Blog Hop Day

Today is hopping day on the 

Let's Get Acquainted Blog Hop

I'm heading over to meet and see what

Svetlana from Sotak Handmade and

Beth from Plum and June are up to.

On Thursday the 28th, will be 

Julie from Jolie Maxtin and

Lori from Adventures in Fabric

Each of these ladies has created a special project for the blog hop

Let's go meet them and see what they've sewn up for us. 

WIP Wednesday

Here I am with my WIP again in a effort to strike a balance 

between some old projects and the new ones calling my name. 

This week I pulled out two I Spy Quilts 

that should have done long ago.

This one is for my almost three year old grand-daughter and

this week I got to the quilting and partially attached the binding. 

I made one just about like it for my grandson, 

using the almost identical I Spy patches and blue instead of purple.

This little I Spy uses 2 inch squares surrounded by a Kona solid pink. 

I will post more about it in a few days : )  

It has been layered and basted for months, 

and just needs the quilting to begin. 

I  got a bit further on my Fandango Kaleidoscope. 

I have a finished top! Yeah for me! My goal is to layer and 

baste it this weekend. We shall see. 

I starting a few new little projects, but not quilts : (

Oh how I want to start a new one. 

Maybe if I work a little harder, get a bit more WIP finished up,

I can finally reward myself with something new.  

For some summer inspiration and to see what 

others are up to, head on over 

to Freshly Pieced WIP Wednesday.

What have you been working on?

- Wendi  : )

Blog Hop

Look what I found. 

A hop for new bloggers.

Each week the featured bloggers will introduce him or herself and post a tutorial for us. 

 It started May 21st and has already featured some wonderful new blogs with great projects.

Come join in the fun all Summer and Fall as we hop through Quilt Blog land. 

The featured bloggers this week are

June 19

 Jennifer from Sewlandia

Nicole from Mama Love Quilt

June 21

Suzanne from SuzClaas

Mina from Kindaquilty

Visit Plum and June for a complete hop schedule and to 

catch up on those blogs you may have missed, 

Now I know I am not that new of a blogger,
but according to my number of posts, I am. I've joined 
the hop and my day to be featured will be 
toward the end of the hop, November 1st. 
I can't wait. : )


I worked on these two blocks over the weekend.
They were a lot of fun to make and are for a special little girl.

Have fun at the Hop!

Its A Win Win

My husband and I found ourselves with a  

couple of free days and we ended up at the 

San Diego County Fair.  

There were New Adventures

Fast Driving

Fears Conquered

Games Played

Unusual Food Intakes

And precious time spent with family.

Yes, we had a WHALE of a time. : )

A short while ago, I entered the 

Sew Mama Sew Giveaway at Gemini Stitches,

And I WON!

While we were at the fair, 

our mailman dropped off a box all the way from Australia.

I can't believe how fast it arrived. 

I could hardly wait to open it. 

See why?

Isn't it beautiful?!!

Kirsten used Denyse Schmidt fabrics to make 

this 20" swoon block cushion/pillow

She quilted it using orange thread. So Cool!

I love the pattern, the fabrics and the workmanship.

Its even more beautiful in person and I am thrilled

with this new addition to our home. 

I love, love, love it!

Thank you Kirsten : )

WIP Wednesday

Wooo Whoo!  I am on summer break! 

 I can hardly wait to get working on my project  "to do" list. 

It's actually a "want to do list."

I just love starting a new project,  

the stack of fresh fabrics together, 

the excitement, 

the potential.

 I think my list actually calls me. 

But,

I've taken a quick look 

and I have far too many projects unfinished. 

I will start by trying to finish up some of my WIP

 and attempt to talk myself out of starting a new one. 

This kaliedoscope is the currant project I'm working on.

 I should start with the oldest WIP, but I had a fandango layer cake 

sitting around and wanted to use it up. 

I started it about a week ago.

Kate Spain's Fandango paired with a Kona brown.

I think I'm going to really like this one. 

I'll talk more about this quilt in a few weeks when its done.

Saying it, makes it so, right? A few weeks?

I'm linking up with WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced

for the first time. Stop by and see everyone's up to.

Fill In

Wow, I have really enjoyed the Blogger's Quilt Festival
Have you?
There are some really talented people out there in blogland
and all the quilts were really beautiful.


Today I though I would share some finishes I missed posting about. 

I'll start with the oldest.

Remember this pincushion? 

 I made Mrs. Hootie to work out my pattern, 

so I could send an owl pincushion in a swap.
She stays right beside my iron and I love her more than I thought.

After working with her for a little while, 

this is whoo I made for my swap partner, Jodi. 

This Ms Brown Hootie was sent with a needle book. 

I used the tutorial from Nana Company, that I had pinned on pinterest.
Don't you just love Pinterest?  

It was made entirely from my scrap pile 

and I love how it turned out. I will be making more.

Next up were two library shelf blocks for my Bee a {Modern} Swapper group. 

I can't wait to see Manda put together all of her library shelves. 

side by side

I sent a bold, in your face (colorwise) zig zag zippy pouch to 

Nicole with her churn Dash Love quilt for DQS12. 

My daughter wanted a very small coin zip. 

She even bought the fabric and was going to make it herself. 

I ended up making up a small pattern. 

This isn't a very good photo, but it is tiny and cute.

 Its is grey with aqua bicycles and a yellow zipper. 

Inside it has aqua fabric with the words "blah blah blah"  

She loves it, and that's what matters.

Potholders are my last finish to show.

I sent these to Marian.  She likes wonky stars and 

beachy colors, especially blue, yellow and grey.

I receeived these beautiful 

pot holders from Deb of Trio Stitch Studio

I love them!

 She did a fabulous job and they are far more 

beautiful in person than these photos.   

Thank you Deb!

Whew, I guess I've been busier than I thought. 

What have you been up to,  I'd love to know?

I'm going to try to be back with a list on Wednesday to link up 

with WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced

Blogger's Quilt Festival

If you love quilts then you've probably heard of the Blogger's Quilt Festival
hosted by Amy of Amy's Creative Side.
Several hundred quilters show their quilts.
I look at each and every one of them and they are incredibly inspiring. 

I am going to share one of my favorite and most recent quilts with you.
I blogged about it only a month ago, but most of you haven't
been here before, so I think I'm OK.

This quilt was made for a doll quilt swap.  The swap had some repeating
block guidelines and I choose the churn dash block, which was a favorite for my partner.
I started planning and playing and moving things around and realized
 it reminded me of this quilt block, which I love.  

It came together pretty quickly and as I went along 

I found opportunities to add a bit of fun. I had some word fabric and thought that the centers of the churn dash blocks needed to be different from the background, to add some interest. There were four blocks, what a perfect opportunity to spell a four letter word.

The centers of the small churn dash blocks spell    L  O  V  E   

Here is the finished flimsy

   I thought it would be fun to bind it with the word fabric to tie everything together.

I didn't like it from the start, it was too light (I prefer dark) and I had

 been pushing another idea out of my mind all along, but it

 kept creeping back. I took it off and gave idea number one a try.

 I had been too lazy up until that point to try it. 

To my surprise it worked up perfectly and turned out pretty well.

So much better, don't you think? It really screamed for the color 

to continue out to the binding. 

I wish I would have quilted it more, but isn't it so wonderful 

when a idea comes together, you think its ok, but it gets better as it goes along. 

I love this little quilt. 

It was hard to send off, but I know its right where it belongs.

This is my "side of the barn" photo along side the fabulous quilt I received in the swap. 

Details

Churn Dash Love

18.5 X 18.5

 April 2012