All Quilted Up!

After going to a quilt shop

in March, I decided to do 

things a bit different.

Standing in line, I spoke to 

two fellow quilters.

One had stated that she had 70 

quilt tops that were competed,

but not quilted.

Yikes, 70!

I felt the few that I had

in my room were getting out of hand

Like this one, 

that had been sitting in 

my sewing room, since September of 2014.

(Here is the post for it)

I absolutely love the quilt, 

but why was a waiting to get it quilted?

I didn't want to end up with 70 quilt tops

laying in my sewing room.

(I have about 10, which is way more than enough)

Granted, I love quilting, but 

the thought of having all those pieces 

to be unfinished got me thinking about

it isn't really a quilt until it is all done.

I also had my Nutty Christmas quilt

in this pile of the unfinished.

Which dated back to last year

(October 2017 Post).

Another one, that I just love!!

I really didn't like the thought of

all of the labor that I did and would 

love to share on my walls, beds, 

or as gifts, but instead it was in a box, 

or stuffed in a cupboard

and counted as one of the countless

unfinished quilts.

Aren't quilts supposed to be used 

and loved?

After this little dilemma,

I decided that I was not 

going to add anymore to my pile.

My favorite part of the whole 

quilting process is designing 

and piecing.

I am a ok quilter, but 

I wanted to send these both off

to a professional.

Jeanette Parker Designs had 

finished my Koi Quilt, so I let her 

have a hand at both of these and

I knew that she could do a 

much better job than I 

could do.

Let's just say, 

I love them to pieces.

Every detail was just perfect. 

I absolutely can't wait to have it 

gracing my living room wall 

next to our Christmas tree this year.

Then, there was my sewing room quilt.

 She put so many adorable little details

in the quilting.

I absolutely love it as well. 

So, no more having all 

these pretty unfinished quilts laying 

folded, and in the unfinished pile.

I would hate the thought of these

quilts that gave me joy in the creating, 

not being used and enjoyed.

What a waste that would be!

I am sorry if I have hit a cord 

with any of you that have those 70 

quilt tops sitting around.

Why did you create them, 

just so that they could gather dust, 

fade, and not be loved?

So go and get those

lovelies all quilted up.

There is someone out there who

would just love one of the 70.

That someone just might be you!! 

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Tula Pink Table Runner with Thermoweb

I just love spring.

The early spring flowers peeking 

their yellow petals out

and what better way to 

celebrate this time of year

than to make a pretty little

table runner.

I used a mix of embroidery stitches

and a little applique.

You can find the how to

tutorial over at Thermoweb,

using EZPrint Featherweight Sheets.  

The pattern for the rabbits are 

from  Tula Pink's Coloring With Thread Book.

It is filled with do many beautiful patterns. 

I made two identical embroidered rabbit pieces.

Using a fat quarter bundle of Tula Pink's Eden collection, 

I created a herringbone pattern and 

quilted it with three different coordinating 

Aurifil thread colors.

They worked so well on the vibrant

colors in the collection.

Make sure to stop in at

Thermoweb to say hello,

check out my tutorial there 

and enter to for a chance to win 

your very own copy of

Tula Pink Coloring With Thread Book, 

where you can dream up 

something beautiful to create. 

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November Aurifil DOM Reboot Block

I am excited to say 

that here is November's

Aurifil DOM Reboot Block

and it has not 

even been released for too long.

Another fast and fun one to stitch up.

It is getting really close to being

the end of the DOM.

I am looking so forward to seeing

these all sew together.

I have the other two that I 

missed all traced out.

I really need to get busy to 

finish them all up before the 

last one is released.

You can find the pattern to all 

these cuties HERE.

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October Aurifil DOM Reboot Block

I have been trying to get myself

all caught up with the 

Aurifil DOM.

Here is October's Block.

It is so cute. 

I love Frosted Pumpkins

Stitchery's designs.

I am just a few

blocks short, 

but here is my progress. 

Only two more and I will be all 

caught up with the stitch

a long.

