Sew Fun Get-Away

This past weekend, The Honey, my daughters and daughter's friend headed to the cabin to sew. Not The Honey....he just came to relax. He was suppose to ski but was just getting over a cold so he stayed indoors.

Sewing machines got set up quickly on Friday and the girls dived right in on their projects! I wasn't as prepared as I thought I was so I didn't get much done. I ended up not having enough heat-n-bond for my applique pieces.

Look at that face on my baby!!! She isn't quite into sewing yet....plus she thought she should be sleeping all day since she was on "vacation". And her hair.....well.....hard to tell she is a stylist, isn't it?! hahahaha :) (she is going to "love" this pic!)

I bought this magazine because our LQS designers are in it with their quilt pattern. Page 33.

I love their quilt, but I was really drawn to this quilt that is featured right after theirs. I loved it so much that I decided to make it the day before we headed to the cabin. (One of the reasons I wasn't prepared----last minute decisions with color choices were more important than heat-n-bond I guess)

As far as I got....I could have finished the braid but got tired of getting up and down to press. I finished it when I got home with the iron that sits next to my machine.

I also brought this to make. Again.....not enough heat-n-bond so I couldn't do the applique. It would have been a quick, easy quilt to make if I hadn't forgotten the main ingredient for this project!

Middle child sewed up a storm. She is almost finished with her "Not Your Grandmother's Log Cabin" quilt! Look! She matches her quilt!

She also worked on her finishing blocks for this year's BOM from our LQS. These will go with her "watermelon" BOM.

Finished up some more jelly roll blocks and her March BOM.

Here's is her friend. I am amazed at how well these girls sew! This one has never done applique before and had no problem picking up how to do it!

Had snow while at the cabin.....again......am hoping that next time we are there we will see signs of Spring!

Trying again......Kari Ramsay of Fresh Cut Quilts

I know I haven't blogged for awhile but thought I remembered how to do it! Something is going on with blogger vs picasa vs me......I did find out I am not the only one who can't get pics to show up....so I am uploading a different way and hope you can now see everything. Frustrating just because the post looks right and then pics disappear....anyway.....here we go again!

Our LQS hosted a Fresh Cut Quilts trunk show last week. The designer behind the patterns is Kari Ramsay from Utah. She has a new book out called Tidbits from Triangles and brought the quilts from her book to show us. It is always so much better to see a quilt in person than in a picture. She also gave a presentation from her book on how to make easy half square triangles.

I loved these colors together! Maybe because I am hoping we will see a Spring in my neck of the woods!

This quilt is a free pattern on the Henry Glass website. It features Kari's new line of fabric. The pattern is called Tidbits.

The quilt on the cover of Kari's book.

My favorite! I bought this pattern when it first debuted....now to make it!

All in all it was a fun night out with the girls!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Spent the weekend here.......

 

 

The Honey loves his flag! He always puts it out when we are "home" at the cabin....along with the "Y" flag.

 

33 years ago on this day, I was dating "The Honey". For that Valentine's day, I found a bakery in Utah that would make a cake in the shape of lips. Believe me....Honey was surprised with his gift that day! Now the Honey gives me a lip cake every so often for Valentine's Day. It is a fun way to remember our young love so many years ago!

 

Hope you have a wonderful day full of love....with people that you love the most!

After 2 years.........

.......she's done! Yea for middle child!!!! This quilt is made up of blocks from 2 different BOM's. The green/purple were from 2010 and the peachy color blocks were finished in 2009. Middle child has several blocks that she didn't like so she decided to combine them all together....whether she liked the color scheme or not she was going to make it all work. Don't we get like that sometimes where we just want to say we are finished with a project and it doesn't matter anymore?!

I like the end result!

 

New Year...New BOM!

Last Saturday I attended our LQS's kick-off for 2011's Block of the Month. This year there will be 3 quilts we can make. We can make the pieced quilt in either the soft colors that are shown on the left or the bright "watermelon" color quilt. The appliqued quilt is shown in the center. The first block is the house and will take 2 months to complete. The tree will be made another month. Middle child and I decided that we will make the watermelon and the appliqued quilt this year. As long as we bring back one of the block's finished, we will get the next month's pattern/fabric free. You can't beat that! If you make two or three, you pay $6/month for each BOM. Still a bargain! I'm excited to get going on them!

 

The reaction

Okay so if I am being honest....the lil' man's reaction is probably more for the toy trucks than the quilt but I had to share.

 

Now on to other quilty things. This year, along with many other bloggers, I am going to try to use use up what I already have. I have several quilt kits that I have bought from years pass that are just taking up space. I hope to make several of them in 2011. I have time today to go through my stash and pick one of those kits to start working on. I hope this won't be too hard of a resolution for me to keep!

Today's the day!

The lil' guy is 4 today! Here are his gifts from Grammie and Grampie. He came over a few weeks ago---ran into the house and just stopped in his tracks, staring at the design wall. Finally he asked me where the truck blocks were since they weren't on the wall anymore. He will be surprised to see them made into a quilt just for him. Of course I know he will be excited to play with the toy trucks! He is definitely all boy! Happy Birthday lil' man! I am so happy you are in my life!