Gypsy Wife p.1

Woo Hoo!
My first package arrived from The Intrepid Thread for the Gypsy Wife BOM.
 (Not sure what I'm talking about? Here's my debating with a happy ending post.

Pattern Book and block one fabrics along with a few pieces for fillers later on.

 My version of block one

 How I'm storing it all, the bag holds the book, blocks, extra pieces and the bag of scraps

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Feb Goal ALYOF

For this month my goal at ALYOF is to complete this top from a HST BOM over at In Color Order from 2012
I got all the way to September.......
So I need to work up 3 blocks and piece them together,
question is to sash or not to sash....

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scrappy charm coasters

These are quick and easy and great for those left over charm squares.
I admit these were needed as I seem to have coffee cups & water glasses breeding in my office/sewing room.

 9- 5 in charm squares will make 4 coasters

 cut all in half

 arrange three piles of three halves

 sew together

 cut in half again

 arrange into 9 patch

 sew together

 I arranged each one differently

 cut batting to size and backing an inch bigger on all sides

quilt as desired and use backing as binding

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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

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catching up.....

I sew and take pictures but fail to upload and blog them, alot!
If you follow on Facebook you see way more teases of projects than those that ever make to written form.

Today's post is about the sewn holiday gifts I gave this past year.

Table topper and coasters that went to my aunt & her husband.

A light weight coat that went to a family friends son.

Two pairs of cloth napkins that I gifted my mom.

Table runner for my grandparents.

Garlic/Rosemary infused Olive Oil topped with a bird ornament, a total of three went out to teachers.

A set of hankies for my other grandparents, made with the hexies I've been working on.

And lastly I sent out a surprise package to a wonderful lady and her family who spend all year sewing and gifting to others, a family of birds for each member of her home.

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Layer Cake Quilt

On the table.....

I wanted to get in here and work on something without having to buy anything, 

so on the hunt I went to find a quilt top pattern that only uses a layer cake.

Here's the pattern that I found, Basic Math Quilt.  

I used a walk in the woods layer cake.

This went together super quick & turned out way bigger than I expected. I'm hoping to find a backing this week (that I'll have to shop for).

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