Well this is what I got done last night……..I wasn’t even able to start on last nights assignment……….It’s good thing that we have the weekend to catch up……although I have a bunch of other “works in progress” that need finishing…….oh and by the way there were six of these blocks that were completed……until next time…………

I started a new quilt it called “Morning Splash”…….it is designed by Judy Laquidara……..I’ve frequently been visiting her blog Patchwork Times for a while now and have been watching fellow quilters  make her quilts and thought “why not try one yourself”…..how hard can it be to fit an hour each day into quilting………while I don’t know about anybody else but,…….It’s been more than an hour each night,  in fact I spent about 3 hours last night working on this project…….maybe I’m just slow,  I still have to cut just a little bit more fabric and I will be all caught up…..well,  I still have tonight’s project…….there won’t be another part of this  project until Monday so everyone can get caught up…………I’m just trying to stay on task….I have other things that need to get finished like this table runner……..

………I tried really hard to make the perfect points  but, it was really hard…..I had to unsew a few times……I think that I didn’t iron all the fabric in the right directions or something…..Will have to see how I do on the left over pieces from this project…..I’ll make sure that I pay better attention to the ironing…….until next time…….

As you can see I haven’t been sewing too much lately…..or blogging for that matter…Being sick really took a lot out of me and I didn’t really start feeling better until about a week ago……So as you can see I’ve been busy cross stitching and it takes up a lot of time…..The little angel girl turned out sooo cute ….and the Blessed cross stitch has been going pretty good since it’s all one color….Yeah and if you look real close you can see my mistake but, once you get so far and realize what has happened well I decided to leave it alone but,……I also have a Santa that I’m working on also that is almost done…….These are the things that I do when I  just don’t feel like doing much of anything…..I can sit and watch TV and pass the time…..oh and did I tell you that they are kind of addicting…….Once you start you can hardly put them down until they are done……

I’ve put the finishing touches on my Stitcher’s Angel projects but, I can’t show them to you just yet ……I have let my partner know today who I am…..they were to be in the mail on Friday…..I’m sorry,  I’m late….please forgive me…….

I bought a finch feeder at the beginning of September……. I had been staring at the feeder for a month…….I even moved it around a couple of times…….just waiting for that first little birdie to find the feeder and guess what, while I was sick and sitting at home looking out the window  I noticed my first finch……so I continued to watch and I had three little birds that were nibbling on the thisttle….those three have grown into at least around seventeen or more……. yesterday I saw a breed of a different color….but, it was only one,  I’ll have to keep watch…..

I just had a birthday…… for about month before….I had been letting my girlfriend Lori know that “she had a one  month to buy me a kick a__ birthday gift”  Well she delivered…….She came over to my birthday party and had a really cool Rooster that she wanted to add to my collection…it was unique…..but that wasn’t the real gift….she bought us tickets to go and see the Michael Jackson movie……..This Is It…………. …….It really was a kick a__ birthday gift after all….What a great show Thanks so much Lori for a great afternoon…..and the perfect Margarita’s from Applebee’s topped it all off………..until next time…….

Take a look at this great giveaway over at The Pumpkin Patch Primitives she is having a Halloween Fabric giveaway.  A Fat Quarter Bundle of Red Rooster’s Pumpkins & Spice Fabrics by Whimsicals…….  That’s 27 fat quarters….How great would that be to win!……..I have to make a mini quilt for the Fall Quilt Swap and that would be the perfect fabric……if you head over that way don’t forget to tell them that I sent you…….until next time……

Hey everybody……. I’m feeling so much better…… 10 days being down is not a good thing…..whew good to be back……first day at work  was a little tiring….things were really piled up……just slowly plugged away…….

On to better things……Gay at Sentimental Stitches has a new Block of the Month that she just posted about if you like applique your sure to like this quilt…….It called Beyond the Cherry Trees…… she purchased an old quilt that she is recreating……so go have a look….scroll down through her posts and you’ll see the quilt…………until next time……..

I’ve been laying in bed sick for a week now……I went to the Dr. on Tuesday and he thought I had the flu and sent me home…..after 5 days of 103 degree temperature I call him back ……. I made another trip in to see him …….he sent me for lab work, x-rays and gave me some antibotics…..when I got home he left me a message saying that I have pneumonia…..and should I get worse over the weekend to go check myself in at the hospital……so far I’m not worse…….not well enough to sew though either…….I had to pay a few bill and thought I check in on the blog…….until next time…..

So here is the latest project that I’ve been playing around with……I really like the fact that there is no waste when cutting your pieces…..you start with three strips of fabric

cut the desired amount of triangles needed after that you will have three piles of fabric…do you see that little pile at the top….. that is all that is wasted from your strip sets…… you can create three different blocks 

here is block one of the project  and these are the two other blocks that you can create from the left over fabric……..you basically get two projects out of one…..I’m making two table runners out of these…..I started on a smaller project …I’ll post pictures when they are completed….until next time…..

I recently won a giveaway on the Hen & Chicks blog…..  Heidi was celebrating her 2- year blogging anniversary……   She made this really cute sunflower mat  and votive holder along with a very nice smelling candle in it.  Thanks so much.  I currently have it on a table in my living room…….She just recently did a post on Barn Quilt Blocks……I want to make one for my house……

Okay so here is another web site worth checking out  http://freemotionquilting.blogspot.com/ ……Leah has gave herself a challenge to see if she can create a new free motion pattern every day for a year……….She is doing a really great job of it so far…..I’m amazed at what she has been doing…..so talented…..until next time……

This is a new blog really worth visiting…..

9 Australian designers are sharing a blog and they say there will be a lot of free patterns and giveaways……

So go and visit Among the Gum Trees and see for yourself…….

until next time…….

Here is the finished mini quilt that I made….it’s going to be on it’s way to the other side of the United States…..when I brought it in to work to show her off the first reactions were smiles……That’s all I needed to realize that I did a good job…I hope the person receiving it will have a big smile when they see it for the first time……until next time…….