The Little Red Hen

Happy Drawing - by Ed Emberly

I just got a GREAT package in the mail. Look!

Michelle, (Cloud9 Fabrics) sent me some of Ed Emberly's Happy Drawing fabrics to play with.

I remember Ed Emberly drawing books from WAY back. I won't go into too much detail about how far back. But anyway. I've been an Ed Emberly fan for a LOOOONG time. I think I covered some of my school notebooks in frogs like that back in the day.

These elephants are KILLING me! Really.

I'm having a "drop everything and cut these" sort of moment right now. Do you think we need to have dinner tonight?

More Tealorange

I have gotten the last blocks from my bee members!

These beauties are from LauraJ.

she even sent me FOUR extras!

I LOVE that they are all different. Some are very pointy and some are more fat and squarish. Have I mentioned how excited I am about this quilt???

Tealorange

I had more fun mail this week! In addition to a box from Godiva Chocolates on my porch I got a package from Sarah containing these blocks.

Aren't they great?


The coloring on these looks a little off. I tried to fix it but, hey, it's kind of dark around here these days.

It is a good thing I am almost finished with this quilt. I finished the top today so just basting and quilting to go.  I am eager to get working on these orange and teal stars. I am still awaiting blocks from on person but I hear they are in the mail! Wooo Hoo.

We have pies in the oven and a turkey in the fridge. Have a great day tomorrow.

Teal and Tangerine

Tia sent these lovely tangerine and teal blocks for my quilt.

I especially love this map fabric.
I am thrilled with all of these block so far. This is going to be such a fun quilt!

Bee Update

Today I spent the day getting caught up on my bee blocks for Sarah. She wanted free pieced girls on a pink background. I love the way this first one turned out.

I tried to give the next girl some braids. I ended up making her head twice and it still didn't turn out like I envisioned. As it is she grew so tall she almost didn't fit in the 12 inch block.

I found these blocks to be challenging. They require a lot of thought and planning.

Also, I got Lisa's star blocks in the mail today.

Aren't they great?

More Bee Blocks

I have some more bee blocks to share.

These are from Sarah.

She sent me bonus blocks!

I don't know why orange fabric is so hard to photograph, but it is. It really isn't flourescent in person.

I am really getting excited about these blocks!

My Bee Month

I"m thrilled to have some of the blocks for my month in the Bee FF swap.

Inspired by this quilt, and these colors, I asked for liberated star blocks in orange, teal, and cream.

I have gotten these blocks from Lucinda.

and these from Anita.

(the orange is not quite as electric looking as it appears in these photographs)

These six inch star blocks are bright and cheery. I am eager to have them all and put them together!I'll need to make my own first, though.

I'll be sure to share them with you as I get the others in the mail.

Spring Haiku

Spring Haiku

Warm days & cool nights
Life begins to flow to roots.
Joy is in the air.

I think my Doll Quilt Swap partner was stalking me. She certainly knows we are eager for spring here. Look at this lovely quilt I got in the mail from her this week.  I will enjoy having this bit of early spring in my sewing room. She really captured that feeling when everything bursts from the ground with the warming rays of the sun.

In addition to the haiku and quilt, look at the other fun stuff she sent. Fabric and yarn!

All of this goodness comes from Donna in North Carolina. Go check out her blog, Churchill Park Studio.

Thanks Donna!

In My Hands - Pretty Little Mini Quilts

Yesterday was an exciting mail day. I got a copy of Pretty Little Mini Quilts. How thrilling it is to see my work in a published book!!

  It is an honor to have two of my quilts in a book with some of my favorite quilt artists, Malka and Shelece.

I hope to have some copies available for purchase through my etsy shop next month when the book is officially released.

More Baskets

Look at these lovely basket blocks I got recently from Beth. Technical difficulties, deleting photos from the camera before they were transferred to the computer, kept me from sharing these sooner. The lost photos also required me to make a second batch of apple muffins so that there would be a picture with that recipe. I didn't hear any complaints around our house about that second batch of muffins!

Aren't these great fabrics! The apple baskets are perfect for fall because we are STILL bringing in baskets of apples for making apple sauce.

All super baskets. Thanks ladies!