I'm Tickled...

Jodi over at Pleasant Home does a weeekly feature of items she has found on the world wide web. Usually she chooses a color or scheme and the pictures correspond to the theme. This week her theme/scheme is 7-Up in which she used green and yellow and she featured my green and yellow retro quilt. I made the quilt about a year ago using Joel Dewberry's Deer Valley in the Tarragon colorstory and a pattern which made good use of the large graphic prints in this line. Most people aren't too crazy about the quilt, but I love it.

Scrappy Pincushion Swap

Last month I signed up for the Scrappy Pincushion Swap on Flickr. After checking out my partner's favorites and looking through her Flickr pages I narrowed my decision down to two different designs. So what better than to combine them and make one design out of the two. One side is made using this tutorial and the other is made out of a grid of one inch squares or postage stamp blocks. The zigzags were easy to make and even easier to attach following the tutorial. The yellow and gray prints are Andrea Victoria by My Minds Eye. I love these prints! The black and white is part of the Kiwi line from Timeless Treasures. The white and tan solids are both scraps linen I had leftover from other projects. Now I'm off to work on October blocks for the Vintage Sheet Quilting bee and I need to start getting my act together as far as decisions for the Savvy Seasons Swap due later this month.

September's Vintage Sheet Bee Block

I am so far behind! I finished September's Vintage Sheet Bee blocks today. Colima chose a flower block for which she sent us yellow and white squares for the corners. We could then add any colors from our stash. Being so far behind schedule, I was able to see a few of the completed blocks and even though I have a pretty good stash of vintage sheets I didn't have enough fabric in the pattern I wanted use, so I opted to use one pattern/color for the entire block. I also cut the scraps into smaller squares and made a 5 inch block. I'm not sure if she can use it but she had requested us to start with either 5 1/2 or 6 1/2 inch blocks which indicates to me that she is planning to have some smaller blocks in her quilt. The block made from scraps measures 5 inches. I hope she likes them!

Back with a Vengence!

So after a long busy month I'm back! Sorry for the absence but between keeping a sick grandson and a long trip to San Diego, California there hasn't been much time for blogging. I have tons of pictures of San Diego and projects. I hope to find time in the next day or so to post some. Right now though I need to get busy and finish my pincushion for the Scappy Pincushion swap on Flickr. It has to go in the mail by tomorrow as well as my Septembers block for the Vintage Sheet bee. I also have all the blocks from my month to photograph and post as well! Then there's the beautiful items I received from the Urban Home Goods 2 swap. And then and then and then.... so much to do, so little time!

Another GO! Giveaway!

Head over to Sweet P Quilts and sign-up to win an Accu Quilt GO!. I would love to win one of these so I could cut up all those scraps lickety split and just start sewing away!

While your there be sure to check out Pauline's wonderful tutorial on using the GO! strip cutter.

Daisy Doodle Giveaway!

I really need to win this one! If I don't, I may be forced to stray from my fabric diet! Cindy over at Rose Room Quilts is having a giveaway to celebrate the opening of her new Etsy shop! It is open now and until Friday, August 27th. She is giving away a fat quarter bundle of Daisy Doodle fabrics by Michael Miller! I heart Michael Miller's fabrics! My mind is swimming with all the possibilities, a non pink quilt for a new baby girl, a cute quilt for a teenager or just a quilt for ME using this design by Elizabeth Hartman of Oh, Fransson! fame! Sashed in black or gray or maybe a pretty turquoise would be beautiful!

Accuquilt Go! Giveaway

Jackie over at Canton Village Quilt Works is giving away an Accu Quilt Go! Cutter this weekend! Head on over and enter for a chance to win one of these great tools!