A Bundle of Fabric... and the Next Thing You Know...

I just loved opening this little bundle of 

mixed fat quarters!

I was on a mission to 

make a baby quilt for 

my soon-to-arrive

grand daughter.

I had these photos

ready to go last week...

So I could share my progress...

The binding is on and it has now been gifted...

but the final photo is on my Instagram page.

I will have to share it next time!

                                      In the meantime, the kit for Eldon arrived.

                       This will be the Opportunity Raffle Quilt for my guild. The 

                             next step will be making kits for each of the

                                   blocks and handing them out to   

                                         wonderful helpers... who agreed to this even after 

                                         I warned them that those are 1 inch strips...

                                                          and there is Y seams! 

Starting the New Year Running

Happily I have recovered from that nasty cold/flu

thing that had been getting people!

I found my way back into my sewing room after

putting away holiday decorations...

which also led to cleaning out the garage!

I belong to the Bees Knees Quilting Bee...

and right at Christmas I got my last block 

returned to me for me project!

So, of course I was anxious to put the quilt top 

together!

Now it's my first finish for 2018!!!

And while I was at it...

this was another Bees Knees project from the year before.

It needed a whole extra row added... so I decided to 

get this one done too!

It was a quilt that I saw on Red Pepper Quilts

and used her pattern for my "group quilt".

I love seeing what she makes... it's always some

scrappy goodness! 

There is a funny story related to this project.

I had been working on around the holidays.

I was part of the Cake Mix Sew Along with Fat Quarter Shop.

(this is a great book by the way).

I got my paper tablet for my project and the fabrics...

and started in on my mission.

But much later I realized that 

they had never sent me the book...

and THEN I realized that

they sent me the wrong tablet of "cake mix" papers for the

project I was working on! 

These things happen!

So I quickly bought another Cake Mix tablet... and some batik 

fabrics and started over.

But with my deadline approaching...

I was getting nervous.

There were a couple more snafooz...

But all is well that ends well, right?! This was ready to go 

mid November.

Now I am back to making my original plan 

for the Cake Mix Book!

Have a good weekend!

Making Up for Lost Time/Goodbye 2017

This year wasn't a big blogging year for me

but I usually can be found on Instagram.

I have missed blogging here and will be making it

a priority this year!

I have a #@$%@ load of photos to share...

so if you have a few minutes grab a cup of coffee

and enjoy!

This quilt is one of my favorites for the year.

I was a part of the Stitched by Art Gallery Fabrics

This pattern was Filigree... and I put my own little spin on it.

I really love AGF fabrics. They have such a nice feel to them.

I made a couple of quilts for the Fat Quarter Shop Classics and Vintage

 series

quilt along.

This Jaccobs Ladder was a fun pattern... and it's a free one

too!

This is another of the FQS fun quilt along patterns!

I used my never ending supply of Pam Kitty Morning fabrics!

This is another free pattern by FQS.

I finally got to use me bicycle fabric

as a border!

This one was my least favorite. I liked all the fabrics individually

but I think that the beigey-pink fabric just washes it all out! 

I might re approach this one. 

I also went into a Lella Boutique binge...

the top one is Chandelier from the Charm School book

and the one below is Kith and Kin from

Lella Boutique using her fabrics!

This one was another Lella Boutique quilt.

Her patterns are so fun to make!

I was a part of the Table Runner book blog hop with

Sheri Falls. I made up a couple of 

cute table runners from the book!

It is a great book! This one above

 would be so cute in Valentine's Day fabrics too!

I asked a few friends to help me make this cute little 

Dachshund quilt as a gift for a sick friend. It was quilted and bound

for her by the time she returned home from the hospital. 

The sad part of the story is that her own Dachshund  

actually passed away before she got home. .. how heartbreaking is that?

I finally made a couple of little projects from Temecula Quilt Co.

in time for Independence Day decor!

I had these tops done (top and bottom photos) last

year but I got them quilted and bound this year!

I love them both so much! 

The quilt pictured above is Hyde Park and it's a sample

that I got to make for the FQS... using 

A Quilting Live fabrics! The kit is available now on the FQS

website. These blocks are.. I think... 16", so they make up 

fast... and large!

I made a Norway quilt from the Me and My Sister Christmas fabric line.

I know it's going to be amazing once my quilter gets done with it!

This was a fun little sewing project... inspired by

Thelma at Cupcakes n Daisies.

And I'm not sure which came first... but we both

worked on a Fallville

quilt using the Thimble Blossoms

pattern, Summerville.

Now I need a Spring and Christmas version of the pattern too!

This was a fun batik quilt... I used the 

Cake Mix Recipe Book #1 and the Cake Mix recipe sheets

 by Miss Rosie's Quilt Co. 

 The book includes several options like this one

  to make Fondant.

This is a little Christmas pillow... minus the pillow form

that I made... along with a couple other pillows and I even made a 

sling purse this year!

But my very most favorite is this quilt...

 Remember the AP&Q Sew Along... well, I never did it but

a couple years later...last summer there was a sew along... so I 

jumped in on it!

okay, and this one!

This was another sew along... by Sew Lux (if I remember right)

So, to sum it up... I had a busy year of quilt making, even if 

I wasn't good about blogging. 

I get a little overwhelmed with life and found that it was a little bit

hard to blog. My friend that was in the hospital... I helped out

with the business end of things

in her quilt shop

 for 5 months along with my 

full time job...

so you see what I mean. 

This year...

I hope to work on some projects

 that I keep 

putting off 

but mostly I 

will focus on sewing my stash!