Road to Spring - done!

This is the front of my Road to Spring Quilt Along!

This is the back! The quilt measures about 40 x50. It is made from Denyse Schmidt Katie Jump Rope. This washed up so nice and soft, I am tempted to make a larger one for myself!

I used the binding techniques discussed in a prior post and used another of my new labels. Did I say how yummy this is and how pleased I am with the quilt?

Thanks to Randi for hosting the QAL. It was lots of fun.

And another quilt along - Pinwheels week 2!

Baby Blocks

(the avacado table cloth in the background is not doing these colors any favors)
I am calling this quilt Baby Blocks. It is aprox 42 x50 all washed up. The backing is MM Dainty Damask. I love this fabric! I got to use one of my new labels on this quilt, the first one!

I started this in November and got the top done but then stalled out with distraction from Christmas projects. I then got panicked because my last binding was icky and didn't want to move forward till I figures out how to improve that. I surfed around and read/watched all the binding tutorials I could find and picked up a couple different techniques. I ended up doing it almost exactly as demonstrated by Red Pepper Quilts tutorial and am very happy with it.

I am sharing this for Friday Sew & Tell. Be sure to head over there and check out all the other great projects people did this week.

Happy Mail

Today was a BIG mail day... Happy Mail! First I got my package from Cathrine of the goodies I won in her giveaway. Look at all those goodies! The buttons are the cutest citrus colors and are beautiful! I have to say I have a favorite and that is Apple Pin Cushion. I adore these things but they are something that I just won't/can't make so having one is making me ecstatic! I am going to get out my fancy heart and crystal pins to put in it and have it on my sewing table to make me smile!

After opening that, I opened the second package in my mail today and found my order from Fat Quarter Shop. I got the Bella solids for the pinwheel QAL and the rest were ones that I have been wanting that were on sale. (had to get the order to $35 for free shipping didn't I?)

And yes, there is more, I then checked my front door step and found a small box with my OZ layer cake and charm pack that I bought this weekend at Burgundy Buttons sale.

I also got a little something last week that I am pretty happy with. I got these labels from the Sweetwater Etsy store. Love them! They were so nice, they even sent a proof sheet for me to look at before they made/shipped them. I decided after seeing them that a couple that I ordered were not looking like what I had thought so they changed it up for me and still got them out the next day.

Last... whats in this bag?

Well, its my vacation stash! We are going to the family cabin for spring break. The hubby and kids ski/snowboard and I sit at the cabin (heaven!) .. but it is a week, so hubby volunteered to carry my older sewing machine as carry-on if I wanted to take it so I jumped on that idea! I took the machine to the sewing machine doctor for a full check up, got it a clean bill of health and plan to leave it at the cabin for future use. This bag contains my projects for the trip. A Make Life jelly roll with the Jelly Filled pattern, Verna charm packs and white for whirly gigs, and blocks from the Green/Pink no sew swap ready to assemble. That should keep me busy!


Now off to complete my project for Fridays Sew and Tell. I see lots of weekly things out there... WIP Wendsday, Stash Sunday, ect... do you participate in any? I find that knowing I can share to a larger audience on Friday motivates me to get projects done and ready to post... how about you? I'ld love to hear from you on this.

Pinwheels

Wow, I didn't mean to take such a long break! My husband was gone last week and that throws everything out of wack! He's back and I resumed sewing... yea!

Have you seen the Pinwheel quilt along? It ran into some delays but block one is now up and here are my first two blocks.

I am working with a layer cake of Hello Betty Retro Layer Cake by Chloe's Closet. I am adding some additional solids as well since the prints are all pretty busy and I want come contrast in the blocks. The Layer Cake came with red (orange), teal and brown bella solids. I am replacing the brown with grey because I like it better ordered more of the red and teal.

This is week one of 8 for blocks, two of each for a total of 16. first weeks tutorial was great so I think this is going to be a fun project! You can click below to check it out!

Baby Snowballs

The baby snowball quilt is done. This was made with two charm packs of Tanya Whelan French Hatbox. (these only had 21 squares per pack) Border, backing and binding are also from this line. The quilt measures 36" square when washed/dried. (it is square, I just took the picture from a wonky angle)

The white are the baby triangles trimmed from the signature bock swap. I sewed them on top of the blocks along the long edge then assembled the blocks. I quilted with the walking foot down the block seam lines as well as between them, and stitched the border several rows 1/4 inch apart. The triangle edges did fray and come up a bit as I hoped. All washed/dried this is just a whole bunch of shabby chic crinkly goodness

I asked my friend that is expecting is she is sure-sure-sure that she is having a boy :)

Giveaway Winner

Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes! I had a wonderful day and even got in some sewing. We had two consecutive snow days here and hubby worked at home those days to avoid the roads, so we had a little more going on than normal for a Thursday and Friday.

On to the giveaway and the winner. After going through the comments and numbering those that qualified I used the Random Number Generator (easier than using the kid who asks too many questions... why do you need a number, whats it for, whats the prize, who wins, can I have it, what number should I pick ... you get the idea)

Number 13 is...... Catherine! I will get Catherine's address and get the gifty out to her on Tuesday! Congrats and thanks to all for your kind comments and birthday wishes!

Flannel Beauty

This is the Truckee Mystery Quilt, and it is done!

I found this quilt in the boxes of sewing stuff when I unpacked about 6 months ago. Here I explained why this had been in a box for about 6 years. When I found it all but the last step in the bocks were done and ready for assembly. This is not a pattern that I would have picked out myself which is the beauty of the mystery... I ended up with something that I never would have started had I known what I was starting.

All washed up it is 49 x 66. The top is all flannel and the backing is a Moda print from my stash. I had in my mind that I wanted to back it in flannel as well and one day it occurred to me how perfect this fabric would be. It looks like it was made to go together. The binding is also something I found in my stash. The binding is the only part I am not thrilled with. I sewed it on by machine and my technique still needs some work.

I loved it before washing, but after it is all puffy and all the little imperfections in my quilting went away like magic!

We are suposed to get a 'wintery mix' in the morning (in CA we called it slushing) and I already plan to cuddle with this quilt and a cup of coffee in the morning for the morning news!