Lucky Me and some progress

I won another giveaway! Wow, I'm not usually this lucky. Janet at Idaho Quilter was having a giveaway and I've heard so much about the magazine, "Artful Blogging", from my friend, Anne, that I knew I had to enter! I was thrilled when Janet emailed me to tell me I'd won. I understand that I will want to read it from cover to cover so I got my drink of choice and plan to plant myself in a comfy chair and not get up until I'm finished! Thanks Janet.

In other news I've been busy working on bumper pads and a bedskirt for my new baby grandboy (that doesn't even sound right. lol). Wow, I never realized how much work goes into bumper pads. Let's just say....if there's another baby after this....he/she will use these again!

Here they are in the crib we have here at our house.
That's the bedskirt draped over the railings. It's just a flat box pleated skirt. I'll get another picture of it when it's in it's home in Seattle.

Finally got caught up on Block 4 of "Jan Patek's Girl Gang".

And finished Block 5 too. If anyone out there is working on this and hasn't done Block 5 yet, make a note that there was an error in the cutting instructions of the log cabin background. It should be cut 12 1/2" x 10 1/2".

It feels good to know that finishing Block 5 of "Wool Garden" gets me caught up on that one too.

Here is what it's looking like so far. I'm really liking it!

I also wanted to send out a special thanks to Jodi and Sharon who mentioned my Fat Quarter bundles sale on their blogs. Thanks for your support girls. And thanks to all of you who helped me start de-cluttering. Bloggers are just the best!

A Tisket a Tasket, Block 2. A couple others too.

Here's my wool version of A Tisket a Tasket for February. Go on over to Bunny Tales to download the next block, or click the link on my sidebar.

Love the way they are looking together.

Here's block 3 of Wool Garden. If you're observant, you can see that the sunflower block is a little different from what it was on my wool tutorial. Well, it seems that I reversed the fabrics for the star and the sunflower seeds. (Thanks Karen). I felt like a real dodo since my boo boo was out there for the whole world to see...(well, maybe not the WHOLE world, but it felt like that). Anyway, I took those pieces off and dug deep into my stash and came up with something that looks a bit better. Geesh!

And finally, these are the current blocks for Jan Patek's Girl Gang. It really feels good to be caught up.

Now if I can just get to some of the other projects in the closet, drawers, shelves, etc.

Another deadline and a winter storm warning

It's time to post Block 2 of Jan Patek's Girl Gang that I'm doing with Karen. Is anyone out there doing this one too? If so, you can join us by posting your completed blocks on the 5th of the month. (I know, I know...today's the 4th not the 5th! Just call me an overachiever.)

The large block at the bottom is Block 1. The rest are all part of Block 2. Those hearts call for little black circles to be applique'd on them but I didn't really like they way they look. So for now...they aren't going on.

Here's Block #2 (on the bottom) of Wool Garden from Farmhouse Woolens. I think Block 3 is on it's way, so I'm glad to be caught up with this one. (When I went to the site to link it to you, I see that there's a SALE going on. Hurry on over there because it ends on the 10th.Wheee)

Now...on to the storm warning. If you live in snow country, you probably know that these warnings can sometimes be a big bust! We've had lots of times when they call for us to get alot of snow only to have a few flurries in the air. So, I'm showing you what we had on Christmas Eve and what we have now. Then, I'll take a picture of what we "get" with this storm and we'll see how accurate the forecasters are this time. They are calling for us to get between 4 - 8 inches.

Christmas Eve. That's an 18 inch ruler and it shows 12 inches of snow. We actually got 14 but I didn't get a picture of it.

Same location taken this afternoon.

Another view on Christmas Eve.
Same view today.

Okay, let's see what it looks like tomorrow. Hope everyone is having a good start to their New Year.

A surprise? Or maybe...a bribe!

