Quilting Fiesta

Be Attitudes

2012-01-29T01:00:00.000-08:00

Completed. Another finish for the year.Thanks Cindy for hosting the sew along.I don't think I would have even started this quilt if you had not done the sew along.It was truly a lot of fun making these blocks.

First Finish of 2012

2012-01-26T01:00:00.000-08:00

Throughout all of 2011, I embroidered Christmas blocks to one day put together into a wall hanging for my formal living room.I started this one late November 2011 in hopes of having it ready for Christmas.I embroidered the whole border with poinsettias and one side reads "Feliz Navidad" and the other side reads "Merry Christmas". Unfortunately I was unable to finish it for Christmas 2011 but it

Rhonda's Leaf BOM

2012-01-22T01:00:00.000-08:00

My 1st block for Rhonda's leaf BOM.I love leaves and anything fall so this is the perfect BOM for me.I have a digitized leaf program and Rhonda was just fine with me using it.Definitely the perfect opportunity for me to use it.Thanks Rhonda.

Paper piecing

2012-01-19T01:00:00.000-08:00

I blogged about paper piecing some Christmas blocks on the 12Th and this is what I have done so far.I am combining them with some embroidered designs I stitched throughout last year.Hopefully, these will become runners.What do you think?

Scraps

2012-01-12T01:00:00.000-08:00

Geez, has anyone noticed the cost of batting and fabric?It is up to $12.00 a yard here and batting is so expensive that I may have to stick to just creating small projects.Anyway, this is my basket of Christmas scraps and I am having a blast paper piecing them so I can put together some Christmas runners for my neighbors.Every year I gift them something I have made and it is so nice to see their

Another UFO bites the dust

2012-01-08T01:00:00.000-08:00

I joined the Bunny Hill Scrappy Plate club because I had made some Dresden's a few years ago and they are just sitting in my closet.This will be another UFO I can work on this year.

A prize

2012-01-07T15:11:00.000-08:00

I won this wonderful pattern from Anna Thank you Anna.

Quilting Pile

2012-01-05T01:00:00.000-08:00

This is the pile I must tackle.How big is your quilting pile?

Things I love Quilt

2012-01-02T01:00:00.000-08:00

I started a Things I love quilt last year some time and I have about 85 surrounding blocks but I was still in need of a center block which should be a house.I have many house patterns and none suited my taste until I remembered that my friend Yvette had gifted me this pattern last year.So I am prepping it for applique and I hope to have a good start on my Things I love quilt this year.

My student's creation

2012-01-01T05:14:00.000-08:00

Check out the creations my quilting student made throughout the year.I am very proud of her.

Throughout the year

2011-12-29T01:00:00.000-08:00

Throughout the year I work on Christmas gifts but no matter how hard I try I always come up short.As many of my blog friends remember, I gifted my daughter 24 applique towels for her new home. I worked on them throughout the year.Well, her friends always admire her towels and she wanted to gift her friends some towels so off to work I went.Luckily I still had a few undecorated towels in my

A gift I must show

2011-12-26T01:00:00.000-08:00

I am always tracing my patterns because I use the basting method for applique.I have a small tracing light box and hubby gifted me this giant one for Christmas.Looks like a giant IPAD.Technology has definitely changed even in the quilting world.I love it!!!!

Santa Swap 2

2011-12-25T05:39:00.000-08:00

An OMG moment this morning when I opened all my gifts from my swap partner Pam.Everything she sent me is perfect,perfect, perfect!!!I could not have asked for a better partner.Her stitching is immaculate.She crosstitched this stunning snowman ornament with the tiniest of stitches.Makes me want to crosstitch again.She even sent a made in the USA mini duster. It is the cutest thing.For not having

Finally Off!!!

2011-12-23T09:56:00.000-08:00

I am officially on Christmas break!Seems like Christmas break would never get here.Now 10 days for me to do as I please.Last night I stayed up later than usual because I have been wanting to make a quilt ornament for our tree.I used my EQ7 program and found a paper piece design I could reduce and make into an ornament.I will not lie. It was not easy to make since it only measures 2.5x2.5 but I

Be Attitudes

2011-12-07T13:00:00.000-08:00

Ready to be quilted.Thank you Cindy for such a fun sew along.

