Can I Get A Whoop Whoop? Sweet Hearts

Hi, all!

Well, Friday has rolled around once again, and you know what that means - it's time to get our whoop whoop on!  I hope you're ready - I know I am!  Let's get started!

I've been busy making pillows this week for a marketplace at a women's event, and I've shared most of them, but I realized that I hadn't shared my three favorite pillows....

These pillows started with three pretty little orphan blocks.  All three had shades of pink in them, which helped determine the background fabric.

I looted my stash for some beautiful linen that I was hoarding - a pale pink, a creamy white, and a deeper pink that actually started life as an IKEA curtain!

All of them are quilted in a grid style, fitted out on the back with an envelope closure (all in the creamy white linen), and bound wth a beautiful tan, cream and white Modernist print.  They are so pretty together!  Soft and feminine, they'll be perfect in a little girl's room or in a "lady cave"!

Now, if you've been watching my progress with pillow covers and are starting to get the bug to make some of your own, I'm hoping to post a tutorial this coming week with the simple how-to's so you can join in the fun!

Can I get a whoop whoop??

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And now it's your turn!

What's got you whooping it up this week?

What's making you do a little happy dance?

Share!  We want to dance right along with you -

And it's always more fun to dance with friends!

The party will stay open until Sunday midnight -

Hope to see you there!

Hugs!

Sarah

I May Have a Scrap Problem... Playing Catch-up!

Hi, all!

Wow - I've been cranking out pillow covers this week like a crazy woman, so many of them that I almost forgot about scrappy Wednesdays!  Fortunately, I did remember in time to crank out this week's Gypsy Wife blocks...

I am so thankful for my Bloc-Loc ruler, which makes trimming up HSTs so easy!  If you don't have one, you really should invest in one - they are the best!  I actually have two - a 6.5" one for smaller blocks, and a 12.5" one for really big HSTs!

So in less than an hour, I picked the fabrics, cut the pieces, and sewed these blocks together!   These are just called HST blocks, no special name.  Only one more week of "named" blocks, then I start working on the filler blocks!  Once again, the fabrics are from the Latitude line of batiks by Kate Spain.

I also worked on this pillow today, which used up the end of a mini charm pack, and some fabric left over from a quilt back.  Scrap-busting!

I love that the print on the fabric gave me the perfect markings for the straight line stitching!  

Here's a montage of some of the other pillows I made this week. This isn't even all of them!  It's been busy week... 

And I finally started quilting my Long Time Gone quilt - by hand!  I love how this looks, and I am grateful that we're coming up on winter, when I won't mind sitting under a quilt in the evenings!

 So that's been my scrap- and stash-busting week - lots of orphan blocks, scraps, and bits of short yardage used up!  Woohoo!!

My scrap monster is becoming my little scrap buddy!

Hugs!

Sarah

Make-A-List Monday - Rolling Along!

Hi, all!

Monday is here again and that means it's time to take stock, make a list, and check it twice!  So we'll start with the "take stock" part and see how I did last week...

1.  Work on the commission T-shirt quilt.

Done!  I deconstructed all the blocks earlier in the week, and laid out a potential layout today.  This still needs some tweaking, but it's a start!

2.  Keep working on pillow covers for the church project.

Done! I've been having a lot of fun with this project... can you tell?

And I even made some kitchen towels!

 

3.  Make the next block for my Gypsy Wife quilt.

Done!  I really love working with these Latitude batiks!

4.  Sandwich my Long Time Gone quilt. (Yes, I've gone off the deep end and decided to hand quilt it!)

Done, and the quilting is in progress!

5.  Post quilts for the Great Quilt Destash.

**head hanging** I still haven't gotten this done!

6.  Keep up with any quilt ministry needs that come up.

None distributed this week, but we did get a lot of the quilt room cleaned up - and boy did it need it!

So not too bad on last week's list, although I really want to get those quilts posted.  But I've got a couple of big projects to do, so it may not get done this week either.  Here's my list for this week...

1.  Work on the t-shirt commission quilt; specifically, nail down the layout and start assembling.

2.  Update the information brochure for the quilt ministry.

3.  Prep decorations for the ministry booth at the women's event this coming weekend.

4.  Finish working on stock for the ministry booth.

5.  Keep up with any quilt ministry needs that come up this week.

So that's my list for this week!  Definitely enough to keep me busy but I've got more things to add to it if I finish all this.

And now the question is - - - what are YOU working on this week?

Hugs!

Sarah