Pictures: Happy Blocks

Please enjoy theses images of my under construction Happy Blocks for the Heartsrtings January/February project.

They are fun, simple, and super addictive!

Pictures: "The Big Quilt"

So this is the quilt I made for my husband's boss. It was a huge labor of love from me to him as well as from our family to her. She went out on a limb hiring him to be the "care taker" for her son, paying him well to manage him home and in many ways his life. She is a remarkable woman who we are blessed to have in our lives.

The fabric for this quilt is from the "City Girl" collection by Kitty Yoshida for Benartex. She lives in cute little house over looking the Hudson River so I wanted this to be for lazy afternoons reading on the deck or late nights watching movies. The colors in this fabric spoke to me, reminding me of her house, which is painted a warm lightish blue. In all the magazines these days you see amazing square block quilts. This pattern, called "Squares N Squares", came from a small company, Meme's Quilts. I kept the basic measurements for the squares but did not to the applique on the boarder. For the backing, I used 12 inch squares.

The quilting was an unexpected gift from Coleen @ Quilters Crossing. She offered to put it on the Handi Quilter and quilt it for me. Such an amazingly simple thing for her but for me a HUGE relief! I was not sure how I was going to quilt this big quilt on my little machine.

So here it is, in all it's glory. I was so proud to learn it was resting on the foot of her bed. Does it get any better?

another lame update!

Update...

7 tote bag teacher gifts ~all parts cut and ready to sew~

1 scrapbook page ~delivered~

6 charms for charity ~sent~

1 quilt for my husbands boss ~delivered~

10 christmas bibs ~all finished!~

Update...

7 tote bag teacher gifts ~all parts cut and ready to sew~

1 scrapbook page ~All peices ready to assemble~

6 charms for charity ~sent~

1 quilt for my husbands boss ~top 75% done~

10 christmas bibs ~all finished!~

hey all!

i am getting ready for 9 days of sewing! here is the list...

7 tote bag teacher gifts

1 scrapbook page

6 charms for charity ~sent~

1 quilt for my husbands boss

10 christmas bibs

and god know what else!

i will post a TON of pictures later today.

happy holidays!

A finish... well 59 finishes :-)

When I first read about the call for Christmas Stockings for our Troops in a post to the Heartstrings group, I was really excited. What an amazing project, making stockings that will be sent to our Troops in action as a small thank you for all that they have sacrificed for our freedom.

I was on vacation and bought then fabric at our local quilt shop, run by a wonderful woman named Pam who has a son in the service.

This is one of the first projects I have done where it turned out EXACTLY as I wanted! The stockings were string pieced on a foundation. You can see the directions on a free download from Quilt in a Day which makes it totally clear and easy. I had a few yards of each fabric and still have enough string left over to get some smaller holiday projects out of the way.

The "cuff" was fussy cut from a larger piece that was kinda striped. I was it and knew it was what I wanted for a simple yet festive embellishment. I am not sure you can see, but I rolled the cuff edge less then 1/4 inch and zig-zag stitched it down with a gold top thread. I wish I had not run out of time as I would have loved to add a note of thanks to the recipient, but there was just not enough time.

God Bless our Troops this Holiday Season!

Another Field Trip with Vicki!

As always, Vicki has created an amazing list of quilts and fabric crafts from all over the blogosphere. THANKS VICKI!!

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Field Tripping the Web – Issue 28

Eye Candy – Projects people have recently completed

• Anne Ida's star quilt
• Wanda's zig-zag quilt
• Susan's Freefall
• TLC's emerald circles
• Amy's pencil roll and table runner
• Julia's quilt for her Mom
• Julie made lots of projects during her mini-retreat
• Wanda's big handbag and baby quilt
• D2Quilter's patriotic quilt
• Karen's Out on the Town quilts
• Beth and tirane's Precious Little Princess quilt
• Bernadette finished two quilts this week
• Nancy's charm party tote
• Elaine's shirt quilt top
• Julie's Color of Joy
• Connie's City Lights
• Julie's Tobacco Rose quilt
• Megan's little neighborhood
• Joyce's dragon OBW quilt

Longarm –specific Eye Candy

• Lynn's quilting on a log cabin quilt
• Rhonda's quilting on an appliqué quilt
• Deb's quilting on a good chase quilt
• Randi's free motion quilting
• Helen=Mary's quilting on an embroidered quilt
• Gayle shows how she tamed a beast

Fiber and Other Art

• Frieda's postcards
• Plays with Needles bead journal
• Jeanne's birds with links to the pattern
• Anna's Taking Stock Tutu
• Just go and see everything that Linda has been up to
• Michele's journals
• Jeanne's journal

Tutorials and On-line Projects

• Vivian shared how she quilts one of her favorite background fills
• Kathy's triangle tree ornament tutorial
• Wanda's Tribble Trouble block tutorial

Other Interesting Stuff

• Judy is having a drawing to celebrate her 100^th country visit – the drawing is November 15