I left the house for a couple of minutes this afternoon and when I got home there was a delivery on the porch left by Mr. Brown Uniform. I was expecting a package from Karen with some wool and silk that I had ordered from her, but inside the box, along with the wool and silk, were these wonderful gifts...."just because". I think I'm going to rename her JustBecause since she does this quite often. The snowman is so cute. Wait...is that Emma on his shoulders? Oh, and that candle smells just like fresh pine. She must know all about our fake tree. LOL.


She and I are doing a winter swap, but that isn't until next week. OK, Karen, what's the deal? Hey.......

maybe she hasn't finished Block 1 of Jan Patek's Girl Gang which we agreed to post on the 5th of the month. I just checked her blog and don't see this little block posted anywhere. Aha....a bribe! Yes, Mrs. JustBecause, I CAN be bought! Seriously though, thank you for the giftys. I love them.

I'm almost finished with my decorating so hopefully will start posting pictures in the next day or two.

Hugs, Anne

Works in progress (WIP's) and a challenge

Last night I was reading Carrie's blog and saw that she had posted some quilts she was working on. One of them is a top that I also started about 2 years ago and never finished. It got me thinking about all the WIP's I have going and so I decided to get them all out, take pictures of them for you, and give myself a deadline for finishing them. In my mind, my deadline was going to be Thanksgiving. Well, after pulling out too many to count, I realized that Thanksgiving isn't a very realistic date. So, I decided that I'm going to give myself until next Sunday (the 23rd) to get as many done as I possibly can. I know Thanksgiving is AFTER that, but I thought if I "power sew", maybe I can get them down to a manageable amount and then set another deadline. So, my challenge to you is...get out all your WIP's, UFO's, PIG's (projects in grocery sacks) or whatever you want to call them and either set a deadline for yourself or "power sew" with me for the next 10 days and let's see how much we can get done.

Here we go with mine.


This is "Birds of a Feather" by Blackbird Designs. It needs the applique for the borders prepped and sewn. I'm doing this one by hand.

Block of the month - Block #1. It's Jan Patek's latest Girl Gang project. Karen and I are doing this and keeping each other on track. We have to post a picture on Dec. 5th of the finished block. Want to join us? Just go to The Quilted Crow's website and order it for yourself.

Block of the Month - Block #1. This just arrived from Farmhouse Woolens and I want to keep up with it. I love working with wool.

This one still has some machine applique to finish and then it needs to be quilted.

All I have to do on this is prepare the backing and then it will be ready to go to the quilter. This is "Jo's Whig Rose" by Jo Morton.

This one has been finished for about 2 years. It needs backing and then quilting.

Even Jack is wondering what's going on with "Quilting the Garden", another Blackbird Designs pattern. It's supposed to have scalloped borders and I just keep putting off doing the marking before it goes to the quilter. The backing on this one is already done. It's just so large that it's cumbersome to work with.

This little one is another Jo Morton design. I can't figure out what design to use for quilting. Any ideas?

"Winter Wonderland" by Crabapple Hill has been in progress for over a year. I usually work on this when we're traveling. We'll be traveling for Thanksgiving, so I'll work on it some more then. I still have lots to do on it.

This one is called "Stars around the Garden". I'm not happy with the fabric I chose in a couple of the blocks, so am planning on re-doing them. Aghhhh!

I don't know why I haven't worked on this one in awhile because I really love it. It is "Reminiscence" by The Rabbit Factory. It's all hand applique.

Another Crabapple Hill design. Ready for quilting.

Emma wants a Minkee pillow. This one shouldn't take too long. It's for Christmas. (THIS year).

And don't forget the Tee Pee I showed you in the last post that's also for Emma for Christmas.

Just need to add the french knot berries and then make it into a little pillow.

While I was working on the little pillow, I started thinking about a project in this book that I've been wanting to make. It would be darling for Christmas... Should I forget it for now?

I just looked over at my machine and look what those little wool pennies have done. Do you think they are trying to tell me to get off the computer and start "power sewing"?

Wow, I'm so overwhelmed, I just might go out and join the wildlife that is in our yard.

So, that's what I have to do. How about you?