today

I had the day off. And I was home alone(woo hoo)

My plans? I wanted to finish my book, do a bit of cleaning and than some playtime.
I had binding to be attached.



A stuffie to fix.


And some flying geese(gooses??lol) to my Mystery Quilt


I'll show you tomorrow what I accomplished.

wordless wednesday

play ball!

This is for Hamels Quilt Store.

The colors are so bright and vibrant. The kit finishes off with a snuggly flannel on the back.

Quilted with Bubbles

quilt monday

And it's finished.



I ditched each block than meandered/stippled in them. The two white filler blocks are my favorites. Had some fun with a ruler.



Even went crazy in one block and quilted in two hearts. First one was a tad on the flat side(I left it in anyway) but this one is almost perfect. One block I quilted wavy lines. It's not perfect but I love the look



The tshirts are all brand new so they are a crisp black, not the grey/black you see in the picture.

I quilted some straight lines into the borders/sashings. Now to get the binding finished and drag it off to the movies on Thursday!

such a great day

Today was the sewing/craft day at Cindy's church.

We all staked out our area's and away we went. Marcia was working on messenger bags for her daughters. She used Stampin Up's Big Shot to cut out the appliqué pieces.



Sarah had a few projects on the go. She was working on some Christmas stockings when I caught her ironing. See that little brown piece of fabric? That is her template so she knows how far to fold each piece.



Sarah also did some work on a bag for one of her kids and started cutting out another messenger bag. She even squeezed in some stamping and completed a few cards.



Cindy worked on some knitting that switched to making yo-yos for a cute craft we found in the winter issue of Quilts and More. You can see the little tree here. How cute is that?



I started working on my Mystery Quilt. I really really want to get this finished; I have way too many UFO's on the go.





Imagine my surprise when it was time to start packing up, I had only TWO more borders to add to the quilt top!!



It's narrower than I like so I'm thinking the last border I may increase the width of the last border. The side borders are on in this picture, I just didn't get a chance to iron them before it was time to pack up. The next border is a pieced flying geese border; it took me 3 hours to complete the 48 geese blocks and sew them into the border strips. Fingers crossed they actually fit lol!!

snack saturday

Bumbleberry Crumble

Ingredients
1-1/2 Cup rolled oats
1 Cup all-purpose flour
1/2 Cup oat bran
1 Cup demerara or dark brown sugar
1 Cup canola oil
2 Cup each raspberries, blueberries and blackberries

Preparation
Preheat oven to 350 F. In a large bowl, mix dry ingredients with a fork. Pour in oil and continue mixing until ingredients clump together.
Place berries in a shallow, oven-proof 8-cup dish, cover with crumble and bake 40 minutes, or until top is golden.

marathon

Today I am spending at a 12hour craft/sewing day Cindy's church is having.

I warmed up last night by completely two quilt tops. Today I have 4 project packed(2 UFOs, and 1 project I started cutting out and have no idea how far I got and even worse, where I stopped cutting and a bag I need to finish). Plus I threw in an embroidery project I've stalled on. And I am debating about adding a pattern that needs appliquéd; I could trace all my shapes out. Hmmmm, wonder if I have room. I wonder if I can lift this basket lol!



Hope you get some quilting/sewing/craft time this weekend too

so many quilts

That I have done and haven't shown yet. I hope I don't bore you too much showing them all.

This one is one of my favorites. I love this fabric line from Moda and Theresa's piecing is always perfection. All she asks for for quilting is a pattern with Daisies; the rest is up to us.



For this one, she had picked a beautiful yellow Minkee for the backing. I used a pink Lava thread and it just *popped* on the backing.



Quilted with Daisies and Loops