Pass-Along

I recently signed up at Nati's Little Things blog for a pass-along.  She committed to making five handmade items for the first five people who signed up on her blog.  I received my item all the way from Luxembourg last week.  I got a beautiful mug rug with hand embroidery and two small pincushions.

I made the commitment to pass along some handmade items to my readers.  So, the first five people who express an interest in getting a handmade item from me please leave me a comment.  I am excited to share my passion for quilting with everyone.  Quilting has changed my life and I can only express this in my quilts, purses and other quilty items that I make and pass along.

Round the World a.k.a Sunsprite

I whet my appetite for making a scrappy trip along quilt.  I had gotten some Tina Givens Christmas fabric before Christmas but just finished up my quilt.  I used the Sunsprite pattern from Villa Rosa.  After I started that quilt the Instagram world burst out with the Scrappy Trip Along.  This quilt is one big round the world block.  I will get to my Scrappy Trip Along quilt soon.  In the meantime I will have to be content with this.

Very Very Purple Quilt

I finished quilting my husband's Christmas present after Christmas of course.  He had picked out the fabric months ago and I had pieced it.  Finally got the quilting done and the binding after Christmas.  He loves purple.  I mean loves it.  Every time we go to a quilt store or JoAnn's he is picking out a purple fat quarter.  I hope this purple quilt tides him over for a while. I used Turning Twenty Again.  It is one of my favorite patterns.  Goes together fast.

Very Purple Quilt

I finally made my December block for Block Swap Adventure.  She wanted Kaffe and bright.  I pulled a star block pattern from my Quilt Pro, resized it to 12" and this is what I came up with.  I think I will make more blocks using this pattern.  It is time-consuming to cut but it comes together pretty easily.  

Madrona Road Challenge Fabric

I have to admire those of you who have quilt shops or etsy stores.  I had to cut up the Madrona Road yardage into fat eighths.  It was so time consuming.  Then I had to pretty them up into bundles.  I finally finished up tonight at 10:00 p.m.  The meeting is tomorrow.  I did not think it would take me so long.  Anyway here is my stack of fat eighths waiting to be bundled up and my pretty bundles.

Me and My Sisters

I had 10 fat quarters of a line by Me and My Sisters all ironed and ready to go for a couple of months.  In line with my new resolve to try to use up my stash, I felt like it was a good time to sew something.  I have a four year old granddaughter who loves pink and purple.  There is a lot of both in this line.  I got the top sewed together but it is going to sit on the shelf until I get the binding on my other quilt and a few more quilt tops basted.  I am determined to get through my UFO's before I go too wild on new projects.

Lucky me.  I got a Kindle Fire HD for Christmas.  I promptly took Hunger Games out of the lending library.  I got through it in two days.  Now I have to wait to get the next one.  You can only borrow one book a month.  I think my next resolution will be to learn more about blogger so I can get everything to line up.

So cheerful