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...or maybe not. ;-) All the blocks I've made are together and it measures 56 x 74. I plan to add 4 inch borders so it will be approx. 64 x 82... I'm thinking about adding one more row of blocks along the side so it will be 70 inches wide with borders.... I have time to think about it. ;-)If you are new to my blog, I have been working on this top the past few months using only my Thimbleberries scraps. The pattern is Bonnie Hunter's Bricks and Stepping Stones. It is one of those quilts I always wanted to make 'someday'~ I'm so happy that someday arrived!! :-) Thanks Bonnie for the great pattern!

Did you get to sew today? It was a beautiful sunny day here and hard to sit at my machine, but I am so happy I did! :-))

Until next time~
Happy stitchin'!!

Are you sewing?? :-)

I was out all morning~ a lot of errands in as short amount of time as possible. LOL :-)
Now I am ready to pull out~~
...and see how much I can get together before rolling it up again.
I hope you found something to work on too!! :-)

More later~~~
Happy stitchin'!!

LOL that is one long title! :-)

On my floor I mean design wall today, we have my Between Charming Friends Quilt Along top. It is still in need of borders, but I am happy to have the top together! ;-) Darlene of Quilting Daze, is the pattern designer. I used an Odyssea jelly roll and a light gray solid. The light gray was Mandy's idea and I love it! You can see more design walls and great projects at Judy L's.
And speaking of Mandy of That's Sew Mandy~ she is celebrating her one year blogiversary with a great giveaway. I'd love to win it, but if I don't~ maybe you will. ;-) Stop on by and congratulate her! :-)

Just a reminder~ Wednesday is our Thimbleberries Sew Day. Join us! You don't have to use Thimbleberries fabric, but if you have some~ go ahead. As long as either your pattern or your fabric is Thimbleberries, you are good to go. I happen to have a small stashy of T-berrie fabric and a quilt top that needs work, so that's what I'll be doing. Let me know if you are sewing too and I'll stop by! :-)

Until Wednesday~
Happy stitchin'!

Maybe its my second favorite color. ;-) LOL

I joined in the Spring Fever Bingo fun that The Quilt Shoppe's blog~ In Stitches sponsored and while I was terrible at choosing words~ I even wondered if I was playing from the same list!~ ;-) LOL I was a lucky daily winner! This bundle of fun came in the mail this week~ I love red! :-)) Now I'm dreaming about what to use them in!~ so many patterns to choose from! ;-) Thank you Quilt Shoppe!!And I've been stitching~


The Old Glory pattern is from Crabapple Hill Studio. Instead of a pillow, I put it on the towel. I left off the beading parts because I didn't think they worked for the towel. ;-)

The redwork apples tea towel is June's First Friday Freebie from Kaaren of The Painted Quilt. I did mine with perle cotton. :-)

Next I've got some bunnies to embroider. ;-)

Until next time~
Happy stitchin'!

It seems like a pretty straightforward question right? But it is a very difficult one for me to answer! And I'm happy to see some of you had the same problem! :-) LOL Is it a 'quilter thing'? :-) You are probably wondering why I asked~ well, Barb asked me that question last week and I really waffled before answering! I thought of sky blue, and robin's eggs, sunrise.. and sunsets! The clear colors of spring, the greens, golds and reds of the holidays, the cranberries and wheat and oranges & plums of autumn and I was stumped. :-/ So I stretched it and told her 'autumn'. :-) LOL And yesterday the mailman brought me a little surprise~


A bunch of tumbler blocks from Barb! Thank you! And look~ they are autumn! Muted pinks, and cranberries, browns and tans and golds... :-) They are going to make a wonderful little quilt for me. :-) And when I use it this fall/winter, I will think of my friend Barb. :-) How cool is that?!

And you gave me an idea by telling me your favorite colors. I didn't realize so many of you loved pink! You surprised me! I am going to have to do some shopping before my next giveaway, but hopefully I'll find what I'm looking for sometime in my travels this summer. It is going to be a busy, crazy busy! summer but a little 'shopping therapy' will happen too. ;-)

Until next time~
Happy stitchin'!

I got to work on my Between Charming Friends Quilt Along blocks a bit today. I'm cutting up the strips for the 16 patches and have a pile of 4 patches ready for borders. My outside border fabric arrived today, so hopefully I can work more in the AM. :-) I know, I'm a little behind, but I am slowly making progress. ;-) I'm making the larger size, lap quilt, using an Odyssea jelly roll. ;-)

BTW~ what is your favorite color? I'll tell you why I'm asking tomorrow. ;-)

Until next time~
Happy stitchin'!

