quilt monday

Can someone tell me how it's already Monday(night)? I don't know where the weekend went, it just flew by! And before I knew it, I was racing off to work, than after-school activities, grocery shopping and play dates *whew*!

I bought this jelly roll( Remembrance by Brannock & Patek for Moda) on a whim. I wasn't sure what I was going to do with it but I loved the prints and colors.

I took a quick look at the Moda Bake Shop and found this pattern; the Awesome lap quilt.

quilted with Folk Heart.

I love it! I love the fabrics, the pattern, the pieced binding! Now to finish off the binding so I can really enjoy it!

snack saturday

Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cake

1 pkg. (2-layer size) devil's food cake mix(I make mine from scratch)
1 pkg. (250 g) Brick Cream Cheese, softened
3/4 cup icing sugar
1/2 cup Smooth Peanut Butter
3 cups thawed Whipped Topping, divided
6 squares Semi-Sweet Chocolate

PREPARE cake batter and bake in 13x9-inch pan as directed on package; cool completely.

BEAT cream cheese and sugar in large bowl with mixer until well blended. Add peanut butter; mix well. Blend in 1 cup whipped topping; spread onto cake.

MELT chocolate as directed on package. Mix with remaining whipped topping; spread over cake. Refrigerate 1 hour.

card friday

wordless wednesday

short and sweet

Sometime's that's all you need.

birdie stitchery day

Yesterday we gathered at Kim's to stitch block #1 of Little Miss Shabby's Birdie Stitchery.

As always, fantastic food.


I probably should have taken a picture BEFORE we started eating lol.

We all got a great start on our blocks. Kim even finished her's.


Kim's is the redwork block; Kim assembled her quilt already so she can embroider through her batting.

Cindy's block is in the left corner. She's using Nest by Moda. Andrea is using Bliss by Moda and her block is in the top left. Mine is the one with the wooden frame. I ended up forgetting two of my floss colors so I couldn't continue with my block. Jill's block is on the far right. Jill is still waiting for her jelly roll to arrive. I decided to do all my embroidery without adding my squares to my blocks.

After we came home, I ran out to the wool shop and picked up a few more flosses that blend better with my jelly roll.


Now I can get this finished. Bring on block 2!!

quilt monday

I have a two for one for you today.


I made this table runner a few weeks ago with some of the remnants from my Bundle Up quiltie. I just love these fabrics!

I just cut a piece of fabric the size I wanted and added a border. The snowflakes are from an old Quilts and More magazine(I think Winter 2008?).


Don't you love the wavy quilt hanging above? lol
quilted with Winter White.

The second is from some more leftovers and is a little hostess gift for Kim. Kim is hosting our stitchery day today. I had planned on making her a Valentine's Day quiltie but the pattern didn't come in with the rest of my order :(


Sorry for the picture quality; I'm doing this post Sunday night. I should have taken a picture of this little one when it was still daytime.

Tomorrow I'll show how much progress I made with my Birdie blocks. Have a great Monday!

weekend sewing

It's been a great weekend here. The sun came out today(we've had weeks of rain. The sun is most welcome!) I've done lots of baking, lots of laundry and lots of sewing.

I got the quiltie I had mentioned yesterday finished last night.

I had seen this tutorial on Natalia's blog last January. I loved it. When I was at Quilts Canada last spring, I found the panel; I was so excited. And I'll admit that I had forgotten about the panel until I went digging through my quilt kit bin looking for something lol.

It went together really quick. The only trouble I had was getting the panel cut down. It wasn't cut square so I left it bigger than it was supposed to be. As a result, two corners of my pieced squares don't line up right. But I'm okay with that.


I didn't add the wording to the quilt. I prefer it without. Now to get this quilted before Valentine's Day!