wordless wednesday

and just because

I don't have enough to do, I started on these two quilts. I got all the button-holing done on the birdies. They are supposed to have feet but I thought they looked more like vampire teeth so I left them off lol.



The flowers are supposed to be raw-edge appliqued but I haven't had good luck with that lately. It doesn't seem to matter if I used Heat N Bond or Steam a Seam for applique, my fabric threads. It is really driving me nuts having to go over a quilt after giving it a haircut. I know with raw-edge, the fray is more obvious(at least to me) so I will probably just go ahead and button-hole them. Clear as mud? lol!

baby cards

Along with baby quilts are probably my favorite cards to make. And I love this stamp from Stampin Up. The light wasn't good in this picture(what else is new lol), but the ink matches the green strip/dot in the papers

Happy Tuesday!

almost finished

With my quilty something for Kimberly. If you haven't seen her blog, Brown Bag Studios, check it out. She does fabulous gifties. And she has another sideline, Java Jackets

I got all the applique finished today. I still haven't decided on a border yet so I hope to get that figured out tonight and get this quilted this week.

This pineapple is probably my favoritest part of the entire quilty.

quilt monday

Well my wish came true last night and we woke up to some snow this morning. All the neighboring cities around us got dumped on with snow over the weekend. And the weather reports teased us Friday and Saturday with a snowfall warning and we got nothing. I LOVE snow. Maybe it's because we don't get it as often or as much as other places but I love it



I also discovered what the strange noise was I kept hearing last night. Looks like the kitten(who's not so much a kitten anymore at roughly 5.5months lol) got a little crazy last night and attacked the border in the kitchen. Guess this means that I'm not keeping the border when I repaint next month lol



And because it is supposed to be getting spring like outside, here's a springy quilt for you today. Happy Monday!

saturday sewing report

Jim left this morning for Washington DC. My plan for the day was to sew all day long. Funny how plans can change! I was even up early for me on a Saturday(8:45am!!)and I had honest intentions of attacking my pile of want to do projects but I got the urge to do some spring cleaning.

4 hours later, I had beds stripped down and sheets washed(including mattress pads!) 3 closets emptied and re-organized(with 4 garbage bags of clothes off to the local Sally Ann). Also made a yummy dinner and some very tasty(if I do say so myself) peanut butter muffins

As a result, instead of completing my first weekend project in the few hours the magazine promised, it took me more like 6 lol!! I LOVE the Quilts and More quilting magazine. This quilt is from their spring 2009 issue. It's the big block log cabin quilt. And I'm happy to tell you it is made entirely from my stash. It used up a very minimal amount so I made a fun pieced binding to go with it(sorry the picture is blurry but I'm going to be lazy and refuse to go take another one lol)



Sadly, that's all I'm going to accomplish today. I had another quick project I was already to get started on when I discovered that the applique pieces need to be enlarged 200%. At least I caught that before I started tracing and cutting them all out!

And don't forget to change your clocks ahead tonight! And that means I should probably go to bed a little early tonight, tomorrow is going to come too early!

snack saturday

Layered Nana-Nutter Treats


1 pkg. (4-serving size) Chocolate Instant Pudding
2 cups cold milk
1/2 cup Smooth Peanut Butter
1 banana, chopped
1/2 cup peanuts


BEAT pudding mix and milk with whisk 2 min. Add peanut butter; mix well.

SPOON into 6 parfait glasses alternately with bananas and nuts.

REFRIGERATE 1 hour.

gifties

My mom and I spent the day together today. We don't do that as often as we used too so today was a special treat.

She surprised me with this lovely bouquet of spring flowers. They smell so good.

And when I got home, Cindy surprised me with these fantastic wooden pineapples. I have completely fallen in love with pineapples and these are lovely. A great ending to a wonderful day