BOM craftsy.com

I spent the morning cutting and sewing these 4 - 6.5" blocks for the Craftsy.com BOM. I'm going to make the whole quilt top in red,black and white. These colors make me smile, I might have to add some hand needle work depending on what the rest looks like.

 

Off to get dinner ready before my DH goes to work and I pick the little one up from day care.

 

Robin

new starts

Okay I know I have a lot of UFO's but I just had to start these.

scrappy around the world block I had never seen it done this way so had to try it, this will go in my book of samples with some written directions so hopefully in the future I will remember how to do this one. (6) 2.5  strips sewn together into a tube then sub-cut into 2.5 strips and then sewn together again.

when finished this will go on a pre-finished pillow the words form a heart shape it's "Let's eat chocolate" by Ursula Michaels for Imaginating.

This Dresden plate is the first in a BOM that I joined at my local quilt shop, Paisley Duck. All I have left is stitching it down to the back ground fabric and I haven't decided how I want to do that yet.

this is some fabric I'm going to use in another BOM that I joined over the weekend on Craftsy.com. This will be a log cabin block when I get it finished later today.

Off to the sewing room as I only have half a day today, have my little sweetheart to play with later.

 

Robin

edited to add the finished blocks

WIP's and UFO's

Here are my stitching WIP's and UFO that I will be working on this year.

French country stocking - JBW

I really like this one you can't tell but the fabric is a over dye and in person it's very pretty. I want to stitch the letter R in a different color just not sure what yet. This will be for me. :)

Gobble - Bent Creek

I've had this one for at least 3 years now.

Home of Brave - Black Bird Designs

Mother's Love - Hinzeit

for my daughter for mother's day

Wedding Bells - Joan Elliott for Design Works

for my mother and her new husband

not sure of the order for the names

bride then groom or groom then bride?

Snowy Christmas Quaker style - Aury TM

I was hoping to finish this for Christmas 2012 but I didn't make it I'm not fond of working with white for long periods of time.

Sampler - Wiehenburg

This has been a WIP and UFO for sometime, I did work on it some last year and I'm sure I will get it done this year and hang it in our computer room.

Letter J - Nora

for my daughter in law's birthday

Mystery stitch along - Pam Kellogg 2008- UFO

I was stitching this one for my mother, when she saw it it wasn't to her liking so I put it a side and haven't felt like working on it at all. I have now decided to finish it for myself as I think the little bird is adorable.

 

Here's my class project for my quilting class. I only have the 9 patch sewn, I have the piano key fabrics picked out just not cut yet. I'm worried I will make a mistake in cutting and there goes all that pretty fabric.

 

Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog.

 

Robin

view from the window...

these photos were taken last weekend from our hotel window. My DH and I took a long weekend to celebrate our 19th wedding anniversary. We had a great time watching the waves and the fog roll in. We spent some of our time checking out the antique stores and of course a couple quilt shops. We did spend part of Sunday in a bar and grill kind of place so that he could see the Seattle Seahawks win. All in all we had a great 3 days just doing what ever we wanted or nothing at all.

Today I have designated as organize the sewing room day. I'm going to take photos of all my WIP's both quilting and stitching. I will post them  later so I can see how far I've come in the next couple of months.

Thanks for taking the time to visit with me today.
Robin

2013

Okay I don't make resolutions because simply I don't keep them.
I wanted to try something new this year, so
I have chosen a word to live by and my word for 2013 is BETTER.
I want to be a better

• wife
• mom
• mother in law
• grandmother
• friend
• sister
• aunt
• daughter
• blogger
• quilter

I just want to be a better me, I don't want to change who I am just be better at it.

Here is to hoping to a better 2013!

 

 

Robin

Happy 2013

Not much going on here I came down with that darn old flu bug that seems to be going around. Today is the first time in 4 days that I have felt like getting out of bed.

I did finish this cute little robin bird cross stitch and I put it on a finished pillow. I hope to stitch some other cute things to change out as the seasons or mood strikes.

I realize now looking at the photo I should have stitched something a little larger oh well I like my little bird, he was the last thing I stitched on last year.

This year I want to get some UFO's finished, we will see how that goes.

 

Take care and have a lovely day,

Robin