Ok, Where Did the Weekend Go?

I was supposed to pick a winner of my Schnibbles pattern giveaway Friday night but I lost the entire weekend!!

Anyway, the winner of the Schnibbles pattern

is ~

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Jen over at The Quilty Home!!
Congrats, Jen!!  Email me with your snail mail address!!

Saturday's Smile!!

My First Block in the Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt

I have joined Donna over at Brynwwood Needleworks for her Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt Quiltalong.  I just went back to look at her blog on day one of the QAL and already I am not playing by the rules!!  No wonder the other kids in the playground couldn't get along with me!!

In her February 1st post, Donna sets out what blocks were to be made this month.  Well instead, I started out with Block #1 - Attic Windows.

I fussy cut the middle piece so I have two little birds hanging out in my Attic's window.  I'll try to play nicer on the next one I make, Donna!!

Today is the Mailing Deadline and All 4 Blocks are Ready to Go!!

These are the blocks I finished for Beth over at her blog Eva Paige Quilt Designs for her Scrappy New Year Group Project.  This was a fun group of blocks to make because I made each block one at a time.  Even though all 4 blocks use the same 5 fabrics, I cut the fabrics for each block seperately and at a different time and so it's interesting how unique each of the blocks turned out!!

Above are all 4 blocks together and below are the 4 blocks seperately.

Now they go into the mail today and 3 swap blocks will come back to me.

Small Giveaway for Participants in the Another Year of Schnibbles Party

or anyone else that would like to make this darling quilt!!

As you know this is the pattern we are making this month so I will pick a name on this Friday the 10th so it has time to get to you and you have time to get it made!!  Just leave a comment - I love hearing from ya!!

And if you would like to see what all the fun is about, click on the Button below ~

and see some of the wonderful "Full House" quilts that were made in January!!

Oh My Goodness - I Have Been Commissioned to Make . . .

36 of these 10-1/2 inch blocks!!!

A lady from Church came over last week and asked if I would piece some blocks for a quilt for her son.  She wants to put the quilt together and hand-quilt it.  And she wants to pay me!!  Wouldn't let me do it unless I promised to charge her a fair price.  Amazing how prayers are answered, isn't!!

She brought me a picture from an old, old, old quilting book and I made a template so I could paper-piece these blocks.  We chose the fabrics from my stash - she wanted navy blue and gold as the main colors and then we got a premium coordinating muslin to use as the background.

This block will only be the mock-up as my trusty old sewing machine decided to have a senior moment and the  tension messed up.  Bad enough that I could just pull on the end of the seam and it would just pull right through!!

Now, she just has to look at the block and see if it works for her!!  Then I will be working on ANOTHER project!!  Woo! Hoo!!

Everyone enjoy your Friday!!

Another Fun Swap in the Works!!

I joined Beth over at her blog Eva Paige Quilt Designs for her Scrappy New Year Group Project.  We are each supposed to make 4 blocks from a pattern she designed on Electric Quilt and then we will get back three blocks and she will use the 4th block for a group quilt.  This is a way for us to use up some scraps!!

These are my blocks.  I chose 4 old FQs of "Paris Flea Market" by 3 Sisters that have been sitting around for years.

I decided to paper-piece the blocks, so I made a template of 1/4th of the block and then

they will get sewn together to make a really cute block.  I am always amazed at how many blocks can be paper-pieced and how much easier it is for me to do the piecing!!

I am not sure if all 4 finished blocks will be the same fabric or if I am really going to go into my stash to find more fabrics!!  I'll let you know!!

Saturday's Smile

Woo! Hoo! A Finish!!

I wanted to make something special for my dear, dear friends in Colorado Springs and I thought - hmmmm, I'm a quilter . . . I think I'll make them a quilt!!  It's going in the mail tomorrow!!

My sweet friend over at Summit Creek Quilts did the quilting for me!!  Thanks, Sue!!

If You Like Postage Stamp Quilts

here is a great link for you!!

Bonnie left a message on my last post but was unable to create a link to her website, Quiltville.com, so I am doing it for her!!  It is well worth visiting!!  Click on the quilt to see more!!

I've Been Working and Working and Working and . . .

working on cutting all these little, and I do mean little, 2" squares!!  Yiks, I joined a postage stamp swap  and had no idea was I was getting myself into!!

I am sending out 700 hundred - well, I am sending them out as soon as they get done!!  LOL!!!  It will really be fun to get 700 little squares back in the mail - all different!!  But once they arrive, what do I do with them??

Little Houses on the Hillside . . . Little Houses Made of Ticky Tack

Do you remember that song from long ago??  Well, as I was putting a row of little house blocks together that song came into my head!!  Funny how our minds work!!  Anyway first row of houses.  Notice that two of the houses have perfect corners on the roof sides and two are not so perfect!!  Guess which ones are the paper-pieced houses!!  :-))

Saturday's Smile

I Hope This Isn't Cheating . . .

because the paper-piecing works fabulously and it took me about 1/4th the time to make a house!!

Construction Has Begun in Kaffe Fassett Village!!

This my first attempt at this type of quilt piecing and quite honestly, it's much more difficult than I would have imagined.  I was going to say that it's tougher than paper-piecing when it dawned on me that I just might be able to paper-piece these little goodies!!  Has anyone ever tried that??

This is going to be a very colorful village!!