Rainbow love!

Yes the rainbow bug has biten :)
A long while back I swapped rainbow charm squares in dots/stripes/solids swap over on Flickr.
Here & there I've used one or two for swap blocks or applique then I came upon this pixelated heart.
I knew instantly that I had to use the rainbow charms to make a quilt. A large one at that.

Progress so far

linking to
 Freemotion on the River Linky Party Tuesday
Fresh Squeezed Fabrics Show &Tell Tuesday
Quilt Story Fabric Tuesday

Dec Goal-Finished!

I'm DONE! I finished! I set out a goal and actually got it done! All 3 dresses are complete :)
ALYoF Dec Goal Link Up

3x6 blocks

Just received my final block from this quarter of 3x6 on Flickr.
I choose blue (sky/baby) green (grass) yellow (sun/bee) on black
the top is my tester block and the 6 below are the ones I received.

 My vision is a baby boy quilt, I want it to speak of the sky, grass, and bumblebee.
I may just sew the 6 up together as a mini and use mine as the back..... or sew up two more blocks and make it almost crib sized.....


These are the blocks I sent out in my hive mates colors.

3x6 Q3 Hive 8

I got my blocks done & shipped! 

They were super fun to make. Lots of great color combos to play with and to top it off I was able to use my stash for all 7 blocks. 99.5% of the colored prints were from the 3x6 bee fabric swaps.

Can't wait til all mine come in.

 My inspiration this quarter was a boy sampler in Blue, Green, yellow on black, 

I am seeing the Sky, the Grass & Bumble Bees. :)

3x6 sampler quilt mini Flickr Group
3x6  bee fabric swap Flickr Group

Sept. Finish

I did it!

UFO is done!

I actually finished it pretty quickly but lagged on posting.....

Corduroy outside with little applique details

Bucket Bag pattern by KeykaLou now Michelle Patterns

Linking to

 A Lovely Year of Finishes

Linky Party Tuesday

Framed Fairies

Just a few days ago my friend Melissa @ Sew BitterSweet Designs launched her new pattern All Framed Up and I jumped at it. 

I fell in love with this when she debuted it as a block and was hoping she'd make a quilt pattern out of it.

For my quilt I used fabrics from my stash.

Alphabet Fairies. Flower Fairies by Michael
Miller, the green was left over from another project from last fall, the background fabric with dandelions is a piece of Japanese cotton my mom brought back for me, the back is a natural cream.

This took me a few nights to work on but it went together quickly.

 I played a bit by adding in the corner pieces to the back as well as trying out different quilting stitches my machine offers. For the binding I used my backing a tutorial Melissa offers.

I am so happy with MY quilt! 

Yes MINE, this lovely lady with take center stage on my couch.

If you ever make anything that Melissa offers stop on by the Sew BitterSweet Designs Flickr group, I'd love to see your creations.

September goal

My UFO - 

A Bucket Bag I started last fall  :/ 

My goal this month is to finish it.

I'll be linking up along with lots of others for September goal- A lovely year of finishes

Jan wip/ufo ....

So far I'm moving right along, the center block, a SWOON Block, is almost complete. Then it's onto pie ring the rows together.

A lovely year of finishes-Jan Goal

This year I'm hoping to participate each month with an unfinished object/work in progress. I currently don't know how many I have but I do know there's quite a few, from quilts to dresses and even a pile of stuffed animals.

January Goal-
Chris's Quilt

I need to make a coordinating swoon block, surround it with the blocks I received from 3x6, back-quilt- bind in time for my oldest 18 birthday ( feb3 )

HST BOM progress

I've been following along over at In Color Order for Jens HST BOM 

I don't always get my block done as soon as she posted the tutorial but I am catching up now, 

pictured below is Jan - Aug, Sept is on the table. 

Jens tutorials are very clear and easy to follow. 

Theres also a Flickr group to post projects made with her tutorials or patterns.

Remember September...Sew Along

Over at SewBitterSweetDesigns & HopefulThreads, they have gotten together and came up with a project for this month.

 Remember Service Men & Women, Creating a Handmade Holiday 

to those serving overseas this coming Holiday Season. 

They are linking and providing tutorials and patterns for Pillowcases and eReader cases (of all shapes and sizes) on blogs, shops, even Pintrest.

I will be contributing to this project, as a Military Family, Hubby is Active Duty Army, my father and grandfather both served along with a few uncles. I feel very close to this cause, I lost count how many Holidays my husband has missed in his 13 yrs of service.

Just typing this up I have chills, I can't even imagine what its like to be away from family and friends, while on a deployment, during the Holidays.

Check out the projects and if you can sew up a few things, theres a Flickr group to post to, all would love to see your finished items.

Heres some great FREE tuts and patterns

Here are some measurements HopefulThreads posted:

Here are dimensions for some popular e-readers. If you can, it would be super great if you labeled whichever style you sew your cover for if specific.

More details about this September Monthly Project on the blog here, http://hopefulthreads.blogspot.com/2012/09/september-monthly-project-announcement.html

blackberry playbook is 5" x 7.5" and is 3/8" wide

Kindle Fire and it is 7.5" x 4.7" x .45" (thickness)

Kindle: 6.5 x 4.5 x 0.34 inches

Kindle Touch: 6.8 x 4.7 x 0.40 inches

Kindle Touch 3g: 6.8 x 4.7 x 0.40 inches

Nook Simple Touch: 6.5" x 5.0" x 0.47"

Nook Color: 8.1" x 5.0" x 0.48"

Nook Tablet: 8.1" x 5.0" x 0.48"

Kindle DX: 10.4" x 7.2" x 0.38"

Sony: 6.61 x 4.68 x 0.38 inches

Nook 1st Ed: 7.7 x 4.9 x 0.5 inches  

Kobo: 7.2 × 4.7 × 0.4 in

Kobo Touch: 6.5 × 4.5 × 0.4 in

iPad :First Generation = 9.56×7.47×0.528 in (243×190×13.4 mm) 

Second Generation = 9.5×7.31×0.346 in (240×186×8.8 mm) 

Third Generation (newest) = 9.5×7.31×0.37 in (240×186×9.4 mm)

Please feel free to add others! Thanks for all your help!!!

Quilting for kids-Aug

This is my first month participating in this Flickr group, Quilting for kids. This month there was a request out for string blocks worked up in one color per block, the tutorial was linked for us to follow. Below are the 4 blocks I whipped up out of my scrap bags.