Happy New Year Everyone!

Happy New Year!

Its 2017!

 

 

 

First of all I want to wish each and every one of you amazing quilters a very Happy New Year, blessings of happiness and health and I also want to assure you that I have not fallen off the face of the earth, just fallen off of the bloggy platform.  Yikes! 

 

Has it really been three months! Sorry!  I am alive and well and plan to get back to blogging more regulary, I promise!!  Life has been just crazy crazy crazy for the last few months, I literally have not had a moment to catch my breath!  I cant wait to share with you all everything I have been working on, so many quilts!! I dont even know what my ending total is for 2016 yet, but I am going to try and figure that out and create a collage to show you all, its exhausting to think about....but yay, its done!

 

Soooo...I will blog again soon...show you some fabric love....until then... 



Summer Solstice Complete!

I've been quilting along with Melissa Corry of www.happyquiltingmelissa.blogspot.com 

making her Summer Solstice quilt.  I did the 2x2 pattern which is four 32" blocks. I used up some batik chunks from my stash paired with a tone on tone black.  It's 84" square! A big nice size to cuddle under!

I just really love how it came out, its a great size and the Batiks really pop against the black!

Melissa always has great Quilt-a-longs with easy
clear instructions, you should really check out her blog!  I'm already planning on making another one of these and maybe a repeat of another beauty from her previous QAL's. 



Thanks for stopping by, I'm going to link up my quilt top now to see if I can win in the Grand prize linky!
Wish me luck!!

   

Garden Party BOM

I'm finally all caught up on my Pat Sloan Garden Party BOM.  I was

behind because of such a busy summer!  I am so happy

with how my blocks are all coming out and I think I know who this quilt

will go to when finished....I hope they will like it!

 

Mod Bear Paw QAL

Have you all seen this???

Isn't it gorgeous!!!

Its a brand new QAL over at

Sew Fresh Quilts!!

It starts this month....its amazingly gorgeous!!!

Heres the link to check it out...fabric requirements are posted!

http://sewfreshquilts.blogspot.com/2016/09/mod-bear-paw-qal-introduction-and.html

Poodles?!!!

Honestly, I dont know why I think these poodles are so flipping cute but I do!

Sally over at www.objectsofdesign.blogspot.com 

created this cute poodle block and posted

a free tutorial on her blog....I couldnt stop thinking about how cute this was and could I do it without too much cussing??  Well, I am happy to report that I 

got it finished, its got a few errors but hey, it looks like a Poodle right and isnt that the point???

Wink Wink!!  Poodle #2 is already cut out....Hee Hee Hee!!

Go check it out...she has a Left facing Poodle tutorial too!

So proud of this finish!

Its done!  Yay! 

 Some of you all remember a while back in February, my girlfriend Julie and I took a quilting class to learn how to use the "Quick Curve Ruler".  The pattern we did was 

called "Urban Candy". We had a blast taking the class together!

Julie made a quilt for her daughter all in purples...it turned out pretty darn good, this picture will give you an idea of her colors, I cant seem to loaate a picture of the finished quilt!

I did mine in these gorgeous Limes, Blues and Purples for a coworker...

I got it all layed out and pieced finally with some moral support from Julie, some days I dont know what I would do if she wasnt here to sew with me!  

Then I got it on the longarm!  I quilted it with my free motion loopy loops, Woot Woot!

Heres the finished quilt....I LOVE IT and so does the recipient!!! The colors are so rich, its just gorgeous!

Beautiful!!!

Jillian, the recipient said she can't wait to wrap herself up in it!  I'm so glad that she loves it as much as I do!

So, just a question for you all.....is it me or does it seem like the bigger a pain in the butt a pattern is, the more you like the quilt when it is done? This always happens to me.....does it happen you to also??? 

Amador County Fair 2016

I decided to enter the Amador County Fair this year.  It is in the next county over

from us.  Its a darling little country fair, lots of fresh flowers and animals.  I decided to enter

my Grandaugher Kamryns Rainbow quilt and my English Toffee.  I took the day off of

work and watched the judging for all of the baked goods and candies.  It was very educational, the judge was the cutest 94 year old woman.  She tasted every last thing, and no shocker here, she loved my toffee!!!  I got first place and best of Division!

 Winner Winner Chicken Dinner! Yea baby!

I also got a second place ribbon for Kamryns Rainbow quilt! That's my little sweetheart

Kamryn in the picture with me.  I can't tell you how shocked and happy

I am to receive a ribbon for one of my quilts, I only quilt for fun!!

So fun!  I will definitely enter again next year!!