just want to share....

A few months back I put together some quilty 'kits' for my Mother in law.

It is increasingly difficult for her to use a rotary cutter and such.

I decided to take 4 of my patterns and make kits.

This first quilt is one of those 'kits' and is a pattern by Sweetwater called Make Life 'Sweet'.

 I cut the colorful strips from Sweet Broderie and some Bella white. 

My MIL picked the borders.

It went together quickly for her.

The quilt below is from scraps that I sent her. I am not sure which book she used for this quilt.

 However, it looks a great deal like a quilt in Strip-Smart by Kathy Brown.

I just thought I would share before I take them to the local machine quilter.

FFT book signing...

Here I am with Karen and Marilyn.

My friend Karen already posted a picture of the 3 of us at the Fresh Fabric Treats book signing...but I wanted to make sure I kept a blog/journal of this as well.

It is a rare occasion that the 3 of us are together.

All original Ohio friends...we have to travel to South Carolina to meet up?

What's that all about? LOL

We had a blast catching up and buying FABRIC of course.

We are bad for each other..if one likes it then all 3 of us get it just in case.

It's been a cool way for me to expand my likes of fabric I would have never incorporated into a quilt or my stash.

I love those two :)

And here's a peek of my Make Life Wonky Nine Patch quilt top. This was made from the original wonky 9-patches that I used to test my pattern for the book.

 I have a third quilt started as well in French General and it resembles a picnic style quilt instead of a baby or toddler quilt.

The fabric really makes this quilt.

This pattern is versatile in that you could just use a layer cake of prints or mix prints and solids.

If you decide to make a project from Fresh Fabric Treats please join the Flickr group HERE and let us see what your fabric choices are!

I certainly look forward to seeing what you make.

cheers,

* 4th of july *

Hope you have a fabulous 4th!

{tip junkie}

Sunday Stash #12

Floralious by Michele D'Amore for Benartex.

I bought these prints at the Quilter's Cottage after the book signing (more on that later).

2 of my quilter friends also bought some of this line.

I have no idea what I will make...

I just wanted it in my stash for a future 'something'.

Progress on Hexies

Vignette Hexagons in progress.

This is just a sampling of the fabrics I am using for this project.

So far there is Little Menagerie, Giddy by Sandy Gervais, Denyse Schmidt's Picnic, Bliss by Bonnie and Camille, Sweet Broderie, Plume by Tula Pink, Mini Mike's from Michael Miller and several more.

All happy colors to me and all kitchy scrappy.

I am having surgery on the 5th. This will be my second one of 4 possible surgeries. I am sure that these hexies will keep me busy, plus a little EQ7, and when I am really feelin' good...I am going to work on a tutorial for a new Moda Bakeshop project.

I hope to keep finding interesting things to blog but

In the mean time, enjoy the 4th of July and keep cool.