WIP Wednesday 1-30-13

I can't believe it is the end of January!  My goodness where does time go?
I have been working on these blocks for sometime now and look I finally finished all of them!
Now I am collecting ideas for ways to set them, if you have any  ideas feel free to share them with me.  I'm linking up over at   WIP Wednesday, come on over and see what everyone is working on.
Happy Sewing,
Kim

6 inch
blocks

The last red and tan block added to the sow along and now I am finished!

Design Wall Monday

I'm linking up on Design Wall Monday to show off all my blue and gold
6 inch blocks, Yes I finished. :0)!  Come on by and see all the terrific work in progress.

All my blocks are done, now I have to decide on how to put these together

I also have all these blocks in reds and tans!  Two quilts I hope to finish this year.

Happy Sewing, Kim

More six inch blocks

Four more blocks to make and I will have completed the Sow along by Randy.........I hope to get that done today!   I know it isn't a finish but I am so happy that I am making progress that I am going to show it off over at  Amanda Jean's   anyway!
 What are you working on?  Happy Sewing, Kim

And the winner is.........Lisa

Okay I tried to post the random linky thing but couldn't get it to work.
So I numbered all the enteries and let the random picker pick and
it picked #11.
Number 11 is Lisa
Congrats Lisa!  Victoria's book "15 minutes of Play" and some fabric to get you started will

be on the way :0).
Happy Sewing, Kim

WIP 1-23-13

more 6 inch squares

the last of Randy's sow along blocks

I got to do a little sewing last night and now I am catching up

blue version

 more postage stamps

I got to do some sewing yesterday!  In between selling my house and buying another one
things have been quite hectic around here.  You have one more day to enter my giveaway before I do the drawing tomorrow evening.  I'm linking up over at WIP Wednesday because I am thrilled to finally have some sewing done.   Happy Sewing,  Kim

Happy 60th Birthday Giveaway

Victoria's book

It's my 60th birthday and I'm giving away Victoria's book and a bunch of fabric to get you started making your own " made fabric" as described in Victoria's book.  I'll do the drawing on Jan. 24th, two weeks from now on my son's birthday.  Good luck and Happy Sewing, Kim

The rules are simple, just leave  only one  comment and sorry this is only open to USA bloggers to cut down on the expense of mailing overseas.

Home again

Posies as a Christmas tree like Jackie suggested :0)

Have any suggestions on how this could become a quilt?  It think it might look cute raw edge quilted on  a pieced back ground..even though this is only a layout I'm posting with Crazy Mom Quilts  because I am so happy to be able to blog again :0).  Happy Sewing, Kim

Christmas visit to  Brooklyn

You never know who you'll meet in the subways

This rat was having a Christmas feast

DH  with Jenny Egg

The top of the Empire State building on our walk home from the subway.

 After 10 days away in NYC we arrived home in a snow storm, got 6 inches of snow overnight and lost power for 3 hours.  All is well after clearing the snow, getting our mail and settling back into our home :0).  I hope everyone had the Merriest Christmas ever and we all have a blessed 2013 with more random acts of love and kindness.  Happy Sewing, Kim

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas! 

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Blogger holding me hostage

I am unable to post any pictures at this time due to blogger holding my pictures hostage for a fee.
I have lost all of my photos.....has this happened to you?

Happy Sewing and I guess I am hold blogging until I can figure this out.

Kim

Olympic Park Utah

I've always been fascinated with the Olympic pin trading.  These were arranged  inside a snow flake design and reminded me of a appliqued tile quilt.

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some of the 2002 pins

so many of them just for trading!

Here we are near the bobsled run right before it started to rain.

a photo op station :0)

We were in the Olympics Park for some world cup skeleton runs.

Temple Square in Salt Lake City

The top of the Temple

The temple from neighboring building

Reflection of temple

The center of temple square is of course the Mormon Temple of Salt Lake City. It is majestic!
Everything in temple square is open to visitors except the temple.

