Moose Pass Blocks

My New Years resolution this year was to sew a moose block every month so I could finish up this project I purchased back in 2002. Unfortunately other projects get in the way, yes beading, so I'm trying to play catch up. The large moose in the center is the block I made last night along with the checkerboard sashing. I was going to attempt another month, but decided against it. I pulled out the paper pieced tree patterns below and saw all those little pieces and chose to save it for tonight. So now you know where I'll be later if everything goes as planned.

Woo Hoo!!! I Won! I Won! Heather Ross Fabric

I went to the mail box last night and what did I find this adorable Heather Ross fabric from Terri.
Sew Mama Sew Blog here sponsored a handmade items giveway, so bloggers from all over the world participated and contributed wonderful handmade items, materials and supplies. All you had to do is go to each blog and post a comment. Fortunately I won this adorable Heather Ross fabric thanks to the generosity of Terri here. Check out Terri's blog.. She also sent the cute little floral pin. I have signed up for these giveaways before and didn't win a thing, so when I saw my name I thought it was another Kim until I read further. So it was a nice surprise, Thank you again Terri. I'll have to pay it forward next go around.

There's a whole lot of beading going on.

I've been beading my little fingers off this past week. Shhhh... Don't tell I strung this bracelet for my sister for her Birthday.. She's the best sister anyone could have so she deserves only the best. I found some good shopping opportunities, a big sale a few weeks back when I found these bronze and sort of opalescence teal, green and bronze beads the perfect mix. So much beady goodness, I couldn't resist and just in time to make them into this bracelet. I hope she likes it.





Closeup view of one of my favorite designs. I love these purple and blue two-tone crystals combination.





I made the top bracelet in this photo too large, sometimes things don't come out as planned. Oh well, looks like I'll have to keep this one for me. These two bracelets look the same color, but the bottom bracelet is made with some purple and blue crystals. (Close up photo above) I think they add a little more pizazz and sparkle, something I think my sister will like. Her Birthday is almost here so I shipped them off in the mail.

Memorial Day Weekend - Mostly Rainy

We went up to the Mountains and parked our RV in the pines for a long weekend. The landscape was so lush and green.



My two boys love the great outdoors. Trouble with a "T" on the right is a free spirit and kept running off, he doesn't understand there are coyotes in the hills. Mr. Murphy, his perfect big brother is on the left. Fortunately we didn't see any Wild Things while we were out, although our friend Greg spotted Elk in the early morning hours. We only saw the evidence of deer.



That's me and our friends daughter Savanah with dog Max heading back to camp after a walk.



Then we had Sunshine on a cloudy day.

April Showers bring May Flower Blocks...

COPY WRITE © Kim D.
The Sunflower and Rose patterns were designed by me and are not to be copied or used in any way without my permission. Thank you



These are some floral blocks I made in duplicate in May of 2001 to swap with another quilter. Unfortunately the person I was to swap with moved and decided not to make any blocks to swap. So these blocks were abandoned in the UFO pile for another project.




Eight years later and I recently pulled the blocks out and showed them to my friend Linda and told her my sad swap story. Linda offered to swap with me, so I was ecstatic. A few months later and to my surprise she hand appliqued the 3 blocks on the right and the block on the bottom left. Whoo Hoo... Did you read that "Hand Appliqued." As an added bonus (for the Embroidered "flower garden" letter block) she machine appliqued the beautiful bouquet in the cute little watering can. My flower garden is growing.. It couldn't be at a better time of year.

Happy Mothers Day!!!!

This is a bracelet I made for my "Dear Mother Inlaw" for Mother's Day.. I love the different colored glass crystal beads in the center. She said, she likes it and wore it to a wedding this past weekend. Yeah!!!



(from funmunch.com)

Making trees with thread

I practiced making trees last night using a variagated thread and a wash away stabilizer. Once I was done sewing I put the trees under the faucet and watched as the stabilizer turned into a gummy glue like substance as it was washed away. Then I celebrated as the trees came to life, not bad for my first attempt and I had fun experimenting with the thread. I can see thread cactus, flowers and maybe little animals in my future.



These are my finished trees and in the next few days I will add them to the landscape row robin quilt below.



Click on the photo to see a close up view of the trees. I will need to add a little more greenery to fill in above the barn and to the right. Next I will have to decide what other element or crazy quilting stitches to add. Any ideas are welcome??