Hands2Help Challenge

its that time of year again.....

Sarah over at Confessions of a Fabric Addict is hosting the Hands2Help Charity Quilt Challenge again this year.

its a great opportunity for you to give with your talent & share your creations with those in need.  Sarah has picked two amazing groups this year for the quilts to go to.

i encourage everyone to hop over to her blog.  check it out.  sign up.  get involved.  remember. 

'you get what you give'

What I have been up to......

life has been crazy with a lot of different things.  from work.  to family.  to friends.  to everything.  that is life.  a little bit of everything all of the time.  i have done some sewing since the last time i have posted.  quilting to be exact.

i have knocked out 5 quilts and i have the 6th one ready to go.  if i have counted correctly i think i have 7 more to do after number 6.

i know.  how does this happen?  i get so excited about sewing together a top that is all i do.  what good is a quilt if it isn't quilted?  so, i have made a deal with myself.  no new quilt projects until i am caught up with my quilting.

noticed i said quilt projects.  doesn't mean i can't throw a pair of pj pants or a new bag or tote in there along the way.

i am in the middle of the stretch of quilting - looking forward to the downhill side of it.  then.  i must face binding these quilts.  ugh.

one thing at a time.

happy sewing.

WIP Thursday

slow & steady...

that is how things have been around here.  i am still fighting this head cold/flu bug.  i am starting to think its never going to leave me.

i have done a little sewing.

i did work on a bee block that was suppose to be done in January.

a spider web block.

this is the next quilt that i will be quilting.  a top that has been finished for some time now.  i have several of those tops.  i need to get them quilted so i can start on a new top.  i have several swimming around in my head right now.

this being one of them.  the Single Girl quilt.  i have cut out all of my templates & i have started cutting out the fabric.  its something i can do while i am resting.  i am a really bad sick person.  i hate more then anything to lay around & do nothing so i trace templates & cut fabric.

i did finish my Spice Market Tote.  i have used it & its huge.  i have plans to make the smaller size one as well.

happy sewing.

WIP Wednesday

hi everyone

not a very productive week.  i have been a bit under the weather.

i did finish up this bag.  which i had put the handles on backwards so i had to unsew.  then re-sew the handles on & add the lining.

bright & cherry on the inside.



i was going to use this fabric to make another bag like the one above but i have decided to make the Spice Market Tote out of it instead.  i think that the owls will be fun in this bag.

i started another scarf with the left over yarn.  i needed to do something while i rested & so this has been it.

i also started on block #6 of my Quilter's Journey quilt.  i am sure it will take me about 6 months to get this one finished.  hahahaha

happy sewing.

New Additions

here are the new additions that i added to my stash last week.  they all came from The Quilting Bee in Spokane.

left to right.  lining, handles & outside of bag.

left to right. lining, handles & outside of bag.

which bag?  the Spice Market Tote for both sets of fabric.  i have had this Single Girl pattern for awhile now.  i wanted a project that will take some time but yet one that i will enjoy.  this was the winner.  i hope to work on my templates soon.

pretty sure this will be a bag of some sort.  not sure which one yet but i had to have this fabric.

you all know that i love me some Sweatwater fabric.  i had to have this layer cake of Reunion.  i am thinking of Julie's Circle Around quilt with it using this grey Kona.

i also picked up a basic brown Kona & another good brown blender fabric.



last but not least.  backing fabric.  favorite thing about the Bee is its sale hall.  40% off of this.  love it.

i think this is a good addition for the beginning of 2012.  now i just need to get some sewing done.

happy sewing.

WIP Plus 3

hey there everyone.  i am still here.  i have just been traveling for the past week & didn't take my laptop with me & since i haven't figured out how to do a blog post from my phone this post is late.  better late then never as they say.

i did get some projects done since i have last posted.

i bought this flannel last fall when i was at a mini quilt camp with the Renegades in McCall.  i knew what i wanted to do with it & just finally got around to doing it.  no surprise pajama pants.

the flannel matches the flannel in a quilt that i made a couple years ago & i still have this quilt.  sort of fun to have pajama pants that go with a quilt.  its a perfect match for snuggling & since we now have snow here......



i also finished this scarf.  i knit.  something i do every now & then.  it was the first time i followed a pattern & did something other then the basic knit stitch.  it was a fun scarf to make & i did un-knit a few times when i had realized i had done a row wrong.  un-kitting is just about as much fun as un-sewing.  anyways.  this scarf was a gift for Someone special to me.  i know that they will enjoy it & use it which makes me smile.

i was in Houston last week & while i was there my sewing machine was at The Quilting Bee (one of my favorite shops) in Spokane getting serviced.  it was in great need of some TLC but i just couldn't part with it.  since i flew out of Spokane to Houston it worked perfectly to have my machine service while i was gone.  i picked it up yesterday along with some new fabric.  smile.  i can't wait to sit down & sew.  its like getting a new machine after they service it.

check back here soon.  i plan on posting some other things i have been working on as well as my fabric purchases that i got.

happy sewing.

WIP.........

WIP.......  work in process

this week that is me and my life.  i am a work in process.  always.

sadly today i said goodbye to a lifelong friend.  someone who had one of the biggest hearts i know of.

someone who i spent half of my life with on a regular basis.  its not until people like that are gone do you realize the impact they had on you and your life. 

this week i pause to remember her.  pray for her son.  send good thoughts to her family.

and remember that 'life is short but sweet for certain'

so hug a little longer, laugh a little harder and love a little deeper.

you will be glad you did.