WIP-Wednesday

Finished my Sew Happy Quilt top today.  Yay!  I really had to scrounge around and find tiny pcs to stitch together to get it finished.  I decided to take my sashing and do a wrap with the orange and blue, and then add some pinwheels around the outside border.  It was a lot of fun doing this project.  Check out what others have done on the Sew Happy Flickr Group.

WIP-Wednesday's

Block 11 - "Quatra Star" of the "Sew Happy QAL".
One more block to go - " Dresden Block", then it will be assembly time. Yahoo!  I just love it when it starts to all come together.

I'm still working on Hearts Desire.  I put the wrong leaves on part of my border that I had made to go into the center of the quilt.  So have been removing them and replacing them with the correct ones.  I'm way behind on getting this quilt done, but will keep working on it day by day even if it takes me another couple months to finish the top.  

  Finished another block for Just Take 2's Mystery QAL.  This has to be the hardest block I have ever done to date.  But I'm happy with my progress in this QAL so far.  

Orca Bay now has it's borders added.  It's Queen size, and I kind of wanted it a bit bigger for more overhang, so I may add another black border of a couple inches wide all the way around just to give it that little extra size needed.  

That's it for my WIP's today.  Go on over to Esther's Blog to see what everyone else has been up to.

What have I been doing?

GREEN was the color for the Scrappy Rainbow Challenge (February).  I've made four blocks.  Kind of reminds me of a lattice fence.  Check out the linky party to see all the wonderful green projects going.

 I also finished my block for the Sew Happy QAL this week.

Then I took a day off and went to the Home and Garden Show 2012-Portland OR.

I loved this wall made by The Bamboo Man.  His Tea Houses are great too.

They had an Orchid showing going on as well.

Such unique plants.

They made the roof for this booth out of wire and grape vines - then added the lights.  Just awesome.

The Water-feature below is made form ripped steal, filled with river rock.

Thank you for visiting!

Sew Happy QAL

Today I caught up on my Sew Happy QAL Blocks.
This is Block 7 - Flying Geese Pinwheel.

The two below it are No. 8 -Diamond Peek-a-Boo
and No. 9 - Churn Dash Redux.

Because I wanted this quilt to be fun and bright,  I decided when it came to the Churn Dash Block to add a little something to make the viewer smile.

Three more blocks to go and it will be time to put this together.

Have a Great Weekend Everyone!

End of Week Progress

I have joined in on the fun over at The Quilt Ladies Blog.  I posted their 2012 BOM a couple days ago.
I figured I could fit in another BOM , and had this cute little dark green with pink rose print that I've been dying to put into something.

  I personally love BOM's as I can do a lot of them since there is only one block to complete each month.  Normally I can do three to four blocks in a day, so if I dedicate four day's a week, then that means I can keep up with 12 BOM and still work on my other projects.  That equals 12 quilt by the end of the year.  Some are for me, others are for family.  And I enjoy every minute of it. : )


Well, I re-did my Sew happy block no. 5.
Didn't have enough of the yellow print, so had to change it a bit, but this time I did it right and didn't add seam allowances to the templates.




Since block no. 6 was just released, I went ahead and did it too.  It's a cute block, I may just have to do another quilt with this one in it someday.

I'm really short on orange now and just have scraps of the yellow print.  So I have added those colors to my ever-growing shopping list.

Sew Happy Two More

 Two more blocks done for the Sew Happy QAL over at Sew Happy Geek.

These blocks have been so much fun to make.  And I have to tell you that Jenna gives such wonderful instructions in making the blocks, that I feel like I am finally being taught how to do it right.  I never took classes, I just looked at photo's of blocks, cut them to what ever size they said, and started putting them together.

I have always wanted to learn but never lived close enough to any groups where they had lessons.  But this QAL is so easy to understand and my blocks have never turned out so nice.  Thank you so much Jenna.

Check out what everyone has done over at the Flicker Group.  Sign up if you want to join in - there is lots of time still.  I highly recommend it.

WIP-Wednesday

My Works In Progress This Wednesday....




Hello Everyone,  It's Wednesday again and time to show you what I've been working on.

First I have two blocks done for the Sew Happy QAL going on over at Sew Happy Geek.  I decided to go somewhat bright and bold.

Next I worked on my Peaceful Pathway's border blocks.  I am putting two hearts up at the top, and then two of each sea-shell embroidery designs on sides and bottom border.

 I ran out of my white background so have to run to town sometime after all this snow melts and pick me up a little bit.

Peaceful Pathways is designed by  Esther Aliu.  Love Love Love the quilt and can't wait to show you all the finished top.

I'm still stitching along on my Hearts Desire Quilt.
It's another of Esther's designs. Gotta love them all, she does such wonderful work. If you would like to see more of what is going on over at Esther Aliu's then visit her blog Here.

I Finally have the little scalloped borders stitched down and am now starting the leaves. (they are just pinned in the area of stitch down for now, so I know if I need to make more).

I absolutely love this quilt and it doesn't bother me a bit to take my time with it.  I relax in the evenings and try to do about an hour or two most every night while I watch tv.

 I finished up my group of Disappearing 9-Patch blocks and they are ready to ship for the swap going on over at Malt Designs.

There is still time to join in and take part in the swap if you'd like.
It's an easy block and I cut and finished all mine in one afternoon.

And Lastly, I have Orca Bay's Center put together and

am now deciding on if I want to add another row of block to increase the size, 

or just an additional border or two.

Orca Bay is a designed by Bonnie Hunter over at Quiltville.

She hosts a mystery every year using all scraps.

These are great fun, lots of work, but I have done two now 

and enjoyed the results of both.  Well worth the time and I plan on doing

her next one fall/winter of 2012.