Be attitudes block 12

2011-12-04T01:01:00.000-08:00

The stockings are hung

2011-11-27T06:30:00.000-08:00

Going back to work tomorrow and I am pleased to say that all my decorating is done.Thanks to my children and my husband. All done in one day and I am so glad since it usually takes me several days.Under the tree you can see my Christmas gifts from my swap partner Pam

What I have been up too

2011-11-20T05:48:00.000-08:00

With the coming of winter, I am winterizing my flower beds and enjoying the last blooms of the season.Also, because of my hectic schedule this year, I did not make my granddaughters annual quilt. Usually I have it ready by her birthday in October but this year, this did not occur.She loves Hello Kitty so after much search I found 2 color ways of Hello Kitty at Joann's Fabrics and I immediately

A Finish

2011-11-13T01:00:00.000-08:00

With the little bit of extra time I have in the evenings I am starting to tackle the quilting pile.I made this months ago and finally got it quilted.I just need to make some labels.These wall hangings are for June and one is for my daughter and one is mine.I joined Angie Padilla's site and that is where I got the pattern.

Autumn's Bounty Second Block

2011-11-09T05:11:00.000-08:00

I am loving this BOM

Be attitudes block 11

2011-11-04T01:00:00.001-07:00

My friend Cindy hosted this BOM . We used the Be attitudes book by Art to Heart.One more block to go and then to quilt.

Autumn's Bounty BOM

2011-11-02T01:00:00.000-07:00

My 1st installment of the Autumn's Bounty BOM.I am needleturning the pumpkin so it will be a few more days before I get that one done. The three string blocks are for the BOM and with the left over scraps, I made a mug rug for me.

A Finish and some gifts

2011-10-30T14:10:00.000-07:00

Now that I completed my night time courses I hope to be able to get some actual quilting done. I have only been able to hand stitch because I get home so tired to venture into the sewing room.I have been working on this wall hanging for several weeks now and a few hours ago I added the binding. It is nice to have a finish.Cindy sent me the plaid fabric I used in this project last summer and

Things I love set #17

2011-10-20T01:00:00.000-07:00

Things I love set #19

2011-10-17T01:00:00.000-07:00

There is only 1 block here because it took me Hours and hours to make.I wanted to add some applique blocks to the Things I love quilt so I reduced this design from The Acorn Hollow book published by Heart to Art.It is by far the smallest applique I have ever made.It looks like the yellow fabric bleeded a bit.Any suggestions on how to remove would be great!

Halloween Finish

2011-10-09T13:49:00.000-07:00

I purchased this pattern Halloween Journey in July.My friend enlarged it for me and I have been stitching it ever since.I love my choice of colors and I like that I substituted wool for fabric in the applique.I did not dare quilt the center because I thought it would ruin the embroidery, but as can be seen from the pictures I should have quilted the center to make it hang better.I have been

Be Attitudes Block 10

2011-10-04T01:00:00.000-07:00

block 10 of my friend's Cindy Be attitudes sew along from Art to Heart.Two more blocks to go!

Halloween runner

2011-09-30T01:00:00.000-07:00

Toni sent me a work in progress Halloween quilt project last year and I used portions of it to make a wall hanging for my granddaughter's birthday last year.(the purple one with the embroidered designs) I had enough blocks left over to make this runner for my daughters new home.

Are you tired of fall yet?

2011-09-26T01:00:00.000-07:00

Yep, I had to make another fall design.This time I made a mini quilt. It measures less than 14x14 and I reduced the size of the leaves to fit in each 2 inch block.This took alot of maneuvering but I am pleased with the results. I have designated a narrow wall in my sewing room for my minis.Again, I used the lunch box embroidery program for the leaves.

