March show and tell

Surprise...I'm on time this month!  

Funny thing about Woolies yesterday.   Sandy and I were the only ones there.  Lots of people out of town or busy with other things, so we had show and tell for each other.   We had fun, even if it was just the two of us.

Sandy has been working on big projects so she only brought a couple of projects that she finished.

First up is a darling pattern called "Old Wood Hare" by Cheri.  Sandy did this one in wool on a cotton background.

This next little one is from Little Thistle Designs called "Penny Patch Rabbit"

It is so cute and little.  Only measures 8x10".  (Sorry, I couldn't find a website)

Next up are my finished projects.   

When I saw Sandy working on that little cutie I knew I wanted one too, 

so here's mine.   

When showed Sandy that I added a button eye for the little bunny, she said that hers is looking backward, therefore, no eye!   LOL

This pillow is from a Wooden Spool Designs pattern called "Chubby Bunny".  

He makes me smile when I look at him.   

Don't those carrot flowers remind you of the popsicles we got when we were little with the tube pushing the ice cream up?   Ahhh, sweet memories. 

Last year Cheri offered this next one as a freebie on her Facebook group.   

I finished the top but never did anything with it.  I had some time last week, so made a pillow.  

Now I'm all ready for summer.   (which can't get here fast enough)!

A cute table runner from Woolen Needle Designs called "Bunny in the Meadow.  

And, as I mentioned last month, I'm working on the monthly series of patterns 

from Buttermilk Basin called "With Cotton and Wool BOM.    

I needed to get caught up on them, so this one is February. 

March...

and April.   

Well, that's it for March show and tell.  

Hopefully there will be more ladies at Woolies next month and we will have more to show.  

See ya soon, 

Hugs, Anne 

February Show and Tell

Now that the snow is slowly melting, we find that getting together with our groups of girlfriends is extremely important.   Woolies on Tuesday was back to normal and a fun gathering.   Lots to show.

First up is Mari's beautiful quilt from Geoff's Mom Pattern Co.   Wow, that's a lot of work!!!

The next ones are all from our prolific Sandy!   

This is her version of Buttermilk Basin's Mystery Quilt from 2016.

Don't you just love how she finished it?   So clever. 

This is one that she did from a sew a long with Cheri on Cheri's Facebook Page. 

Another Cheri pattern called "Bless your Heart"

This one is from a pattern by JoAnn Mullaly.   Sandy must have made multiples because I was the lucky recipient of one for Christmas.  Thanks, Sandy!

Cute pillow from Wooden Spool Designs called "Follow your Heart".  

And another darling pillow from Briar Root Primitives called "The Good Heart".  

You can find the pattern in the Winter 2016 magazine, "Simply Vintage".  

And last, but not least, is a cute bunny from Buttermilk Basin called "Primitive Peter". 

Sandy made hers 50% smaller than the original to put in a cute display.   If you follow her on instagram you can see all of her beautiful decorating. She's @sfeigner.  

Next up are mine.    Lately I've been wanting to do some cross stitch.  Getting back to the old days.   Only problem is that my eyes aren't like the old days.   Yikes those holes are small.   I'm wearing "Mag Eyes" and really look rather ridiculous.  Oh well, it gets the job done.   

This pattern is called "Valentine Bird" by Heart in Hand.   

 Little pillows are from Primitive Stitches pattern "4-Ever Valentine Mini Collection".

This is a cute little wall hanging called "Generous and Content" by Cheri.   

And pillows by Cheri called "Valentine Bowl Fillers".  

This is a cute little pillow that I made for a friend from  Buttermilk Basin called "Simply Words BOM-May".  I filled it with crushed walnuts and made it into a pin cushion.   

I was helping Karen  with some samples that she's putting in her Etsy shop.   I loved how this one turned out so made myself one too!   She will be offering kits soon so check it out.  

Pattern is by Red Button Quilt Co, called "Midnight Blooms".  

