Quilt Sampler Quilt-Along

I am quilting along with Donna and some other wonderful ladies.

We are going to be making a sampler quilt.

Here is the first block.

Join us!

(here)

Smiles,

Strawberry's From Spain

On Monday I eagerly went to the post office to pick up my swap parcel knowing full well it was Columbus Day.  No surprise to you that the post office was closed.  I thought I was alone when I muttered to myself only to discover a lady behind me who kindly chuckled.  She said I was the fourth person in the last ten minutes to do the same thing.  I made a bee line back yesterday and I can say that the contents of my little envelope were well worth the wait!  My goodies came all the way from Spain from Teresa.  I will find out if Teresa has a blog so I can link to it.  The strawberries are darling and I love her fabric choices.  The attention to detail is superb, look at all those tiny embroidery stitches!  I am in love with the measuring washi tape and the cute little pen that writes in the prettiest shade of pink.  A girl can never go wrong with candy, either.  Thank you, Teresa, I love it!  It looks so pretty on my pink cake stand with the doily that I may keep it there to look at it.  Blessings!  (Update on the Strawberry Pillow post.  The block pattern is from the Strawberry Social Quilt pattern by the Pattern Basket.  I made three blocks and added fabric to make the size pillow I wanted).

Smiles,

Strawberry Pillow

Recently I participated in a Strawberry Pincushion swap hosted by the lovely Erin from Why Not Sew? You may remember my gifts to my recipient here.  I am headed to the post office in a bit to retrieve my swap parcel.  I wanted to thank Erin for hosting such a fun swap so I made her this pillow and pincushion.  I hope she has received it and I'm not spilling the beans on my blog!  I want to participate in more swaps because this was such a great experience.  I'll be back tomorrow to show you what I received.  Be sure to pop over to Erin's blog where she is hosting a giveaway for some fabulous Honeysweet! Blessings!

Hugs,

Sunday Scripture

image found here

Blessings,

Snippets

I didn't mean to take a blog break, but sometimes its just the way it works out.  I've been doing a lot of sewing.  The top photo is the quilt sample I made for the class I will be teaching at Pink Castle Fabrics next month.  The pattern is from Cluck, Cluck, Sew and is titled "Suburbs".  After it's quilted and up at the shop, I will get a better photo.  I won a giveaway over at Kathy's.  This wonderful pillow arrived and I just love it!  I'm not doing much fall decorating now that both kids are in college but I did add some wee little pumpkins to the window sill over the sink.  They make me smile.  The weather has turned and cold is setting in.  I always know its fall when the clouds are so low you feel like you can touch them.  I snapped this picture tonight from my back patio.  I have some clemantis that have finally decided to bloom.  Its like the garden is giving me its farewell tour.  This little guy in the last photo greeted me when I took the trash out.  The photo doesn't do him justice though.  He is much bigger than he looks, at least six inches in length.  I hope we are blessed with a long and lovely fall, the winters here are so long.  Blessings!

Hugs,

Sunday Scripture

With Joy,

Quilt Finish - Water Lily

I finished the Water Lily quilt.  I just love it!  I made it for a friend and it's wrapped and ready to go today.  The details of the quilt are here.  Make sure to take a look at Jodi's quilt using the same pattern, it's gorgeous!  I rarely if ever put photos of myself on the blog.  Yes, I have body image issues like every other woman I know, but at 51, it's time to get a grip.  I really like seeing pictures of other bloggers.  It makes them more real to me, not like I'm communicating with just the screen, ya know? So here I am, with some of my girlfriends on a getaway last week.  I am second from the left and yes I'm short…5'2".  The last one I took a few minutes ago with my timer set.  So hello friends!

Smiles,