6 inch blocks

Cups and saucer made perfectly with Marti Michell templates

flowers in my yard

Alabama here I come :0)

Just getting ready to head for the train station to stay over with Victoria before we fly out at O'dark hundred in the morning.  Then we drive into Alabama to sew with the ladies of Gees Bend!  It will be so good to Nifty again too.

Share and share a like turkey and cardinal. :0).

tulips from my garden

I love tulips and so do the deer!

just beautiful

And to meet some more great quilting ladies at the retreat.  I'll be back next week but have left some blog entries to post while I'm away.   Happy Sewing

Finish it up Friday

No finish to show today but I am going to find a home for this orphan block.  I added the border and now I am going to quilt it with a grid pattern.  Look what everyone is doing over at Amanda Jean's .  Happy Sewing

I'm seeing stars

6 inch block for sow along with Randy :0)

3 inch block added for a spacer in JT2

more stars :0)

Scrappy stars

scrappy friendship stars

two feathered stars for my Just take quilts...no these will not be in the same quilt :0)  one will be a red and white quilt and one will be pink and brown.....not mixed together.

One perfect star :0)

The computer is really fighting me this morning ! I hope this shows up at Bonnie Hunter's bed turning.

Don't you just love when a block comes out perfectly?  I'm linking it up with Lee over at WIP Wednesday.

Lilttle red baskets

  Temecula Quilt Co. is celebrating 5 years in business by giving this free pattern as a thank you.  How nice :0).

Compass block

This is the block I want to make so instead of piecing it I thought I should try to applique it.

I'm going to use this brown check shirt and applique it on pink fabric

trace all the shapes onto freezer paper

Iron them onto the fabric, the plastic on the freezer paper sticks to the fabric

now I am going to cut out each shape with enough seams allowance to glue the fabric to the paper side of the freezer paper

here is the center circle already to glue down

the shape is all glued and ready to applique

turn the point up then fold the sides down and glue in place

sides glue in place  now to do the other end

all ready for applique

got all the shapes ready to go

One is pieced, one appliqued.  the pieced one was much easier.

Now I know :0)    Happy Sewing, Kim
I'm linking up with Judy over at Design wall Monday too.

Finish it up Friday

Back of Taryn's quilt which really shows  Debby Brown's impeccable quilting.

close up: all done in batiks with wool batting.

Winding ways is finally finished :0) I'm going to link it up over at Amanda Jean's.

WIP Wednesday

In an effort to individualize this pattern I have made a few blocks differently.  the challenge will be to now make them fit in the pattern layout suggested by "Just Takes 2"

Are you making your own "Just takes 2" ?

This feathered star is my favorite.  Why not show us what you are working on over at WIP Wednesday ?

Happy Sewing, Kim

What's on your design wall?

" Grandma's compass for the Just Takes 2 " quilt.

blue 6inch squares

red colorway

It's fun to see what everyone is working on over at Judy's design wall Monday.

Blogger BOM #7

Jackie is hosting the bloggers BOM

This months blogger designer is Allison :0)

Stitched in Color is having a Festival of Scrappiness!

 

 

I entered these two quilts into the Festival of Scrappiness. You should jump over and see all the great quilts!

 

Granny squares

Japanese X

Doll quilt swap

Machine quilted by Debby Brown

"Carolina Christmas" designed by Bonnie Hunter from her book  "Scraps and Shirttails II"

A Bonnie Hunter mystery using scraps of red turquoise and black, then using the scraps to make a doll quilt too.
Happy Sewing, Kim

I think I'll enter it over at the Festival of Scrappiness too.

I linked up with Amanda Jean over at Finish it up Friday :0)

doll quilt made for swap on "Doll Quilters Monthly" 
a new group that just formed to swap doll quilts.
These scraps from the above quilt plus a little house block from Beth :0).

The Farmer's Wife

I'm linking up over at Freshly Pieced.


 These little blocks are really fun to make and I'm "sowing along" with Randy and Bonnie :0)

I also linked into Judy's "Design wall Monday", come have a look at all the great work going on .
Happy sewing, Kim

Crazy Mom Quilts

 LOOK.....My new book arrived

I've been looking forward to this book and yesterday it arrived :0).  I'm a long time admirer of  "Crazy Mom Quilts"  blog with all its tutorials, free patterns and good design.  I've made many quilts, including doll quilts, from Amanda Jean's blog so I thought it would be wonderful to own her book.
I am not disappointed!  Lots of great ideas , projects and improvisational work.  I highly recommend this one :0).   Congratulations Amanda Jean along with your co-author Cheryl Arkison.  

Co- authors