BEE HAPPY!

I bought a set of cardmaking supplies that make me

BEE very happy!

Stampin Up - Honey Bee Stamps and Dies

and the Designer Series Paper.

I can NEVER make "just one card"

and how boring is a plain envelope?

The die for the Honey Comb

is one of my favorites.

Check out the BEE hive turned into a flower pot!

A little bling of black sequins

spice up this BEE hive.

The BEE on this one is a double layer die cut.

Yellow over Black BEEs

A simple vertical design

I love the designer series papers for this set.

BEE hive and some flower stamps

Honey Comb die overlay and a cute die cut BEE

More honey combs and BEE designs

over the designer paper.

SEWCIAL DISTANCE SEWING - PLAID-ISH

I had just returned from Florida in April

 and Ohio was on a "safer at home" order.

Kim Hensley suggested, since we can't get

together and sew...let's "sewcial distance" and together
make a quilt!

I had seen this free pattern by Erica at Kitchen Table Quilting

called Plaid-ish....we both loved it and the fun began.

This picture is Erica's Plaid-ish quilt.

We setup a schedule and checked each other at the

end of the week for our goal.

It was "scrappy" and we BOTH have lots of scraps.

We needed 3 color values...

Medium...Low Volume...Dark

These are the Low Volume Blocks

Medium Value (or Brights) Blocks

Dark Value Blocks

The process went pretty fast...considering

there were 567 pieces and 37 Blocks

This is Kim's finished Plaid-ish Quilt.

Longarmer, Quilting by David

Kim used a solid Anna Marie Horner print for the back.

This is my Plaid-ish Quilt

I used fabrics from my stash for the back.



My Longarmer, Coleen Rains, quilted it with

a Celtic Sea design.

The Plaid-ish quilts finish at 64" x 82" of awesomeness!

If you would like the FREE pattern, click here!

It's a great stash buster and a 'genius' idea!

PS I am now on Erica's Pattern Tester List!

DRAGGING BAGS AROUND!

I have a lot of bags ready to sew.
My feet hurt from dragging them around
instead of sewing them.

I pulled the fabrics over a year ago.
I cut them out, cut and ironed on interfacing or batting.
Made drawstrings or matched zippers.

And yet..2 months later, they are NOT finished.
Maybe they will be my "Christmas in July" 
sewing projects! 

The Gnomes and Fa-la-la-la-lamas
are on the table!

G N O M E S
Perfect Pouch - Zipper Pouch

G N O M E S

Wide Open Zipper Pouch

L L A M A S

Jeni Baker's Draw String Pouch

L L A M A S

Jeni Baker's Drawstring Bag

L L A M A S

Jeni Baker's Drawstring Bag

L L A M A S

Wide Open Zippy Pouch

L L A M A S

Reversible Box Tote Bag

L A M B S

Wide Open Zipper Pouch

Mom's Embroidered Dresser Scarves

Zipper Pouch (for me)

Do you sew Christmas in July projects?

Start planning now!

OUR 2020 SENIOR

Our grandson, Daevaughn Chatman,

 is a Senior in the Class of 2020

That means many heartbreaking things...

Missing the prom, graduation ceremony.

The longest ‘Senior Skip Day’ ever.

For me, it meant a graduation quilt!

I have a ga-zillion precuts and I found some 

by Amy Ellis that read masculine.

I decided to use Charm Pack Cherry pattern.

 Its quick and easy using charm packs!

Not too much fabric to pack for my winter snowbird adventure 

The pattern is free over at the FQ Shop.  

Click here to get your copy!

I began working on the quilt, in the small condo we had rented. 

A padded TV table for my ironing surface and my Featherweight

I quilted it on my Bernina 740 with 

simple straight lines design - vertical and horizontal

Thrilled with the end result. 

The backing is made with a coordinating Layer Cake 

And a couple strips to make it large enough. 

I used the text sewing function on my Bernina 

to add the label info, directly on the front of the quilt. Thanks 

We don’t know when or if there will be a graduation party.

But regardless, ‘I got him covered’

NOW THIS IS A CHALLENGE

My biggest challenge is keeping up with my blog posts.

I save my pics to a draft post...then I get side tracked.

I hope you don't mind my flakieness!

February, 2020 attended Airing of The Quilts

Venice, Florida, sponsored by SWMGQ.

That day...it rained but I still enjoyed looking

at what we could see under the Gazebo.

I found their challenge quilts very interesting.

Each participant had yardage of one fabric.

A fabric that looked like an improv quilt!

It was very busy, some might say ugly,

but definitely had a modern spin to it. 

I jotted down the name of the fabric and found it

 on-line so I could provide some details.

I am sure there were guidelines or rules for

entering this challenge, but I don't have those.

What I do have are some photos of the

creativity these makers used with this fabric.

Sorry I don't have the makers names

or credit would be mentioned.

Look closely at the way they used the fabric,

the colors they added, the quilting.

It is amazing to see such creativity.  

Have you ever participated in a quilt challenge?

I enjoy them.  They make you think outside

the normal sewing box!