Friday, March 27, 2015

Keeping Busy!

I saw this free pattern on Pinterest for this cute little mini-quilt.

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I am always looking for fun ways to use up small scraps leftover from quilts!

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This was a super quick little project!

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I’m using it for display on the little low shelf under my kitchen island!

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I also made a cover for my notebook/journal.

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I saw a clever cover on Pinterest that I put my own spin on!!

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Love the phrase- “the fabrics of my life”!!

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Yogi is still waiting for spring to arrive here in northern VA!! 

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Has it arrived in your area?

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Monday, March 23, 2015

March Schnibble Done!

This month’s Schnibble project is a Little Bites sampler quilt called (duh) “Sample”.  Historically, I’ve never really liked sampler quilts…

Little Bites Quilt Pattern from Miss Rosie's Quilt Co. This is a sampler quilt that uses mini charm packs

But I did like the sampler quilt version with the taupe polka-dotted background on the cover of the pattern.

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And I must be honest and admit that I thoroughly enjoyed making this quilt…

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and I do love how it turned out!!  Love the backing, too!

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It was fun to make each block differently.  You don’t get bored, for sure!!

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Lots of playing with fabric placements!!  Such fun!!

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I made mine with Pat Sloan’s Bobbins and Bits collection, which I also love!!

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So, Yogi is wondering where the heck spring went?  It was 33 this morning again!!

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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Nothing says it better than a quilt…

A very dear friend, Sue, suddenly lost her beloved Father recently.

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Our quilt bee sent a donation to her Father’s favorite charity group, but it just didn’t seem enough.

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Sue is a quilter and as we quilters know- we make many quilts for gifts for others and often never get quilts as gifts ourselves.

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Sue is one of those quilters who is always making a baby quilt for a co-worker , friend, or family member.

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I wanted to give Sue something to let her know how much we care about her

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and something that would give her a bit of comfort as she grieves her great loss.

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Nothing says you care like a quilt.  Nothing.

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Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Schnibbling

I’ve been a participant in the “A Schnibble A Month” online group since it started about 4 years ago. 

Each month at our local guild, I bring my completed Schnibbles

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for Show and Tell at our monthly meetings.

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So, doing 12 or so projects a year,

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I’ve done about 50 or so!! 

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The guild ladies asked me to do a Schnbble workshop last month.

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I picked one of my most favorite Schnibbles to teach- Plan C.  This is my original Plan C from 4 about years ago!

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This is my latest one that I used to teach the workshop!

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The first one was done with American Jane fabrics. 

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This new one is done with High Street by Lily Ashbury for Moda!!

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I think it will be wonderful to put out soon for spring!!  Aren’t you ready for spring???

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Someone here sure is…

(me, too!!)

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Thursday, March 5, 2015

Snow Days

Hopefully today’s snow storm will be our  LAST  this winter!!

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Next Sunday we “spring forward” and change the clocks, so surely spring is on the way, right?

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Well, I just finished this quilt kit I bought from Keepsake Quilting over a year ago!

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The pattern is called Snow Days by Hen Scratch Quilting.  I am soooo pleased with how it came out!

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The fabrics are so perfect for the design!

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I really enjoyed making the little houses!!  All those fabrics have  little white dots that perfectly depict falling snow!!

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And the tree fabric with the little birds is just so perfect to go between the houses.

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The quilting was fun, too. 

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I wanted it to look like a wind blowing the snow around!!

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I had bought a flannel to put on the back, but it was too bright…sigh

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Then I found this Alexander Henry snowman fabric in my stash!!  Woo hoo!  A match!!

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It looks great on my blue chair in the library!!

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OK.  Yogi says NOW it’s TIME for SPRING!

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