Quilt Blocks & Cross Stitch to Share

Hello!  :)

Do you remember when I made this block . . .

It was for the month of March of the monthly quilt block swap I participate in at Mary Jane's Farm. I just realized that I never shared the blocks I received from my swap partners.

The first one was from Lorrie . . .

Isn't it gorgeous! I absolutely love it! She did a great job! Thanks Lorrie!  :)

The second block for March was from Barbara . . .

Kind of reminds me of mine.  ;)  Thanks Barbara! You did a wonderful job!  :)

Here's the block I made for my two partners for April . . .

A stair step block with an embroidery in the center. It's a free embroidery pattern I found online from Red Brolly. Here's a closer view of it . . . 

I fell in love with it the moment I first saw it! Isn't it adorable?!!!  :)

Here is the first block I received from Joan . . .

I've seen this Easter fabric before! It's sooooo cute! I love all the bright colors! It totally reminds me of Spring! Great job Joan! Thanks so much!  :)

The second block was made by Rebecca . . .

I love the bunny fabric! I've never seen it before. It's adorable! I also love the bright springy colors in this one as well! Thanks so much Rebecca! You did a wonderful job as usual!  :)

I'm hoping to sit down this weekend and work on my two blocks for May. The theme is flowers. I already know what I want to do for this one.  :)

Moving on to another subject . . . One of my favorite bloggers, Karen from Sew Much 2 Luv has been doing a lot of cross stitch lately. You can view some of her recent finishes here and here. They're fabulous!  :)

I've always loved cross stitch! There's nothing I like better than sitting down with an embroidery or cross stitch project and watching tv or a movie. It's so relaxing and rewarding!  :)  I haven't done any cross stitch for quite a while but always missed it. When I saw Karen working on all her projects she really got me wanting to get back into it too! (Bad, bad girl!)  ;)  Then she mentioned that she joined a cross stitch exchange over at Stitched With Love Exchanges. I had to check it out. Of course I loved the idea and signed up too! Now I've got my partner and I'm stitching her gift and gathering goodies to go with it. I won't be able to share any of it with you until after the exchange is completed sometime in June. For now I'll show you some of my favorite finishes from the past. The first three are Christmas ornaments . . .

I've always loved how they turned out!  :)  The next one is a sampler I did for my parents on their wedding anniversary . . .

I included the original date they got married and the date they reaffirmed their vows. I've always loved this piece! Of course it has a lot of pink and aqua so that doesn't hurt.  ;)

The last piece I'll share with you is a Paula Vaughan bouquet. I love her designs!  :)

This piece is unfinished. I just can't decide what I want to do with it. Any ideas?

The past couple of weeks I've been doing some cyber shopping for cross stitch patterns. I guess you can say it's something I've been doing for myself as part of the May for Me Celebration going on at Marcia's Crafty Sewing & Quilting blog.

I definitely deserve them, right???  ;)   They've been arriving this past week. I can't wait to get started on them and share them with you. Don't worry I'll still be quilting as well. I have too many WIP projects and new ones I want to start . . . lol!  ;)

By the way . . . I've decided to hold off on my combo 100th post and 400th follower giveaway until May 21st. I will include it as part of the Giveaway Day blog hop hosted by Sew Mama Sew.

Will you be joining me? I hope so!  :)

Until next time . . .

It's B-I-N-G-O Link Up Time!

Hello!  :)

Do you remember when I told you about the upcoming game of B-I-N-G-O I'm participating in here and here? Well it's time to link up your B-I-N-G-O card for the game. Here's my card with the list of items in each square . . .

 Here is my list of the items in my B-I-N-G-O rows:

B =  Squirrel - Bird - Elephant - Bumble Bee - Monster

 I =  Bear - Duck - Mouse - Banana - Apple

N =  Dog - Ladybug - FREE Space - Mushroom - Ant

G =  Cat - Bunny Rabbit - Football - Chick - Lizard

O =  Bird - Spool of Thread - Frog - Snake - Butterfly

There's still more time if you want to participate. Go here to read all the rules. Then go here for a tutorial of how to make your card. Then go to one of these blogs to link up your card before April 22nd . . .

Sharon at Vroomans Quilts

Tonya at Hillbilly Handiwork

Marcia at Marcia's Craft Sewing Quilting

Snoodles at Lily Pad Quilting

You must link a post with your card (& list) to be eligible to play May for Me Bingo. I hope you'll be playing along with me! It's sure to be lots of fun!  :)

Until next time . . .

Ready for B-I-N-G-O!

Hello!  :)

Hope you're having a good weekend! I am! I'm getting a lot of sewing done. Yea!  :)  Today I actually worked on 3 different projects I have going on. I'll share one of them with you now.

Do you remember that I said I'll be participating in the "May  for Me"? Part of the "May for Me" is a game of B-I-N-G-O.

The other day I gathered my fabrics together to make the card.

I managed to cut and sew the squares together on Thursday. Then I had to decide on how I wanted to do the lettering. I thought about embroidering it. Then I decided to just applique the letters. This is what I came up with.

I'm really happy with how it came out.  :)  I think the black polka dot really sets it off nicely. I added the colored blocks below the letters to set of the columns. I really think it adds a lot to it. What do you think?

Until next time . . .

I'm Going to Play B-I-N-G-O!

Hello!  :)

I've been seeing a lot of B-I-N-G-O cards around blogland lately. Have you? At first I just kept passing them over but then my curiosity got the better of me. I had to investigate and find out what was going on. What did I find out? Well . . . It all has to do with . . .

Marcia over at Marcia's Crafty Sewing & Quilting Blog is sponsoring a "May for Me Celebration". Basically it's all about taking time for yourself (May for Me!). You can go here to find out all the information. Her blogger friend, Tonya at Hillbilly Handiworks hosted it with her last year and will also be hosting it this year along with Vrooman's Quilts and Lily Pad Quilting. B-I-N-G-O is part of the May for Me.

You can go here to Hillbilly Handiworks to find out all the info on playing B-I-N-G-O. There you can find all the rules, prizes, a B-I-N-G-O card tutorial and even some FAQ's. After I found out what all this was all about of course I had to participate!  :)

Luck has it that I just received 112 "I-SPY" charm blocks last week as part of two swaps I participated in. Here they are with some of my favorites at the top . . .

Today I went through them and picked out the squares I want to use to make my B-I-N-G-O card.

Now all I have to do is cut them up and sew them all together then I'll be ready to play B-I-N-G-O along with the rest of you!  :)  So are you going to play with me?


Until next time . . .