I guess I don't have enough to do...

Yesterday I joined two quilt alongs... The Moose on the Porch Jelly Roll Sampler and Rachel's Pinwheel Sampler.

The Jelly Roll Sampler is still on the first block so I caught up easily:

Rachel has done three sets of blocks so far:

1st

2nd

3rd

I am two months behind on Star Crazy (I admit I have a mental block on this one) and I think I am going to give up the Schibbles one... it has started to feel more like a chore than fun (I am not completely decided on this yet). I am going to work on my Star Crazy blocks the next couple of days to catch up.

That's all for now ...

Winter Mini Quilt Swap

Here is my Mini Winter Quilt... all ready to go off to it's new owner. I am having a really hard time getting good pictures lately I don't know what my problem is. So the first is to show the quilting and the second to show the design...

February Schnibble...

The February Schnibble... PLUME what can I say?? I love it! This is super bright but that's me.

As you can probably see by the picture (that is a 6' fence) this isn't exactly Schnibble size. I wanted it for a TV quilt for myself. Someday when I quilt it it will be mine. I fussy cut some big pieces of the pink fabric to use for the centers of the blocks each one becomes a frame for the focal fabric.

...and two more

Here are two more Churn Dashes... I think I am going to make a quilt out of these too :)

Couple things I have been working on this week...

First of all I got my stars done for the Quilt Show Bom:

They aren't perfect ... I really need a new iron.

Then I did some test blocks for the Liberated Amish Get Together I am making a Liberated Amish "Hole in the Barn Door" quilt (aka Churn Dash). This was my first attempt at liberated Churn Dash blocks.

This is the loudest Batik I own but I love how it looks with black.

Husband is traveling again this week. I might get even more done.

January Schnibble is finished...

It took me long enough... There isn't a lot of contrast in this quilt but I did that on purpose. Ihave been wanting to try out a rose meander stencil I have for quilting. So I made this deliberately as a canvas for the quilting. It is going to be a baby gift. oops... forgot to mention. I bought the pattern but didn't use it. I wanted the blocks bigger so the baby quilt would be a more cuddly size. This is actually 43"x43" :)

It's official... I'm Back

Thanks for allowing me to have that much needed break.

Although I don't blog a lot I do read the blogs every morning and I was really getting overwhelmed. Every project was calling my name and I was buried.

I had planned on getting all of my urgent (in my mind) UFOs finished but I lost the whole weekend last week to the Craft Hope stuff (it was a good reason) and this weekend to friends. They aren't all finished but I have made progress.

Here are the two things that got completely finished:

My Fall Mini Swap Quilt:

And I was an angel for this swap too. Sarah needed a pick me up so I made her this little quilt (it isn't all wacky on the edges I had it at a 90 degree angle and it was sliding down, it is nice and straight I promise):

Sorry about the terrible pictures. It has been raining here forever and I couldn't get them outside for light. Also, my studio lights are still buried in the garage from our Christmas clean up.

The other thing I did while I was on the break is decide what projects are not going to be started and which are going to be finished before anything else is started. It is good to get organized and stop trying to keep up with everyone else.

It is good to be back :)