MY HEART or NOT?

I needed a quilt for February to hang in my hallway.

I though maybe a heart quilt.

My friend Kim had made the Infinite Hearts quilt

and I kinda liked it.

She gave me lots of leftover strips from her quilt.

Then I pulled fabrics from my scraps and stash.

And the sewing began.

Lots of chain piecing...

making one side of the heart at a time.

This was all happening around Christmas

and Santa was watching over me!

He helped me pick the backing and binding.

Two hoarded prints from Amy Butler's LOVE fabric line.

And the hearts filled the design wall.

There were lots of HST left over from the blocks

and I will use them somewhere!

Stay Tuned...cause this take a turn I didn't expect.

And this quilt will hang somewhere I never dreamed!

KWILTY GIRLS WINTER RETREAT!

Where does the time fly.

I can't seem to keep up with what the heck I am doing.

I guess that's because my husband has a lot of health issues

and my focus has been on him...where it belongs.

SEW... A winter quilt retreat with my Kwilty Girls

was JUST what I needed. 

Tami and Kim up to some creative goodness.

Lucinda is a maniac behind her machine...and well everywhere!

Here are a few of her weekend finishes.

 

Patty has many irons in the fire!

She finished two baby quilts retreat weekend

for baby showers the following weekend.

And this cut little baby square with all the feels.

 Kathy is quite the juggler. 

She brought this for show n tell.

She had worked on it at Summer 2022 retreat

And she shared a top she finished with a herd of sheep!

This snowflake took most oh her weekend time.

It's amazing!

Kim is quilting this one for Kathy.

A hustle and bustle fabric line of fun!

Tami is always focused to get things done!

She made this entire top over the weekend!

I think I saw smoke over her machine!

Kim had quilted the Santa Hats.

It's Tami's pattern design.

I love these wonky geese sooooo much!

Monkey Business pattern by Abbey Lane quilts.

And this one...front view....was a Columbus Modern Quilters Challenge.

Back view is just incredible!

Kim was busy cutting and sewing HST!

for this beautiful heart quilt!

Kim also brought this HUGE log cabin to give us

demo - pool noodle basting technique

She will hand quilt this one with BIG stitches.

And now, what did I do?

THIS!

I was just sew happy to be away from home with

the girls that  I didn't care if I sewed a stitch!

Yes our wine bard was on the cutting table.

We live on the edge!

Sew I finished this one at home and brought for show n tell.

And started a table runner.

I made one Birch Tree Block

And sewed a few OSU Plaidish 2 Blocks

The weekend was just what my doctor ordered.

Time with girl friends,, lots of wine, good food 

cooked by use and

we even hired a massage therapist on site.

This kind of camaraderie is always the best medicine.

We can't wait til August...when we shall sew together again!

JUST A CARD..or few

I like to recycle the front of a pretty card

that I may receive from someone,

to make a new card.

Like this beautiful tree and bird.

I can always use a Thank You card.

I made this pretty sympathy card with scraps and a tiny dragonfly!

I had lots of back and white scraps

when a bit of mustard and a swarm of bees happened.

I like to stamp my own designer paper. 

These sunflowers were too fun!

How about some dragonflies to brighten your day?

Hey, I found some bee papers.

I also picked some flowers for these pretty vases,

Making cards is my second love.

Quilting is my first.

Paper On!

Kathy

SOMETHING WAS CHURNING!

Sometime churning isn't all that good.

OK I love a churn dash.

I had a really cool Churn Dash pattern named Churning 14

I love winning free fabric!

Shine On by Sharon Holland Designs by Art Gallery Fabrics.

One would think all is right with the quilting world?

I began sewing the blocks and I missed the entire BIG

mistake here.  I have made a ga-zillion Churn Dash Blocks

but this time I had the wrong fabric in the center.

My head was not in my sewing room!

Of course, I had to unsew all the mistakes.

and begin again.

Notice these teeny tiny 4" blocks!

In my 72 years of life experience

NOTHING 4" in size has ever been fun!

Medium and Large block

were easy enuf to finish quickly.

All  the blocks and on the design wall

 became a nightmare of sorts.

I couldn't get my head around the

STEER HEAD fabric!

Especially the mustard gold background.

I took those fabrics OUT

and moved things around

into manageable sections.

And sewed them all together.

OK now I like the look.

But I don't like the quilt top!

The fabrics were never my colors

or designs.

What does one do now!

DONATE THE TOP TO CHARITY!

The Perry County Sewcial Club

has a lot of charity efforts

and this top went to Megan McCord

to use as she sees fit.

I know it will go to someone who

will love and cherish it!

And NOW all is right with the quilting world!