To Boston with Love Flag

Here's my Flag for the "To Boston with Love" I love the way it turned out! Can't wait to send if off!

Fabric Basket Swap Fabric Choices

I was sooo excited to get started yesterday with my Fabric Basket for the swap! I "researched" my partner to get a feel for her fabric taste and decided on a scrappy basket. At first I was going to go for a a red, pink & orange combo but then I decided to got for Green & Blues. Here are my fabric selections!

A Creamy Linen- of course I ironed it after this pic :)

...and this selection of beauties....Trust me- it works :)

Fabric Basket Swap!

So I decided to get my feet wet in the Online Swap World of quilting & sewing. I must admit I was really nervous because I've never done an official online swap before. I didn't want someone to get something from me and totally judge my work. But alas, I decided to enter into one anyways, just for funsies. I entered over at Leona's Quilting Adventure and I'm so excited now! I must admit, I DID make a sample first! I needed to make sure I knew what I was getting myself into before I could commit to anything. Anyways, you can keep tabs over at the Flickr page for the swap. I'll be posting about my basket and goodies as it's coming along. 

I entered my sample basket into the Blog Button Contest for the swap and WON! Whooo! 

Here is the official swap button! (This also happens to be the basket I will be giving away for the facebook giveaway as well! We need to get to 50 likes first though!)

 Happy Quilting!

Day 1 of Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks Blog Tour

Today is Day 1 of Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks Blog Tour! You can view all the blocks on each of the designers blogs or websites for today HERE. Click on over and enter to win a copy of the magazine on each designers site!

There is a block for everyone in the magazine! Check them all out!

Newest Books!

I've picked up a few good books recently with the help of my Ebay sales. Here are the latest books added to my little library. I can't wait to open these babies up and make some awesome stuff from them. I'll be reviewing each book soon!

Patchwork, Please!
by Ayumi Takahasi

Click HERE for more!

Quilts for Boston Block

Here's my block for "Quilts for Boston". I chose to do some hearts to show the victims some love and support. I figured it was pretty appropriate for the occasion.

I can't really sum this up so I'm going to give you the excerpt from The Boston Modern Quilt Guild, You can find more info or upload block pics to the Flickr page.

One week ago this week, the usual flurry of activity in our city came to a halt and we watched with sadness and disbelief as people who came to celebrate the 117th running of the Boston marathon were injured and killed by bombs set off near the race finish line. In response to the events of the past week, the Boston Modern Quilt Guild wants to find a way to help those in our community that have been directly affected by the bombing and subsequent events. 

As a guild we plan to make and distribute quilts to those who would benefit from a show of support, and we need your help.

We are asking the modern quilt community to support our efforts by sending us blocks for these quilts. Additionally, we will accept donations of fabric to be used for binding, sashing, and quilt backs. We would like to have the quilts ready to deliver to those in need as soon as possible, so we ask that you send your blocks to us within a month, by May 24th, 2013.

Blocks sent to the Boston Modern Quilt Guild should be blue, yellow, gray, and white. All blocks should be 12½” tall x the width of your choice. That could mean 12½” x 7”, 12½” x 12½”, or anything wider, more narrow, or in between. Please machine piece your blocks in any style you would like. Please use only “quilt shop quality” 100% cotton or cotton/linen fabrics. Both print and solid fabrics are welcome. Our preference is white or light gray 100% cotton thread, but any coordinating thread of good quality will do.

Please consider adding photos of the blocks to our flickr group. This is not required, but it will be wonderful to share the blocks as we are making them and to see what people are working on.

Our goal is to make bright and modern quilts that will bring cheer to those who need it most! We chose this color scheme as these are the colors of the Boston Marathon, and have become the colors representing the OneFund, an organization formed to accept monetary donations for the victims, as well as the tribute tees sold to benefit the One Fund. Be creative with your blocks, and make any pattern or design that inspires you!

Please mail all blocks and fabric to:

Quilts for Boston

P. O. Box 79225

Belmont, MA 02479

If you have any questions, please contact: bostonmqg@gmail.com

Thank you all so much for your support!

The Boston Modern Quilt Guild 

For more info, click HERE

Finished Paper-Pieced Sampler Mini Quilt!

I finished my little paper-pieced sampler quilt. I love how it turned out. What do you think?