Visiting Salt Lake City

view from our hotel room

more snow falling.....view from our room, of course we did not pack boots!

I don't think I have ever seen a sign like this before, it was posted near a tall building in Salt Lake City.

The capital building in Salt Lake City

walking away from the capital

Just takes 2

I got three blocks hand appliqued while traveling this past week.
Slowly but surely I will get this quilt made!  I have to show something over at Judy's so this is it :0). Happy Sewing, Kim

Block 72.  I cut out the design in freezer paper first then ironed the red fabric to the paper before appliqueing the design.

Taken from the Olympic park in Utah.

Just takes 2

I've got nothing to show over at WIP Wednesday even though I am working away on kitting up these blocks to take with me when I travel.  Here's what I do, cut out the fabrics ,  prepare them for applique  and put them all in Ziplocks.  Now when I have to wait at  an airport, or while sitting in a plane, train or car I can stitch my Just takes 2  blocks.  Happy Sewing,  Kim

blocks already to stitch

Design Wall Monday 11-5-12

There is a tradition at Gwen Marston's retreats where bits and pieces are picked up off the floor and little quilts are made, called "floor quilts" here is one of mine.

playing around with  strips and squares

Other bits on my design wall

 I'm linking up over at Design Wall Monday come on over and have a look :0).

Remakes

OOPS

okay that's better.

 I'm going to be more careful when Randy releases the next set of 6 inch blocks and then I won't have to remake them!  Happy Sewing, Kim

Mr. October

Look at this adorable quilt Joni sent me for our Oct.swap over at the Doll Quilters Monthly swap group.
This group has a lot of fun want to join in?  I hope to see you there :0)

Happy sewing,
Kim

Made by Joni R.

Taryn is having a doll quilt show over at her blog Repro Quilt Lover, I think everyone will get a kick out of see the quilt Joni made for me.  Why not drop by and have a look :0)

Orca Bay finally finished..A Bonnie Hunter mystery

 Orca Bay, designed by Bonnie Hunter and made with the quiltvillechat group as an online mystery.

Oh my goodness I finished this one just in the nick of time......Bonnie has put out the fabric requirements for the 2012 mystery.  I've done them all and can hardly wait for the new one!
Bonnie Hunter designs a quilt then gives it to us as a mystery.  It is so fun to sew it section by section then watch it come together as the clues mount up to a full sized quilt. 

The one in the picture is now in one of Bonnie's books and you can't  get the pattern for free. Her books are amazing, crammed with quilts, techniques and easy to follow instructions.  I hope you take advantage of this generous offer and enjoy sewing the mystery over the holidays with Bonnie.

I'm going to link up with Amanda Jean over at finish it up finish it up Friday :0) and Sara over at Can I get a whoop whoop? :0), come see what's getting done by all the other bloggers. 

Happy Sewing, I can't believe it is really November,  Kim

Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park

Before this bridge became a state park this massive 1.28 mile steel structure was know as the Poughkeepsie-Highland Railroad Bridge, an Industrial Age superstar that once bore the weight of 3,500 freight cars a day.
When trains began rumbling over the bridge in 1888, it was the longest bridge in the world-a title it held for over a year.  It became a key transportation hub linking western raw materials to eastern industrial centers, until a fire in 1974 crippled the railroad bridge and it fell into disrepair and an uncertain future.
It took another 35 years before a grassroots nonprofit called Walkway Over the Hudson was able to successfully galvanize public and private support in the Hudson Valley and statewide to save the historic bridge and transform it into the park it is today.
The bridge re-opened on October 3, 2009 after a two-year construction effort.  Today the Walkway is the longest elevated pedestrian park in the world, returning it to the record books after 121 years.

DH and I getting ready to enter the walkway

Fall leaves

View from the bridge

This is the closest we have come to sunshine in weeks!

One beautiful red tree

Can you see the Fallkill  in the backgound?  It was once used to power this old industrial building in Poughkeepsie.

Looking north

Looking south at the Poughkeepsie bridge for traffic.

Fall in Poughkeepsie