Friday Night Sew In

Last night I participated in the Friday night sew in for the first time. It was fun to know that gals were sewing around the globe and getting stuff done. They have a group project each month that you can do or you can work on your own stuff. This month I decided I would try to make some progress on some of my many projects I have cluttering my sewing desk.

I have been working on alphabet blocks for my youngest for awhile now. Last night I was able to make some progress. I will be sol glad when I can have these completed. I think Emme will really enjoy them. The ones ?I have already finished she is carrying around with her. If you would like to get the instructions for these great letter blocks you can head over the Moda Bake Shop. They way they made theirs is quite different than mine. I cut out my letters and fussed them onto the charm squares. Then I did a blanket stitch around them to make them wear better.

Last week I posted about all my tumbler blocks that my friend cut out for me. I started putting them together last night. I think this quilt will bring hours of I Spy fun to my girls. I will continue to post pics of this one as I progress on it.
I also worked on putting some antique blocks together as well. I will post pics of that small quilt when I have it completed.
I think this first experience with the Friday Night Sew In was a Success. I am sure I will join in the fun again next month. I hope so of you will join me.

What I have been doing

March was a busy month. We got a lot done this past month. We started finishing up a lot of our UFO (Unfinished Fabric Objects)  projects. My mom and I make a great team. One of us will sew and the other will press and cut. We can get a lot of work done in a little time. I also have had a friend loading quilts for me in my long arm. I have been able to get a lot more quilts done having the extra help. Most of the quilts we have been loading are ones for customers. The quilts mom and I have been finishing are piling up. I will post pictures of them once they have their binding on them.

Here is my March $5 quilt block. Pretty in pink don't you think? 

              Do you remember the I spy Swap I took part in back in February? When I got my blocks back I decided to have a friend use her accu cut and cut out tumbler blocks for me.

Here they are. I really like the fabrics everyone used. I can't wait to put them altogether along with some other  fun kid print tumblers I have. I think this will make a great quilt for the car. 

I have had a lot of fun reading other peoples blogs and finding some great patterns. I recently came across a pattern for a cute little bag that is a girls face. The mouth on the girl is where the zipper is. I made one of these for my brothers exchange student. It came out so cute. 

Doesn't she look cute. I think she looks very innocent here.

Wouldn't it be great whenever we opened our mouth money came out. If you would like to make one of these great little coin purses you can find the tutorial on Lia's Space. She has some real fun tutorials. 

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February catch up

I can't believe I haven't blogged in a couple weeks. I am going to catch up on it all hopefully in one. Here goes.

My blocks came in for the No Sew swap I did with Kathleen over on her blog. I even got a little bonus Kleenex holder to go with these great blocks. I hope to get them sewn up soon. 

This is my little quilt I made for the Sweetheart Rock Swap hosted by Pat Sloan on her blog. This was a blast. I made a new sewing friend Patty in California. She has a neat blog with a lot of her great quilts posted on it. She made me the sweetest heart quilt with redwork on it. I also got a great box filled with all kinds of homemade goodies.

She is truly a Patchwork Princess!!! 

Here is my February $5 quilt block from my local shop. I really love how this quilt is coming along. I think it is going to be gorgeous. I need to buy my finishing kit but I just can't decide which fabrics I like the most. 

ILY Quilt (I Love You)

My mom and I made a very special quilt recently. My cousins teenage daughter was severely injured in a car accident the day before Thanksgiving. She suffered some severe head trauma. A lot of her family and friends did different things to reach our to them and show their support. What does a quilter do? She makes a quilt. We used the tossed nine patch pattern from Eleanor Burns to make this quilt.

This picture does not do this quilt justice. It looks like a brand new piece of candy. All bright and fresh. I used one charm pack along with two other small cuts of fabric.

I free motion quilted this quilt but wrote ILY all over it as well. I really like how it came out.

I used my leftover blocks on the back. I really like this look and how it ties it together. This is one of the few quilts I have made that the front and the back of the quilt match. You can kind of see in this photo th binding. It is a cute heart print my friend Joanna gave me that when I put it on the hearts are in a straight row all the way around the quilt.

Here is a picture of the label. I printed this one off on my printer this time instead of hand writing it. There was a lot to write and I wanted it to look real nice.

Letter Challenge!

I was reading thru some of my favorite blogs yesterday. I came across Block Lotto. This is a virtual block of the month. This year they are doing some non traditional piecing methods. They call it liberated piecing. For February they are free piecing words of affection. I thought this was a great variation to paper piecing letters or doing standard piecing. I thought I should give it a try.  Instead of making a word a love I made a name of someone I love. You can find instructions for the wacky type of piecing on Tanya's blog.

I am going to now send this to Celine and challenge her to make something out of it and send me a pic so I can post it. She has not been able to sew much since she went back home to Switzerland so this should give her the boost she needs.

If you try this type of piecing please send me a pic so I can see your spin on this.

I spy swap

I recently signed up for an I spy swap over on the obsessively stitching blog. I have considered making a quilt like this for quite some time. I thought this would be a fun way to make one and some interesting fabrics from other peoples stashes. Ladies from 13 different states as well as Germany and Greece have signed up for the fun. I mailed my squares off last week.

 I can't wait to see what I get back.