Three Trips to the Fabric Store

I've been very busy this week. My list of things to do has gotten a lot smaller. The car is all taken care of. I still have to get the oil changed, but will do that tomorrow on my way to the state fair. Yes, I will bring lots of pictures back to share with you. I got lots of quilting done this week. That is, I got it done after three trips to the quilt shop. I had to get fabric for 3 different projects.

Seems that I need to have something always in the works. I know I've got projects in bags stored away that are only half done, but who wants to work on them when there is something new and exciting that can be done. Maybe it is the thrill of buying fabric, seeing my good friend who is the shop owner (She always gets me the right fabric to make my quilts pop and she can make me laugh) or spending money. Not sure what it is, but I do enjoy starting a new project. I do get some of them done. Take a look at my photos under quilts on facebook and you will see some of the ones that I've gotten done. In fact here is one that I finished just this week. This one is just so darn cute. I love everything about it. After it spends some time at work it's going on my wall in my quilt room.

Glad I pulled out the green and not the other colors.

Close up of the blocks.

I really like this block and it shows off the quilting. This quilt did not call for much quilting as the embroidery needed to be the main focus. All the quilting was done with a walking foot. Have you gotten your walking foot out and tried some of those stitches yet?

Remember this quilt? I'm quilting it with my walking foot. I'm going to do a pinwheel type of design on it and something else. What? I don't have a clue yet. Maybe diamonds. Just not sure.

You always know that when you don't hear from me for awhile, it means that I'm cooking up something good for ya.

So what the hell am I up to now? You will just have to wait and find out. I might use some of these in my project or none at all. I just know that I'm using homespun fabric in this project.

Fabric for a Qubee Quilts original quilt. The cream on the right has "love is" printed on it. These fabrics are just so romantic. The roses are from Robyn Pandolph Christmas line called Roses de Noel. There is nothing Christmas about this line other than the colors and the name. This is a great year round collection. This line would be great to use in a wedding quilt.

Busy. busy busy. Keeps me out of trouble. Sort of.

Grasshoper and Cheddar Cheese

Hi peeps. It's another rainy day here in Kansas City, Missouri. The kind of day that makes you lazy, but I need to get my butt in gear and get some quilting done or some housework. Hell, get anything done and I would happy. Here is a sneak peek at what I'm working on.

This is going to be an embroidered baby sized quilt using rail fence blocks. I think that is the cutest grasshopper I have ever seen. :-)

Here you get another look at a Qubee original quilt that I'm thinking of publishing. I just love the cheddar cheese fabric. Don't you just love when something is almost done and you look at it and think to yourself what you would have done differently?

This week I plan to get the car fixed. I need to get a new rim thanks to the Missouri roads and their damn pot holes and a front end alignment. Clean out the gutters at my parents and going to the Missouri State Fair. I will get lots of pictures for you.

It's off to work on my quilts.

Thread Art Tapestry

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