Autumn delight

2011-09-19T01:00:00.000-07:00

I love fall so much that I have designed another runner that reflects what I cannot see in Florida. The changing colors of the leaves.I used the same embroidery program from Lunch Box quilts but because of my hectic schedule, I just embroidered a block here and there and put it together when I had enough for a runner. Lots of fun. I love using my stash of fall colors.Presently I am trying to

Fall

2011-09-12T01:00:00.000-07:00

Not much time for me to create since I am now working 2 jobs.I do try to finish some of the projects I have started and this one is one of them.I love fall and I love nature so I had to make this topper. I used the embroidery machine to applique the leaves.The embroidery design program I used came fromlunch box quilts

January Wall hanging

2011-09-07T01:00:00.000-07:00

As many of my cyber friends know, my daughter had small house built and she saved the entry wall for me!!It is big enough for some small wall hangings, about 25x36 roughly so I have made her one for every month.As I get them quilted I will post about them.This one is for January and I believe the pattern came from an issue of Quick Quilts.

Be Attitudes Block 9

2011-09-04T01:00:00.000-07:00

block 9 of my friend's Cindy Be attitudes sew along from Art to Heart.

Cutest Bag

2011-08-28T12:04:00.000-07:00

Received my Santa Sack from my partner Pam along with some Christmas gifts. Boy will it be hard to wait to open them. I just so love the tote. Thank you Pam . Thank you Carol for giving me such a creative partner

Things I love set #18

2011-08-26T01:00:00.000-07:00

Things I love set #16

2011-08-20T01:00:00.000-07:00

Embroidery library had some flowers with states so of course I purchased a few to make.

Things I love set #15

2011-08-17T01:00:00.000-07:00

More blocks to add to my quilt.

Farm Fresh by Buggy Barn Designs

2011-08-14T01:00:00.000-07:00

Four days of straight quilting.Sorry about the upside down picture. I do not know how to fix it.This quilt measures 68x82 and I will not lie, it just about killed me to quilt it!There were so many open spaces on the border and I had to keep coming up with quilting ideas.For some reason , I think I cut it wrong since the side with the sunflower border looks wobbly to me.Like I said, this was too

Valentine runner

2011-08-08T01:00:00.000-07:00

I know it's a ways from Valentines day but this one is for my daughters new home.

Wall hangings

2011-08-05T01:00:00.000-07:00

Denise has a year of wall hangings going on and I used this one for April.This one is for my daughters new home.I am making one for every month.I just completed this April one now to start one for May.

Be attitudes Block 8

2011-08-04T01:00:00.000-07:00

block 8 of my friend's Cindy Be attitudes sew along from Art to Heart.I still need to add the buttons and work on the embroidery.I started in this sew along late so my blocks are not in order.Some flowers for your viewing pleasure.

Bless Our Home wall hanging

2011-08-01T01:00:00.000-07:00

My daughter and Son in law wanted a Bless this house wall hanging but they wanted it in Spanish so I came up with this design.It is a slue of many, many patterns.You must click on it and see the John Deere lawn mower I added for my SIL.

February Wall hanging

2011-07-29T01:00:00.000-07:00

This pattern came from Quiltmania magazine and it was designed by Bunny hill designs. I so apologize for not posting the issue number but once I make them I put the issues away and since I quilt months or weeks later, in all honesty, I am too lazy to look thru a stack of magazines.I made this design my own by using the GO cutter of which I made all the hearts and flowers.I made this for my

Things I love set #14

2011-07-27T01:00:00.000-07:00

I am taking a class this week so I decided to work on projects that do not wear me out.Now that my embroidery machine is back I can work on The things I love quilt.

Things I love #13

2011-07-23T01:00:00.001-07:00

Sheila sent me these great blocks for the things I love quilt.They are adorable.She also sent me some squares for my hexagon charm quilt. Love them!Thanks Sheila.

A New Top

2011-07-20T13:36:00.000-07:00

Deanna did a tutorial a few days ago for a scrappy quilt that I simply fell in love with.Since I mostly applique, I really wanted to try something out of my comfort zone.I used only scraps from my scrap bin, a few mini charms I had and since I did not have enough white fabric I framed the blocks in yellow.Now to decide how to quilt.Thanks Deanna for a great tutorial.

