Santa Came Early!

Look what was in my mail box today!!! This poor package had a long way to travel it came all the way from Germany! My mini from the Four Seasons Quilt Swap!!!!! Can you tell that I am excited.LOL

And this is what was inside all those pretty packages. The cutest wall hanging. I love that I can hang this all winter and not just at Christmas time. I can't wait to take it home and find the perfect spot for it. And a cute little bag with a address book and a pen inside. I just love the fabrics that were used. And then the chocolate covered cookies. I also love that because I don't know any German I can't read the calorie count so that means I can eat all that I want.

Here is a close up of the quilt. Isn't it just the sweetest thing. And it is hand quilted as well!

What you don't see is that the package was stuffed with newspaper to keep the quilt safe. I uncrunched all the newspaper and am going to bring them home to my kids. I think they will find it neat to see a newspaper written in German. Bet their teacher would find it neat as well.

Half Pint Update

This is the last Thursday to post for the half pint quilt along. This has been quilted and still needs a binding. I hope to get to it this weekend. I do need to quilt and bind a wall hanging first then on to getting this finished.

Something Old, Something New, Something ....

My latest Half Pint update. The quilt is on the frame and in the process of getting quilted. I am pretty sure I am suppose to have it completed this week which is not going to happen. I am really happy with the progress I have made. The binding is all sewed and just waiting over there>>>>> to be attached as soon as the quilting is finished. I am hoping I will finish up this weekend. There really is just no time to sew during the week.

Here is a close up of the quilting. It is a little hard to see it is white thread on white fabric. There are clouds and butterflies and swirls. Perfect for a little girl. Sure hope the sonogram is right and this little one comes out a girl.

Here is one of my something new. This was done at my embroidery class last week and finished at home. This will be turned into a real cute gift bag that I will put a little gift in for my girls teacher. I am thinking the bag will be even better than the gift.

And for my something old I finished this baby quilt started last Superbowl Sunday. It was a mystery quilt and a lot of fun to make. This will go to my godchild. I can officially remove this from my UFO list.

And another something new. I am happy with the progress on this quilt. I started this in November and it only needs sashing and quilt. This is (yep) another baby quilt. I have a few more baby quilts to make but they will have to wait I need a break from baby quilts!

Now what to work on this weekend. That is if and after I get the Half Pint finished.

Tis the Season

I am thinking the dogs are not very happy with their new hats. First year the tree is down stairs so the tree is minus the breakable ornaments. We shall see how the dogs and cat act around the tree.

I've said it once i'll say it again

There is just something about borders that just stop me in my tracks. I go from skipping to my sewing room to dragging my feet. I don't know why that is. And it does not matter what type of border. It can be plain or pieced but once I get to the border I just want to move on to the next quilt. Now I don't mind bindings, I actually really enjoy bindings but "sign" there is just something about borders!

I have been working on this border for two weeks(well in fairness I was away for a few days to a quilt show) but just knowing it is waiting for me is keeping me out of the sewing room. I have even started sneaking other blocks into the mist. Can you see tell the block that just doesn't belong?

I will get this border done before the weekend as this is a sew along and I am already behind. Plus it is now a past due baby quilt. The shower was last weekend. I really need this done as I have 7 yes 7 baby quilts to make. I really think it is time for my family to find other interest. So borders need to get on this quilt to have baby quilt number two done.

I just started this baby quilt ans it is baby quilt number three. The blocks sneaking in with the borders for above quilt are going into this quilt. I really like how it is coming out. It might also be baby quilt number five with bolder boy colors!

Here we have baby quilt number one which has a binding stitched done on one side so this is almost done! This might go quicker if I started make baby quilt smaller than bed size but I just am not good at making small quilts.

What I really want to do is dig out some fabric and play with my new ruler that I got at the quilt show! This is the Rapid Fire Hunter Star Ruler. I just love all of her rulers though. I really want to make a quilt for myself but I think it is going to be baby quilt number 4. This is what is motivating me to get those borders done. So I can play with my new toy.

And isn't my baby so cute! My husband is not thrilled with the fact that I had him colored pink for Halloween. It should only take about a month for the pink to go away. He was suppose to be purple but my cousin ran out of the purple dog hair color. Yes they sell hair color specially for dogs. Hmmm maybe blue next time.

Yum Nine Patches

It is Thursday so that means it is time to show our Half Pint Mini Quilt although mine is not all that mini. I did post this on Design Wall Monday but this is a better pic. It helps when you turn the lights on.

I am still playing a little catch up. Have not had time to sew during the week but I think I am doing pretty good.

Design Wall Monday

The start of yet another new week which means another Design Wall Monday. To look at other design walls head on over to Judy's site and check out the list. My kids spent quite a bit of time in the sewing room this weekend and decided to take over my design wall space. It just wasn't working for me so we went shopping and now my design wall has grown. If you can see to the left where my BOM's from a couple of years ago are hanging. That is new.

There was plenty of progress on the middle quilt over the weekend in between cutting fabrics for the girls. This is for the Half Pint Mini Quilt sew along although mine is not a mini. This is suppose to be a baby quilt. Oh well she will be able to fit it on her big girl bed when she gets older. Sorry the pics are so dark. I didn't have time to turn the lights on so these are all taken in the dark.

To get the girls off my design wall I had to go and get them their own design walls. Good thing there is a lot of wall space in my basement/sewing room. Well now there is actually no wall space left.LOL this is my little vets design wall.

Here she is figuring out her placements. Very important to get them just right.

And my little artist. I took three pics and they were all blurry. I think maybe because the light were off. This one is ready to be quilted.

Phew that is a lot of design walls to post. And a big Thank You to my niece Melissa for coming over to help me superglue/duct tape these tablecloths to the walls.