Buzzy bee quilt

I made this quilt for a friend of mine in Columbus, she had taken a foster baby in. I think it turned out pretty well on this side.

This side got a little mixed up when I was putting it together. 

I wasn't able to deliver it myself so I left it with a coworker of mine who was very impressed with it and asked if I could make one for her daughter. She asked for one a bit bigger. I finished it up and was able to get it to her. She's expecting baby two so I better get sewing!

Sorry for the lousy pictures but both of these have been gifted. I am linking up to Crazy Mom Quilts Finish it up Friday.

January Blogger BOM Winner

     First of all we have a winner for January Blogger BOM. That lucky follower is Scrapbook-ChickADoodle. I have emailed her and will be shipping her 100 2.5" fabrics squares as soon as I get her address.
     I also took some more pictures of Megan's Baby quilt to get some shots of the back and the binding. I ended up cutting these owls in the wrong direction so that's how the ended up on the back. I love the binding on this quilt. I can't remember where I got it and I only bought a quarter yard. Turned out to be perfect for this quilt and was just enough.

 
     Other big news this week is this week is that we added a new critter to our family. Our dog Vinnie hasn't been doing great and my beagle Daisy is very close to him. Vinnie has a tumor in his ear as well as alot of other health problems. We decided that we weren't going to pursue surgery with Vinnie. Since he and Daisy are so close we decided to add a new addition to our family to make the transition easier on Daisy. We looked around and came across someone who had a litter of English Springer Spaniel puppies. My Uncle Tom had one of these dogs when I was growing up and I always wanted one. So this little guy has been chewing and pooing his way into our hearts, his name is Turkey. Daisy has been a very patient big sister.

     
       I grabbed some remnant fleece from Joanne's yesterday. I use it to make some doggie chews from this tutorial here. They turned out really well and the dogs love them. Very easy to whip up while watching tv.

     On the quilting front I am working on this baby rag quilt for Paru's baby girl who is about 2. She saw one that I made for Elizabeth's foster baby and fell in love with it. I made this one for her daughter with the cutest fattest bumble bees. I need to snip the seems on this one....

     Enough slacking I need to get back to the machine. Don't forget 2/1/13 we have a bonus Blogger BOM with Jennifer from Knotted thread!!!

Linking it up to WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced....

 

Fall Finish Up -WIP

My UFO list of out of control. I am trying to chop it down by the end of the year. No new projects until I have finished at least half of these.....Here is what I have.....Finished some in the process of writing this long post!

DONE!!!

Knotted Thread Hurricane Sandy Blocks: DONE!!! & Mailed
Original Post Here http://www.knotted-thread.com/2012/11/helpless.html

Blogger's Block of the Month September (3) & Margaret's Hope Chest Blocks: Fun in the Middle Blocks: DONE!!!!

http://margaretshopechest.blogspot.com/2012/09/project-hope-2012-final-project-fun-in.html

For Me

For Margaret's Hope Chest - Mailed

Blogger's Block of the Month October (3) / Churn Dash Block: DONE!!!

http://sewkindofwonderful.blogspot.com/2012/10/bloggers-bom-peach-patch-quilts.html

Scrappy Stash QAL: Ellison Lane: DONE!!!

http://ellisonlane.blogspot.com/2012/10/lets-get-started-scrappy-stash-quilt.html

WIP!!!

Holiday Lane Pillow Blog Hop - Need to hand stitch applique pieces, and sew trim and backing.

http://www.jillilystudio.com/free-stuff.htm

Marin's Quilt - Need to piece backing, quilt and bind

Ian's Quilt - Need to complete quilting and bind

Gabby's Stars - Need to complete piecing, baste, quilt and bind.

Postage Stamp Quilt -  Need to complete piecing, baste, quilt and bind.

Stars On Black Quilt

Stars on Pastel Quilt

Mamie's Quilt


Blogger's Block of the Month November (3) / Big and Little Block
http://ellisonlane.blogspot.com/2012/11/bloggers-blog-of-month-block-tutorial.html

Paru's Baby Quilt

Michelle's Quilt

Ellie's Quilt

Aaron's Flannel Quilt

Super Mario Quilt for Evan

Aaron's Quilt


Linking it up to Freshly Pieced

White knuckles and sweaty palms from hanging on too tight

      Granted I am a little late posting this, but I have been recuperating from an awesome weekend of adventuring. Last Friday I flew in as usual to the Milwaukee airport, Papa Peach picked me up at the airport and we drove from the airport to the ferry terminal and shuffled off to Michigan. If you haven't had the opportunity to ride the ferry across lake Michigan add it to your bucket list. We took the Lake Express, which may not be the cheapest way to get to Michigan from Wisconsin but you don't have to drive through Chicago! (Twice). My husband is a former navy sailor and was greatly comforted by his return to the water. We took our car on the ferry since the rental car location at the ferry terminal is not open when the last ferry arrives (dumb dumb dumb). We were able to watch the sunset from the rear of the ship and try out our sea legs. The ride on the way there was a little rough but as long as you remained sitting it was pretty relaxing.

View from the back of the boat, Milwaukee off in the distance

     As an added bonus Papa Peach brought my new books that came in the mail. I am now the proud owner of Sewn Toy Tales and The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt. I can't wait to join the QAL for The Farmer's Wife at Fussy Cut. I look forward to becoming a Farmer's Wife soon!
       We got to Muskegon and drove to Grand Rapids late Friday night. Saturday morning we met up with a group of fellow quilters at Queen Bee Quilt Shop. Carin from Margaret's Hope Chest organized an end of summer work party to put together the amazing amount of blocks she had collected for quilts. We had 15+ ladies show up and over 1000 blocks donated. Amanda Jean from Crazy Mom Quilts was among the attendees and brought some quilts from her book. I was able to snag a copy of her book while we were there. We sewed and sewed and ended up with some pretty snazzy looking quilts if I do say myself. There was a reporter there from the paper, quilter's from all over, and lots of machines humming. Here are some of the charity quilts that we made, and I didn't just pick them because they were the ones that used the blocks I made. So many seams to snip. I was happy to have my Rag Scissors with me, worth every penny.

Carin peeking over the blue rag quilt

Pink Rag Quilt

        Upon arriving home I had lots of goodies in my mailbox. This box of fabric from Fat Quarter Shop (12 pounds of fabric for $56 bucks). It turns out to be 20-25 yards of fabric for 56 dollars which is less than three dollars a yard. I was really happy with the selection. Mostly all quilting cottons, well known designers (Tula Pink, Moda, Riley Blake, Michael Miller, Hoffmann). I liked it so much that I ordered a second box. Bad Bad Bad.....I keep telling myself I will use some of the goodies for charity quilts and not just become a tragic tale on an upcoming episode of hoarders.

Look what the fabric fairies left at my door

Some of my favorite fabrics from the mystery box

There were one or two fabrics that I didn't love. This one of possessed kittens takes the cake. Thank you Michael Miller, what were you thinking?????? Anyone want to swap for some cross eyed demon kittens???