Saw this on quiltville

I saw this on quiltville and had to share. It's so pretty! It's original from the intrepid thread blog.

The directions are posted on the link below.

http://intrepidthread.blogspot.com/2013/11/leaf-feather-quilt-block-tutorial-and.html?m=1

Bonus fabric!

After going through my fabric stash, that has been boxed up since we moved in 1995, I have discovered bonus fabric! Over the past years, I have gone through these boxes every once in awhile. But in the last month I have dug through them at least three or four times. I got tired of trying to remember what was in each box, so I took out some fabric and scraps I could use in my quilting.

Tada, bonus fabric!

Since making the scrappy mountain majesty quilt (shown below) with all those plaids, I pulled out more plaids to make another one for me! Sweet! Looks like it will be blues, purples and pinks!

Since they were packed up for so long, I put them in the washer. Here is what it looked like after they came out of the dryer.

I then proceeded to untangle them and iron them. Here they are all ironed and sorted.

While digging through this I found a receipt for one of those quarter yard cuts. It must be from the 70's because it only cost 78 cents! This must have been from my mom's collection.

Some of these fabrics date back to the seventies because they are 36"wide. I'm so excited that I can use one of these yellows and some of those blues for my Celtic Solstice mystery quilt. Which so far has come from my stash!

I have since gone through the boxes another time to pull out the knits and flannels I have, plus some solids to add to the collection. I can use some of them to make some shirts and leggings for my granddaughter.

Happy sewing and Merry Christmas!

Silent Sunday

First some noise. Every Sunday the inbox jaunt puts a picture up for her silent Sunday blog post. So I'd like to borrow her idea.
Here is my contribution, enjoy.

Christmas is coming

Christmas is coming, but I haven't really decorated yet. Hopefully today.

Yesterday I was inspired by the Christmas bunting that Connecting Threads blog - Quilt with Us shared from the Freshly Handmade blog.

I just had to make it! I had the red plaid binding left over from my cousin's quilt. I also had some burlap left over from another project. I got my slice machine out to cut the letters. I used the 'tis the season design card.

First I went thru my old christmas fabric scraps, then I cut them out and started to assemble everything. I then realized I didn't like that fabric with the binding.

Since I still had some primitive homespun fabric left, I figured it would worked better with the burlap, so this would be perfect! So I cut those letters out. It looked better. There wasn't much contrast because the burlap was dark, but if you go with the primitive look, I think it works.  One thing about the burlap, it killed my new rotary blade!  It was brand new!!!!  Oh well.  Live and learn....

Now it is up on the mantle. Step one to start my Christmas decorating!

I'm so glad that Freshly Handmade and Quilt with Us shared this! Thanks

Been busy sewing!

I have been busy sewing! I got a lot done over the last few days.

First, I finished my cousin's quilt. I never got a picture of the full quilt, but here is picture with the binding. It's in the mail to him.

Then while I was on a roll, I made a miniature quilt for my table top quilt stand. I used my slice machine to cut the applique snow flakes. Here is my little snowman quilt.

Next on my list was to finish my Snowy Day Quilt from Ho Ho Ho Let it Snow. All I had left to do was quilt it, apply the buttons and bind it. It's now hanging up on the wall!

Somewhere in between I made about half of the blocks for the Bonnie Hunter Celtic Solstice Mystery Quilt.

To finish out this busy weekend I got the Candy Cane Christmas Quilt to almost finish top status. I just need to finish the rest of the embroidery on the top. Then I suppose I need to figure out how to quilt it.

Well, it's a new week and time to get started on some christmas gifts, part two of the mystery quilt and some more donation quilts.

Happy sewing!

Celtic Solstice link up part 1

Here is my Monday link up for part one of the Celtic Solstice Mystery Quilt.

I'm in the process of finishing another project so I haven't gotten much done yet on the mystery. But I did manage to sew 6 blocks! Here they are. I'm going through all of my fabric stash. Some of this is from the late 90's.

I had bought triangle rulers before the mystery was ever revealed. I wish they were tri recs and tri tools, but they weren't. I made a good guess and have figured it out. A quick double check using my friend's tri recs confirmed I was on the right road! Now that I've figured it out, I plan on chain piecing the rest I cut.

In the meantime, while searching my entire stash, I've found some things I've been looking for! I've also found some more fabric to use. Now if I can just remember where I saw a perfect neutral with a little golfer on it....

I hope everyone is having fun with this mystery. This is my first one, so I can't wait to see what is revealed!

This is the other project I'm trying to finish. It's a quilt for my cousin who is sick.

Here is a glimpse of my cousin's quilt. It is one of Bonnie Hunter's free quilt patterns, Scrappy Mountain Majesties. I wanted a primitive look and decided to go with meandering. I still need to trim it and bind it, but it should be done by Thursday!

Getting back to the blog...

Well, it has been awhile. I've been using fb to document my quilting activities, but I've thought it might be better to take advantage of my blog to keep track of everything here.

I've been following Bonnie Hunter's blog, Quiltville for awhile now. Recently she shared the quilt she made for her brother who was diagnosed with a brain tumor. It's called scrappy mountain majesties - it is in her free patterns. My cousin was diagnosed with prostate cancer this summer and my husband was wondering when I was going to make a quilt for him. So when Bonnie shared her story and this quilt, it was exactly what I was looking for! I wanted something primative looking and I had some homespun and I had a friend with more homespun who jumped on the band wagon with me! We had enough for two quilts! Last night I got the news he doesn't have long, so my side kick and I got sewing tonight and finished the top. Our plan is to quilt it tomorrow. Hopefully I can bind it and drive it up to him by Thursday.

On the design wall

Completed top

I also hope to get started on Bonnie's mystery quilt Celtic Solstice Mystery. I've already picked thru all my scraps to get started. Hopefully I can get a couple blocks done before the next part comes out.

My colors picked from my stash/scraps

My yellow?!?!

Okay, I know there is a blue background in this print. But from a distance it is overwhelming yellow. So, I'm going to see how this goes.... Plus I have plenty of it! ;) I do need to work on my neutrals. The ones I have might be too tan.