Farm fresh

2011-07-17T01:00:00.000-07:00

On March 1st, I blogged about my farm fresh quilt in progress.I am proud to say that yesterday I pinned it and I sincerely hope to have it quilted before returning to work next month.I needle turned all the pieces and I changed the top border since I do not enjoy needle turning stars so instead I enlarged a cone flower clip art design and added those instead.I added some lady bugs, butterflies

Things I love set 12

2011-07-15T01:00:00.000-07:00

Barb sent me several blocks for my Things I love quilt and the scissors and the apple are the only two I have appliqued as of today. She also sent me a cute owl and many school related appliques.My hubby makes fun of me because every morning I go snail hunting. Unfortunately, they may be an interesting bug but they are getting fat on my plants. So I made a snail for my quilt because I do think

Tweets Block 4

2011-07-10T01:00:00.000-07:00

Still 2 blocks behind on this BOM . Still gardening and quilting things for my daughter.

2000 charms

2011-07-08T14:05:00.000-07:00

Deanna did a wonderful tutorial on a unique charm quilt.Each square measures 2 inches and there are 2000 in the quilt she made.I decided to make one too and decided that I wanted it to be a charm quilt.I did not know that Deanna's was also a charm quilt until I read the directions again earlier today.So, for the past 2 days , I have dropped all my other projects and stayed up until 1 a.m

Wordless Wednesday

2011-07-06T05:35:00.000-07:00

Be Attitudes block 7

2011-07-04T01:00:00.000-07:00

Happy Independeance Day everyone.block 7 of my friend's Cindy Be attitudes sew along from Art to Heart.

Things I love set 11

2011-07-02T01:00:00.000-07:00

Things I love set #10

2011-06-27T01:00:00.000-07:00

Henrietta Whiskers Block 6

2011-06-24T01:00:00.000-07:00

I am falling a bit behind on my BOM since I am trying to work on my flower beds and quilt all the wall hangings I made for my daughters new home.I have not officially quilted in months and in all honesty when I sat down to quilt yesterday I broke 3 needles and I had to trace a design because my free motion skills have become poor.Like the saying says" Use it or lose it"

First Finish of the Summer

2011-06-21T01:00:00.000-07:00

One year, 1 month and 12 days, Cindy and I decided to start Crazy Quilting Friday.Last night I completed this crazy quilt.Not heavily embellished like others I have seen but quite satisfying to me.It measure 62x73 and I am glad to call it done though my peacock motif is facing sideways. I am going to try to unstitch it and at least move it a bit.

Things I love Set #9

2011-06-20T01:00:00.000-07:00

Crazy Quilting Friday-Full update

2011-06-17T01:00:00.000-07:00

Many have asked to put all the blocks together so here is it.I still want to add another row of 8 blocks because the space I have to hang it from is quite large.The bottom block is the last one I made.

Things I love Set#8

2011-06-13T01:00:00.000-07:00

I love Nature so my blocks will have lots of leaves and flowers too.I love this fabric with the vintage toys so I just made a block.

Crazy Quilting Friday

2011-06-10T01:00:00.000-07:00

School is out!Yay!

Henrietta Whiskers Block 5

2011-06-08T01:00:00.000-07:00

I am so loving this BOM from BunnyHill designs.

Be Attitudes Block 6

2011-06-04T01:00:00.000-07:00

block 6 of my friend's Cindy Be attitudes sew along from Art to Heart.I still need to add the buttons and work on the embroidery.I started in this sew along late so my blocks are not in order.This is my favorite one.

Crazy Quilting Friday

2011-06-03T01:00:00.000-07:00

Squishes in the mail

2011-06-01T01:00:00.000-07:00

Long overdue post since my computer crashed.Lots of beautiful gifts in the mail.The lovely bag is from Cyndi . You must check out her blog. She makes the most beautiful bags.Since I was rehired this will be my new school bag. She also sent me some charms that I will use for my Lilac hill pattern.Toni sent me the teapot block and the sandals block for the Things I love quilt and Cindy knows that

Things I love set #7

2011-05-30T01:00:00.000-07:00

Crazy Quilting Friday

2011-05-27T01:00:00.000-07:00

Steady and slow but I am getting there.

