Pumpkins...

I saw this and had to make one of my own.

It was wonderful to dig into my orange scraps (although I don't have too many of them - I really need to use more orange in my quilts) and make these fun pumpkins.I finished it too late for Canadian Thanksgiving, but we will be able to enjoy it the week before Halloween. I'm so happy with how this turned out, I really think I need some trees for Christmas.Between this table runner and my placemats for the placemat swap, I'm practicing my machine binding. It isn't pretty, but I am getting better. And it sure beats doing it by hand!

Happy Sunday everyone!

In love...

I'm in love with my online quilting bees! They make me try things that I never would have the guts to try on my own.

Happy Friday everyone!

(And don't worry, Tacha, your hexes made it safely out of the leaves. Getting them out of my daughter's hands may be another story...)

Back Home...

Just got home from a wonderful family holiday in Calgary. Spent Thanksgiving at my sisters and did all the big-city things that small town people do. We shopped. We saw the Wiggles. We visited the Science Centre.

However, nine hours one way is way too long in the car with a husband, a 3 year-old, a 17-month-old and a dog. And I didn't even get to stop at the Quilt Shop in Jasper since the kids were sleeping. Darn.

But I did get some good mail while I was away. Yes, I decided to jump on the FMF band wagon. How could I resist? Really...

And I got my last block for my bee inspired VQB. Beautiful. I can't wait to get this quilt together.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Bloggers Fall Quilt Festival

Here is my entry for the Blogger's Quilt Festival. Sorry to all of you who have seen too much of this quilt in the past few months, but it really is my pride and joy, so I'm showing it off again. I made this mini quilt for Hayley at Lulabell for DQS7. She asked for bright colours, birds, animals or flowers. Hayley is an amazing quilter and does lots of work in the Don't Look Now style, so I wanted to make something beautiful for her. I dug into my scrap bin for some of my favourite fabrics, made some log cabins, and worked on my raw edge applique and free-motion quilting.
My husband didn't want me to give it away. But I was so happy to send it to Hayley and I'm thrilled that she likes it. And thank you to Hayey at Lulabell for the gorgeous photos!

WIP Wednesday

As I've said before, I'm feeling a wee bit overwhelmed by all the projects I have on the go. To keep me accountable, I've decided to join the wonderful world of WIP Wednesdays to keep me on track. Sorry in advance for the horrible photos. My basement is dark. I dream of a day-light sewing studio!
So here she is...my nine-patch from CrazyMomQuilts 1st round quilt along. I finally got the sashing cut and pinned...I hate cutting sashing along the length of fabric. It makes me nervous.

And I know why I don't like cutting sashing. I always make a mistake! Can you see my oops?Now I just have to decide if I want to just add a long sashing strip to the right side (then both sides would be a wee bit different) or cut off the sashing strips on the left and add long sashing to both sides. Hmmm...I know what I should do but as always that is more work!

Finally, I got an invoice from this amazing designer from her Studio Sale. And she also emailed to say that it wouldn't fit in an envelope (Yay!). I am so excited to get my goodies in the mail!

Thrilled!

My DQS7 Quilt arrived! And it is beautiful.Thank you to Susi in Germany for this gorgeous little bird and trees. It's even hand-quilted. Love it!

A few finishes...

After my last post about all the WIP's I have, I finally have a couple of finishes to show.
First is my DQS7 quilt for my partner. I even made my first hanging sleeve. It was easier than I thought. Just have to make a label and collect some goodies to send.

Second, my Good Ol' Summertime Mini Quilt Swap. This little mermaid is swimming off to my partner tomorrow as soon as I make a label. And finally, my wonky stars for Rachel for our Stash Busting Bee International. They were a blast to make and a great use of little scraps of favourite fabrics. I like the 6.5" size much better than the 12.5". I'll have to add it to the list of must makes...

So the list from last post now looks like this:

• Doll Quilt Swap 7
  
• Crazy Mom Quilts 9-patch (yes, from the first round)
  
• Blocks for Rachel for the Stash Busting Bee International
  
• Block for Krista for bee inspired Update: about 90% finished, just have to sew the four parts together!
  
• Quilt for my sister's wedding. I've already told her it will be late. Update: got the backing last week from this store so I'm ready to start piecing it together.

Not too bad considering my husband was away for a week and I've had a house FULL of visitors. I'm going to keep working on those WIPs though. NO NEW PROJECTS :(

How many of you do the 'WIP Wednesdays' posts? What else do you do to motivate you to get those projects finished? How many WIP are you comfortable having on the go? How many do you actually have? I'm interested to know...

Happy Sewing!