ET Phone Home Block

Here's the last block of my little 4 block paper pieced quilt! This is the ET Phone Home Block. This block was really fun! I altered the corner pieces so there wasn't another seam for no reason. You can put colors in the corners but I just wanted white. You can find the pattern over at Lily's Quilts HERE. I can't wait to finish this and show you the mini quilt all completed! Check back soon!

New Fabric Haul

I went to a few quilt shops with my Mom the other day and look at my new goodies! I'm in LOVE! I can't wait to cut these little babies up and put them to good use! I have so many visions in my head for ideas but which one to settle on??? I'm sure I'll get it all figured out soon. Since I've been doing paper piecing I decided to pick up some "End of the Bolts" of Kona White. It's always good to have on hand and they're actually decent sizes well over a yard. Ya, I think this stack outta keep me busy for awhile and out of trouble. 

Lone Starburst Block

Here's the 3rd paper pieced block I added to my little collection. This mini quilt will be so cute when completed. This block is from Six White Horses Studio. You can find the pattern HERE.  I think it turned out great! What do you think?

Basketweave Star Block

Here's another awesome paper piecing block! I did this block using some bright colorful scraps from my stash. It took a little bit of time because of all the pieces but it went by fairly quick. It definitely helps to have strips of 1.5" ready to go for this one. I'm pleased with the result. I think I'll add it to the Circle of Geese block I did HERE. You can find the pattern for this block at "The Add Crafter" HERE.

2013 Spring Blogger's Quilt Festival

Well I guess it's time for the Blogger's Quilt Festival over at Amy's Creative Side. I'm seriously debating about entering some of my quilts in a few catagories. I haven't fully decided yet. I feel like I need to make more in order to qualify! Ha! I don't think I can make THAT many before the middle of May, not likely. If any of you have something to offer, check it out! You can click the picture below to be linked to the site for more information.

Retro Rubies - A Quilt Along

I officially joined the Retro Rubies Quilt Along over at Pile O' Fabric. I'm so excited for this one! I'm due for some serious practice on my curves. The magazine has been pre-ordered and now I need to decide what fabric to use. Prints, solids...Got any ideas?

If you want to join this great quilt along, check out the flickr page to get going!

Circle of Geese Block

I've been seeing so many awesome paper piecing patterns & blocks out there! I thought I'd give it another go. My paper piecing skills are a little rusty but never the less, I seemed to manage it. I decided to try this cute little number...The circle of geese block. You can get the pattern over at Piece by Number HERE. I'm really pleased with the way it came out. I haven't decided what to do with it yet. Make more blocks, add it to a stash of random 12" blocks, make a bag with it.....we'll see. I'll be trying it again with colorful prints or greytones again soon. I might just do 4 blocks and make a mini quilt to hang up. It's so darn cute and needs to be displayed! As all quilts do I suppose. I'll post the final quilt top when I'm done with it. Give me a day or so for the update.

Random Giveaway Winner...

A big thank you to all who entered into the Random Giveaway for the Cute Little Drawstring Bag!

The Lucky winner is.....#24 KAREN!

Congratulations Karen! 

Yummy Fat Quarter Shop Blogger's Choice Bundles!

A hopeful weekend of sewing was a mere dream and I was left cleaning up my place & spending time with my daughter. She is at that fun age of 9 months and she is such a happy baby. Sewing just wasn't going to happen...sigh. Oh well, we still have all week to start and finish such projects. In the meantime  I did manage to to some quilty "research"...haha. Looking at quilts, sewing ideas & projects is like porn for me. I just can't help it! And pinterest....don't even get me started! You know what I'm talking about...spending hours and hours pinning and pinning. We all do it. We say to ourselves "just a couple more minutes" or "after this one" or "I just want to look for one thing I saw earlier" or whatever. Haha. You don't have to explain yourself to me. It's ok, I forgive you and your eager crafty soul. It's not your fault. You just need to forgive yourself and actually make one of these so-called "pins" you spend hours of you life with. I'm guilty too. I'll soon start pinterest worthy posts and let you see the end result of these little charms I've found.

Click Here to read on!

Have a good weekend!

Happy Saturday everyone! Today will be a day of catching up on sewing projects and playing with my little baby girl :)

I hope you find something awesome to work on! It's a beautiful Saturday so enjoy it! See you Monday!