Things I love set #6

2011-05-23T01:00:00.000-07:00

I leave you with some of my flowers in bloom.

Crazy Quilting Friday

2011-05-20T01:00:00.000-07:00

Still at it.Sheila is also at it so check her blog out.

Tweets Block # 3

2011-05-17T01:00:00.000-07:00

From Erin's BOM

Things I love set #5

2011-05-15T01:00:00.000-07:00

Steady and slow is how the story goes.This set is dear to my heart because I love Dr. Seuss.The "L" is for my family which I love and the stitchery was long lost in a drawer screaming-stitch me!This stitchery brings me fond memories of when I started blogging and every one was doing stitchery and someone sent me the link to some free ones. I apologize but I cannot recall the name.I added some

Crazy Quilting Friday

2011-05-13T01:00:00.000-07:00

Things I love set 4

2011-05-11T01:00:00.000-07:00

Moving right along with this fun quilt I made a turtle to represent the love hubby and I feel for turtles.I love anything vintage so I found some vintage napkins with this red work on it and cut it out for the quilt. A few years ago, I hosted a cottage house swap and this is the label I made for all the group members.This block reappeared while I was cleaning out a storage bin in my sewing room.I

Things I love set #3

2011-05-08T01:00:00.000-07:00

This spring I was so blessed with Iris's in my flower beds and I loved them so much, I had to make a block for this quilt.I am Spanish so I had to make a Señorita block and I love patchwork , so a patchwork block there is.Make sure you check out Cindy's block.Happy Mother's Day my cyber friends.

Crazy Quilting Friday

2011-05-06T01:00:00.000-07:00

Be attitudes block 5

2011-05-04T01:00:00.000-07:00

block 5 of my friend's Cindy Be attitudes sew along from Art to Heart.I still need to add the buttons and work on the embroidery.I started in this sew along late so my blocks are not in order.

Tweets Block #2

2011-05-02T01:00:00.000-07:00

I am a bit behind in Erin's BOM since I have been gardening more than stitching.This BOM is free but you do have to buy the center pattern which is very reasonable.

Things I love set #2

2011-05-01T01:00:00.000-07:00

Cindy is also participating in this sew along so check out her beautiful blocks.The center block is my first machine appliqued block so of course it needs to go in this quilt.I love gardening so I am making blocks with seed packet designs and I live in Florida so I needed to include that block too.I need to search for an embroidery design with North Carolina because I lived there for 20 years and

A lovely win

2011-04-30T05:38:00.000-07:00

I won this small quilt from Glenna at Hollyhocks Quilts and I love , love it.It is so adorable that I have placed it next to the table that I applique so I can look at it all the time. Glenna designed it and she did does beautiful work.Thank you Glenna.

Crazy Quilting Friday

2011-04-29T01:00:00.000-07:00

A more complex block. I hope to disperse them around the quilt with the simpler blocks.

An actual finish

2011-04-27T01:00:00.000-07:00

Hubby took me to a quilt shop this weekend since I wanted to get a new foot for my Bernina. While there he spotted these leather handles for tote bags and purchased this pretty rose one for me.So , I was determined to start a bag and complete it, so 2 days later, here stands my bag.I am so proud that I actually completed it and did not let it sit there for days.I leave you with some new blooms in

Henrietta Block 4

2011-04-25T01:00:00.000-07:00

Finally got block four done from the BOM at Bunny Hill Designs.

Blog Prize

2011-04-23T05:55:00.000-07:00

I received this wonderful blog prize from Cindy.I have never seen the Moda bars and they are so cool. I have the perfect pattern for them.She also sent some goodies that will be put to use except the bunny which my daughter enjoyed all by herself.Happy Easter to all my blog friends.

Crazy Quilting Friday

2011-04-22T01:00:00.000-07:00

This block was a gift from Deanna .She gifted me many vintage blocks the past summer and 2 happened to be crazy quilt blocks. This is the second one. As can be seen from the picture, the maker added crewel embroidery stitches. I am glad to incorporate this block into my quilt.

