Blogger Block Of The Month Blog Hop {Stop1)

Today is the first stop

on the

Blogger Block Of The Month Blog Hop.

Dig out your stash fabrics

and visit

Carin and Carol of Margaret's Hope Chest.

Until Next Time ... Happy Quilting!



Almost Wordless

Last week I shared these photos on Instagram

so I thought that I would also post them over here:

( I was restocking my thread . There is nothing that I hate more than running

out of thread! )

Fabric: California Girl by Fig Tree

Until Next Time ... Happy Quilting

Blogger Block Of The Month Blog Hop

The fabulous Dhia of Peach Patch Quilts

has organized

the Blogger Block Of The Month Blog Hop

and I am so glad to be a part of the Blog Hop!

Each month one of the participants

will be posting a block

that you can make using fabrics from your fabric stash.

The Blog Hop begins this month.

Here are the stops on the Blog Hop:

Sept 15, 2012: Carin and Carol of Margaret's Hope Chest 

Oct 15, 2012: Jenny of Sew Kind Of Wonderful

Nov 15, 2012 : Jennifer M of Ellison Lane Quilts

Dec 15, 2012 : Natalie of Craftin Mechanic

Jan 15, 2013: ME!

Feb 1, 2013 Jennifer I of Knotted Thread

Feb 15, 2013 : Sandra of Sharp Quilts

Mar 15, 2013 : Nicole K of  Patchwork Duck Designs

April 1, 2013: Bree of Distant Pickles

April 15, 2013: Tracey of Itching 2 B Stitching

May 15, 2013: Felicity of Felicity Quilts

June 15, 2013: Erin of Billy Button Design

July 15, 2013 : Nicole N of Mama Love Quilts

Aug 15, 2013: Dhia of Peach Patch Quilts

Start digging out your stash fabrics because the Blog Hop

starts on Saturday!

Until Next Time...Happy Quilting!



Last Minute Baby Shower Gift

One of my co-workers is expecting her first baby---

a BOY!

(A you know, little boys have a special place in my heart)

She isn't into the usual baby blue colors,

so for her baby shower gift I wanted to make

something different.

I grabbed these Dr. Seuss fat quarters and pieced them together to

make a changing mat and burp cloths.

I even pieced the back together.

 

My co-worker loved them and they became the

hit of the baby shower!

Until Next Time ... Happy Quilting



Paper Pieced Hexagons {How I Spent My Evening}

 

 

Thankfully Hurricane Isaac landed

to the left of us!

Fortunately, we only experienced

long periods of heavy rain fall!

 

While listening to the steady

downpour,

I dug into my "newly cut" scraps

and



I added a few more hexagons

to my quilt.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Slowly but surely my hexagon quilt is growing.

You can find my previous hexagon update here.

 

Thanks again for all of your thoughts and prayers!

 

Until Next Time ... Happy Quilting

 

Preparing For Isaac

 

 

There is a Hurricane brewing in the Gulf of Mexico.

 

 

My sweet Southern state of Mississippi

is in its projected path.

 

 

Source

 

Last night I should have been at Walmart

(with the rest of the city)

stocking up on water, batteries, and candles.

 

Instead I sent Hubby and  I pulled out

my "untouched for months"

box of "large" scrap pieces.

 

 

 

 

As a Florida girl, this isn't the first storm

that I have been threw.

So my way of planning ahead was to cut up my scraps

and prepare a few projects

just in case

I don't have electricity, cable, or Internet.

 

So after about an hour of cutting,

I had these:

 

 

I cut three different sizes:

5" squares, 2 1/2" squares, and tumbler pieces.

 

 

I plan to spend most of my time

working on my "never ending" hexagons,

but I have the other piles just in case I get bored.

 

Oh yeah, I picked this up the day and I plan to give it

a try.

 

 

Well at least I will be prepared!

 

Until Next Time ... Happy Quilting!

 



Fabric Crush {ABC 123 by American Jane}

I have always been an American Jane fan.

Sandy's newest line, ABC 123,

did not disappoint me!

I love the vintage prints, especially the florals!

Here are some of my favorites:

The red fabric with the white letters is really calling my name!
The ABCs remind me that summer is over
and that we are now in the back to school season.

I love it when fabric lines include black!

It gives a nice contrast.

 

Now time to decide what to do with all of this yumminess.

Until Next Time...Happy Quilting



Paper Pieced Hexagons {An Update}

The Summer Olympics are over and I was sad to see them end!

I sat down and watched them every night after

the Little Person went to bed.

I knew that I needed a "hand project" to calm my nerves

during all of those memorable "nail-biting"moments.

I dug around in hopes of finding several

projects that I could work on,

but all I could find were my

"old faithful" hexagons.

So here is what I did while watching the Summer Olympics:

Of course, I didn't keep track of how many Grandmother's Flowers

I attached!

I just kept going...and going...and going....

because who knows when I will feel like picking up this project again.

Until Next Time ... Happy Quilting