Thursday, October 27, 2011

Work In Progress

I’ve wanted to make this jellyroll quilt for years!  It’s called “Tilt” and I’ve been saving a Mary Engelbreit jellyroll for it!

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Yogi was happy to be back in the sewing room!

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I love playing with the fabrics and deciding which strips to put together!

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After sub-cutting the strips, we have a stack of pieces for  the frame block and one for the pinwheel blocks.

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Yogi is getting bored today and is itching to go outside …

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now that the rain has stopped!

                       So that’s it for now!

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More to come!!  What are YOU working on???

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Sunday, October 23, 2011

Busy Bee Day!

Yesterday was our bee day for October!  and it was at my house!  Such fun!!

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We don’t all work on the same project.  We each work on whatever we want to.  I usually try to do handwork at bee so I don’t need to lug around a machine.

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We do so much talking that I have learned NOT to do any cutting at bee!  I always make a mistake because I’m not paying close enough attention… so I end up wasting fabric!  So, I NEVER cut at bee!

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I sewed down the binding on my Christmas quilt!  So, another UFO completed!!  YAY!

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We had warm coffee cake when folks got here at 9am and snacks in between then for lunch we had white chicken chili and some awesome apple raisin bread with chocolate cake for dessert!  YUM!

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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Work in Progress

I am quilting a Christmas top I made at last fall’s quilt guild retreat. 

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I bought the kit for the quilt several years ago at our local annual quilt show, but didn’t get the top made until retreat last fall.

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I  love the vintage look of these fabrics.  It’s a very 50’s vibe!!  And being that I was born in the 50’s, it seems like HOME to me… like Christmases of my youth!!

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We’ve got bee on Saturday here at my house, so I’ll hand sew the binding down then!  I can’t wait!!  Woo hoo!!

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Monday, October 17, 2011

Halloweens of the Past!

Do you have some old photographs of you as a child dressed up for Halloween?  This was me in 1959 dressed up as a gypsy for Halloween!

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Wanna share your photos????

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Sunday, October 9, 2011

Simply Wonderful!

I was able to spend most of the day in my sewing room!  I just can’t show you

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details of the project as it is for a dear friend who reads my blog, so only little bits and pieces this time!!

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My sweet Yogi enjoyed the day in the sewing room, too!  Zzzzzzzzzz!

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The sun was coming in and he loves to snooze in the sun in his comfy bed on my sewing table.

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This was a fairly small project, so I was able to get it pieced, quilted and

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even the binding and label sewn on as we watched football this afternoon.

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Yogi really didn’t want to get out of his bed and come downstairs at all!! 

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Wake up, Yogi!!  Time for football!!

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Thursday, October 6, 2011

Only 25 Days Until…

Halloween!!!

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I LOVE Halloween!

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Here in northern Virginia,

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Halloween is the peak

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of our gorgeous fall color!!

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Soooo, I have to make sure

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our home is decorated and

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ready to celebrate

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All Hallows Eve!!

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I DON’T buy our

Trick or Treat candy

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until the day before…

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because we’d eat it

up for sure!!

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What’s your favorite candy story from Halloween?

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Did your parents go through your pillowcase of

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candy and check it all out?

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Did you get 2 pieces of candy every day in your

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lunchbox for months until it was all gone?

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What was your most treasured Halloween

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costume as a child…

or teen….

or adult?

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Did you go

Trick or Treating 

with siblings or friends

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or always with parents tagging along?

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Did you play any

mean tricks????

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Were any tricks

played on you??

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Soooooooooooo…..

are you ready

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for Halloween????

   I am!! 

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