Cowboy Stash

I'm afraid that I went a little crazy with the fabric shopping when I first found out that a little cowboy was going to be joining our family. On top of that, a lot of my friends gave me cowboy fabrics from their own stashes. (Aren't quilty friends the best?) Needless to say, I have a lot of cowboy fabric in my stash now. After convincing myself that making a quilt from all stash fabric was pretty much the same as working on an UFO I put this cowboy quick strippie together. Now I'll say the same thing that I said after my last post...I just have to piece a backing and get it quilted, so it doesn't become another UFO!

Quick Strippie

I have been trying to finish my UFO's before starting any new projects, but I really needed something bright and cheery to work on while my computer was in the shop. I convinced myself that using my stash fabrics was pretty much the same as working on a UFO, so I dug these fabrics out of the closet and stitched this quilt top together. I used Mary's Quick Strippie pattern and it went together in no time at all and really made a pretty quilt top. Now I just have to piece a backing and get it quilted, so it doesn't become another UFO!

Quilted Artwork

I finally finished the wall hanging that I made from Miss One's artwork. I hand quilted it by following the swirl pattern in the border print and even though it doesn't show very well in the photo...I didn't have any trouble going back to stitching small even stitches.

Back In Blogland!

Why is it, when something is obviously broken, when you take it to the shop for repairs that the repairman can find nothing wrong with it? Did my computer magically fix itself on the way to the repair shop? Did it just need a vacation at a luxury computer spa for a week? Was it a sign from above that I needed to get my bum out of the computer chair and clean my house? We may never know, but my computer is back home, hooked up and working fine...I just hope it lasts!

My Computer Is Sick

Apparently Norton doesn't block everything and my computer has come down with some kind of bug. I'm afraid that it needs more than a home remedy, so it's going to the computer hospital for a couple of days. I'll miss you all terribly, but maybe I'll get some extra stitching done because I won't be spending all of my free time on the computer!

Maybe Someday...

This video clip is of a beautiful Dear Jane quilt that won Best in Show at the 2008 Bear Creek Quilt Show in Fort Worth, TX. Maybe someday I'll have a completed Dear Jane quilt hanging in a show, but I doubt it will be any day soon, so for now I'll just drool over the ones that others have completed.

California Cow

I've been tagged by Melanie at Jellybeanangel. The rules are to open the 6th picture folder on your computer, open the 6th photo and blog about it. Then tag 6 more people to do the same.

The 6th file in My Pictures is the file that I keep the photos that my son and daughter-in-law have sent to me over the past few years. My son's first duty station was at Camp Pendleton in San Diego, California. While there he and his wife went to Disney, San Diego Zoo, Universal Studios and all of the other popular tourist spots. This California cow was at one of those places and sent to me for a giggle. Wouldn't the fabric on those boxers look wonderful in a quilt?

Now to keep the fun going, I'll tag...

Anya at Hills Creek Quilter

Shelly at ...a needle pulling thread

Quiltdivajulie at Me & My Quilts

Cheri at Jovaliquilts

Jean at Jean's Page

Kathy at Creative Urges

Forest Paths

This is another alternate block from the Dear Jane software, Forest Paths. I really like this block and how it turned out, BUT there is something that I hadn't noticed with the alternate blocks...a lot of them have more than two fabrics in them. Most of the Dear Jane blocks contain only a light and a dark fabric, so I think some of the alternate blocks that I have made aren't going to make the final cut for "the quilt". Yikes...maybe I'm going to end up having to make two quilts!

Prairie Stitches

Over the weekend I finished the wall hanging that I made from the block that Miss Two made for me for Christmas. I tried to make my quilt stitches big and wonky to keep with the primitive feel of the wall hanging, but that was harder than I thought it would be! Back when I first started hand quilting I didn't have any trouble making big prairie stitches, but after a few years of practicing to get small even stitches it was really hard to go back to making the big uneven ones. I sure hope I don't have any trouble going back to making the small even stitches on Miss One's wall hanging!