Spring Green

You would never know that spring is just around the corner by looking out my window this morning. Snow is falling and it is supposed to keep falling until we have a foot (or more) on the ground. I have a feeling that the only green I will be seeing for quite awhile is the green fabric in this tumbler top that I just finished for Project Linus.

Twisted Happy Blocks

My grandmother's favorite color combination was red and black, so when I saw the stack of red and black fabrics at the Make a Blanket Day event last Saturday I thought it would be fun to put together a red and black quilt for Project Linus in her memory. I'm using the Twisted Happy Block block pattern from MaryQuilts.com. These blocks are fast and fun to make and I think the end result will be a great quilt for Project Linus!

Circles For Linus

We had a wonderful time at yesterday's Make a Blanket Day event for Project Linus. There was a table full of donated fabric squares in every color imaginable for us to play with, lots of good food and quilty friends. I wanted to try something a little different, so I appliqued some bright circles on a white background and added a scrappy border...very simple, but so much fun!

Project Linus Make A Blanket Day

Just a quick reminder that today is Project Linus Make a Blanket day. Why not sew a few scraps together and make a quilt for a child in need? Find all the necessary information and free patterns online at www.projectlinus.org.

Did You Work On Your UFO This Week?

It's been a good week for UFO progress here at Hanging On by a Needle and Thread! I finished two UFO tops and still managed to work on the UFO Thangle blocks! I have three blocks finished and the last three are ready to sew together. My goal is to have this top put together by next Friday.

Did you work on your UFO this week?

Project Linus Make A Blanket Day

This Saturday members of the Mountain Laurel Quilt Guild will be participating in National Make a Blanket Day for Project Linus. Several of us will be spending the day working together to make as many quilts as possible to donate to our local chapter of Project Linus. It's always a fun time sewing with my quilty friends, but it's even more fun when we are sewing for such a good cause!

If you can quilt, crochet, or knit - please consider making a quilt or blanket on Make a Blanket Day for a child who needs a little extra love.

Remembering June

Mother Nature didn't take the hint...she sent more snow instead of green grass and flowers! I guess I'll have to find bright colors inside for a while longer. These blocks were from the Ami Simms' workshop that I attended back in June. (Remember June? Warm weather, green grass, blue skies, sunshine...oh, how I miss June! *sigh*) I made the blocks in the workshop, but for some reason I never took the time to sew them together. All I had left to do was to sew the rows together and add a border. Now I have another UFO flimsy to add to my growing pile of tops that need to be quilted!

Another UFO Flimsy Finish

Do you think if I keep putting pastel colored quilt tops in the snow that Mother Nature will take the hint and send green grass and flowers? The blocks in this top were some that I made as examples for a kids quilting group that I was helping with a few years ago. I decided to use the leftover fabrics from the blocks to make a scrappy setting and voilà...another UFO flimsy finish!

Happy Valentine's Day!