A new project

2011-04-18T03:03:00.000-07:00

As I was straightening out my sewing room last night , I found a magazine that had a quilt I had seen at a local quilt show that caught my eye.It was in an issue of Australian Patchwork and Quilting and the quilt was made by Dale Ritson.It is basically a quilt about all the things that mean something to her. It has 128 four inch blocks and it caught my eye.I had seen a similar quilt at a local

Crazy Quilting Friday

2011-04-15T01:00:00.000-07:00

This block was with a stack of vintage blocks Deanna sent me last summer.It will be an honor to add it to my quilt.

Crazy Quilting Friday

2011-04-08T01:00:00.000-07:00

Be attitudes Block 4

2011-04-04T01:00:00.000-07:00

block 4 of my friend's Cindy Be attitudes sew along from Art to Heart.I still need to add the buttons and work on the embroidery.I started in this sew along late so my blocks are not in order.

Crazy Quilting Friday

2011-04-01T01:00:00.001-07:00

Henrietta Whiskers Block 3

2011-03-29T13:00:00.000-07:00
Great BOM from Bunny Hill designs

Farm Fresh block

2011-03-27T01:00:00.001-07:00
My bloom block is done for the Farm Fresh quilt.I posted about this quilt on March 1st.Instead of making a regular flower center I used the Into the garden book for inspiration for the center of the flower. 4 more to go plus the border.

UFO's completed

2011-03-21T01:00:00.000-07:00
I made these mini quilt during the summer just to play with some leftover scraps. They sat on my design wall for months since I really did not know what to do with them.I quilted them during Christmas break and I finally got around to binding them.I am taking them to my little office which is really an over sized closet with boxes to bring a little cheer to my work space.The pumpkin one is a

UFO completed

2011-03-18T01:00:00.000-07:00
My son in law's birthday is just a few days away.I saw this pattern by Rachel Griffith in a magazine this summer and I made it. ( I so apologize but I cannot remember which magazine).I quilted it during my Christmas break, added the binding and there it sat until I finally stopped appliqueing my other projects so I can gift this to him in a few days.It is just a small lap quilt he can use next

Farm Fresh block #3

2011-03-15T01:00:00.000-07:00

Farm Fresh block #2

2011-03-11T01:00:00.000-08:00
Block Number 2 completed.I wanted to get this quilt done before the spring since I do not have a spring quilt to display but it is not looking that way.

Tile Quilt revival

2011-03-06T01:00:00.001-08:00
Not that I need another quilt to make, but this looks very interesting. If anyone has made one, please let me know how it went.

Be Attitudes Block 2 and 3

2011-03-04T01:00:00.000-08:00
I am now caught up with my friend's Cindy Be attitudes sew along from Art to Heart.I still need to add the buttons and work on the embroidery.

3036 Hexies later

2011-03-03T01:00:00.000-08:00
As many of my blog friends know, I started this quilt in 2009 and with the help of all my cyber friends it has became a charm quilt. Each hexie measures 3/4inch, about the size of a dime and as of today it has 3036 hexies.The hexies you see on the ironing board are the ones I have left to put on and then I need to buy scraps of fabric and request my cyber friends to gift me their 1.5x1.5 inch

Henrietta Whiskers Update

2011-03-02T01:21:00.000-08:00
After receiving great input on how to fix my squared off pumpkin, I decided on a leaf.I still see a little bit of squareness but not as much.Thank you my cyber friends for all your help.

Farm fresh

2011-03-01T01:00:00.000-08:00
I saw this pattern during Christmas break and I received it as a gift from hubby.It has been a struggle. The pattern is perfect in the sense that it is totally full size so no enlarging or piecing required but it is printed on both sides and I have not been able to do reverse needle turn applique which is my favorite technique.I too wish I would have purchased it as a kit since I have totally

Christmas block

2011-02-28T01:00:00.000-08:00
As many of you know I am trying to design a Christmas quilt for my daughter and I. I have made several blocks and here is one I just completed. Very easy though I should have made 2.Pattern here