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Saturday, March 31, 2018

30 Blocks hop starts tomorrow

It's almost time for the 30 Blocks in 30 Days Hop that starts tomorrow.

Carla at Creatin' in the Sticks has assembled 29 bloggers (Carla is showing a block twice) who will be showing their "stuff," focusing on one block for that particular day. Mine is block 8 so I will be on April 8.

Here is the schedule. You'll want to visit everyone. Don't miss out!

Date

Project Designer

Block

April 1^st	Creatin’ in the Sticks	Block 1- 4 Patch
April 2^nd	Kwilty Pleasures Blog	Block 2 - Double Stuffed
April 3^rd	Sew Incredibly Crazy	Block 3 - Baby in a Corner
April 4^th	SBD Embroidery and Quilting	Block 4 - Dutch Door
April 5^th	What About Rheema	Block 5 - Surrounded
April 6^th	Quilted Delights	Block 6 - Tacked Up
April 7^th	Joy Studio	Block 7 - Stripper
April 8^th	Just Sew Quilter	Block 8 - Staggered
April 9^th	Quiltscapes	Block 9 - Topsy Turvy
April 10^th	beaquilter	Block 10 - Chunky Pinwheel
April 11^th	Freemotion by the River	Block 11 - Painted WIndow
April 12^th	krislovesfabric	Block 12 - Broken Cinder Block
April 13^th	MooseStashQuilting	Block 13 - Reaction
April 14^th	Quilts by Joanne	Block 14 - Median Strip
April 15^th	Persimon Dreams	Block 15 - Center of Attention
April 16^th	Needled Mom	Block 16 - Bounce
April 17^th	Just Let Me Quilt	Block 17 - Sweet Sixteen
April 18^th	Life in Scrapatch	Block 18 - Yeah Eights
April 19^th	Top Stitch Tech	Block 19 - Weave
April 20^th	Seams To Be Sew	Block 20 - Classic
April 21^st	Just Let Me Quilt	Block 21 - Spot
April 22^nd	Something Rosemade	Block 22 - Cross Walk
April 23^rd	Thimblemouse and Spouse	Block 23 - Opposites Attract
April 24^th	Books, Hooks, Sticks, etc.	Block 24 - Possibility
April 25^th	Words & Stitches	Block 25 - Camper Window
April 26^th	Tu-Na Quilts, Travels, and Eats	Block 26 - Catching Z's
April 27^th	Selinaquilts	Block 27 - Broken Stripes
April 28^th	QuiltFabrication	Block 28 - Stockade
April 29^th	Lakeshore Stitches	Block 29 - Dovetail
April 30^th	Creatin’ in the Sticks	Block 30 - Slow Tee

Friday, March 23, 2018

Blog Hop Coming Soon

Whew, time goes SEW quickly--how can I have let more than a month go by without posting?

First of all, the Blog Hop hosted by Carla of Creatin' in the Sticks, 30 Blocks in 30 Days, begins April 1, and I will be the featured blogger on April 8. Stay tuned for that project.

I have a bunch of things in progress, but no "finishes" for awhile.

The one below is a 3 Dudes Quilt, done Man Sewing Style with the black inserted between 2 1/2" strips. I love the colors. Got the top put together at our quilt retreat at the beginning of March (more on that later). The blocks had been finished for a year.

We spent a weekend at our daughter's in St. Louis a few weeks ago.

Below is Amelia (right front) waiting her turn for a balloon person. This is her friend's birthday party.

Here is Amelia's little sister Camella playing in a car at the party.

A friend asked me to quilt this for her--so I did. She was going to finish it with a self-binding. It's a lap quilt or even wall-hanging.

Here are some of the projects done at our quilt retreat at Threads of Time, Danville, IL.

I had the blocks for the pink quilt all done and finally got the top put together there. Betty Sue did the 2 wall hangings on the left.

The Hunter Star is mine--blocks mostly done (all done before retreat was over), and the bunny placemats were done by Michelle. The Hunter Star was a lesson at our Cerro Gordo Quilters meeting. It is done the Missouri Star Quilt Company way, and I used a charm pack I had plus some matching fat quarters and 6" strips, so there is quite a color variation. Still pretty, but a 2-color one is more stunning, I think.

I also finished the yellow quilt top below. Kathy did the 2 flower wall hangings. The yellow top is a pattern and charm pack from Fat Quarter Shop's Sew Sampler one month in 2017.

So, I did get several tops down--now I have to quilt them all!

Below are photos of some of us at our retreat.

Sometimes there were "phone" wars to get silly pictures of each other.

Sometimes we really worked.

Here we all are. SEW much fun! Threads of Time is a great place to have a retreat!

We love it there!

Don't forget to follow along beginning April 1. I'll post the schedule before then.

Saturday, February 10, 2018

Southwest decor

It's always interesting visiting others... I made the wall hanging shown for my sister-in-law Chris to hang in their condo in Tempe, AZ. The wall hanging is a Row by Row from 3 Dudes Quilt Shop, 2015, I believe. (I am saddened by the closure of that shop--loved it!) Next Chris arranged the items on the table below it to help with her decor and asked me to make pillow covers for her. I did (you can't see the 2nd one in this photo).

Then we visited a cousin out west of Surprise who uses saguaro ribs to make furniture and she gave the above pictured skeleton to Chris, who loves these things. So, Alan (my brother) and Chris are in this picture with Chris hugging her saguaro, and now the decor is complete. How neat is that?!

Monday, February 5, 2018

My Turn for Put a Little Love in Your Quilt

Thanks, Carol, for hosting this hop. I haven’t participated in a hop for a few years, and this one looked like just the right one to jump in on.

Who doesn’t LOVE heart decorations for Valentine’s Day? Aren’t these pretty?

My two youngest granddaughters are instant LOVE. They are reading together on the couch this morning. Fun!

My first contribution is this little panel called “Love Notes”. My apologies, but I can’t remember who designed the pattern, and I am not at home to look. I love the heart-shaped notes, and I found the “Love” fabric in my stash for the binding. Sweet!

I collect nativities of all shapes and sizes, including wall hangings, and this “Christmas 101” pattern by Jan Patek is one I have wanted to make for a long time. In fact, I liked it so much that I forgot I already had the pattern and bought it again! Last year, I determined to get started, so I managed to get all the shapes traced and ironed onto Heat and Bond light. I also cut out the background squares (twice, because the first time I forgot to allow for the seam allowances). Then it was put away until after my Christmas projects were all done. I was working on finishing it up when Carol announced this blog hop—yea! Perfect timing! I added Mary's heart so I could use this for the hop. Photo ops are great in below zero weather in Illinois, so you have to put up with my unusual background.

We had scrumptious strawberry shortcake at Horny Toad in Cave Creek, AZ, a few days ago. Who wouldn’t LOVE this?! It’s large enough for 2 to 4 people to share, even though just the 2 of us pigged out on it. Delicious! We can always count on its being good there, and it really is as big as you see it in the photo. Horny Toad has great sandwiches too—I won’t talk about how big their burgers are…

Lastly, don’t you LOVE the carving our brother-in-law John did for us? He took a piece of wood from our apple tree (in Illinois) last summer, and he carved an apple tree for us. My husband and I are the ones in the photo.