New Beginnings mini received!!!

Good Morning all!!!   It’s taking me 3 days to get this post to you.  There is just WAY too much on my plate!!  But this is from MY partner Crystal!!

Isn’t it ADORABLE????   You can check out her blog here.  LOOK at the embroidery!

I rarely do handwork–You ALL know that.  And this is FULL of hand embroidery.  I’ve never been brave enough to try that yet.

The eggs are my absolute favorite!!

And of course, the Apprentice loves the bunnies!

Thank you SO much, Crystal!!   I truly love it!!!  It is hanging on my front door and will likely be there through June!  LOL

peace and pieces,
amy

Kutter’s Krazy Kritters

As soon as Gabby found out her teacher was expecting, she knew she was making a quilt.  We waited to discover that it was a boy.  She picked out the fabrics.  She helped pick out the pattern (I steered her towards easier ones!!) Then she sewed the entire top all by herself!!!

And RIPPED the screw-ups out, ALL by herself.  I hate ripping.  Now, she does too!!  LOL  Poor kid.  But in the end, it came out absolutely amazing.  And I’m super proud of her.

I think she was proud, too.

Her teacher LOVED it.

I LOVE Quilty Goodness!!

I hope Kutter, and his mommy, have a wonderful BIRTHday.  Whenever he decides to come!

peace and pieces,
amy

Patriotic Cowgirl

She is finished.  I have very few pictures, unfortunately.  Yeah—-make sure the 3 year old isn’t ANYwhere near the camera from now on.  He deleted the last few, which were my full length ones.  But I can start with this picture.  It’s the last full length picture I had.

So you see where the “Patriotic” part comes into play, and NOW, the Cowgirl part!!  I quilted it with hats and boots!!

I know, they’re kind of hard to see.  But the BACKSIDE shows them more.

This is obviously an unfinished picture, but…

I did manage to save this picture before he deleted this.  I LOVE the way this came out!

peace and pieces,
amy

Sniped and washed

I SO love my rag quilt!!  It’s only been washed and dried once.  The more I do it, the better it’ll get.  and already SOOOO soft!!

I’ve also decided that I’m going to try the Quiltville Mystery Quilt.  She calls it Roll Roll Cotton Boll I don’t have the pinks like she does, or even the greens.  But we’ll see!!  I will be WAY behind the others, since I have so much else on my plate.  But if I can use up some of the scrap bin (currently housed in a 30 gallon tote), then I’m game!  Anyone in with me???

Rhapsody in Blue is coming along NICELY!  I have all 6 butterflies made, and laid it out last night.  Time to sew it all up.  This weekend, I hope!

Peace and Pieces,
Amy

T-shirt quilt

Once again, If you are here for the Fall into Fall BlogHop Give Away, PLEASE GO HERE!!!

Now, I’ve had SEVERAL people ask if I can make T-shirt quilts.  Yes I CAN (and they are a pain!), but I did NOT make this one.  A nice lady made this, and asked me to quilt it for her.  I never thought of using a print like this as the sashing and border.  I LOVE it!  I’ll consider wild prints when I make the one for my girls.  Eventually.

This is a closeup of the quilting.  Just a super easy, general meander.

The client made the binding, but it’s not enough.  So I didn’t bind it yet.  this is the color she picked!  It’s going to look AMAZING!

Now THIS is the tricky part.  She put a border in her backing.  It looks AMAZING, but if she’d been even a smidge off on her cutting, it could have been disastrous.  Thankfully, she’s amazing!!  It fit exactly!  And looks soooooo cool!

Fleur De Lis quilt

First of all, if you’re looking for the GiveAway, click HERE.

Now, on to the quilt!!!  Do you remember this picture?

Well, those fabrics got turned into 16 of THESE!

And those, after being sewn, bordered, quilted and bound, have become…

60 inch square, Log Cabin Blocks, with applique $150

quilted Fleurs

I’m so happy with this.  This is made for a client, so can not be sold.  However,  I WILL take orders.  Delivery won’t be until at least the end of January, though.  I have some Christmas gifts, and a craft show to get done between now and then.

