OWL BE DARN!!!

OHappy mail from Fabricworm.  

11 FQs from Dear Stella's Woodwinked!

Like I need this!  LOL

I just couldn't resist the OWLS and woodland theme.

If you have seen my garden (here)

you know I love "almost" all things outdoors

Not a fan of deer who eat my garden...but they are cute on fabric!

Sew...I'm thinking of making "ME" a scrappy bag

and using the scraps in a baby kwilt!

Agree?

KWILTS FOR DECEMBER TWINS

TWINS, yup, more kwilts made with TWINS in mind.

The pattern is "Floating 8s" from

PreCut Quilts by Jane Vogel.

Loaded them BOTH on the long arm at one time.

 The backing was one large piece of gray flannel polka dot.

A back and forth line-changing directions in each block-

and meandering designs for the long arm kwilting.

Check out Santa's clothes hanging on the line.

 one binding in gray, one in teal blue

you can see the flannel polka dot backing here. 

ALL DONE!

These are in my Etsy store!

Linking up to Sew Cute Tuesday

Let's Bee Social

Check out all the fun projects from 2QTR. 

just click here. 

MY BUCKET LIST DESTINATION - The Biltmore Garden

The Biltmore Gardens in Asheville, North Carolina 

was on my Bucket List - you know I love gardens.   

 I just had to see the gardens "with the azaleas in full bloom"

End of April...spring in the garden!

A picture is worth a thousand words...

 

Hope you enjoyed the tour via my eyes!

A special thank you to my friend Mary Isabel

who journeyed with me to

celebrate my birthday and this magnificent garden!

GARDEN ON!

Kathy

SOMETHING IS CHURNING OVER HERE!

I am not one to get all excited about what is trending in blogland.  

But sometimes, as Debbie at A Quilters Table pointed out to me, 

"I might trend in spite of myself"

The Nested Churn Dash (NCD) blocks kept catching my eye! 

 Quilt Jane over at Want It, Need It, Quilt It is hosting this

Today I was in my sewing room playing with scraps

and MY "churning" began!

I found these TYPE prints and plus scrap bin pieces.

The first Churn finishes at 4" x 4" 

....really?

 

Second churn finishes at 8" x 8"
made it this far....keep going!

I'm felt a bit leery of HST and points 

but I just took my time...    

Third "Churn" finishes at 16" x 16"
Hey my points look pretty good!

Within a couple hours of cutting and sewing

while watching/listening to Robin Williams

 in "Good Morning, Vietnam"

 the churning stopped at 24" x 24"  

I really enjoyed making this block and
 feel good that I gave it a "trendy" try!

What is your favorite "traditional" block gone "modern"?


Linking up to ...
WIP Wednesday

Let's Be Social

Sew Cute Tuesday
Fabric Tuesday
Freemotion by the River Tuesday
Needle and Thread Thursday
Fabric Frenzy Friday
Linky Parties...links on my sidebar.

  

SUNDAY STASH

How about some HALLOWEEN fabrics!

6 FQ from Hoffmans  - Susie's Pumpkin Patch  

I commented in a giveaway contest...over at 

Insights from Sew Cal Gal's blog and won them!

If you don't know about SewCalGal  

head on over see all the fun stuff going on. 

i.e. reviews, challenges, giveaways, tutorials 

Halloween has already hit my sewing room.

I raided my stash to find two Moda Charm packs 

(Boo Crew and Monster Bash)

 and cut the black setting charms  (stash bustin' again). 

You probably recgonize its the Cherry Charm Pack pattern

 It's sew "yesterday"  (big sigh)

The top and back are done...once I kwilt it

you will see it again!

Linking up at Mollie Sparkles - Sunday Stash....

Handmade by Mary Emmens is the host today.  

What Halloween fabrics are you gonna use this year?