Kellys new top-

Grandson's, Andrew and Ben are spending the night tonight. I told them they could stay up and play while I finished sewing together this top for their Aunt Kelly.

As soon as I got it hung up to look at, Ben said: "Get the camera Grand Mother, Take a picture of me and the beautiful quilt!"

As a disclaimer, Ben calls me Grand-Mutter. He like all sorts of beautiful things. "Beautiful" is his word of choice when it comes to horses and quilts!

When he got here this evening he asked if I wanted to take his picture. I asked why. His answer was: "That's what grownups do because I am so cute!"

These kids just crack me up! Ben turned 3 in October and he was such a ham at his party.

On to the quilt top.

Blocks are 15" Raw edge applique. I enlarged my Dresden plate pattern and cut fans in a Stack N Whack style.

I was going to set them in a D-9 but decided the top would end up too big. Instead I may do a narrow green inner border and then 6" of the background.

OR..... if there is enough of the original flower print, I can do 2 " background , couple of inches of flowers and then finish with more background.

For now it is just going to hang and be 'beautiful'.- cw

Last Yardsale for 2010- plant stand!

The weather is starting to turn a bit chilly. I was surprised to see a couple of yard sale signs up over the weekend.

It never hurts to stop and take a look.

I am a long time 'Junkie" and usually have to get my 'fix' at the local thrift shop.

Some how this plant stand saw me coming and followed me home. Can we keep it?

Of course hubby thinks it is the crazy-est thing I have ever bought. My thought is surely I can do worst....give me time and a few bucks.

Both of my girls claim dibs.

It certainly has 'character'. It also has a lot of areas that need dusted!

What is the strangest item you have brought home this year, tell me the what and why.

pom pom goblin

I have three grandsons in grade school this year.

Lucky for me two are in the same class.

We decided to make some little goblins to tie on their classmates pencils.

Some of this is from stash saved over 20 yrs (when my kids were in school!)

The pom pom is created by wrapping yarn around a piece of card board. Tie it in the middle and cut the ends. (I always have to give them a hair cut to get the pom pom shape just right!)

For the mouth I use a metal bottle cap pinched with pliers and spray painted black.

The eyes can be purchase in bulk but I collect them from thrift stores etc... and save for special events.

In the past I have used these as pony tail ties. Decorations on gift bags. Added a safety pin to the back wore on my coat.

The glue is still wet but by morning these cuties will be ready to get bagged up and shared with a class of 2ND graders!

Tylers belated b-day quilt

Tyler wanted to help make his B-day quilt. We were planning on getting together this summer to pick fabrics and pattern.

I was hoping to let him do some sewing. As always summer went to fast.
The other day when Ty was over at my house he asked if he could start picking out fabric.

Of Course! Any thing you want...


I love to do the D-9 when working with misc prints. I had just enough of the motorcycles to do an outer border.

He picked out a blue sheet that has Transformers all over it. It will go great on the back!

This Birthday Quilt may be a Christmas quilt if I don't get it quilted soon.

We might just save it for a time when we can work on it together. I love having grand kids!!

My version of design wall- todays color: ORANGE

For years I have been pinning my quilt tops to the mini blinds as my version of a design wall.

The other day I nailed a strip of oak trim above the windows and set in nails to hang clothes pins on.

The second picture was taken b/c I thought it might look better with the blinds closed.

After that shot I realized the table clutter deserved its own picture.

The flowers have been around many years, evidenced by the layer of dust.

The Hummel wanta be was a thrift shop find.

The orange bowl is a yard sale purchase.

I am starting to see an 'orange' theme going on.

I moved a couple of pieces up from the basement and haven't decided what to display in them. For now I am liking that the hutch is empty! I know it won't stay that way for long. The rooster wall hanging was a b-day gift from a good friend.

This piece was another yard sale find. It reminded me of work my mom use to do when I was a kid. I don't know if she ever did this pattern before but the texture reminded me of her so I had to add it to my collection.

This is not all a design wall post but it was fun to realize just how much I seem to like to decorate with orange.- So what is your favorite color to hang on the wall?- cw

Happy B-Day Grandson, Ben is 3!

This b-day quilt has a little of everything in it.

The 8 1/2" scrappy blocks have been sitting in my orphan pile for many years.

Ben is the only grandkid that expressed any interest in having them sewn into a keepsake quilt.

This turned out a little 'eye spy'

It is set in a D-9 pattern with additional borders.

His name was added as raw-edge applique'

I am not normally a gal to do bindings but I had scraps of this zebra print that just begged to get put to use.

I hope Ben enjoys this snuggle under quilt as much as I have enjoyed making it for him.

Scrappy BLUE's with a border!

I suprised myself and threw together a border for the Scrappy Blues Quilt.

I have always enjoyed seeing the piano key borders that my quilting friends do. I can mark one off my TO DO list b/c now I can say "been there and done that!"

Talk about fast and easy, this border will be top choice the next time I have a scrappy that wants to grow up into a big quilt some day.

SCRAPPY BLUES is now 88 x 88 (ish). This one is a keeper at least for a bit. I can see doing one in purples for favorite DIL, Kelly. I think I will let her pull the favorites and add it to my TO DO list.

This was a fast, fun project to use strips on.