I truly love the log cabin block.  I’ve used it on several other occassions.  Depending on how they are set up, the coolest designs form!

This one became almost star-like.

And this became a Cancer Awareness Ribbon.

Fall Into Fall Blogger Event-Giveways Galore!!!

The GiveAway is OVER!!  I used my daughter as my random picker.  If anyone wants proof of the validity, I did video it.  But she picked…. (drumroll please)…

NUMBER 2

and number 2 is

Natasha | October 1, 2010 at 5:36 pm | Reply | Edit

I really like your choice of colors, squeek!

So congratulations, and I’ll get that out early next week!!

edited 6:40 am October 15, 2010

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Good Morning Fellow Quilters, Bloggers, and Friends!  Welcome to OCTOBER!!  Today in SWLA it’s a crisp 65 degrees.  All my windows are wide open, and it just smells so good!  I’ll make bread dough for pizzas later, so that’ll really make things smell good!

The purpose of this blog is to host my portion of a massive giveaway.  TO take advantage of ALL of the wonderful things happening, follow these steps.

1) Take a peek at what I have to offer.  If you like it…
2) Post a comment.
3) Click on the scarecrow.
4) On the right side is a list of participating bloggers.  Click on those links, leave THEM comments, and wait.

All winners are to be chosen October 15th.  I will probably use my daughters to make my winner.  I’ll have them pick a number between 1 and ??  And that person will be contacted and shipped my Table Runner.

Random Scrappy Hourglass blocks were combined with HalfSquare Triangles, and an ADORABLE flower print.  Quilting was done with a walking foot to show a friend how straight lines can still looks good.  Approx dimensions are 15inch by 34, I think.

Now don’t forget to leave a comment.  I’ll need your email address to contact you if you win!  And after you comment, click on the scarecrow!!

Good Luck to all, and HAPPY FALL!!!!

PS!! Thank you all for the lovely comments.  PLEASE subscribe to my feed!  you won’t be sorry!

Craft Fair

I’ve asked on my Facebook page, and got some great feedback.  But I thought I’d ask here, as well.  I get traffic on this blog that I don’t get anywhere else!!

So, when YOU go to a craft fair, for WHAT are you looking?  How much money are you willing to spend?  What kinds of items?

So far, I’m hearing no more than $10-$15, small bags or wallets.  I know my bookmarks sold, but they were $2 a piece, so that makes sense!!  My quilted things (placemats, runners, and door hangings) don’t seem to do well.   Even my postcards did poorly.  I guess most people can’t figure them out!!

Any and ALL advice is welcome!!

Craft Fair Novemeber 2009

Jammed in a project!

A call from a friend today–I made her 2 door banners for her classroom last year.  Halloween and Christmas.  OOPS!!  LOL  Can I make one for the first day of school??  Well, since I BOUGHT fabric specifically for this MONTHS ago, SURE!!!  4 hours later, here it is!!

18x36 door banner $35

I wish I’d taken pictures of the progress I made yesterday on my Fall quilt.  I have a LOT of “Bonus HSTs”, too.  Now WHAT am I going to do with 1 inch UNfinished HST’s??  LOL  Miniquilt fodder, I guess.  I’ll try to take some pictures tomorrow.  IF my feet allow me to sew.  today, they are a tad angry with me!

poor swollen piggies!!

Hurricane Phillip, the Quilt!

Last Friday, someone showed me an interesting quilt filled with snailtrails and stars.  She said the snail trails reminded her of hurricanes!  Hmmm, goes my nesting brain.  Clean, or sew??   Well, DUH!!  Off to EQ I go, and design a Hurricane Quilt for Phillip.  There was also Tropical Storm Bonnie headed our way at that point.  She wasn’t supposed to get big, so I figured it was a good enough reason.  And maybe the Low system would bring Phillip on out!  Well, that part didn’t work.  Baby Phillip is still firm inside.  But his quilt is done, and GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!!

Hurricane Phillip 40x40

I can’t believe I finished it ALL in one single day!!  But my feet very much punished me for it!

and now, the wait for Phillip continues!!!!!