And if you've been following along with all the show and tell over the months, you know that I've been working on a 12 month series of little quilts from Indygo Junction. Finally, this is the last one!   It's called "June". I'm so glad to finally have them all finished!   Woo Hoo.   

And since I finished up that 12 month series, why not start another one?  

(Am I nuts?  Don't answer that!)

These are by Buttermilk Basin and called "With Cotton and Wool BOM-January"

The little quilt is made separately and so darn cute!

So another month has come and gone with show and tell.   Hope you are enjoying all the fun projects.  

Our snow is almost all melted and we are in countdown for Spring to begin.  Although, Spring in Central Oregon is quite iffy.  Sun one day, snow the next.   At least we can get around now though.   

Have a great weekend!   

Hugs, Anne

October Show and tell

It's November! Can you believe it?   We are having unseasonably warm weather here in Central Oregon.  No snow yet.  I think this is the latest it's been since we moved here 14 years ago.   I'm okay with that although I do love watching it fall and making everything look so clean and pretty.   There's lots on the mountains tho, so I can look out my window and see how gorgeous they are.  

Sandy and I were the only ones who had show and tell in October and I didn't have much at all.  We were travelling quite a bit and once we got back, I kind of lost my mojo for awhile.  

So, here we go. First are the projects that Sandy accomplished in October.

I took these pictures at our Woolies gathering.  If you are on Instagram and want to see how she has them displayed in her home, she's @sfeigner.   She has a real knack for decorating.  

This pattern is an old one by Blackbird Designs called Midnight Silhouette.   The pattern had been out of print, but the wonderful Blackbird ladies have brought it out of retirement.   I read that The Quilted Moose has them in stock.

Here's a kit that we got from Buttermilk Basin.  

Sandy reduced the pattern by 25% in order for the towel to fit on an old tote that she has. 

(She also cut an inch or so off the sides of the towel     

I can't remember who the designer is for this darling snowman.   

Sandy, can you help us out?  

(Check the comments if you're interested.) 

The witch is from a pattern by Country Threads called Witches.

It's actually a quilt pattern but she just made one block.   

And...it's NOT paper pieced.  Those are some pretty small pieces.   

This wonderful pumpkin was inspired by a post she saw on Instagram and 

whipped it out without a pattern.  Smarty pants!

Here are mine....

Looks like white pumpkins are "in" this year. 

This is a pattern by Plays with Wool Designs called The Great Pumpkin. 

There were a lot of berries to stitch on this one.   

Needless to say, by the end of making it, I was really sick of berries!

Aren't you loving the little pillows for bowl fillers that you're seeing on blogs and Instagram? 

These are from a pattern by Wooden Spool Designs called Happy Halloween. 

They are actually blocks in a quilt but they are small enough to make into little pillows.   

I finally got this one back from the quilter.   

It's a design by Norma at Timeless Traditions called  At Home in the Garden.

I'm looking forward to putting it up after the holidays are over.    

And here's my version of Stacy's Fall Towel.   

There you have it.   

I'm making some Christmas gifts so I probably won't have much to show you for November show and tell.  I'm sure that the other gals in the group will fill in!  

Thanks so much for stopping by. 

Hugs, Anne 

 

September show and tell

I know, I know...I'm late.  This time I have a really good excuse tho.   My computer caught a virus and had to go see the Dr for 3 days.   Then I had to get all the pictures loaded onto the computer and edited.   Since there wasn't much show and tell last month, there are quite a few pictures this time. I think I'm going to break it up into two separate posts.  

Before I begin, I wanted to let those of you who don't know, about a little Fall Decorating Tour I'm participating in on Instagram.    If you want to see some fun pictures that Karen, Sandy, Patty, Tammy and I are sharing, then follow one of us on Instagram and that one will link you to the others.    I'm @cottonsnwool, Karen is @yellowfarmhouse, Sandy is @sfeigner, Patty is @myrty50 and Tammy is @basketnut1.    On Sept 23, we started showing our houses all decorated for fall and will continue every evening until Oct 11th.   Then we'll take a break for a couple of weeks and come back at the end of Oct with some Halloween decorating.    Hope to see you on Instagram.  

