I'm Swapping...again!

I found another great swap! If you love pincushions there's still time to sign up for the Patchwork Pincushion Swap . It's open until March 7th (next Friday!) I personally LOVE pincushions so I just had to sign up. It have two blocks from a little quilt I made last year so I am sewing them together and adding some pollypellets, and WHALA! Done! Then it's just a matter of waiting for mine to come ...Oh I just love swaps. LOL!

I'm freezin' here!

I don't know if anyone has noticed this counter I added to my blog as soon as I started feeling like Winter was never going to end. But even if no one else noticed, I'll have you all know that I am REALLY counting down to Spring. Not for bunnies, not for chocolates...but I just know this cold weather will stop. It just has to, I can't take it much longer! ARGH! That's all I had to say...now back to my igloo... Can someone pass me the cheese??? Thanks!

Table Warmer, Done!

A few months ago Joanna came over with some of her projects for an impromptu show and tell and she had made two little Xmas quilt tops. One in the light and bright that she is so fond of ( you can see her completed mini here!), and one in darker muted shades that she knows I like. Needless to say, I was in love. A pieced top with loads of little blocks that would take me so long to piece I would never even start it. Well, I traded her two charm packs and got myself a pieced top, woo-hoo! I had it tucked away somewhere and today while looking for something else, I found it and I just couldn't put it down until I finished it. Isn't it the cutest little table warmer? I added the tan border and the gorgeous (Ok, so maybe it's just gorgeous to me...but I can say that, even if you don't "get" what's so gorgeous about it, right?) floral binding and backing from some REALLY old fabric I had been stashing away for something special...it read 2003 on the "label"/bottom of the fabric. I didn't even quilt back then, but I did collect fabric (just one of my many quirks, LOL!) and it was so perfect. Anyway, I just had to share my little treasure. It only measures 15.5" x 10.75". Now to find a special place for it....HMMM

Petals & Feathers I, Done!

One down, two to go! The applique pieces are flannels and wools and I even embellished with my favorite hand dyed buttons by Hillcreek Designs (Itsy-Bitsy, Shades of Scarlet) I like my berries dimensional, if you know what I mean... I was "posing" it all over the place and I can think of way too many places for it to go, so I'm shipping it off to a new home. It's just too cute to keep it all to myself. I'll just have to make a new one.
Once you get past the piecing, it just comes together in no time. Even the little embroidery was fast and easy.
I have kits available for this pattern on my website, I only have two left though so don't procrastinate!
Hope your weekend is full of Petals & Feathers, or other quilting pleasures... anything but shoveling snow! LOL!
PS. Maybe I should have used a lint remover before I took the pic, eh? oh, well....

I'm Working Here!

Yes, I did say I was "moving on" to the next project but I bet you thought I meant "later". Well, I'll have you know that I am on a piecing roll ...see that pieced border right there? "How'd ya' like them apples? " Pretty spiffy , if I should say so myself, LOL! But NO, I will not divulge how long it took me to make that little quilt because I am not your average quilter. I have special piecing disabilities. I shall call myself, "piecing impaired", LOL! I included the scissor in the picture so you could see the actual size of that baby....yes, it really is that small.... and I still wont say how many HOURS it took me to piece that border. But I shall continue on my piecing mission; one down, two to go; and yes, I WILL hang these by the weekend, even if I have to express mail them to Sandy in TX so she can finish piecing the freakin' borders, LOL!
Hope you're all having fun.... I'm sure trying! B=)

Posy, Done!

It's DONE! I finished the binding and I love it...the colors are true, although the pic is crappy. I think it's either the photographer or my glasses. Does this image look fuzzy? Can someone put me out of my misery and tell me. I need new glasses! UGH! Anyway, remember to ignore the wonky lines ladies...that is not a distortion of the pic...that's really the way they look, LOL! Hey, I never said I was good at piecing! Plus, you're not going to stand there and stare at it... it's going to have some "stuff" on it so it'll just give the table a little color and warmth. Can you appreciate the lovin'?

Now onto the next project...after homeschool that is... no rest for the weary!Hope everyone is having a fun President's Day! B=)

Pretty Posies

I'm teasing you! This is my Posy Quilt . My long time readers will remember it from WAY Back... in June, but those who know me will tell you that if there is piecing to be done, it is not going to come easy. My applique blocks were done in a weekend of bliss. The piecing? Not so much. More like a blur of moaning and groaning, and lots of cheese for the whine I had going. But I did in fact, finish it last night, and it is soooo cute! I'm not beating myself up about the wonky lines, the curvy stitches and the "not so in the ditch" machine quilting. I did my best and it will have to do. >>wink<<>
I skipped the sleeve as it would have been to easy to focus on the imperfections rather than the
finished "masterpiece" (LOL!) and I have decided it would be better suited as a warmer for the Homeschooling table. I'll share a pic as soon as I finish that last strip of binding, it's just getting dark and I wanted to take the picture to share today's accomplishment. Stay tuned for the great "reveal", LOL! B=)