2 More Finishes!

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Well, I am calling one of these a finish, but it still needs to be quilted. I completed my first ever Quilt-A-Long! I can’t tell you how excited I am to have actually finished it AND finished it in time.

I would like to start with a huge thank you to Jenna from SewHappyGeek, for designing such a gorgeous quilt and having amazingly easy to follow tutorials. She is so talented! If you aren’t already following her blog you really should! My second thank you is to my dear friend Dawn, who surprised me with the gift of Rendezvous in November – my favorite fabric line from this winter. As you can see, it makes a gorgeous quilt!

(As a side note, I finished the top last Friday and I’m super glad I took pictures that day because since then we have had nothing but rain and snow here!)

I have one more finish to share…my first ever APRON! And…it is my own design!

I am calling this the “Desert Daydreams Apron”. The fabrics are designed by Khristian Howell (who also designed Rendezvous – yes I love her fabrics!). Julie from Intrepid Thread sent me a fat quarter bundle of Desert Daydreams in Santa Fe Sky and this is what I came up with. Do you like it?!? If so, make sure you are signed up to receive Julie’s newsletter, it goes out tomorrow and my tutorial for the apron will be in there (you can sign up from the Intrepid Thread Blog)!

In case you are wondering, this is how I keep myself out of trouble…it helps that Anne has been taking 3 hour long naps lately! I am really going to miss nap time when it goes away, which everyone keeps telling me is going to happen any day now.

Are you keeping busy and out of trouble?

 

Zig Zag Zoomed!

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I have a finish! An important finish! I finished the baby quilt for my Sister-in-Law! She is having her baby in about a month and I needed to get it done because I now have to ship it to Albuquerque, NM. I have threads left to bury, which I will be working on tonight.

I used Jungle Babies for the backing

Here’s a close-up of the quilting. I used my 1/4″ Accufeed foot and did some straight line stitching

Anne LOVED the quilt too – thankfully she has lots of her own quilts, so I don’t think she will miss this one too much!

Oh yeah! It is also my first ever scrappy binding!

This is one of the projects I wanted to finish this quarter for Rhonda’s 2012 Finish-A-Long over at Quilter in the Gap.

I love a good finish, don’t you?!?

I am linking up to Quilting by the River, SewHappyGeek – Manic Monday, Richard Quilts

Weekend Sewing

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Happy Monday! Did you remember to change your clocks? If not, no biggie, you will just be an hour early for everything!

Not too much sewing got done this weekend. I spent most of Saturday sleeping and recovering from the nasty little bug. No rest for me the rest of the week though, my hubs is out of town all week, so it is just me and Anne.  She keeps telling me she wants to sleep in my mommy’s bed, but I’m trying hard to not start that habit, so far I am winning the battle, we will see how long it lasts!

Yesterday I did make 2 blocks for the 3×6 Bee I am in on Flickr, well one was a re-make.

I also finished up the Zig Zag Zoom quilt – I still need to bury the threads though. I will post pictures of it later this week, I am waiting for better light – although that might all be in vain seeing as I live in Washington where the sun is lacking these days!

Did you get anything done this weekend?

And the winners are…

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I wish I could give everyone a free subscription to Ole Frog Eyes just so you could all experience first hand what a great tool it is, but alas, 2 is the limit this go round. For those who are not lucky enough to be winners, I hope you will all spend the $2.50 and give it a go, it really is worth every penny having a virtual design wall!

Congratulations to…

Lisa Cox: who shared the giveaway on Facebook – thanks for spreading the word Lisa!

and

Tiffany: who said “I like the idea of auditioning colors and sashing. I am not a big sashing person, but it would be super nice if I could see it visually with sashing, and then maybe I’d use it more often!”

I hope you both enjoy playing around with it. I will send your email addresses over to Snoodles and she will be contacting you soon!

I hope you all have a great weekend. I am still under the weather with this cold 🙁 but hopefully will be feeling better soon!!!

And The Answer Is…

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Hand Quilting!

This is a relatively small project – a 22″ x 22″ wall hanging. It is a mother’s day gift for my mom and I wanted to make it extra special for her by putting in that little bit of extra effort.  I will let you all know how it goes. I am thinking of putting butterflies in the 4 cream colored squares and after that I have no other ideas. Do you have any suggestions for me? I would love to hear them!

Don’t forget to day is the last day to enter to win a trial of Ole Frog Eyes! You have until 9 pm tonight!

I hope you all have a great weekend. I seem to have come down with an icky little end of winter cold, so I will be resting as much as Anne will let me!

 

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