Yesterday our youngest grandson came over because he wanted to sew with me and make a campfire with grandpa. He had an idea in his head of what he wanted to make. A small mug rug to give his mom (our daughter) for Mother's Day.  When I asked what her favorite color is these days he says black!  Okaaaay I said, LOL. But after digging in my black scrap bag he found some nice coordinating pieces and I threw in one or two. This is what he came up with, it turned out great, he followed instructions great and was so proud of his finished product. He wants to make a different color today.&n ..read more

It all began so innocently in December.  These yellows and grays were stored together in a scrapbook case from when I used them for two other quilts in past years.  I had been wanting to make another quilt with them for a long time and then I saw the White Cloud Villa Rosa pattern and an idea was born.   Easy cutting began and then the sewing ensued, I quickly had it this far before leaving for AZ. And there it stayed until last week. Note to self... write down the pattern name, don't just think you will remember months down the road, LOL.  Yep you guessed it I could ..read more

Welcome to May!!! Making these Delectable Mountains is fun! I like using Bonnie Hunter's method in her Scrappy Mountain Majesty. I did increase my subcuts from 8.5" to 8.75" square, just gives me a bit more room for trimming and makes it easier.  The teal is a batik while the neutral is quilting cotton. I used a light teal Glide thread to quilt it on my Nolting FunQuilter with a freehand feather design. Hobbs 80/20 is my go to batting.  The teal was also used to bind it.  The backing is a perfect complimentary batik. I went to lunch with a long time friend today and then ..read more

For today I hope to make more of these potato chip blocks with my 4.5"x 2.5" bricks that I have been cutting this week. These are the first four blocks which will add up quickly as they are 12.5" each. It's a way to eat up some scraps quickly.  My piles of cut bricks are growing, the neutral pile is 3" in height. Doesn't sound like much but there are many in that stack!  Linking with Oh Scrap! , Sew and Tell Monday ..read more

Every month there is a Table Scrap challenge at The Joyful Quilter blog. This month Joy announced the Theme was Umbrella and the color is yellow to coordinate with the RSC color of the month.  I made two yellow table runners this month. I'll be stretching to follow the Umbrella theme, keep reading to find out how.  The first table runner is my Dresden plates turned sunflower. I love making these! This second one is Morning Star using the Accuquilt Bob die for it. If you are a regular follower you saw this one recently in it's own post. As for the umbrella theme, well we n ..read more

Spring has me wishing for warmer temps and butterflies all around!  This blue, pink and purple floral fabric was calling out to have butterflies flitting about. So I listened;)   I used the Accuquilt butterfly BOB(block on board) die. All the butterfly parts were cut in one pass making this one easy to do. Mixing in some coordinating prints of blue and pink for the wings along with that cute blue and purple plaid for the bodies and the skinny sashing.   The background looks like confetti don't cha think?  The quilting is pretty simple but flattering with some ..read more

I am so in the spring mood!  Over the weekend I pulled out and went through a bin of some floral fabric that I had purchased for making purses(which I no longer am making). These morning glories caught my attention and I remembered I had made a wedge runner with them before. That one having sold I could use another. Quilting on it should happen this week. My scrap bins are out of control and they have been that way for a long time. No time like the present to go through a few and cut for a potato chip block. One stack of bricks cut on Saturday and one on Sunday. Didn't even make a tin ..read more

I did crank out a couple of finishes this week. The quilting machine was purring right along on Monday and Tuesday and binding happened on Wednesday and Thursday.  These were pieced during the winter.  Actually I pieced four identical to this one but only quilted two. And only one of those two got the binding on for a complete finish.  The other ones will wait in the wings until I need them for my Etsy shop. I went on the hunt in my stash for a backing, I almost got lost in my box of homespuns. But I came up with the perfect piece that was big enough for these two.  Rec ..read more

It's closing in on Patriotic times so I worked on two of the Strips and Salsa runners from one of GE Designs. This is a pattern in her book Stripology. They are easy to make and pretty quick, both of these were pieced in an afternoon.  It's fun choosing different fabrics for these. I'll soon get these quilted up.  Since getting home I have been busy unpacking, cleaning and laundry but I am itchin' to get back to the longarm and finish up a bunch of table runners. We have some business to attend to today along with going to our grandson's track meet so we'll see if I ca ..read more

 You might remember back in February I posted that I was making strawberry blocks. I have since turned them into three table runners. Pictured below is one of them. I had previously finished two runners and packed them away. I managed to remember to take this one's photo before packing it away.  These strawberry blocks are a good scrap buster for 2.5" red squares. I could have used green scraps for the checkerboard border but chose to use yardage for them.  I also have a start on my table runner for the Table Scraps monthly challenge! It's also the RSC color of the month. T ..read more