One more thing!

I just wanted to share some pictures from International Quilt Festival in Cincinnati!  The first one is a picture of the quilt police.  Yes- they DO exist!

And the next one is a picture of Pat Sloan, myself (totally NOT photogenic) and Heidi Kaisand-they were so nice to visit with at their very busy booth! Thanks gals and fellow quilters!

Quick finishes this week!

So, I made this cute purse from some scraps I found in a box in the garage, and I made this potato steamer for my school cook (who also happens to keep me supplied with chocolate!) I spent about an hour on Sunday cutting out T-shirts to make a friend's daughter a T-shirt quilt. This friend also went shopping with me last week to the LQS (local quilt store) to buy batik fabric to go between the T-shirts.  It is going to look awesome!

My summer is quickly coming to a close, and I will go back to school to teach some wonderful teenagers in about 2 weeks.  The teachers go back at my school on August 11th!  Wow, it seems earlier every year.  But I get so pumped up to begin the school year EVERY year!  Remember what it was like opening the brand new box of crayons in the fall?  I get to do that at the beginning of each year.  Cool or what? 



Top done!

Hello from the blast furnace of Indiana!  Wow, it has been a scorcher! But being inside, I got some sewing done while enjoying the AC.

I finished the quilt top I was working on last week.  I have been using up odds and ends that I have found in the sewing studio.  I think this pattern is just so easy, using charm packs as a base with a small amount of accent fabrics.  Love the fall colors?  Comments?

Top almost done! This is the last border fabric?

Posting a picture today of the quilt top I made with fabric I found around the sewing area.  I am auditioning the outer border fabric...what do you think?  The blocks are made using 2 charm squares packs and goes together very quickly.  When this is done, back to qulting the flannel baby quilt.  It is adorable in pink and chocolate brown.   Any comments on the border fabric will be welcomed!

What I made today!

So I decided to take a break from quilting flannel baby quilts-it makes my nose itchy!  Anyway, I am on a stash-busting mission, a so-called craft buying "diet".  It is my plan to use up lots of my fabric before buying anything new.  (Who does that?) So I am posting a picture of a block made using the "Charms Gone Wild" pattern.  Here is the first block:

I finished two more this evening and I will try to post them as I finish.  I have no earthly idea what I should use for the sashing!  Any suggestions will be welcome after I post the other blocks.  Well, teenager needs a snack.  TTFN

Baby Quilt

This is the baby quilt I finished.  I did a loopy free motion stitch in the sun, moon, clouds area.  It is a flannel quilt, so soft and comfy!

Quilting a baby quilt!

Wow, I am on a mission to finish projects around here so that I can get organized!  I put a label on a T-shirt quilt that was a graduation gift, and quilted AND bound a baby quilt for church.  I just sandwiched another baby quilt for church.  I am on a UFO busing mission and nothing will stop me!  Now, another friend is requesting a T-shirt quilt...what to do?