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And, because every post needs a picture, QBS Quilt Guild is collecting patriotic star blocks at the July meeting. 

Quilt happy,

Marilyn

FINISHED-ON-FRIDAY (Wk 26)

Here are a few more items for the quilt show's boutique.  Not a lot of anything; but, then it turned hot and all sewing has stopped and lunching at nicely air-conditioned restaurants has commenced. 

Have you ever had to leave your hotel room when your curling iron was still hot? 

Curling iron cozies

I bet you have had to pack up a hot iron after a workshop or sewing with friends. 

Iron cozies

And, a couple of containers.  Someone asked if they were for a casserole dish.  I suppose they could be.  But, I think they are more of a catch all.  Let me know what you think.

Have a great weekend and

Quilt happy,

Marilyn

MAKE-IT-MONDAY

More items being made for the quilt show. 

Have a good week and

Quilt happy,

Marilyn

FINISHED-ON-FRIDAY (Wk 25)

I managed to get several items made to donate to the Quilt Show's Boutique.  I love this Scone Mix idea with a bright fabric bag and a pocket.  The pattern is "My Other Kitchen" by Vanilla House Designs.

These card cases I blogged about here.  I only managed to get two done this week (and they still need buttons).  There are more cut out and ready to go.

Lastly, this week I made four armchair pin cushions.  I also made one of these earlier and discussed it here: 

Have a great weekend and

Quilt happy,

Marilyn

MAKE-IT-MONDAY

Quilters by the Sea's quilt show is in October and they are looking for small items for the boutique.  My goal is to make some small projects to donate, using some or all of these fabrics.  I wonder how many I will get done?  Seems like one busy week after the other these days. Might only be a couple of items.

 

Have a good week and

Quilt happy,

Marilyn

FINISHED-ON-FRIDAY (WK 24)

What I thought was going to be a quick little hand-pieced project turned out to be far more fussy that I had anticipated.  The pincushion top was hand pieced and hand quilted while watching TV in the evenings.  I was almost ready to call it Finished on Saturday; however, I pushed it and actually finished it up at my Thursday night quilt guild meeting.

 

But,  didn't it turn out cute? I found the pattern in one of the recent quilt magazines on Bags, Pillows and Pincushions. The designer is Penelope Tucker. I have been avoiding the increasingly popular English Paper Piecing hexagons.  Not because I don't like them.  More, that I am afraid of getting hooked on them.  I keep seeing more and more uses for these hexagons, other that Grandmother's Flower Garden quilts.  Perhaps I will tackle a few more "small" hexagon projects.  Have a great weekend and

Quilt happy,

Marilyn

IT'S IN THE MAIL

My friends with Yahoo Group, C-R-A-F-T,  planned a 6.5" House Block Swap.  Seems like it has been going on forever.  Khristina from Sew Prim Khris collected them for her part of the world, and I collected  for this part.  One house builder from Spain sent to me.  Yesterday the last of them arrived.  That meant it was time to get organized.  So after sorting them into piles

they were packaged

and off they went in my very cute Cracker Barrel mail bag (thank you Robin).

Be looking for them in your mail boxes sometime soon.  Well, for Spain and Australia it may be a bit longer.

Now to start making that quilt.

Quilt happy,

Marilyn

MAKE-IT-MONDAY

This week I'm doing a hand-piecing project.  I found the fabric with birds on the remnant rack in Joann's.  All the others are pulled from my fat-quarter stash.  I'm also hoping to have time to work on some small projects for Quilters by the Sea quilt show's boutique.

Have a good week and

Quilt happy,

Marilyn

FINISHED-ON-FRIDAY (WK 23)

After hemming and hawing on what to make with the Ty Pennington Charm Pack, I decided on pillows. The small pillow is inspired by “100 Pretty Little Projects” by Lark Crafts. I ran out of charms and the last square in the small pillow is sans charm.  It  all works.

I love them both.  They actually took longer to make than I anticipated.  I couldn't decide on which way to do the back.  Envelope style with buttons, use an invisible zipper, or Velcro.  Velcro won out because I had it.

Now, should they live on my sofa?

 or in my entryway? 

Or, should I donate them to the guild?  Enjoy your weekend and

Quilt happy,

Marilyn

MAKE-IT-MONDAY

I'm not exactly sure what to make with this Ty Pennington charm pack, by Westminster Fabrics.  And, I'm not even sure I will use all these fabrics.  But, it will be fun to play around with.

Have a good week and

Quilt happy,

Marilyn