crazy'boutquilts

Oh yeah! Its that time of year and Amy (button in my sidebar) has really worked hard for this fun festival! Check out all the gorgeous quilts~ be prepared to be blown away! :-)



I could not decide which quilt to show and finally decided on this one. Unfortunately, blogger wants to tip the finished photo's, so this one is right before I quilted it. I'll show you quilted too, but you'll have to tip your head. LOL

The pattern is from Judy Laquidara. She did a Quilt Along and her pattern was called 'Bears in the Farmhouse'. I renamed my quilt Bears in the Forest because I quilted it with all over pine trees. It is my youngest DS's quilt. Its special because he helped choose the fabrics. I think he did an awesome job!

I hope you enjoy the rest of the festival!

I got the binding on! LOL If I would have bothered to stop and measure like Needled Mom suggested, I could have saved myself that little hiccup. ;-)  Next time I will know better! ;-)


Then I was going to work on the bag I have had cut out for a couple months, but this project called.... :-)  Sorry~ blogger tipped it. :-/

It is some of the blocks from the 2006 Thimbleberries Club quilt. My friend started them and decided she would never finish them, so I inherited them. :-) She had the 8 large blocks all bordered and then a few blocks that were used on the back of the original quilt. She had extra of the black border fabric but none of the light. I found a FQ of it in my stash (love my stash!) so I think I was meant to finish this one. I think I'm going to just border the remaining blocks and find something else for sashing and sew it together. The faux stitcheries in the blocks are supposed to represent the months, but since she didn't finish the club (the shop ran out of kits! :-o ), we don't have the last 4 months. So I'm just going to double up some of the blocks and scatter them in.  I think it will work ok....

Karen is working on something golden today. :-)
And Deb at Cucaroo is binding a Thimbleberries quilt.  I can hardly wait to see it! :-)
Thanks ladies for joining in the sew day!

Until next time~

Happy Stitchin'!

Yay! Are you sewing? Please let me know~ ;-)

Karen at Briarside Lane is sewing. :-)  Whoohoo!

Bridget B is not~ it is her 57th anniversary! Happy Anniversary Mom & Dad! :-))

I thought I'd get right to work on my table runner. I cut 3 strips for binding, because I thought that would be plenty~ as you can see, I should have read the pattern. I am not good at 'guesstimating'! LOL 'Sew' back to work I go!
Happy stitchin'! I'll be back with an up-date later. :-)

Can you believe it is the end of the month already?!  I cannot. The days are flying by too fast! And I'm not fast enough! LOL  Tomorrow is our next Thimbleberries Sew Day, where we either use Thimbleberries fabrics in our project, or a Thimbleberries pattern with any fabric we choose... or you can do both.  I like choices!  I'm not sure if Barb is sewing, but I know Karen will be, and I think Bridget B will be too. Won't you join us?

I am going to be working on this bag that I've had cut out since last month. :-o  And putting the binding on this table runner that I quilted a while back. I'm bad about getting bindings on after I get things quilted. I'm trying to get caught up. ;-)


So what are you going to work on? Please let me know so I can come by and visit!
 Until tomorrow~ Happy stitchin!

I've started working on Christmas gifts and projects and also on finishing a few things. :-) I love to have more than one thing going at a time~ no time to get bored! LOL

I tested mitten making when a friend on HGTV found this video~ Mitten Making  ~recycling sweaters into mittens. I don't think I felted the sweater enough (I was too excited to get sewing) ;-) They are little big~ I also forgot to look for a sweater with ribbing for the mitten cuff. I'm going to adjust the pattern a bit and try again. I love wearing mittens when trying to clear the side walks, scraping ice off the car window etc. :-)

The newest issue of Quiltmaker magazine (page 64) has this table topper pattern in it. They did it up in summer colors, but I immediately thought 'Christmas'! I'm not sure if this will be a Secret Santa gift, or if I will make something else. :-)


And finally I got this large quilt top together. :-) It is 'Imagine' from Carrie's book Schnibbles Times Two.  I cannot remember the name of the layer cake. :-o Do you know?  I no longer have a big hall for laying out tops, so this is half of it. I am hoping to go quilting in November. ;-)


That's all the news from here~ I hope you are having a great weekend!
Until next time~
 Happy Stitchin'!

Happy Wednesday!
I've been sewing!  I think a new house needs a new Christmas decoration, so got this card holder from one of Nancy Halvorsen's books ready to quilt. :-)



I need to say thank you to a few quilty friends~ Joanne at Splitting Stitches had a 'decorate her studio wall' contest a while back and we sent her quilted blocks. I was the lucky winner in her drawing and she was very generous! The cup has a little cat ornament kit in it, and I almost have it together. I'd never had chocolate covered Peeps and they were yummy! Thank you Joanne! :-)

This group of FQ's was a sponsored giveaway by Rosebud Quilter on Amy's blog before she changed to Amy's Creative Side... It may have taken them a while to find me, but I loved the surprise mail!  Thank you Michelle and Amy. I know exactly what to do with these, I just need to shop a little for a border fabric. :-)

I hope you are having a great day!
Until next time~
Happy Stitchin'!!

