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The soccer quilt was a success. I got this picture from the recipient's mom.



It really was a fun quilt to make.

I joined an online swap this summer to make Swoon blocks.  In my typical fashion, I waited until the very last minute to get everything done.  Thankfully the due date got pushed from 9/1 to 9/15.  Mine were put in the mail on 9/9.  Those blocks were fun but fussy.  Finally figured out a good way for me to get them together and ran with it.

In looking at the picture I do see an issue with one of the blocks in the 3rd row.  I didn't see it when I was making the block or before I put all the blocks in the mail.  I guess the recipient can put it on the back of her quilt.  All I can say is crap, I wish I would have caught that before hitting the post office.  I do have fabric left over, so maybe I can get another block done and in the mail directly to the recipient.

This weekend I will be working on t-shirt quilts again.  I've got to get them out of my house. 

Have a great weekend!!!

Two for the Mail

I will be heading to the post office today to send 2 finished quilts on their way.

The first is a World Cup Soccer Quilt.  This one was so fun to make.  After panicking about the fabric (slick and slippery), I settled down and started stitching.  I love how this turned out.  The center is a big flag and the flag strips are from 2 sets of pennants that were shipped from Brazil.  This quilt is going to live on a big soccer fan's bed.






The second quilt is a t-shirt quilt made out of shirts collected from vacations.  I get tired of doing the same type of t-shirt quilts, so I mixed this one up a little by doing snowballs.  I think it turned out really nice.



Next up on my to-do list is a t-shirt quilt that will be made for my the wife of my friend that passed in June.

Happy Stitching!

Wedding Pictures

I'm back.  This weekend was my niece's wedding and we made a trip down to Texas.  It was funny because my SIL informed me that the blog hadn't been updated in a while.  (Yes Les, I'm updating).

It's not quilting but still fun to share.  This is the wedding picture I made for the Bride and Groom.  It's a Kreations by Kara design.  I love her embroidery designs.





My neighbor down the street had a wedding in her family so I made some announcements/samplers for that.



Another Kreations by Kara design.


Happy Stitching.  More quilts to follow.

Dr. Seuss

This defnitely will not be the last Dr. Seuss quilt you see out of me.  I think I might have a problem with Dr. Seuss fabric.  I bought enough to make about 5 quilts.

The pattern is Swirly Girl Designs Perfect 10.  I can't believe how quickly it went together.  Yes, I will be using this pattern multiple times.






Thanks for stopping by!!!  I'm off to quilt retreat this weekend, so I will hopefully have a bunch to show next week.

Another Finish

Yeah, another finished quilt.  I think this one is one of my favorites and will definitely be a go to pattern.

So it all started by seeing the cover photo on this blog:  Confessions of a Fabric Addict
I was continually drawn to the quilt at the top of the page made out of Hawaiian fabric.  So I searched through the blog to find a link to the pattern.

I found the link on Shiner's View blog and I knew I had to use that pattern.  Like I said, it is definitely a new favorite.  Very easy to put together.  It's great to showcase theme fabric.  In my case, material that depicts camping.  I'm not a camper, but if I could camp in one of the cool campers on the fabric, I think I could be convinced.

I used a pantograph from Willow Leaf Studio called Blowin' Wind. 









I'm already planning to make another quilt out of Dr. Seuss fabric using this pattern.

Thanks for stopping by.

Ice Dyeing

This weekend I decided to try some ice dyeing.  My daughter had a friend over so I thought that might be a fun project for 2 10 year olds.  I got some white pillowcases at my local Wal-Mart and we went to town.


We did 4 containers, but I only got 2 in the picture.

I washed the pillowcases and asked the girls if they wanted their names embroidered.  The answer was yes.  The look is similar if not the same as parfait snow dyeing.  Definitely think we will try it again with smaller cubes of ice.  Maybe I can hit up the ice machine at work on a Friday night before I leave.  I might even try to sweet talk someone that works at Sonic to see if I can get some of their ice.   I call it "turd ice" because the cubes are really small.  Not crushed, but small.  I think the dye might spread better.  Also a warmer day would probably be better.


The colors appear very dark, but they weren't. Kaylin used Bubble Gum and Raspberry to dye her pillowcase. I really wish the colors showed up better.


I still need to get a picture of the Brilliant Blue and Avacado pillowcase that we made for my husband.  I think I might embroider something sweet and sappy on his.

Thanks for stopping by!

What? Another Post....

When it rains it pours.  I finally have some finished projects to share.

This is a quilt that I started a good 6 years ago.  We moved into a new house and the munchkin was 4.  Her favorite color was purple.  I thought the material would make such an awesome quilt for her new big girl room.

Well, as intentions go with me, I didn't even come close to getting it done.  She is now 10 and moved to blue as her favorite color.  Everything must related to horses and if it doesn't, she really isn't interested.  Someone will get a nice purple quilt someday that has matching pillowcases and a wall hanging to go with it.  Oh well.







Have a great day!!!!