Thank you for your comments on my new look! I am always a little leary about changing templates etc~ afraid I'll end up deleting my whole blog! :-o LOL Since it worked so well this time, maybe I won't wait as long again. ;-) I had a question about the quilts in the header photo~ They are all quilts I have made. The first one is a Debbie Caffrey design that she did as a mystery in the now-no-longer-published Traditional Quiltworks magazine. My Mom and I made this one together long distance, trading FQ's before we started. Next is my Vintage Sheet quilt~ I don't have the binding sewed all the way down yet, but you can't tell in the photo. LOL :-) Then we have Butterfly Blooms. I made this one with my quilt guild when we lived in TX. The pattern is from the Cozy Quilts co. And Finally my red/white quilt. The Monkey Wrench blocks came from a swap I did with my friends on HGTV; the design I did in EQ6. I'm really happy with how it turned out. :-)


Not a whole lot of sewing going on here, but I did manage to sneak in a few Dear Jane blocks. I am working on a kite, and then I should be all caught up again. Angela, is choosing the blocks each week, and I am trying to keep up! :-)) From left to right we have~ E-12 Mary Ruth's Corset, D-1 Alison's Guiding Light, C-13 Lakota Sioux, and G-4 Shutter Bug. I do love some of the names Jane gave these blocks! LOL ;-)

To see more wonderful, inspiring design walls, head over to Judy L's Patchwork Times.

Have a happy first day of summer!
And until next time~
Happy Stitchin'!

As much as I loved the brown background, I'm ready for a little change. :-) I'm still too much of a chicken to get in there and make changes myself, so this is one of blogger's new templates. ;-)

Not much sewing is going on here!

Hope you have a great day and celebrate all the Father's in your life, whether it is your own Dad, Gran-Dad, your hubby, your son or son-in-law, or a special role model. I am going to be busy in the kitchen and later today we'll grill and relax. :-)

Happy Father's Day to all!

Jane had a very fun giveaway celebrating her 400th post and her DD's soon-to-be wedding. ~ go to her blog and scroll back a few days to see the wonderful quilt she made and hand quilted for the occasion! It is fantastic!! :-)

I was lucky enough to win Day 2 :-) and today the mailman brought these 7 lovely Civil War FQ's! Thank you Jane!! They are going to mix perfectly in my Dear Jane quilt~ very appropriate, wouldn't you say?? :-))

Hope y'all are having a happy day!
Until next time~
Happy Stitchin'!

Quilt Hollow is having a great giveaway and you could win this lovely wall hanging in time for July 4th! Isn't it gorgeous? I love the stars! I think it would look great in my house. :-)) Hop over to Mary's and leave your comment,~ tell her I sent you! ;-) And Good Luck!!

Could you hear my machine today? Of course you couldn't~ that was a trick question! :-) My machine is very quiet. ;-) But it was working away!~ I finished up my June Schnibbles, State Fair~ I did change the pattern to make it into a table runner, and then I changed the border too. LOL Guess I felt like shaking things up this month! :-))
Now to find some quilting time! ;-)
And while the machine was all warmed up~ I got caught up on the Jelly Roll Sampler Quilt Along. :-) It feels good to be getting caught up! ;-)
Next up, I am going to work on my Charming G&G's Quilt Along project.
So many projects!~ Sew little time!! LOL :-)

Until next time~
Happy Stitchin'!!

Whoops! I did it again! :-o I hit 'enter' and it posted before I got anything written. :-/ Sorry!

I'm not sewing for the state fair, I'm sewing on 'State Fair'. LOL The June Schnibble pattern. I had a couple charm packs from Connecting Threads and thought I'd use them. The only problem is that their packs are much smaller than other packs~ only 24 charms in this pack. So I'm thinking about making a table runner~ Sew Cindy made a gorgeous one! Mine will be much smaller. ;-)

I hope you find some time to sew today too!
Until next time~
Happy stitchin'!

...the new EQ blog badges? This one tickles me!~ and no, I had absolutely nothing to do with it! ;-) You can see them all ~Here~

Hope you had a great day!
I got the binding sewn around the biggie~ whoohoo!

Have a good night!

Long may She wave!

My thoughts today are with our many troops stationed all over the globe, who defend and protect the many freedoms we enjoy.
*no, my flag does not touch the rail, although from this angle it certainly looks like it does! :-o
Today is also Judy L's Design Wall Monday~ mine is blank! :-o I have this to keep me busy though~ yards and yards of binding for my vintage sheet quilt. It's going to take a week to get this one done! LOL :-)

If you wish to be inspired by the many wonderful projects in blogland, go look at the links on Judy's blog. :-)
Hope you are finding some time to stitch today too!
Until next time~
Have a happy day!

Barb's giveaway is over for me... and to be honest, I'm glad. It was stressful! I know Barb didn't intend that and I did enjoy trying to write a poem and playing along at first. This morning I woke up to find out a lot of stuff was going on that wasn't in the spirit of the giveaway and I tried to not feel like public enemy #1 but it was hard.

