Saint Paddy Round 3 Welcome to the 3rd round of the Saint Paddy sew along. By now your center medallion (shamrocks) should be completed as well as the inside border. If you haven’t removed the papers from your shamrock block’s now is a good time. As your quilt grows the paper will become unruly and get in your way. In today’s release you will make 4 hst’s and 44 three quarter triangles. There are two piecing option, traditional patchwork or FPP, cutting instruction is available for both options. Linkup Last week there were no progress photos shared in the linkup. You will find this week’s ..read more

Welcome to my stop in the Reflections Blog Hop, be sure to visit all participants for inspiration, and a few giveaways including the host. Reflections is a new Island Batik collection designed by Jennifer Fulton of The Inquiring Quilter. Those greens, how did I not throw some green in there! Thank you Jennifer for the opportunity to work with such rich, vibrant fabrics, they are more beautiful in person. Often times images you see on your computer screen do not reflect the true colors of fabric. Indoor lighting and even monitors change its appearance, here’s an example. This holds true wit ..read more

Put your foot down 236, a weekly linky party every Thursday. Stop by and share your WIP’s, UFO’s, finishes, or any fiber arts projects. Whats under my foot Welcome back to another Put your foot down, I’m looking forward to seeing what you have worked on this past week. Under my foot this week is the Saint Paddy SAL, round 3. I am a little behind since my dear grandson gifted us with one nasty cold but we are on the mend. You can read more about the SAL information here, Round 1 here, and Round 2 here. The wind just about carried my flimsy off. We’ve had strong storms, rain and a lot of wind, t ..read more

Round 2 Welcome to Round 2 of the Saint Paddy Sew Along. For this round you will cut/piece strips for your inside border. Island Batik fabric does not have a 1/2″ selvage on both sides, I only had to cut my strips, no piecing. For this round I will not give cutting dimensions in the post, you will find them in the download. Attaching borders After cutting and/or piecing your inside border strips: Find and mark the center of each strip. I find it easier to fold your strip in half and press a seam. Match the strip center and the center of your medallion side. Pin or glue baste in place. Match ..read more

Put your foot down 235, a weekly linky party every Thursday. Stop by and share your WIP’s, UFO’s, finishes, or any fiber arts projects. What’s under my foot Welcome back to another Put your foot down, I hope you were able to sew something this past week. It’s supposed to be spring here and I am ready to plant something outside. Before doing that I’d really like to see what existing plants are here. Early spring grape hyacinth began popping up every where in the yard, I can picture Miss Emma (the previous owner) walking around and planting the tiny bulbs. Narcissus in white and yellow line the ..read more

Put your foot down 234, a weekly linky party every Thursday. Stop by and share your WIP’s, UFO’s, finishes, or any fiber arts projects. Whats under my foot Monday I shared Crocodile Steve from Funky Friends Factory, see more here. You can find a free Honey Teddy pattern on their home page. May’s Island Batik challenge is a blog hop, so be sure to follow along for fabric and goodies giveaways. For months I’ve been debating on a design and have finally settled on one earlier this week. The collection IB sent to me for the hop is The Grove, a beautiful collection of greens and teals reminiscent ..read more

This month Island Batik teamed up with Funky Friends Factory to challenge the Island Batik Ambassadors. We were allowed to choose a pattern for the softie and I chose Crocodile Steve. This has been both fun and challenging. Challenging because there are a lot of curved pieces in this pattern and fun because it brought back happy times of my son growing up while stitching. My son loved most documentary type television shows geared towards children, Kratts’ Creatures and anything animal related He also loved anything that had to do with paleontology. He was even invited down into the dig site ..read more

Whats under my foot Put your foot down 233, a weekly linky party every Thursday. Stop by and share your WIP’s, UFO’s, finishes, or any fiber arts projects. Over the weekend I finished the secret sewing for Inquiring Quilter’s fabric release and blog hop, viewing next month. Got more cleaning done in my sewing room and I’ve been playing a little with embroidery software. This weekend the fun begins with the Funky Friends Factory project for the April Island Batik challenge. If you aren’t familiar, hop over to see what they have to offer and pick up your free Honey Teddy pattern. Your shares fro ..read more

What’s under my foot Put your foot down 232, a weekly linky party every Thursday. Stop by and share your WIP’s, UFO’s, finishes, or any fiber arts projects. No photo overload today. This week I have been working on a secret sewing project for Jennifer’s (Inquiriing Quilter) upcoming fabric collection with Island Batik. No sharing yet, but I think sometime at the end of April you may start seeing sneak peeks. It is definitely one collection of fabric that online swatches do no justice. When I chose the fabrics I had a design in mind. After they arrived, seeing how beautiful they really are, ano ..read more

Whats under my foot Put your foot down 231, a weekly linky party every Thursday. Stop by and share your WIP’s, UFO’s, finishes, or any fiber arts projects. This week I have a lot under my foot. We finally brought the old truck home and shew, what a relief! It has been a while since I have shared my grandson with you all. When his dad pulled into the driveway and he spotted the truck,he was so happy to see it. Wesley is 3 yo now, he also loves my sewing room. Loki, oh my, he always makes himself the center of attention. I swear this dog knows how to pose for a photo. Sewing room is 90% done ..read more