I think I'm back

Finally!! I'm back, I think!  
I've been locked out of my account for some unknown reason! 
Hopefully I've fixed it!  And I'll try re-posting the pictures of some of my quilting fun that I THOUGHT I'd shared. lol

Happy Easter wishes to everyone!

More fabrics I've added to the stash recently:

Check out that cute bunny in the tulips!!

Chosen for another baby quilt

And just for fun:

 Hope your weekend is great!

unfinished stacks - aka UFOs

I decided,

since I was still feeling under the weather and

that I was bored,

that I should sew a little...

Even though I wanted to START something new,

I went back to the messy, messy studio

and found a box of fabric strips -

left-over strips from a long ago project.

A whole bunch of one & a half inch strips,
UnFinishedObjects from a quilt from a year ago.

SO, the good thing about this UFO

is that I DID finish a quilt a year ago.

But I had a bunch of leftover strips that were almost enough to make the blocks for another quilt!!

Some of the strips had been sewn into blocks -
OK, MOST of the blocks had already been sewn!

I only had to make an additional 9 blocks...
yes, NINE!! and I would have another quilt top!

Why did't I just finish this a year ago
instead of leaving it as an UFO?

What's up with me and unfinished projects??!

Anyway, I've made the additional 9 blocks and pieced the the blocks into strips...
then sewed together those block strips, and am ready to attach some borders!
Yay, me!

Wait - that makes another quilt-top-flimsy to put into THAT unfinished stack!

Uggh...  

What's up with me and unfinished projects??! :)

Introductions...

May I introduce you to my version of

Simply Charming #1...

Bits 'n Pieces:

I used my pre-cut scraps

(YAY FOR SCRAP BUSTING!!!) -

I changed the pattern a little,

as I made my little quilt seven blocks long & used 3" sashing.

It finished 18" by 27".

1 1/2" squares for the four-patches

and 2 1/2" squares for the light setting triangles.

Since I have a whole box of 1 1/2" scraps,

I whipped the blocks up in no time at all.

Thanks, Terry, for sharing your finish today! and giving me the "push" I need
to try to keep up with you!!!
And,
Thanks, Darlene, for the group challenge project...
I'm starting to ROCK! :)

F.A.R.T.

Fabric
Acquisition
Road
Trip

The week before National Quilting Day = Road Trip!!!

A road trip north to the Amish area of Ohio...

a great day of friendship and, yes, acquisition.
This was one of my constant companions for the day:

as I am still living with the end of the "crud"

aka sinus infection among other things.

Now, on to the acquisition part:
I found some great patriotics to add to my stash...

(OK, some are not patriotics - but great stash to have on hand!)

 Also found some great fall colors

for my upcoming block of the month...

 And, found some great border fabric -

maybe a "pic-i-nic" quilt in my future,

as Yogi would say?

Sometimes on these trips,

you even get to acquire fabric for others!!!

This is a line that a friend, Caroline, was looking for -

so called her and added to her stash!!!:

Isn't it cute? She is planning a bag for a knitting friend.

(And, truth be told, I bought just a little myself to make a bag for a s-i-l gift!)

And, lastly, just a little sustenance

for the long drive home!

hopping

As in Shop Hopping!!

How do you spell success?

Well, they say that a picture is worth a thousand words...

OK, this is not really my

stash accumulation

from one day

of shopping the local shop hop!

Well, part of it is. 

It all started when I pulled out some fabric

that I wanted to add to

whilst I was hopping.

And the pile just grew and grew...

so I took a picture of the fabrics I had on hand.

That picture I carried with me on the shop hop excursion.

Guess I really didn't need to add much for this project, from the look of things!

This is what I really

 picked up

while hopping:

from top left:

miscellaneous fabric that called my name,

wools for the Primitive Garden quilt,

blues and whites for another

"Walking in a Winter Wonderland" quilt,

patriotic fabrics and ribbon for a needle case project,

and needles for wool applique.
(not pictured: 8 - third yard cuts of French General's Lumiere de Noel)

It was a good day!

Visited all ten shops in the hop,

arriving at the first at opening at 9 o'clock in the a.m.

and the last before the 7 o'clock p.m. closing time! 

Had a sit-down lunch at a Chipotle (yum)

and a sit-down Italian dinner after the hop was over.

And then got out all the stuff and drooled.

And planned.

And yawned.

Hopping all day is tiring.