Happy Valentine's Day!

Wishing everyone a very happy Valentine's Day today!  (Original artwork provided by the lil' cowboy...with a little help from his mommy!)

Lots Of Crochet

It was cold here this weekend.  Not only was it cold, it was snowing and blowing too!  We haven't had a whole lot of snowy weather this winter, so it was the perfect weekend to sit by the fire and work on a cozy fleece blanket or eight!

You can find my crocheted edging patterns HERE and HERE.

Silent Sunday

Fleece Blankies

I found some great fleece remnants in a bin all marked 50% off the last time I was at Joann Fabrics and with a 20% off everything coupon it was just too good of a deal to pass up!  I'll cut the fleece into child size pieces, use my skip stitch blade to perforate the edges and then crochet a fancy edging around to make blankies for a local children's hospital.

You can find full instructions for these blankets at www.skipstitch.com/instructions.

Ready For Delivery!

In September, the Mountain Laurel Quilt Guild began making texture quilts to donate to local nursing homes for patients with dementia or those who are vision impaired.  Over the past few months we have sewn squares together, sandwiched and tied 15 quilts.  We began the binding process at our last charity quilting day and with a little a lot of help from my friends the quilts are now finished and ready for delivery!  Many thanks to all of the guild members who helped with this project!

Another Challenge

Back in October a few of my quilty friends and I got together and challenged each other to make a small art quilt with fabrics outside of our quilting comfort zone.  Even though we all grumbled our way through the project we also decided that it was quite a bit of fun and that we should try another challenge.  AND what a challenge it is!  We are to make a small quilt using Gail Garber's technique for free form flying geese.  If you aren't familiar with Gail's work click HERE and then you will see why I nearly passed out when I heard about our next challenge.  I am a simple girl who makes simple quilts and Gail's quilts are far from simple!  Yes, indeed...this is going to be a challenge! 

Silent Sunday

Grape Jelly

I am on a mission to use up some of my scraps and the first out of the box...purple!  I cut all of my purple scraps into 2 1/2" strips and made this jelly roll quilt top in hardly no time at all...
but that is only if you don't count the 15 years that it took to age some of the fabrics!

No Fabric Before Its Time

Paul Masson Winery would sell no wine before its time and I shall use no fabric before its time!  Can you see the date on this Moda marble?  Yes, it says 1997!  That makes this fabric 15 years old!  I think it has aged long enough!