Nothing like a Show Ribbon to make your quilting day!

I joined a guild this year and decided to enter a few of my quilts in the show! would you believe that I ribboned for both of them? I came in 4th in the large pieced catagory, and the quilt is my own design and my small pieced quilt came in second :) What a wonderful surprise!

You would think that I would have been inspired to finish more quilts by these ribbons, but I haven't made much progress on anything so far this Spring! I think the never-ending cold weather has me still in hibernate mode! lol Maybe some warmer temps will unthaw my quilting mojo ;)

Yes it's ANOTHER giveaway!

This time it's over at Jaybird Quilts, and it's some lovely FQ bundles and a pattern!! Better be quick about it though...the contest ends on Thursday night!! Go HERE to enter! Quick, Quick!

Giveaway and mug rug contest!

Those fabulous ladies at This n That fabrics are at it again! They are hosting a Mug Rug contest AND a jelly roll giveaway!! Follow the Mug rug link for the contest and go HERE for the giveaway!! Be quick about it though, the jelly roll drawing ends on the 30!!

Finally a Finish!

I finally have a finish off of my UFO list!!! hoooray!!! It's my queen-sized Americana Stars that I've been wanting to finish for awhile now. It's going into my guild's quilt show next weekend so I will have some more pictures of the quilt and the show to follow :)

Birthday quilt!

Here's my latest finish! It's a red and white birthday quilt for my middle niece, Karen! At Christmas she was hinting strongly that she would love a quilt...so Auntie Robin made it happen! I will not be giving it to her in person, as she lives several states away in NH, so when I get a pic of her with the quilt I'll post that as well.

Boy, it's nice to finish something bigger than a breadbox for a change LOL I really need to get moving on my UFO Challenge list though! I think my recent visit with my 2 quilt-crazy BFFs, Michelle and Peg, has given me some extra momentum so I intend to put it to good use!!

First Finish of 2011!

 

And it's an OH SO APPROPRIATE Snowman! LOL We received a little snow over the last day, but not nearly as much as was forecast! They keep telling us that there's more headed our way next week...man...I better get my snow boots ready! LOL

P.S. this little snowman has been working OVERTIME since I put him up...we're expecting ANOTHER large snowstorm this week...that will be approximately 1 sizable storm a week since Christmas!! Man..I better put up another mini and pack my snowmen away...I think I jinxed us! LOL

The Wool Crazy Pincushion Craze!

  Some of us have jumped on the Wool Crazy Pincushion bandwagon :) I'm participating in a wool pincushion round robin with the BPF retreat gals and here is my crazy base with my even crazier "scary-creepy" halloween theme! I think I"m going to love doing these and think there are more wool crazy projects in my future!!! Can't wait to see what develops with this pincushion!

Happy New Years!

2011 is almost upon us!! Are you ready??? I would like to think I am, but I might just be kidding myself! LOL I did make my annual inventory list and have my  UFO list for the Backporch Friends UFO challenge, so I should have more fodder for my blog within a few weeks.

Do you have any New Years resolutions? I do make them, and frequently break them too! LOL One of my biggest resolutions is to keep up better with the blogging and finish more projects in 2011. Diet and exercise always seems to end up on my resolutions list as well!

I'm spending the last afternoon of 2010 in my sewing room, working on the string blocks for Bonnie Hunter's latest mystery quilt, Roll Roll Cotton Boll and watching cheesy zombie flicks on the Chiller Channel! Oh and I did put up the glitzy disco ball blog wallpaper in honor of ushering in the new year!

Wishing you and your families a very Happy and Healthy New Year for 2011! And I hope we finish all our UFOs in this coming year!!

Here I am!!

Yes, here I am :) And when I looked at the date for my previous post, I was a moment of true embarrassment! LOL I think those months have been lost in time somewhere..if you see them let me know as I'm still looking for them! LOL




Ok..enough of my poor excuses for not blogging...here is a short update on some of my most recent projects. I attended a recent baby shower and finished off the Playful baby quilt for the mom-to-be! It came out super cute!






 I also used a freebie pattern found here from Pat Sloan to make several of these flannel snowflake pillows! They use a standard bed pillow as the insert and are WONDERFUL for the sofa! I think I will have to make several different covers for this as I don't think Bill will give it up once the holidays are over! LOL

We are all decorated for the holidays over here and I am currently working on Bonnie Hunter's latest mystery quilt, Roll Roll Cotton Boll! I will post more about that later this weekend..honest I will :)

Barb's blog giveaway!!

Hey Everyone! Did you think I"d fallen off the face of the earth? LOL No, I've just been having some issues with my slowly-dying laptop! That's been resolved though...by buying a nice NEW laptop!! woohoo! So I will be able to surf, blog hop and post at lightening-speed now!

My friend Barb is celebrating her 100th blog post with a giveaway, so go check her out! She does wonderful things with beads and fabric...she is my beading hero! LOL

Click here for her blog!

Since THIS post is my own 100th, I will be having a giveaway soon to celebrate as well! So check back within the week for my own giveaway!!

Buttermilk Basin giveaway!!

Quickly, get over to Buttermilk Basin's blog and enter to win some FREE PATTERNS!! woohoo! I just love her stuff, as you can probably tell from some of my own blog entries!!

Some Mid-Week Minis!

Here's a few more of my minis that I finished recently. 

 

This one is from the Jo Morton Little Women Club 8, which took place last year. I'm also doing club 9, although at this time "doing" consists of fondling the JM fat quarters and looking at the other ladies finished projects in the email newsletter LOL. Hey, I can live vicariously through my fellow quilters, can't I? 

 And this little quilt is from a series offered by Farmhouse Woolens, one of my favorite shops!  

2010 is turning out to be the "Summer of the Mini" for me! Wonder what this next season will bring...I predict a wooly Fall ! Well we still have many weeks to go til then, so only time will tell :)

Lil' Taste of Summer

Here's a few pics of the my garden in front of our townhouse..ahhhh...I just love Summer!!

I love the macro setting on my camera..makes me look like I actually know what I'm doing! LOL 

Summer is so short..enjoy it's beauty while you can!!

A Woolie Ol' Glory

I just love Buttermilk Basin patterns! I purchased this little wall quilt kit from Karen Perry of Farmhouse Woolens and it worked up super quick! And came out just so cute! I cheated..I didn't even quilt it, just tied a few buttons on..so shhhh don't tell the "quilt police" :)

It's another scorcher of a day out there again today..hmmmm...I guess I won't feel so guilty if I stay in and sew some more then! LOL

A Bitty Finish

Yes folks, don't fall off your seats, but I finished MORE THAN ONE PROJECT TODAY!! woohoo for summer staycations! LOL

These little framed woolies are from the pattern Itty Bitty Button Pictures from All Through the Night patterns! They worked up fast and were alot of fun!  Gosh, will I be as prolific tomorrow as I was today? Is this the start of a new trend? Or more like a fluke of nature? LOL

I'd put money on the fluke...but only tomorrow will tell :)