I'm baa-aaack! :-)
It feels like I've been gone forever, although the computer was back and running last night. ;-)

First things first~ my Fall Into Fall Giveaway is now closed and I have emailed the winner. When I hear back from her, I'll come back and announce it here. Thank you to everyone who played along and to all my new followers! Please come back often! I'll be having another giveaway soon. :-))
Update: My winner is Deborah and we have been in contact. Congratulations Deborah!
 
I managed to get both table runners that I cut out last week, put together. The pattern was a little card and was called Maple Mambo~

To see lots of design wall inspiration, head on over to Judy L's Patchwork Times. 

Have a happy day and until next time~
Happy Stitchin'!

Oh that sounds bad! LOL But just wanted to remind y'all that my computer is headed for a check up and I'll be without the rest of the week/weekend. I'll be sewing! :-) 

Can you help my friend Karen at Briarside Lane?  She is having a problem with everyone's comments coming to her email as 'no-comment blogger' when we know for a fact that the people leaving the comments are showing up right for everyone else. It's very strange, even her own comments come to her email that way. If you have any tips for her, I'm sure she'd appreciate it! Thanks!

My Fall Into Fall Giveaway will end the 18th. So there is still time to enter! :-)

Since every post needs a photo ;-) I'll leave you with this one. It was a JoAnn's BOM, but I bought the patterns at the end of the year, so had to substitute some of the blocks and fabrics. It hung on the wall in our other house, here it will be on our bed. ;-)

 Until Monday~
Happy stitchin'!

I had hoped to work on these Nancy Halvorsen wall hangings on Saturday, but our weekend was too busy. So today I managed to get my letters cut out and pressed on. Oh yeah~ its beginning to look a lot like Christmas! :-)) 


If you are looking for my Fall Into Fall Giveaway~ go HERE. I'll draw on Monday. :-)

Until next time~
Happy Stitchin! :-)

... for all your wonderful comments on my autumn quilts... but that wasn't all of them! :-o You knew there were more, didn't you? LOL :-)

I forgot that I'd made two of these! I gave one away and found mine just the other day.

A Kim Diehl pattern

A Sudoku pattern in batiks

From my friend Lindsay~ both look wonderful in my kitchen!

 I know there are still a few more, but not sure where they are! :-o

Have a great day!

Note: If you are looking for my Fall Into Fall Giveaway~ go HERE. I tried answering every comment but I am overwhelmed! Thank you all for stopping by, commenting and following me! The drawing will be the 18th.

I am finally able to pull out some of my autumn quilts!  Haven't been sewing, but maybe tomorrow. ;-)

made with string blocks from a swap

from swapping birds in the air blocks with a friend

a mini made by my friend Bingo~Bonnie

DS's Bears in the Forest~ a Judy Laquidara quilt along

 Sorry blogger turned that one!  Autumn is definitely in the air here. :-) Cooler temps, falling leaves. ~sigh~
I love it! :-)

If you are looking for my Fall Into Fall Giveaway~ go HERE. I tried answering every comment but I am overwhelmed! Thank you all for stopping by, commenting and following me! The drawing will be the 18th. Computer goes into the shop the 14th and I told DH I could live a weekend without a computer!~ oh what was I thinking!!??

Until next time~
Happy Stitchin'!!

Today was a perfectly lovely autumn day! Blue sky, slight breeze, nature displaying her gorgeous colors!
 

I picked this pattern on a card up at my LQS a while ago, and thought I'd get busy today! I cut out 2 kits for the table runner.  Why make only one, when two will go together just as fast? ;-) I'm working on putting together some kits so when I have a few minutes to sew~ I can take advantage of it! Tomorrow I plan to work on a few more kits.

Thank you for all the wonderful anniversary wishes! :-) I wish y'all could've been there; it was a day like today.
And if you are looking for my Fall into Fall Giveaway~ go HERE. I will draw on the 18th. :-)

I hope you had a perfectly lovely day too!
Until next time~
Happy stitchin'!

Gotcha!

Thirty years ago today I snagged a keeper. :-)

~~My Giveaway is now closed. Thank you for stopping by!!~~

Happy October!

 Today all over blogland~ at last count 143 blogs and 8 businesses!~ you will find giveaways. Go HERE and start blog hopping! :-)

But before you go~ :-)

 I am giving away the magazine 'Quilting Celebrations'. It is chock-full of fall and holiday projects.  And a set of pumpkin coasters. It will arrive wrapped in fabric! (but I'm not going to show you that) :-)

To enter~

1. Leave me a comment telling me what your favorite season is and why.
2.  Let me know you follow me and I'll toss you in the hat a second time. I love my followers!

My drawing will take place on October 18th as I won't have computer access when everyone else is drawing.
Have a happy fall!