Random Giveaway! CLOSED

I wanted to try out a new pattern I have and whipped up this cute little bag. I decided to run a giveaway for it! Yay! Just use the rafflecopter below the picture! This giveaway will close on Monday at 11:59pm. Good Luck!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Ironing Board Makeover!

With a new kitchen curtain up...I decided to makeover my ironing board cover too! In some of my pictures you can see the fabric of my ironing board. It's pink , brown & tan damask. There's actually nothing wrong with it. It's still in excellent condition. It is however starting to bore me. So I decided to re-cover my ironing board with some pretty bright fabric that makes me happy. What fabric did I choose, you ask? I chose a beloved designer I admire....Denyse Schmidt with Flea Market Fancy...of course! I went with the turquoise bouquet fabric. I am seriously obsessed with this line and this particular print & color! The large print and fun colors will be perfect for an ironing board cover!

Click Here for the tutorial & finished cover!

Kitchen Window Makeover!

Last night I decided to take my old ugly Walmart curtain down, inspect it, and make my own. I didn't make one as frilly but the fabric print is enough to bring the window some life.

What's better than yellow lemons for the kitchen?! Alexander Henry's Lemon print was perfect!

Click Here to see the tutorial & finished curtain!

Facebook Giveaway Goodies! CLOSED

I will upload a rafflecopter widget for this giveaway as soon as I get 50 facebook likes! Haha! I totally forgot that this was what I was supposed to giveaway...I ended giving away fabric instead! I will find a lovely home for this package sooner or later. The winner was Pamela B. I hope this motivates you! Click the facebook button>>>>>

This giveaway has CLOSED!

Blogging 101

Many of you may notice a big change on my blog....NO more scrolling down FOREVER to see everything on my posts!!!! I've cleaned it up and updated every post with bigger pictures & links to see the whole post.

I used to have a personal blog and write about random stuff in my life. BUT it was such a hassle with the old style Blogger especially when it came to uploading pictures. I quickly gave up because I didn't have time to load 1 picture at a time and let it load forever. I was just so over it...

I'm pretty computer savvy but it was so archaic and took forever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Plus I have almost ZERO patience for computer hiccups & waiting on things to load up. I need things to happen instantly for me. I need the fastest computer to work for me!

Then Blogger changed everything and made it SO use friendly and so much easier to get a post published! Since I've started blogging about quilting...I've learned so much about codes and what you can and cannot do with everything. Searching and searching for what I need (or don't need) on my blog has never been easier. I was looking at my blog and can't stand the way you scroll for days and days to get to the end. Pictures take a long time to load for people and I don't want all my post info to show up on the homepage. SOOO, I figured out how to show just a snippet of the post! It makes the homepage look so clean and neat. You just click on the Post Header to see the whole post and all the pictures! I also created a link for you to click on the see the full post at the bottom of each post snippet.

I was so EXCITED when I figured this out that I HAD to share it with you! I know some of you are probably thinking..."She just NOW figured that out?"...haha...yes I know. It really wasn't a big deal for me before. Then I started posting lots of pictures and I felt like I was scrolling down FOREVER! Some of you may be thinking "WOW, how did she do that?!"- Oh my heavens!...It was SO easy that it was stupid! It was in front of my face to WHOLE time! When you're writing your post, Click The "Insert Jump Page" (little broken page icon at the top) to separate your post snippet from the rest of the post. 

Anyways...enough about that. Time to sew!

Catch up! AND Aurifil Designer of the Month Blocks

Guess what I did last night? Yep! I stayed up and did some sewing! Whoo-hoo! It's about time. You were probably starting to ask yourself.."Does this girl ever sew or just blog about stuff she's bought?" Haha...yes I really do sew. To be honest though, I have to be in the mood because having an 8-month old really makes it difficult. I usually wait until she goes down for bedtime. If my husband, baby & dog are asleep...there's no distractions and I can sew sew sew! Anyways, last post I mentioned quilting bees. I decided to sit my butt down and catch up on the Aurifil Designer of the Month quilt along. This time around I went with a fresh &  bright look using one particular print as my color guide & inspiration. Here are my blocks so far...

Click Here for bigger pictures and 
more details about each block