Sewing down the applique process has begun for Isabella's quilt! Is it a bad thing that I would rather not go to work today and just stay home and sew!!

I am taking Kellie's advice ( http://dontlooknow.typepad.com/dont_look_now/ ) and using blanket stich for the applique to ensure longevity as this will be toted around for a few more years I suspect. I plan on having the blanket stitching and the quilt sandwiched and hopefully started on the machine quilting by the end of the weekend!! Her bday is next saturday so I better get cracking.

This was supposed to be a wallhanging, but I decided to make it into a pillow. I stippled on the border and just did a bit of quilting around the rabbits. I pondered wether to quilt in the white, but chickened out.

I am excited about a quilt I making for my nieces first bday. It's a mish-mosh of ideas. This will be the middle(main focus of the quilt). I got the idea from :http://dontlooknow.typepad.com/dont_look_now/2009/01/flower-garden-pillow-tutorial-.html I wanted to do something special for Isabella because I just lover her sooo much!!

I mean who couldn't fall madly in love with this face!!

This past weekend I attended my first quilt retreat. I almost didn't get to go because I got sick :o( I missed Friday eve and Saturday morning but made my way over by dinner time. I had prepaid and wanted to get what I could out of it. I didn't feel my best but had a good time just the same. I loved seeing all the projects the ladies were working on, we have some beautiful quilters and sewers. This is the mystery quilt we did, I FINALLY got my done after a few incidents involving my thread ripper :o( My head wasn't so clear..ah well.



This is basket number 2 for tisket a tasket...Isn't it so sweet!!

I made this little bookmark today for a dear friend of mine. I have ordered her a book from an author she likes and will put this in it for her bday.

Everything Valentine's <3

We had a wonderful Valentine's Day. Well who wouldn't if they had chocolate cupcakes with buttercream icing!! yummmmmmy
Sugar cookies with colored white chocolate for icing : )

Getting creative with the heart shape cookie cutter. I made a special vday breakfast for hubby and the kids.

Heart shaped tortilla..I cut out of the big tortilla wrap thingies. Brushed lightly with olive oil, lightly salted and baked till crisp...super cute and yummy with quacamolie.

Roses from my husband....how sweet : )

This was Valentine's Day #17 for us...how fortunate.

Ta-Da!

Well, here it is. My first stippling(?) project. I put the (?) beside stippling because it sure doesn't look like the stippling I've seen on here..lol. I have two maching quilt books arriving any day but grew too impatient and just wanted to do it!
Here's the back..yah, I know it's interesting huh? I did learn that I was putting the runner in the wrong way for stippling. No wonder I couldn't really see where I was going and what I was doing clearly...live and learn. It actually doesn't look bad from the top if you don't look too closely, lol.

The fabric is dandelion girl by Moda using most of a charm pack and some extra fabric. Nice soft colors.

A Tisket A Tasket and few other things : )

I am participating in my first BOM and it's a good one. I remember wondering what the heck a BOM was?? A lady from my quilt guild posted the link in our group and when I saw the first block I knew I wanted in on this one. So cute and simple...simple, being the key word for me, lol.

http://bunnyhilldesigns.com/dynamic/?page=Free%20Patterns

This is my first block completed, turned out pretty cute I think. I love that a flickr group has been created for us to see other blocks completed. Some women are so creative and chose their own color scheme and added their own "twist" I am not there yet and stuck pretty close to the block shown.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/969252@N20/

This is a sweet little table runner I have complete(top) and will be my first stippling project ; )

This will be my first "BIG" stippling project. I just need to put the dark blue border ont he top. It will be for us so it won't really matter if I mess up alot, I can't wait to try it. I am waiting for two books to arrive on Machine Quilting that I ordered through amazon!!! This quilt is a disappearing nine patch. I love it for how easy it went together and I am all about easy!!

Here is the lapquilt and matching pillow all done. I gave this to my husband's parents for christmas. We had it professionally machined quilted and it turned out beautiful!!!