I really like the Flower Shoppe fabrics

that I picked up at Craftsy. 

You can find October's block here,

along with the other

links for the previous month's blocks.

Joining in with

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Septembers Aurifil DOM Reboot Block

The September

Aurifil DOM Reboot Block

didn't take me too

long to finish up this

month and

it is perfect timing because

all the leaves are falling

from the trees.

I am absolutely loving 

taking time and doing these

while waiting on kids to finish

homework or other activities

that keep me away from my machine.

Don't you just love them?

You can find the patterns

for each of the blocks

over at the Aurifil Blog. 

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August's Aurifil DOM Block

I am not as far behind as it 

might look with the

Aurifil DOM 

Block of the Month.

I forgot to take a couple pictures 

of the blocks that I just 

finished in the last few weeks.

Waiting on kids 

and not being able to be near a sewing 

machine can get you caught up 

a lot quicker on these embroidered 

beauties. 

Here is August's block.

I really love how dainty

and pretty this one turned out. 

Here are the other two that 

I had taken previous pictures of.

I can't wait to show you the rest of them.

The fabrics I am using are

from Craftsy own collection.

It is called Flower Shoppe.

If you are looking for August's

block you can find it here.

I sure hope I can catch up 

with the couple that I have 

missed during the summer months.

Wish me luck!!

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March's Aurifil Reboot BOM Block

 I was very excited to see this block for

Aurifil March DOM Reboot.

I had forgotten how cute

the design that Victoria Findlay Wolfe created.

I absolutely love it.

I even tried a new embroidery stitch

for this block.   

It was the chain stitch. 

I know that I will be using it again.

I love the way that the two blocks look together.

I can't wait to start on the next block soon to be released.

If you want to join along, you can find the blocks

over at Here at Aurifil's blog, Auribuzz.

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My February Aurifil DOM Reboot Block

I like to have a bunch of projects

brewing, 

mostly because I love to stay busy.

I can't sit still for too long before

If I sit still for too long,
I believe that I am being unproductive.
A crazy thought, not to be able to just be,
but I find I am most relaxed when
I have a project or two, (maybe ten)
in the works.

So while patiently waiting

for the next block

of the

Sun, Sand, and Sea BOM,

I decided to join in the Aurifil DOM Reboot.

I had actually printed

off most of the patterns clear back from 2012,

the first time that they had held this Stitch Along.

I had very little quilting experience then,

and didn't figure to be able to finish

what I had begun.

So, to my surprise they

brought it back.

I finished the second block a few days ago.

I just love the way that this cutie turned out.
I picked my colors to embroider by matching
them to the fabrics that I was planning to use.

The fabrics are an exclusive from Craftsy.
This is my first time to try their Boundless fabrics.

My assessment of the fabrics are that they are
quilt shop quality.
The line is called Flower Shoppe. 
I love the fabrics from the pure white with floral neutral
to the navy sprinkle.
(These assessments were my own,
I was not paid for them)
Of course, the piecing of my block was
done with Aurifil 50wt. white.

I can't for the next block.
So I can start putting these
embroidered cuties together.

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Back to School I-Pad Pouch Tutorial and Giveaway

Has the summer just been flying by

for you? 

Our seems to be slipping away

at an alarmingly high rate.

School is just around the corner.

How about a cute little I-pad pouch

for your favorite teacher, or maybe yourself.

You can find the tutorial for this on Therm O Web's blog. 

The adorable school house design can be found here at

Colonial Patterns.

Now how about a giveaway.
The nice people at Colonial Patterns are
offering one luck winner a prize of

Found Here.

Found Here.

and this adorable set

Found Here.

All you need to do is to stop into Colonial Patterns
Facebook page and
give them a LIKE. 
It wouldn't hurt to also say a hello.
Leave a comment on my blog saying you did so.

You can earn a second entry and comment telling
me which of their patterns is your favorite.
 You an stop in at there website, Here.

This giveaway is open until July 19th at Midnight MST
and is open to everyone.
Good Luck.

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