Petal Pop...

 Petal Pop is one of Nancy Halverson's newest designs in her book Curiosities....

 The blocks in this quilt are 18 inches and have a lot of layered applique...

 Her fabrics are beautiful and I "sew" enjoyed working with them...

 This quilt is a twin, but would easily make into a queen size by adding 3 more blocks...

I chose this for the backing and really like it...on a side note, this is a very labor intensive project so just know you cannot crank this out overnight...

Sew Day...

 Today we had sew day...two of my sisters were there, my mom and my nieces and nephew...Rose worked on her pin wale corduroy  jacket...it is full lined and coming together beautifully...

 I am making Lori Holt's spool quilt, so I cut out the blocks while I decide how I want to do the borders...

 There are a lot of spool quilts out there right now...I have not got Camille Roskelley's spool quilt pattern yet, but I will cause I love it...but right now, I am making Lori's spool quilt and loving it...

 My mom brought her embroidered Hocus Pocus blocks to trim up, so I helped her with that.  This is a CrabApple Hill pattern and they suggest using freezer paper and give some tips on how to center your embroidery for a real professional result....love that tip!!!

 My sister, Carolyn worked on cutting out Swoon.  Swoon is one of my most favorite patterns right now...just love those big blocks and the impact...

I laid out all of my postage stamp star blocks...yes the blocks are all made!!!  I made it super duper scrappy and just used what I had on hand.  It has been really fun to put together.  It will have yet another scrappy element with a piano keys border...The pops of color just make my heart sing...

My niece, Kristi, sewed a pair of pillowcases...She tries to really avoid sewing if at all possible, so this was a really great thing and they looked great!!!

Scrappy Postage Stamp Star...

 Awhile back on Em's Scrapbag's blog, I saw this quilt made up and decided it would be a great way to use up my 1 1/2" squares....So about a year ago, I started sewing the postage stamps together...

 It is interesting how the center pulls out the color of the star points...

 You can find her tutorial here

 This is Lady, the last of the puppies.  All the puppies have homes now and we are dog sitting Lady until my son and his wife can pick her up in August...my how she has grown...

My Girlfriend's Attic...

 We are very fortunate to have My Girlfriend's Quilt Shoppe so close by...

 

Not only do they have a fabulous fabric store and fun classes and mystery quilts....

They also have My Girlfriend's Attic...a retreat center complete with just about everything you would ever need from a full service quilt shop to beautiful surroundings, friends and fun times.  If you are going to be in the area, you should maybe look into booking the attic for your fun getaway!!!

Spring Finger Puppets...

 I came across this darling pattern for little finger puppets...I thought this would be great for a Grandma bag when we need quiet moments with the little ones...

 The puppets are made of felt and have hand stitching...the pattern is entirely sewn by hand, but I opted to stitch around the puppets by machine for durability...

 The pattern also had little pink buttons for the cheeks and buttons for embellishments, but I opted to do mine out of felt to avoid choking hazards...

 This weekend, we went camping and I took this project for a craft that my girlfriends and I could work on while enjoying mother nature....

I finished up all my hand sewing at camping and brought them home and stitched around them and made the little cover...If you are a young mommy or a grandma and need something to keep little ones quiet for a few minutes, this pattern has been really fun.  You can find the pattern here