Cheri Payne Baskets

I love quilts with baskets

Cheri's are among my favorites

these are photos of designs 

from Pinterest 

 

Mom did not like baskets on quilts

or I should say in the past few years she didn't

so I skipped stitching them 

now that she's in Heaven

I'm hoping she'll be okay with it...

insert laughing here

she stitched many a quilt with baskets

lots of Jan Patek/Linda Brannock designs

 

A Small Goal

antique little quilt

my goal this week is to create one of my own

at least the patchwork part

no promises on the quilting

going for very simple this week

another photo found on Pinterest

katie swim bike quilt

this is on my to-do list too

I already have the nine patch ready!

for rug hooking I've been thinking houses...

lots of houses...

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thanks for all your kind words and thoughts

regarding my parents...

you know I see so many patients

at work with no one 

Dad is doing better today

still more confused than usual

happy to have him in the hospital 

getting plenty of attention

Still Smitten

Pinterest was calling to me...

with more 9 patch quilts

Resistance is futile

this beauty is from

The Silver Thimble Quilt Company

the designer of the 

snowman/winter pattern

I shared a few posts back...

just some nice eye candy

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I have been going through my stash again

gathering up most of my 

punch needle supplies to sell off

a few patterns, books 

patches and early blue fabrics...

will be loading up my etsy store this weekend

A Few More...

this one is my favorite

I'm done with Pinterest for a while

lots of stitching to catch up on...

Hijacked by Pinterest

a few too many minutes

were spent looking at antique quilts today

this is a must stitch

perfect for olive and brown

scrappy perfection

love the pink, poison green and bright blues...

I Blame Cheri

I've been obsessed with 9 patch blocks

for the past week

ever since Cheri

started her latest quilt along

I don't care if they are uneven 

blocks like those above...

or even and coordinated...

another uneven 9 patch

these modern blocks are from

Fresh Lemon Quilts

blue and tan!!!

blue and brown and tan...

more uneven 9 patches to love

I have been cutting and stitching 

patch after patch

will share some photos of my blocks tomorrow...

I might blame Cheri for this

but it's a good thing

Little Wooly Swap

somewhere around November I suggested a little wooly

swap to a few friends...to be done in 2013

aren't they great?

Dogwood from Sharon

Heat and Hand from Cathy

Rabbit from Betty

the theme was anything prim

size 4 x 4 minimum...

Red Bird is my contribution

Star from Patijane

Pennies from Ginger...she even stitched a penny in the pillow for good luck

later this year I'm thinking of similar swaps

with different themes...

fall comes to mind for sure...

this is my sewing board

styrofoam covered with flannel

I can pin my patches and blocks to it 

a mini design board to look at while I'm stitching

right now it holds the green and red blocks

for a small Christmas quilt

and

the 9 patches for Cheri's latest stitch along piece

hope you're able to spend some time creating today

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I've finished reading A Week in Winter
so sad to leave the last page...
will have to start looking
for all her earlier books to reread
it was wonderful to hear from you about her books

Reject Rescue

my buddy  Debbie

posted her re-purposing of a little piece of a scrap quilt

I'd sent her a while ago...

the piece I kept was used for machine quilting practice

it was awful

but somehow never got thrown out

eventually the machine quilting was picked out

borders removed...

today I trimmed the edges and hand stitched on a border

I add the basting stitches around the border

so I know exactly where to affix the binding

this little piece is going in a UFO box for future quilting

after some applique is added

these two are also going in the UFO box

they are at the flimsy stage...

waiting for quilting

today I've straightened up the last 

of my stitching mess

on to rug hooking...

as always, the pictures are bleh 

between the dreary Ohio skies and my lack of skill

you'll just have to imagine

less washed out looking little quilts

Color Choices

when I started stitching these

I couldn't decide on a color scheme

so I stitched both

the blue and brown 

will have blue borders

blue or brown binding?

probably brown

the green and red

will have red borders

green binding

After 5 days off

I go back to work today...bleh!

would much rather stay home and stitch

it's still cold 

with more on the way

Recent Deliveries

a package arrived Saturday

from Mary

full of wool

hooked ornies

candles

threads

more and more

even some loom ends

for

Melrose and Olivia

Thanks Mary!!!

what a marvelous AAPG swap

Yesterday 2 packages arrived

from my prim quilt group swap

Cathy

sent a sweet

little quilt

~her work is so beautiful~
this is a special treasure

2 crocheted dish scrubbers

I've been wanting some

but

don't crochet

these are almost

too pretty to use

plus fabric, floss and ornies

Thank you so much Cathy!!!

also in yesterday's mail

a copy of

Kathleen Tracy's

out of print

American Doll Quilts

from a dear blog reader

Judy read on this blog

that I'd bought the

digital version

while hoping to find

an affordable

copy of the real thing

Thank you so much Judy!!!

I've already chosen

the first quilt to stitch

from the book

Who knew we'd find

such friends

online!

Red and Green Hooking

All my recent rugs

have been hooked

with the same color palette

greens ~ reds ~ drab

the next one will

be different

except for the drab part

Melrose

thought you'd rather see him

than the rug

I'm hooking for

a giveaway...

~Giveaway

coming soon for my

followers~

Olivia

is barely out from

under the folding chair

in the sewing room

she likes to sleep

under things

so Melrose can't pounce

on her so easily

I have photos

of two more

rugs to share soon

they are gifts

for swaps

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I've always wanted a copy of

American Doll Quilts

by Kathleen Tracy

hard to find since it's out of print

finally had to

purchase the e-print edition

half off right now

http://www.martingale-pub.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=1028

You might need one

really

it's only

$5.50

Copy Cat Quilts

two small quilts

in progress

these are the copycats

from Lori's recent giveaway

punchneedle

piece is a gift

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CHIPMUNK!!!

PS

the moth got away yesterday

Where & What Women Create

mostly I create a mess

when doing

any sort of handwork

with fabric strewn here and there

works in progress

covering all the

flat surfaces...

right now

I'm hooked on small quilts

the patches above are for

Chinese Coins

from the book

Remembering Adelia

these blocks were leftovers

from a previous quilt

thinking of adding

a border with some applique

a fall punch needle pieces

waits to be finished...

will have a black cat

or another pumpkin

some wool on wool applique

Premier Issue

listed on eBay

Volume 1 Issue 2

also on eBay

Sunshine

* afternoon sun...

thought you might

like to see my quilting so far

*morning sun

Olivia take advantage
of every bit of sunshine
she can find...
makes for a perfect nap

I've been quilting on

the latest little quilt

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