A little work in progress

I couldn't resist this free BOM A Tisket, A Tasket Twelve Months of Baskets, by Anne Sutton from Bunny Hill Designs here. I cut out the fabrics and fused them down and I'm almost ready to begin sewing. I purchased a charm pack of Gypsy Rose fabrics by Moda and I'm filling in with fabrics from my stash.

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Mr. Postman Delivered More Goodies

My Hawaiian postcard swap blocks (4" X 6") arrived today for my Hawaiian Postcard Quilt. Aren't they bright and cheerful prints and don't they remind you of Hawaii, so fresh and breezy??



I also received my PIF from Greg here a couple of days ago. Can you believe he made that adorable bag? There's a tutorial here from Rachel if you'd like to make one of these cute bags. He also sent the cute "Boy oh Boy" charm pack, needles and the essentials thread which I've been hankering for. I was so pleasantly surprised by his generous package.
You can check out the Essentials thread here at Connecting Threads.

Now doesn't that make you want to throw in the towel and join my PIF in the message below?? Change the rules and make it a two PIF give-a-way. Who said we have to follow rules anyway??

Pay it Forward - Give-a-way!!

Okay all you bloggers out there.. This is a GIVE-A-WAY that I will give to the first 3 bloggers who post me a comment. ( USA & Canadian bloggers for this one please) I hope I have some takers.. I was over visiting Greg's blog, here yes that's right a guy who quilts and the best part his wife quilts also. Can you see yourself sharing your love of quilting together with your hubby, sounds like fun. Imagine the little spats over the fabric and tools in your sewing room? Honey I need that fabric you bought for my project. LOL

Okay back to the PIF. The idea is I send you something and you in turn "Pay It Forward" to three people, where acts or deeds of kindness are done without expecting something in return, just passing it on, with hope that the recipient of the act of kindness will in turn pass it on. I'm not sure what my gifts will be, but hopefully I'll come up with something soon. This should be fun so I hope you'll participate. Your gifts can be home-made or purchased or maybe something from your stash, a tool you don't use or a pattern you don't think you'll ever use that someone else might like. Let's get creative and send it on.

Thanks for stopping by and have a Creative day!!

Special Delivery - Swap Received

My doll quilt arrived this week from Shawn. It's the cute little kitty in the window quilt. I love the background fabric with fairies and the way she made the pleated curtains, it's so creative. I hung it in my sewing room next to the doll quilt I received from Marianne awhile back and the little tulip quilt my sister made. These little mini's can become so addictive and I'm ready for the next swap.

Quilt Retreat -Get away

I went on a quilt retreat over the weekend with three good friends and I met two other quilters. I thoroughly enjoyed my time spent with friends, they always give me lots of encouragement on my projects. We have an experienced group and I commonly welcome the advice, new ideas and learn some new techniques. We fondled an abundance of fabric, sewed until we couldn't stay awake, chatted and told plenty of stories, laughed and ate some good food and saw a fair amount of beautiful quilts. Oh, and did I say we sewed in our Jammies? Thanks to Sherry our hostess for all the good food and wonderful hospitality.


This is a before photo of Kathi's landscape row robin quilt I worked on.



After I added several elements including the ribbon with beads, the colorful fiber yarn and the sea shells at the bottom.





This was dinner one evening, chicken salad with lots of veggies and fruit. Believe me we had plenty to eat including some "Good" Cookies which were crunchy with corn flakes in them. Yum





I sewed together a pieced back for my Star and Heart quilt. Here





Then I sewed together this baby quilt top from the Heather Ross fabric I won on Terri's blog here back in June. I fussy cut the adorable mermaids on the light blue background. I made the blocks up as I went and trust me it takes longer to finish a quilt without a pattern. Everyone had a part in moving the blocks around to make the perfect setting. In the end they were tweaked a little by me carrying them back and forth to my sewing machine and the iron, but I like the way it turned out. Now on to finish the borders and quilt it. Finished size 42" X 50".





Nicki finished her lovely Red, Black and White quilt top. I purchased these same block patterns a couple of years ago for a buck a block with fabric. Sadly it's still in my UFO pile.





Ellen sewed together this Beautiful Bargello table runner. See the puzzle quilt on the design board to the right. I failed to get a good photo. This is Cathy's charity raffle quilt.





Linda P's Beautiful Modern Version of a Wedding Ring Quilt.





Linda P's Beautiful Baltimore Album Rose block made by hand sewing.





Linda P's sweet "Children of the 30's". Click on the photo and Look at the detail. She took a class to make the quilt and she used colored pencils to shade the face, hair and the clothing. It's amazing.





You might think this is a Zig Zag quilt, but it's a fun and whimsical children's snake quilt not quite finished. You can find the pattern Here . This is Cathy's quilt.





Sherry our hostess had plenty of beautiful quilts on her beds. I usually make them and give them away.





Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful week.

Kim

Wanna see some Buns?

Did I get your curiosity up with that title?




They're just my sweet little doggie's buns. We went for a walk last evening and they started out together and were oh so happy to get out. Then before you know it they pull apart and I have them going in two different directions. Hey guys it doesn't work like that when you're on a leash, you have to cooperate with me here. Of course their main focus is on other doggie smells and they have to stop every few steps along the way.





Formerly "the little terror dog" Fred with his little feather tail. Thankfully he's growing out of the terrible two stages. It's about time, I thought he was going to chew everything in the house apart.





And remember my block of the month Moose Pass blocks here and here. I made a few more blocks, the star, the mountains and some moose tracks. I was suppose to make two stars, but I accidently cut the background fabric short. Oops! Now I'll have to dig through my stash to find a similar fabric. If I keep up my progress it won't be long and I'll have a quilt top.

Have a Creative Day!!

Doll Quilt Reveal

I participated in a Doll Quilt Swap and Wilma received the little doll quilt I made for her today. Yeah!! I can finally share it with you.



She put it on her adorable little doll bed, doesn't it look cute on that bed? If you can't resist the urge to buy the bed, you can find it here.


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