WIP Wednesday

I have three quilts in progress that I want to share today for WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced.

The first is mine all mine... a paper pieced strip quilt in red and green. I keep sneaking in a round of strips here and there in between the projects I am supposed to be working on.

Then there is the Fenced in Rail quilt which is a gift. I took it on vacation and got it cut and the block put together, however I managed to take two different color lots of the Kona Sage to be used for the block edges so those still need to be cut and the quilt completed from there.

Third is also a gift ... almost all quilted, binding pending before it hits the mail.
This is priority one and the goal is to get it done and to the washing machine tonight...

confession time... I decided getting these three done is not enough so I started quilts for each of the daughters as well. One is cut and one is still a pile. I get bored with just one quilt and like to work multi at a time in different stages so if I find a tv show I want to watch I can trim blocks or cut rather than trying to hear over the machine sewing... and risk my finger in the process... but... I think I need to focus and get something done!!!

You can find other WIP here!

vacation = fabric binge

My family has yet to catch on that any vacation/travel plans are well choreographed to include strategic stops for fabric adventures.

( Quilt Asylum in Mc Kinney Texas)

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Thanksgiving has become a 'local trip' holiday since no one comes to visit us and we prefer to travel to California to see family when we can make it longer than a week.

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(Sew in Heaven, a lucky unexpected find of Peas and Carrots)

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For the past three years we have found places within about 6 hours drive to spend the week.... the criteria being someplace that is not flat which rules out most of Texas.

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(more from Sew in Heaven, ladybugs and 1974!!!)

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This year we drove north through Oklahoma and east to Arkansas to a lake resort outside of Eureka Springs. Its in the middle of the Ozarks so it was small rolling mountains and we were lakeside which was a nice treat!

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(diva and 12 days panels from Banson Fabric Store)

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I normally plot out a route and a plan, list of potential restaurants, attractions, ect....

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(Country Fabric and Quilts, Hwy 69, OK)

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This year we just had the google map to our destination and a rough idea about Branson, Eureka Springs and golf..... turned out great! We loved Eureka Springs, reminds us of several towns in northern CA.... kinda a cross between Truckee 10 years ago and Ferndale ... on the side of a mountain.

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And I also found some fabric to bring home.

Sunday Stash - Bliss Love

There is lots of bloggy love out there for the Bliss line. I am not sure if I am just drawn to the red/turquoise or if these are the ones that are out there the most.... I was even inspired with my own stash stack ... but still ended up giving in and buying some of my own Bliss.

But then I got some of he green/cinnamon Bliss and I am in love.... I may be just the season, fall browns and all that, but I do love these fabrics.... and I did find some fabrics from my stash to play along.

Sew & Tell Friday!

This is a quilt I have been working on since about September. It is a Christmas gift for my sister, who I am quite sure does not follow my blog so I can share it before getting it in mail.

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It is a disappearing 9 patch pattern featuring Joel Dewberry's Modern Meadow fabrics with a couple others thrown in from my stash, most notably the brown border with unknown origins and the backing which is from the Pieces of My Heart collection by Sandy Gervais for Moda. The solid is Kona Cotton Gold.

I quilted it with a variegated gold/brown thread which I liked a lot! I did find myself heading towards the dark squares when the dark thread came up but that made my quilting a little more random.

I'll be sharing at Amy's Sew & Tell when the internet gremlins fix her linky party :)

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And as a bit of house keeping, my husband (also known as the random number generator of the day) picked 21, which makes Shanan Z. the winner of the 100 post give away.

100th post give away!

100 posts ... it took me a little time to get there, but this is my 100th post for my blog.

To celebrate I am giving away this set of 5 fat quarters of Merry Mushroom by Windham and 1/2 yard cuts of 2 of my favorite Kona cotton colors, Papaya and Green Grass. This was on e of those happy finds at Joann Fabrics in the FQ section that I over bought... think I got 5 bundles, so I thought if I shared maybe I would be inspired to use the ones I have!

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To enter just leave a comment. You can say congrats on 100, you can tell me about a happy find you have made at Joann, or tell me if you know of any great quilt stores in the Banson MO Eureka Springs AR area as that is where we are headed for Thanksgiving next week. I will close entries on Friday.

And another give away, sort of..... some of you may remember awhile back when I ordered some quilt labels from Sweetwater. Well, after getting them it occurred to me how easy it would be to make them myself so I proceeded to do so. What I failed to consider was the number of quilts I made by the end of the year needed to match the number of labels printed with the year on them. I must have been feeling very productive that day.....

So, I have one that does not have my last name.... If your name is 'Diane' spelled this way... throw up your hand and I will stick this in the mail to you :) Come the first of the year when I print new ones for me I will give away a set with someone elses name on it, but for now, only 'Diane' wins.

50% off Kona Sale!

This week I filled in some spots on my Kona collection card thanks to a 50% sale at Hancock Fabrics.... good till Sunday both in store and online!

I got indigo, chartreuse, mustard, spring and khaki Friday at the local store. Then today when I decided I needed to go to Joann to get some variegated thread for quilting I thought ... hey... they take competitors coupons, I wonder if they match add prices... so I printed the add and took it with me

Guess what??? They do! So, I supplemented my white and ash and added buttercup and med pink to the collection. The add also has a 40% off notion coupon so I used it for the thread!

I never pay full price for Kona (well, that's a lie... I did get a couple pieces online that are obscure that are not carried in stores... but for the most part.... ) Hobby Lobby ALWAYS has it for 30%... always. It does look like HL's price only applies to in store only, but right now they have a 40% off any item online. 3 out of 4 weeks HL has a 40% any item coupon in the paper/web site which I take to Joann ... can't use at HL since the Kona is already on sale. Now that I know I can use printed adds for price match, that will add Hancock to this mix as well.

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Hmm, maybe I should get some extra.... looks like I have a milestone of 100 posts coming up and a giveaway of a selection of Kona might be in order.

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Do you have a favorite Kona Color? I think mine is Charcoal, or Sage... I really like Sage.

Go (insert favorite team) Go!

This was to be named GO Marcus GO, but the weather conspired against me from taking this as a good luck charm to the football playoff game last night and we lost.... in the last seconds.... pass to the end zone to tie the game was caught, but said to be past the line, out of bounds, no score, we lose.

See the blue skys and the toes in flip flops? Is was almost 75 degrees at game time and the temp never dropped below 65 making it a little warm to lug a quilt to the game.... maybe I should have anyhow.... for luck....

The loss officially ends the football / band marching season here, so.... I am going to instead name this GO Foothill GO in honor of my nephew being moved up from Varsity from JV to play the remainder of their season. The quilt will have to be good luck in abstentia since Foothill High School is in Northern California and the quilt is staying with me in Texas.

Here is the back, of the quilt and the holder... again, its the middle of November and its shorts and flip flops? Rain predicted and temps to drop this weekend.... I can't wait!

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I am sharing this on Amy's Sew & Tell. If you are visiting from there, welcome! If you came from elsewhere, be sure to go check ou the other projects for the week!