Ahhh I can relax and start again

Love quilts finished yay! Thanks sew much to Miss Lou’s for allowing me to use her longarm machine I would not have met the deadline without it. I like to do charity quilts however working full time and having deadlines made it stressful. I will continue to make charity quilts but I need to work at my own pace. I was invited to a quilt retreat at Cedar Cross Retreat It was only 20 minutes from home and was a fun pajama party with a lot of sewing. A cute place tucked in the woods with no television just relaxation. This was my first time so I was the only one that ran out of projects. I need to bring more to sew next time. Luckily Debbie Powell from Miss Lou's was there to teach me the hand applique and embroidery techniques in order to make this cute pin cushion.

 I got the pattern from a vendor at a quilt festival a couple of weeks ago. Until next time have a Kwilt Krazy week!

Krazy Kough

I don't feel great today but I have a lot to do.  I need to get these African quilts finished.  I don't know if this is allergies or a cold.  You know this winter has been Krazy.  70 one day and 16 the next.  Dang winter. I am ready for some Spring.  For the first time ever I am joining a linky party yahoo! Thanks sew much to Kim  @ My Go-Go Life for hosting this!

I have 2 wips today.  The first is the top to my 2nd love quilt for kids in Africa.  Which I have to have quilted and shipped out by April 1st.

 The center square is created and colored by children around the country. Aren't they cute? Sew sweet!

 My second wip is a new kraft. Krochet...I know crochet :)  He is my second project and I am kinda proud of how he is turning out.  I got this book at Walmart.  So, I had to challenge myself.

Here he is. Well, part of him. 

Thanks again to Kim for hosting the linky party!  Go to her site and check out the other sites for wonderful inspiration. Have a Kwilt Krazy Day!

Heeeeeers Krazy!!!

Long time no blog.  After staring at the computer all day at work the last thing I want to do is get online again at home. I have been missing the blog community and thought I would try to blog once a week starting in January.  Well now it is March.  I really want to get back into this.  I enjoy all of the blogs, the hops, and there is so much wonderful inspiration out there.  Here is what I have been doing since my last post back in October. 

Beaquilter had a fun block swap. We each had to make 12 blocks and we received 12 in return.   Here are the ones that I did.

Around Christmas time my co-workers found out that I sew and started asking me to do things for them. Here are 2 Christmas Tree Skirts that I did for the first time and no pattern.

 I think I did pretty good J  I had measurement help from Hubby. Then another co-worker asked me to make a one panel curtain into a two panel curtain.   My Husband and I learned to knit (yes He, my hubby) he is now knitting more than me ha ha.  He said it is relaxing and I agree. So then I had another request from a co-worker to make scarves, then another, and another.

All of this at Christmas time ugh.  I just need to learn to say no sorry I can’t do that. Of course I had to make scarves for family gifts too.

 I really like Mollie Makes and issue #28 has this doll pattern and instructions so I had to make it for my daughter for Christmas.

 Then I volunteered to make two love quilts to be shipped to Africa by April. Here is the first one, not quilted yet.

 Today I am working on the second top.

 I am almost done and then have to quilt both of them.

 Then last week I taught myself to crochet.  It's not great, but my first crochet project.

See, that's why I haven't been blogging ha ha. Ut oh. I think I am now Kraft Krazy. Not a bad thing! 

Krazy busy!

I joined so many things I have gotten too busy to blog.  Quilt challenges, Hops, Swaps, Charity Quilts, all sew much fun but boy it has been krazy.  I need to slow down and sniff the fabric LOL.  Here is a picture of a block I made for a swap hosted by beaquilter.

 

  Thank goodness she changed the deadline to Nov 1^st, I am half way finished.   I need to make 12 total.

 

 I just finished another Quilt for Kids too! 

 

  I like the campground fabric. I made a little mistake.  Can you find it? I'm sure some little guy will like it anyway. Since I work full time I like to order the kits, I can whip them up much faster since they are already cut.  No cost for the kits just shipping $6.00 and you provide the batting.  Check it out if you or someone you know may be interested in making quilts for kids.  Have a Kwilt Krazy Day!

A Night at the Movies Quilt Challenge

I thought I would share the results of our Night at the Movies Quilt Challenge, Friday night here in Henderson, NC hosted by Vance Quilts R Us

Winner

 

Wizard of Oz by Donna

 

1st place runner up

French Kiss by Patty

 

2nd place runner up

Lord of the Rings by Stevie

 

and here are some other entries

 

Harry Potter by Debbie

 

 

Yours, Mine, and Ours by Brenda

 

 



 

Grease by Yours Truly : )

 

Oops there was one more entry but I guess I didn't get that picture.  Well, I didn't win but it was another first for me and I had a fun time.  Until next time have a Kwilt Krazy Day!



And the Winner is....

#37 Pat from http://scrapatches.blogspot.com/

 

  Congratulations! I have sent you an e-mail to get your shipping address. Thanks everyone for commenting. Have a Kwilt Krazy day!

Queen for a Day!