Now, on with Part 1 of show and tell.

First up is a pillow that Marilyn made.  She borrowed my Indygo Junction pattern for July and made 2 pillows for her daughter and son in law who live in Boston and love to sail.  

Mari made this quilt top but I don't remember the name of the pattern.  Sorry. 

She also whipped up this goodie from Crabapple Hill Designs.

Jean continues working on her wool Summertime Sampler blocks. 

Looks like these little fishies need some eyes!

The rest are all projects that Sandy finished up.  

This one is called Country Homecoming from the book called Primitive Gatherings 

by Terry Burkhart and Rozan Meacham  

A few years ago I had a quilt-a-long on my blog for anyone who wanted to work on this one.  

It was really fun to see all the different versions.  

Sandy participated but just finished quilting hers.   

This cute little kitty is called "Hocus the Halloween Cat by Briar Root Primitives

These next little pillow bowl fillers are from Cheri of Quilts by Cheri. 

And this one is a quilt block from Wooden Spool Designs called "Happy Halloween"

There are 12 blocks on the quilt but Sandy wanted to make a little pillow instead. 

This little pillow was a freebie from Buttermilk Basin this summer.

And continuing on with the monthly series from Sarah Spoorer of Indygo Junction, 

here is Sept

and June.   

I think Sandy is now finished with all 12.   

This cute patriotic quilt is called "Crossroads" from the book, Civil War Remembered. 

We can't get enough of the quilts by Cheri of Quilts by Cheri, 

Cheri just shared this pattern on her Facebook Group. 

It's called "Turkey Tracks".  

This little one is on the same pattern.   

There were so many finished projects that I'm breaking this up into 2 posts.   

See you tomorrow. 

Hugs, Anne

Market continues

If you were tuning in to see progress on the Civil War quilt-a-long with Karen, you are gonna have to wait until next Sunday. Karen is in the middle of a major remodel of her nest and can't even find her sewing machine.   But...she promises she will have 2 for next week and I'm holding her to that promise. I think she plans to show pictures today of the remodel so I know we're in for a treat.  

I'll just keep plugging through all the pictures I took (which aren't all that good, for some reason).   Oh well, you can get the idea.

It's always fun to see Kathy Cardiff and JoAnn Mullaly.    JoAnn didn't have a booth this time so she was there helping Kathy.   Kathy's pattern company is called The Cottage at Cardiff Farms and she always has some wonderful cotton and wool projects.   This time was no exception.  

I love this one.  

The wool mats were fabulous.   

Isn't this canister adorable?   So cute in a kitchen.   

This is Gail Pan of Gail Pan Designs.   She one of the wonderful Aussie designers who we all have come to love.  I swear...I want that accent!  I couldn't even get it to rub off on me!

After Fall Market last year, I got a Facebook message from Gail who was in a quandary.  She was supposed to ship her booth goodies to someone who would then bring them to Portland. I guess something came up and they weren't going to be able to do it for her.  So, knowing I live in Oregon, she asked me if she could ship them to me and then I could bring them to her.   Well, of course I said "Yes, certainly, no problem at all".

So here we are after she got her booth goodies all delivered. (Not the quilts....I might have had to "lose" one or two.  Hehe.  

But... wait...look what she made just for ME!  A darling little sewing caddy.

How sweet is that?  When everyone saw what she made me, they were all begging her to store her booth goodies.  Sorry gals, I got her first!  Thanks Gail.  I love it!

And here's Debbie Busby of  Wooden Spool Designs.  She is as sweet as she looks!

Check out all her new wool designs.  Ahhhh heaven!

I think I need to do the sewing one for my nest.  

We can never have enough Christmas, can we?

Darling little pincushions.   I should have taken a close up of the bee and ladybug because they were absolutely precious.  

I still have more pictures to show you and also my quilt-a-long progress with Sandy (no blog).   Look for those coming up.

Have a great week everyone.  

Hugs, Anne