Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Posting comments

I am not certain why but I am having great difficulty posting comments to my own blog and any other blogs I read regularly!
I 'sign in' and then when I go to post a comment I am asked to 'sign in' again...I do...and then when I go back to my comment and hit 'post' I immediately get a 'sign in' message again!

Anyone else have this issue?
I can post on my blog (apparently!)!

Monday, June 27, 2011

Sewing with "leftovers"...

Saturday I had a class at the shop (Pieceful Quilting) for the July block of Calendar Girls.
The pattern had us making 2" finished HST's.  Sew...there were a lot of little triangle snippets cut off of these. 
I immediately sewed them into pairs and trimmed into 1" HST's.  In class I discussed how you can save these and use them to make a candle mat or pop them into a scrappy quilt.
Saturday night I decided to sew them with a couple of squares from another project and make a cute little candle mat...and sew I did!
This finished at 8" square and I 'tea dyed' it...because that's the look I like!
Since this one came out sew cute I decided to make a large one with some left over pieces I had from another project.
This one finishes at 14"square.  I didn't dye it...but I might?
Any thoughts on that???
Both are backed with stash fabrics and machine quilted.  The binding on the little one is machine sewn but the binding on the larger mat is hand finished.
Well, at least my Saturday night wasn't boring.  I sewed and sewed and sewed!
It's amazing what you can make in an evening while the TV is OFF!!!

Sunday was a busy errand day I spent with my husband and last night I worked some more on the big Wedding Quilt.  No new photos of that yet.

Enjoy the beautiful day and remember...
SEW EVERYDAY ~ I DO!

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Okay, I'm back...I forgot one project...

...albeit a small one!
We had another birthday swap in the group this month.
The request was Civil War Repro fabric.
I designed "Lincoln's Star" for the birthday girl.
That's all for now...off to sew!



Friday, June 24, 2011

Yes, I have been quiet...but I have been busy!

It's really been a while since I last posted but I have been really busy with work and sewing!
I only have a few minutes because I have to work on a sample and story board for a class tomorrow at the shop.
Sew, here are a few things I have been working on...

SHOWER GIFT FOR MY SON AND FUTURE DAUGHTER IN LAW...in progress;
BLOCKS FOR MY SHADOW STAR QUILT...in progress slowly;
A QUICK PATRIOTIC TABLE RUNNER...complete!
BLOCKS FOR MY NEW SCRAP QUILT PROJECT...really in progress;
In addition to these I have been working on projects for the shop samples and made an apron for a staff challenge at the shop.  Cannot post photo because customers are being asked to vote for their favorite and so they don't know which person made which apron.

Sew you see...I have been busy!
Off to sew!
Colleen