Well, maybe a princess :)  This is my first blog hop, my first hexie project and my first giveaway! Hey, there is a first time for everything right? I guess today is the day. First I would like to thank the lovely Madame Samm and the wonderful cheering queen Debby Kratovil for this opportunity to share my little project. I was definitely nervous because there are so many incredible people out there with such great talent. You have to start somewhere so I thought now would be a good time. I looked and looked and finally decided to make a small wall hanging.  I bought Mickey Depre's book "Pieced Hexies"and also her class on Craftsy.

I used my Cricut machine to cut out the hexie templates but I don't think it was quite accurate for this :/ I used them anyway but for future hexie's I will buy templates.  In my previous post I discussed my bee and how I stitched and colored him.  So, here it is...."Bee Creative"

Notice the bee is pointing at my Hexie flowers, he wants to show them off.  I hand sewed the big hexie flower and the little pieced hexie flower.  The neat thing about the pieced hexie is all the different designs you can make by twisting and turning the hexies. I liked the star pattern with this one. I appliqued the flowers to the background and then did some kind of echo free motion thing LOL...still learning the free motion but it is fun to play. Now for my drawing...this is open to everyone in the world!!!  7 funky fat quarters, some iron-off cleaner, and an Oval yo yo maker.

Just leave me a quick comment telling me what your first Hexie project was. If you haven't done one yet just say hey. Please make sure I can reply to you! I will have my Random Husband, oops I mean I will have my husband pick a random number for me :) I will announce the winner on August 30th. I was having trouble with my comment box this morning and had to add one over to the side.  Sorry about that, I have to run to work. Anyone that e-mailed me will be included in the giveaway.Until next time have a Kwilt Krazy week and don't forget to check out the rest of the Hexie Queens this week.

Monday, August 26

 Scrapbook-ChickaDoodle

   

Kathys Quilts 

   

A Quilt and a Prayer  

 

I Piece 2 - Mary 

   

Life, Quilts and a Cat, too   

Quarter Incher 

   

Sew Much Luv  

  

Kwilt Krazy  (Yes I'm Krazy)

   

Selina Quilts 

   

Espritpatch 

  

Nunu’s Quilt World 

Tuesday, August 27

   

We Shall Sew  

  

Life@RuffHaven

Pieced Brain  

   

Den Syende Himmel 

   

Creatin’ in the Sticks 

   

Meadowbrook 

   

Sandra Kaye Designs  

   

Let’s Patch it Up 

   

Sew Many Yarns  

  

Around the Homestead 

Sew Mollie Sue, Quilt Much?

Wednesday, August 28

  

Adventurous Quilter 

Scraps of Life 

Sew and Sow Farm

  

Creatin' in the Sticks

Kwilty Pleasures

Just Sew Quilter 

   

Marjorie's Busy Corner   

NitaDances

Pig Tales and Quilts 

   

Quiltscapes 

Livinbluequilter     

Sew We Quilt



Sneak Peak of Next Week

I got an idea to try an experiment!  The paper that is used in coloring books reminds me of the paper that we use for FPP.  It isn't as thin though. Anyway I thought...I wonder if I could sew right on top of that and then rip the paper off and have a sewn drawing underneath. Sew I got some coloring books from the Dollar Store.

I used masking tape to tape down the page that I wanted.  Isn't he cute?

I used a clear applique foot and sewed right on the lines.

I used a 1.5 mm stitch length so that the paper would be perforated enough to easily tear and carefully ripped the paper off.  Wha lah!!

I am not totally finished but you get the idea.  See his outline?  I colored him in with colored pencils and will be adding more stitched detail too! This is exciting since I bought about 8 coloring books :)  So many different themed ones for only a buck!  Halloween, Christmas, Flowers, Princesses, etc... Unitl next time have a Kwilt Krazy day!

You down with FPP? Yeah you know me!

Who's down with FPP? Every last lady!!! Some of you may get that and some not so much! Hee hee, still working on Grease little by little.  This is my Treble Cleft block.  It is foundation paper pieced.  This is my third time doing FPP.  It wasn't hard but there were alot of very small pieces of fabric.  Check out one part of the pattern.

Notice A5, 8,9 and 11, dinky winky pieces.  At first I didn't know if it was going to come out correctly.  After I started trimming it came out fine.

I got this pattern free at Craftsy.  Thanks to http://tweloquilting.blogspot.com/  Check out her blog, she has a lot of cute patterns. 

Tada!!!

Next I will be doing an applique block of the T-Bird car!  Not sure how yet, I think reverse applique. Until next time have a Kwilt Krazy Day!

Let's talk about the birds and the bees

I thought I would have a quick show and tell this afternoon.  Last year around this time I came across this picture on the internet.

I e-mailed it to my Mom and asked "Isn't this cute?"  "I wish I could do that."  She said "oh, I would like you to make that one for me"  So I searched and found Mickey Depre, so glad I did! I got her book Garden Whimsy Applique.  I love it, such cute patterns.  

I decided I would try it. I made this wall hanging for my Mom for Christmas.

Sorry, this is the only picture I have. I didn't have a blog back then and didn't take pictures of my progress. I didn't do my borders that well, I was pretty new at this. It was so much fun I decided to make one of the other patterns for my daughter. Again only one picture. 

Aren't these bees cute too!

I have got to get better at photography. LOL.  Until next time have a Kwilt Krazy night!