RWB PLAIDISH

Well the 4th of July has come and gone. 

I was working on the simple RWB Plaidish table topper.

Then in June my husband Phil

was diagnosed with Stage 5 Kidney Disease

and has entered Hospice Care. 

My world kinda fell to pieces.

Honestly I don’t know when I’ll finish this

Or anything, for that matter.

My heart just isn’t in it. 

I was supposed to teach this workshop today…

It will have to wait.

My beloved husband is and will always be…

My priority! 

There are 3 different blocks used for this topper.

For a Total of 9 blocks 

Here’s the backing…just sewed scraps and pieces.

And it’s ready for batting and sewing. 

This is how I feel about this 4th of July.

HAPPY EASTER!

Spring is supposed to be here, but

It’s OHIO! Easter can’t be fooled!

That being said …here’s my dining room 

decked out for both. 

The Color Dive quilt was made a few years ago.

I added a table runner and two pillows that I think

Work well with the rainbow colors!

I found these paper machine bunnies at an antique store..

They hopped right up on my table! 

SPRING INTO SPRING!

Ever get the urge to buy new throw pillows 

or perhaps a table runner? 

Yeah, me too!

Ever say to yourself....nahhh, I can make that!

I do have quite a stash and many

quilting books for inspiration.

This time I set my procrastination aside

and I'm sew happy I did!

LOL Charm Packs by Me & My Sister Designs

have been in my stash forever.

Think BIG is a wonderful book full of

great ideas and inspiration.

I landed on the pattern called Equalizer.

I had just enuf yardage in the white/gray speckle 

to use for background and pillow backings.

cut and sew

and watch it grow!

I used the leftover charms from the two packs

for the backing.

And before I knew it...SPRING Themed

pillows and table runner were finished.

I did some straight line quilting myself.

Take some closer peeks.

One of two pillows for chairs.

Zippers in the back side

covered with a flap!

The rainbow colors used in the small projects.

Worked well with my Rainbow "Color Dive" quilt

in the dining room.

HAPPY SPRING!

NEVER TOO EARLY FOR CHRISMAS TREES!

I luv me some wonky trees.

A Crazy Christmas Tree pattern was gifted

to me by a friend. I borrowed the Creative Grids

Spider Web Ruler from another friend

sew I could make this fun project.

During the summer I was busy working

on my trees for an upcoming guild presentation.

My Lets' Get Wonky presentation is sew fun.

I show traditional blocks and then how I

WoNKY them up!

The table runner was quick and easy to make.

I did some simple straight line quilting.

And love how it turned out.

A ‘PERKY’ TABLE RUNNER

Sometimes being a pattern tester has ‘perks’ 

besides getting great patterns. 

For instance, fabric!

Corinne Wells of Frannie B Quilt Company

Designed a new line called ‘Elegance’. 

She reached out to her testers and asked if we could turn around 

a quick project using her new fabric line. 

I committed  to make a table runner and really 

loved the mustard colors in this line. 

Corrine sent me these fat quarters. 

I looked thru my patterns, quilt books, Pinterest for inspiration.

Found this pattern by Nancy Zieman.

The heartbeat idea didn’t do anything for me..

but I could figure a design that would be my style. 

We could only use solids or blenders to keep

her fabric line the star.   

I pulled these together.

A GRUNGE became my blender

And the cutting began 

I changed the pattern design to my liking. 

Making one continuous strip across vs the heart beat chart look!

A Denyse Schmidt stash fabric became the backing.  

I liked the was it was coming together. 

QUICKLY!

QAYG (quilt as you go) never disappoints me.

It’s just lovely!

The gold/mustard GRUNGE was perfect 

for the binding. 

This will look great this fall on my dining room table.

Now the hunt is on for the green and mustard pumpkins. 

ELEGANCE FABRIC

As a pattern tester we sometime get nice little perks.

This is the newest fabric line, ELEGANCE,  designed by Corrine Wells of

Frannie B Quilt Company. 

She reached out to her pattern testers to ask if we could make a project.

Turnaround time was to be quick, what would we make and

she would send us the fabric to us. 

I said sure…how about a table runner and I love those mustard colors! 

These are the FQs  she sent me. 

We could add from our stash but she preferred solids

And try to keep her fabric the star.

I pulled these and she approved. 

Now to figure out a pattern. 

While I work on my project…here are some patterns 

Her testing team have tested over the last few months. 

Your can find them here

The Elegance line of fabric will be shipping

soon to quilt shops.   

Stay tuned…my project will be finished soon!