A Lush Sew & Tell Friday - at the End of a Busy Week!

Hi, all!

Well, it's been a busy week - and a good one for mail!  Here's what I've done this week:

1.  I quilted my friend Wendy's gorgeous antique bow tie quilt top, and now I've only got to hand sew the binding!  Hopefully I can deliver this within the next week!

I wanted to have this finished for sew and tell, but it just didn't work out - my husband is putting down a new hardwood floor in our living room and I've been helping with that all day, plus it just seems like a good time to paint the living room, with the furniture moved out and the baseboards and door frames off...... you probably know how home repairs seem to snowball on you....

2.  I made a pair of quilts for a newborn set of twins, a boy and a girl, as part of our church's quilt ministry.  Many thanks to Beth at Love Laugh Quilt for the inspiration for this quilt pattern!  These are flannel on the front, fleece on the back, with no batting.  I used free motion quilting each of them in just a meandering pattern, then bound them with narrow cotton binding.  They are so soft and cuddly, and just the right size for newborns!

3.  I made the next two squares in the Simple Sampler Quilt Along in my first choice of fabric.  

I've also picked out a second set of fabric to do another one.

4.  I made some more striped blocks for Beth's Striped Challenge.....   I'm counting the block above from the Simple Sampler, plus this one made from hexies (not quite finished, but you can get the general idea!)  I did this in the van on Thursday as my husband and I took twenty senior citizens to lunch and a play two hours away - gotta love those hexies!!

Now, as far as mail goes, I had a great week!  I got the first set of blocks for my quilt in the Bee Splendid quilting bee....

  

and I got a packet of striped fabric that I won from Beth at Love Laugh Quilt!

But maybe the neatest thing I got in the mail, I didn't take a picture of - but I'll tell you about it!  Monday night about 9 pm I was playing around on the computer, and when I checked my e-mail I found one from Burgundy Buttons mentioning a new line of fabric coming out.  I went to the site and checked it out, ordered a charm pack and a honey bun in a different line that was on sale.  By 9:20 pm I had an e-mail saying that my order had shipped!  And Wednesday morning, there they were in my mailbox!  Now that is great service!  I can't recommend them highly enough - if you haven't visited Burgundy Buttons, check them out!!

And then today, I checked my e-mail and found out that I had won a beautiful print from Amariah Rauscher!  She has a great blog with some lovely artwork - you ought to check her out!!  Thanks, Amariah!!  You made my day!

So now I'm going to link up to Amy's Sew & Tell Friday and Andrea's Lush Friday - go check them out and see what everyone's been up to!!

Later!

Sarah

Christmas in July Blitz #1

Hi, all!

Well, I've decided to join up with Shannon at Monkey Dog Quilts in her Christmas in July Blitz which is starting today.  The idea is that you work on Christmas presents in July to get a jump on the holiday, which is always a good idea, so here's what I've done this week towards Christmas presents.  It isn't much, but I have picked out these fabrics to make a second quilt in the Simple Sampler Quilt Along:

It's been so much fun doing the first set of blocks, and they go so quickly, I want to do a second (and maybe a third) quilt as I go along.  And I guess I can include the blocks I've made for the first quilt as part of my Christmas in July projects, since it will probably go for a Christmas gift also - so here they are:

So those are my current Christmas in July projects.  What are you working on?

Later!

Sarah

Inspired! (Let's Call It Make-A-List Monday!)

Hi, all!

OK, inspired by a fellow blogger,  Shannon at Monkey Dog Quilts, I am making my internal to-do list for the week very public here!  With any kind of luck, this week I will:

1.  Finish quilting my friend Wendy's gorgeous bow tie quilt.  The quilt sandwich is made, and Tuesday night is set aside for this project!  (Hubby is out of town so I can sew all night!)

2.  Bind said quilt after it is quilted!

3.  Hand sew the binding on a baby girl's quilt I'm making for the quilt ministry. (Update: as of 6/28 8:15 pm this is done!)

4.  Make a baby boy's quilt for the quilt ministry. (Update: as of 6/28 6:00 pm the flimsy is finished; as of 6/29 5:30 pm the free motion quilting is done.)

5.  Pick out at least one more set of fabric for Amy's Simple Sampler Quilt Along (to make for Christmas gifts!)  (Update: as of 6/28 6:00 pm I've pulled a stack that I think will work; what do you think? I'm not so sure about the black, pink & green between the marimekko flowers and the ladybugs.....)

6.  Make some more striped blocks for Beth's Striped Challenge..... (As of 6/29 5:30 pm I have posted one block on the Flickr group, and I've got an idea that I'll work on Thursday!)

OK, now it's public so I guess I'd better get to work!

Later!

Sarah