My friends on the message board I frequent, my Mom, my friends in blogland, my relatives who all pitched in to find votes for me were so awesome! I feel very blessed. I am very blessed! :-) And that is the best feeling in all the world! Thank you all from the very bottom of my heart!! I'll get a GO someday and when I do, it will remind me of my many friends. And that's what this is all supposed to be about, isn't it? :-))

I also want to thank Mandy~ a new blog reader to me who gave me the best idea for my Odyssea jelly roll! Thank you Mandy! I went and dug around in my stash and came up with this light gray~ you are so right! It will work wonderfully with Odyssea. :-) Hopefully next week I can get down to some serious sewing! :-))

I hope y'all are having a great weekend!
Until next time,
Happy Stitchin'! ;-)

Wow! Barb's poll for the GO has really stressed me! :-o I'm ahead, I'm behind, ahead again, behind again! I'm almost afraid to check it!! LOL Thank you all for your help and votes!! :-) Although I don't do facebook, a few of my friends have taken up the challenge and have been posting for votes for me, and my Mom emailed her quilt group to vote! LOL Thanks ladies!! I really appreciate all the support! I'm still keeping my fingers-crossed, but it is really stress-producing! :-o

So to keep myself busy today, hubby took me out for lunch. :-) And then I came home and sewed. I made this bag from a purchased pattern (Simplicity?) It really isn't quite this bright! ;-)I wanted a bag big enough to hold my camera and a bottle of water for my trip to Sisters, Oregon next month for the Outdoor Quilt Show (I'll be there with a group of friends on a bus trip). I think it is going to work just fine~ I tested it with the can of spray starch. LOLThen I started searching stash for something to use for the Between Charming Friends Quilt Along. I am going to use Darlene's pattern (of Quilting Daze) for the lap quilt. Thanks Darlene! :-) I decided to use my Odyssea Jelly Roll I won in a giveaway a few months back. But what to use for background? What do you think of this? I'm really not sure if I should use the dots or go with something more like a Kona solid.
Thank you again for all your votes! Please continue to spread the word! I would so love to win that GO cutter! The more I study the dies, the more I know I'd give it a good workout! I could bust stash left and right! No poems today, just gratitude. :-)

Until next time~
Happy stitchin'!

... the crazy girl cried! :-))) I can't help it! I think I'm losing weight too! :-o

I just checked the votes on Barb's blog for the GO! and it is close! :-o I still need your help though! If you've not voted, would you please consider voting for me? I would so love to have a GO cutter! I know, I'm crazy to be nail biting over this~ but eeeekkkk! :-o I've asked all my friends to vote but still need help! And if you already voted~ thank you!!!

I wish I had a GO!
I'd use it lots, I know!
I would cut & sew!
If I had a GO! :-)

The poet seems to be sticking around! LOL ;-)

I am not doing very well in Barb's poll.
If you haven't voted yet, would you please help me out? Thank you so much! :-) You do not need to have a blog to vote.

In other news!~ I rented the APQS Millennium for the last time on Monday. The shop owner is taking it down. :-( I am so glad I managed to sneak in one more day! I worked on my big Vintage Sheet top. It is a biggie at 96 x 112 inches! I used an allover panto of loops swirls and butterflies. Now to get the binding on~ I have a striped pink/green/white that I think will be perfect. :-)I also got my Schnibble Picnic done! I used the same panto and thread, so that helped a lot. ;-) I am afraid getting to the bindings is going to be a challenge as the days are just flying by at warp speed! Wasn't yesterday March first? ;-)

I am off to sew a few stitches~
Have a happy day! And until next time~
Happy Stitchin'!!

I am so excited! I can't believe I am a finalist in Barb's giveaway! Pinch me! Ok, that hurt! ;-)
She is having everyone help her decide who should win~ please leave her a comment for me. ;-) And vote in her little sidebar poll (in the top left hand corner of her blog). Pretty please?? :-)

I don't do Facebook or Twitter or Tweet~
But winning a GO would be so neat!

But a poem? A poet? Me?
That's very unlike-ly! ;-)

But I'll give it a GO!~
Think the 7 dwarfs with a little Tin Man waltzing in... LOL

Hi-Ho Hi-Ho~~
I wish I had a GO!

Accuquilt makes this really cool cutter~
It is like none other (utter?) :-)

I could sew... (and sew!.. and sew!)
If... I only had a GO!

I have tons of scraps~ big pieces and nips~
I need squares, and shapes and strips!

Cutting is boring--
...I hope you aren't snoring!!

That's the end of my ditty~
I know, its not pretty..

I wish I had a GO!
Hi-Ho! Hi-ho hi-ho hi-ho!

Thanks for the chance Barb! You make it look so fun~
I just know I could get a lot done!
Yikes! I can't stop rhyming now!
Holy Cow!
Ciao!! :-))

It seems like I am always trying to catch up lately!~ Time is just flying! Today I got myself caught up on my Dear Jane blocks for both this week and last. I'm following Angela (see DJ link in sidebar) and although she is making 2 quilts at once(!)~ I am the one always behind!! :-o
Here we have A-6 Uncle Homer, H-13 Farm Friends, A-5 Cathie's Campfire, the LS-12 triangle~ Button Hook (which was a real bugger and I'm still not happy with it, but it is finished!) ;-) and finally, I-2 Kaye's Courtyard. Whew! Would you believe I worked all morning on that silly triangle!? The others went together quick as could be!

Hope you are having a great sewing day!
Until next time~

Happy stitchin'!

The Accuquilt Go Cutter that is! Barb at Bejeweled Quilts By Barb won one and has been having a blast with it! I neeed one to wade through my scraps too! :-) So hop over to Barb's and enter~ and be sure to tell her you saw my post!!

Thanks and good luck!