If all goes as planned, this quilt will measure about 88 x 103. Ooops, I just noticed that I had the pattern upside down...I really ought to look a little closer before I take a picture :)


A special thanks to Cher of Marathon Quilter as she sent me a link for a Wonky Butterfly Tutorial. She found an excellent Wonky Butterfly Tutorial on Millie's The Patchery Menagerie blog. The Wonky Butterfly Tutorial is here if you would like to make some!