A Bouquet of Daisies FInish

Last week, we had a bit of a blizzard pass through.

The kind of blizzard that causes

the power to be out.

10 plus hours to be out.

While I would have loved to hop

on my sewing machine and add

a couple more rows to the current quilt project,

Mother Nature was not going to let me.

I guess she knew I need to finish up

my crochet WIP.

So, I picked up my Bouquet of Daisies afghan,

and went to town on it.

 I was able to finish it up

and right before the electric

came back on.

Of course, I had to wait a day to take these pictures.

It doesn't look like much here, but

the drifts were quite large.

The only thing that I will miss about the snow is..

that is does make a beautiful backdrop.

The pattern for this afghan can be

found in the book Hooked on Crochet Afghans.

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A Craftsy Tote

Craftsy asked if  I would like to try out one of their kits,
and I jumped at the offer.
I have bought fabric from Craftsy several times.
I just picked up this adorable set of Riley Blake Fat quarter bundle
for the block for the In Our Garden Block of the Month. 

But, I have never used a sewing or a quilting kit,

last weekend I tried a little

something different.

The kit that I was sent was this beautiful Rowan tote.

I received the pattern via email within just a few minutes,

and the fabric came before the week was through.

Everything was in the kit except for the thread,

button and the fusible fleece.

I used Heat n Bond Fusible Fleece.

I have used the fusible fleece on several

other projects and I absolutely love working

with it.

The fleece has just the right loft to make your

quilting just pop.  I choose to quilt 1/4" from the seams

to show off the quilting rather than the recommended

stitching in the ditch.

I figure if I am going to spend all the time

quilting the tote, I might as well be able to see the quilting.

After a few hours of cutting, sewing, and quilting,

I was left with this super

fun tote bag.

This cutie was a given to my sister. 

She uses it all the time.

Makes me want to make myself one.

Which, I might just have to do.

Would I make another kit?

Yes, I found the kit easy to use

and quite enjoyable to stitch up.

I actually purchased a quilt kit from Craftsy.

It is the Rowan Kaffe Fassett Collective Lovely Lattice Quilt.
I am really looking forward to starting on this
beauty. 
It is a little different than any other
quilts that I have made before.

Have you tried a Craftsy kit before?

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Quilt Qwazy Queens Blog Hop

It's hard to believe but this is

my 4th year of quilting.

I started off really small. 

It was a quilted bag, that
I entered into a competition with
Moda.
 While I didn't win, it did

jump start this love of

Fabric and Thread

That makes me a Quilter. (I did make it to the top 10)
  Well, my blog name does say a lot as well.

Here is just a small bit of what

I have done in four years.

Designed and hand quilted by me. 

This is just one of my favorite quilts.

I also enjoyed finishing this

quilt up.  It was my WIP pile

deciding on exactly how I would like to

finish up.

And this pretty quilt named "Jared's Star" created for

a young man that recently

past away from lung cancer.

It was a very emotional quilt

to finish creating.

I also decided this year to head

up a blog hop, a new adventure

that makes me a bit Quilting Crazy.

Here are the first two month blocks,

You can find out more here.

Most of what I have created,

has gone to others, so I decided to make a little

something of my own.

Here is my very recent creation.

A little luck of the Irish to add to my table.

I finished it just in time to

enjoy over the last few day.

It is completely hand quilted.

I used HeatnBond Lite for
the clovers and then was able to
blanket stitch around the clover.
You can find some other great products to use over
at Thermoweb , where I contributing blogger at.

I am writing the pattern for this little cutie,

and would love to have a few pattern testers.

If you are interested, please contact me.

Now for the giveaway....

 A beautiful bundle of fabrics from

Enter below in the Rafflecopter drawing

a Rafflecopter giveaway

By stopping in at this hop you all get a little surprise,

with this code,

seamstobe316

You are able to get 10% off through the end of the hop

for the Fat Quarter Shop,

This is not good for gift certificates however.

Thanks to Marian of
Seams to Be Sew
for our putting together this
Quilting Qwazy Queens Hop.

Please stop by and visit these other Quiling Queens.

March 18

Life In The Scrapatch

Sew Incredibly Crazy - Me

In The Boon Docks

Quilting Affection

Words In Stitches

After You leave your comments at the above blogs
Stop In To Enter Only At
Seams to Be Sew

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In Our Garden BOM Link Party Blocks 3 and 4

Are you all prepared to check out everyone's In Our Garden

Blocks 3 &4?

I know that I have been looking forward 

to seeing what beauties that you have all

created from the blocks that Carol of

Just Let Me Quilt designed. 

If you missed my version, 

here they are...

You can find the block on her blog for free for the month of March.

If you have missed February blocks,

You can find them HERE.

By linking up your blocks 

you have a chance to win 

this beautiful bundle of fabrics.

Provided by our wonderful sponsor 

Riley Blake.

One link per person. 

If you do not have a blog,

we have Facebook Group

and a Flickr Group 

that you can load your photos in

and then link up.  If you need help, please feel free to 

contact me.
A winner will be drawn on the first of April.

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In Our Garden Block of the Month Blocks 3 &4

Here we are with Month Number Two of the

I am so excited to share with you

Blocks 3 and 4 by Carol of

Just Let Me Quilt

Block #3

Block #4

Carol is using bright and cheery colors from Riley Blake. 

I absolutely love the little flowers.

They look like they are singing in the summer breeze.

Her patterns are available for free until the end of the month of March.

Go and check out her blog to see how to pick them up. 

She is also having a giveaway for

The Fat Quarter Shop!

I maybe received the pattern a bit in advance,

so that I could work them up with

my fabric selection:

 Riley Blake Calico Days by Lori Holt.

I made a few slight changes in the applique block. 

If you have followed me for long, you know that I am

never any good at following a pattern. 

I added just a touch of DecoFoil to the butterfly's wings.

Here are the four blocks together.

We would love for you to join us
and show off your blocks.
You can do this by joining us on
our Facebook Group and/or Flickr Group.
We will be having a link party at the
end of the month to show off your handy work and
have a chance to win some beautiful fabrics.

Here's the schedule for all the blocks:

February
Amy – Sew Incredibly Crazy - You are here
You can find My first block here Block #1 and Block #2 HERE.

 
March
Carol – Just Let Me Quilt 

April

Doris – Quilting Queen Online

May
Carla – Creatin’ in the Sticks

June
Sue – Super Mom No Cape

July
Joan – Moosestash Quilting

August
Kris – Kris Loves Fabric

September
Pat – Life in the Scrapatch

October
Vicki – More Stars in Comanche

November
Lana – It Seams to be Sew

December
Jan - Sew and Sow Farm

January
Amy – Sew Incredibly Crazy– Final Blocks and wrap up

Linking to

Sew Fresh Quilts

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Jared's Star

This beauty had a mission.

Well, maybe more like I had a mission.

A young man, a family friend's grandson,

had his lung cancer come back from remission and 

the outlook has been very grim.

I knew that I had to do something, 

and so I made this shooting star, just for him.

Each piece was sewn with a prayer for Jared.

I knew that I had to complete it soon, so that 

he would be wrapped in comfort.

I finished it in just a couple of days. 

I was a driven woman.  

I took it out in the bitter cold to get a couple of picture.

The snow made for such a beautiful backdrop.

I added a very important addition 

to my creation - a label, which I often do not do.

I used Therm-O-Web's HeatnBond EZ Print Lite Sheets. 

It was super easy  and I know that I will be using that method again. 

You can find the tutorial on 

Therm-O-Web's blog today.

Enjoy every moment for we do not know when will be our last.

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