bits and pieces

I started making another Swiss quilt.

Sorry about the nasty ironing board cover. Would you believe that isn't even a year old yet?

I also got distracted by a little something something.

Sometimes some mindless sewing is exactly what you need.

real life

I debated about writing this post since I usually keep 'real life' from my blog but it explains my sudden disappearance last week.

We got a phone call Monday afternoon that Boy2 had gotten into an accident on the highway. Jim and I took off fairly quickly out to the scene. We weren't prepared for what we saw when we got there.

Boy2 and his friend were hit by an impaired driver. 

At 3pm on a Monday afternoon.

God was watching over the 2 boys. For an accident like this(the car rolled twice off a major highway), we are beyond blessed that both boys are in as fair shape as they are.

They both have a long recovery ahead of them and we are hopefully that they will both make full recoveries. 

The fact that they are both here is a miracle in itself.

card friday

wordless wednesday

quilt monday

I scored a layer cake of Evergreen by BasicGrey and had way too much fun making up a bunch of door prizes and surprise gifties.

I ended up making 4 different table runners(you can see the first one here).

This is almost identical to the first runner I made except I did the stars in white(grunge) instead of red.

quilted with PaisleyMax

I love how fast this pattern goes together.

I love the simplicity of the white binding.

Next, this cutie from Simplify by Camille Roskelley.

And the leftovers went into a disappearing 9patch.

The 9patch was quilted with one of my favourites, Dragons Breath.

quilted with Paisley Max

I love how just changing a pattern can change the look of the fabrics.

Happy Monday!

card friday

Christmas

I didn't get around to sharing some of my favorite client quilts before Christmas so here you go.

I'm not a basket quilt fan but I love this one of Tillie's.

quilted with Dandelion

So pretty

Betty Ann's jelly roll star.

quilted with Swirl

I love how she did her colour layout

I love this Christmas quilt by Hamels

quilted with Dragon's Breath 

I love the details

And this lovely winter scene panel quilt

quilted with Flirtatious 

So pretty

This chevron by Velma

quilted with Swirl

The colours represent a beach scene; the yellow at the top is the sun, than the sky, the water than the sand.

Lastly, this amazingly fantastic quilt by Tara.

Tara took her boyfriend's 'snapchat' account and printed off the pictures and made this quilt.

This was Tara's first quilt; she learned by watching YouTube videos.

I stitched in the ditch between all the pictures and did a simple X in the corner stones. In the border, I did a 3 inch piano key.

So fun! 

wordless wednesday