HAND QUILTING... {INSERT CUTE TITLE HERE}

(Sorry about the lame title

but today I am having a case of writer's block.)

Anyway, I have been

hand quilting along

on this little beauty.

TO QUILT MARKET & BACK {HOUSTON QUILT MARKET 2013 RECAP}

A lot can happen

in one week!

Let's see....in the past week,

I watched Not-So-Little-Person's

highly anticipated production of

Once Upon A Lily Pad....

flew to Houston for Quilt Market....

enjoyed Quilt Market...

flew home from Quilt Market...

did my other job...

cleaned up the bomb that exploded in my house while I was gone...

and collapsed from exhaustion!

LESSONS FROM THE WEEKEND

This is the recap

of my weekend

(I know that I am a few days late):

It rained and I sewed!

End of story.

OH NO HE DIDN'T!

I mentioned

  over HERE

that last weekend was a camping weekend for the boys.

In the last post I forgot to mention

the Pre-Camping drama:

(because there is ALWAYS drama)

LIKE NAILS ON THE CHALKBOARD

I hate

the sound of nails on the chalkboard!

Even typing this

causes my back to stiffen.

So when Not-So-Little-Person asked me to:

FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD ENTERTAINMENT

At least once

a day I become

the neighborhood entertainment!

IT WILL HAVE TO DO

My Friday night

plans

(aka HOMECOMING) were

THE WEEKEND THAT WAS...

What was

supposed to be

my fabulous weekend alone,

turned out to be 

TAME YOUR BINDING {TIPS TO REMEMBER}

RED & GREEN QUILT UPDATE {PLUS MORE LITTLE LADY PATCHWORK SHOP NEWS}

Now

if that blog post title isn't a doozy then I

don't know what is!

It seems that 

Mother Nature is making it difficult

for me to get everyone into

the holiday spirit

with all of this 95 degree heat!

100% CHANCE {OPERATION LOW VOLUME QUILT}

Yesterday

the weatherman called for

80% chance of rain.

OPERATION BEIGE QUILT {THE FABRIC SELECTION}

So I wanted to post an update

on 

Operation Beige Quilt. 

MY THOUGHTS ON PAPER PIECING { A FEW TIPS}

So yesterday

I shared my Paper Piecing Saga

over HERE.

It had been AWHILE

since I made these blocks,

 so I thought that I might

give paper piecing a second try:

RETIREMENT QUILT FOR A SPECIAL TEACHER

In all of the 

Pre-Quilt Market frenzy,

I created this quilt:

and I guess that 

I forgot to post it after all of the

Post Quilt Market frenzy!

FARMER'S WIFE SAMPLER QUILT {WEEK #10}

WEEK #10

Here is a recap of my week:

MOTIVATION {AKA...GEARING UP }

Motivation...

Gearing Up...

Planning Ahead...

Awakening the Creative Juices...

GIVEAWAY TIME! {...IT'S SCRUMPTIOUS BY BONNIE & CAMILLE}

The Giveaway is now CLOSED!

Yep...

It is GIVEAWAY time!

BUT

before I get to the giveaway

I just want to remind

everyone to check out

MY BACK FROM QUILT MARKET SALE.

All items are marked down.

So back to the Giveaway,

Scrumptious 

is the latest fabric line

by 

Bonnie & Camille for Moda Fabrics.

THIS LITTLE LADY WENT TO QUILT MARKET {...AND A CLUE TO MY NEXT GIVEAWAY}

This Little Lady went to the

Portland Quilt Market.

Portland Quilt Market did not disappoint me!

Fabrics everywhere.

Fabrics in every color.

Fabrics for every type of quilter.

It is no secret

that this Little Lady L-O-V-E-S 

Moda Fabrics.

Here are some highlights from the 

FALL IN LOVE WITH MODA booth:

FARMER'S WIFE SAMPLER QUILT {WEEK #6}

 

YIKES!

You skip a week of "Farming"

and it is hard to get back into the swing of things!

 

 

This week was just as crazy as

the week before

(the school year is almost over for us!Like in 2 weeks!)

and

I had to schedule

some dedicated time to "Farming".

 

So yesterday

I made these blocks:

 

 

LARGE BLOCK QUILTS GIVEAWAY WINNER {AND MAYBE A LITTLE INPUT NEEDED}

 

A BIG "thank you"

to everyone that entered

my Large Block Quilts Giveaway!

 

A BIG "thank you" to

Vickie

for writing this awesome book and hosting the blog tour!

(and our awesome friendship)