Sunday Stash #10

This stack is a mix of Blue Hill shirtings and Marcus Brothers civil war prints.

This time of year I always get a hankering for red, white and blue...or burgandy, cream and navy ;)

Bring on the 4th of July decor!!

Strip-Smart blog/book tour coming soon :)

All the fun starts THIS Friday the 10th....

 The book is Strip-Smart Quilts by Kathy Brown. 

You may know Kathy "The Teacher's Pet" from her years of quilting experience and contributions to the industry including the Take 5 patterns and fabric collections with Troy and most recently Red Rooster.

Here are the fun blogs on the tour.

June 10 - Pam Vieirra McGinnis  - PamKitty Morning

June 11 - Laurie Simpson - Minnick and Simpson

June 12 - Tara Darr - Sew Unique Creations

June 13 - Joan Ford - Hummingbird Highway

June 14 - Linda Lum De Bono - Linda Lum De Bono

June 15 - Elizabeth Scott - Late Bloomer Quilts

June 16- Lissa Alexander - ModaLissa

June 17 - Vickie Eapen - Spun Sugar Quilts

June 18 - Camille Roskelley - Thimble Blossoms

June 19 - Debbie Field - Granola Girl Designs

Please join us on the book tour.....

I have heard there MAY be a few giveaway involved ;)

honest truth.....

is that I have already started sewing one of the patterns in the book.....

woot!

 I can share my experience with the book and the Creative Grids Ruler on the 17th.
Yikes, I can't wait!

I HAD to make a deal.

Where should I begin? It was last week. My 4 year old decided that she was going to choose a stack of fabric just for her.

I never discourage her from fabric and so I let her go ahead and pick something.

Yeah she chose Terrain by Kate Spain.

At first I wasn't too threatened. I figured she'd give it up in a few minutes.

Well days went by.

I noticed the bundle had been undone and all the fat quarters were in her kiddie grocery cart. She was pushing them from room to room.

But she didn't really say much about them.

  I was feeling pretty good and thought I would cut out a few quilt blocks for a new pattern I am testing.

I wanted to use the blue/green/purple colorway of Terrain.

I nonchalantly took the 15 fat quarters I wanted from her stack.

Whoa...that caught her attention and quick.

I used my suave parenting skills and told her I would make her a deal.

 She could take ANY fabric from purple stash that she wanted as a trade.

She ended up with 11 or 12  fat quarters.

She was very serious about her choices and made sure the orange and pinks in Terrain would match.

Her words {where's my pink?, it's got to go with my pinks}

I kind of felt guilty for taking her, I mean my fabric!

That quickly passed after I made my first test block.

I am also fairly sure it was a good deal/trade...she's smiling behind those fat quarters ;)

It goes without saying that this ONE has a 99% chance of being an artist, crafter, quilter.

I absolutely love her.

Sunday Stash #9

Prince Charming by Tula Pink.....
4 colorways....

The voile is next on my list.  

I have plans for this fabric...BIG plans but the old body is still not cooperating.

I just can't stand to rotary cut for more than 5 minutes. I am hoping this passes soon the whole not sewing anything is driving me mad.

I did hand applique a couple of civil war print flowers yesterday.

I should take a picture to show my progress on them.

little apples winner

The winner of the Little Apples sample bag is # 63 Meredith of MrsCraftyMeredith

Congrats Meredith!

Now if my leg cooperates..I might get to sew some today :)

I NEED to finish something..the lack of productivity and creativity is killing me...