Blogger's Quilt Festival Spring 2013...

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

This quilt is for my lovely niece who is expecting her first baby, a boy, the first week of July.  I've had this pattern for a very long time and thought it fit in perfectly with her theme.  

I've had so much going on I wasn't sure if I was going to get it done in time.

I'm hoping she'll love this quilt and it'll get many years of love!

Front 40" x 52"

Back 

Pattern: Just For Babies....    By Shelli Chase Adams

The background fabric is from RJR Fabrics Dan Morris Sew Heavenly

Love this fabric it has stars and moons swirling around.

The navy blue fabric is also from RJR Fabrics, Dan Morris  Anchors Aweigh

The other fabrics I had floating around, no salvage left.

I've decided to enter this into the two color quilts.

Please stop by and see on the wonderful quilts, don't forget to vote!

Bloggers Quilt Festival

Enjoy your day and thanks for stopping by.....

"20 years from now you will be disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the one’s you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
― Mark Twain

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day!

Enjoy your day!

Me and my mom

Winner of the Sew Mama Sew giveaway..

Drum roll please and the winner is.....

Lisa MarieMay 6, 2013 at 11:45 AM

I only paint my toenails in the summer too. Usually just pink. Not too interesting. Love those black and white fabrics! Perfect for scrappy quilts which I love.

Thank you all, I enjoyed reading all the comments!!

Giveaway - linking up with Sew Mama Sew...

Its' Sew Mama Sew's Semi-Annual Giveaway.

What do I have for one lucky person??

Lots and lots of of black and white fabric, one US Priority mail bag full.  

Ranging from fat quarter, quarter of a yard to 2.5" strips, 

smallest piece is a 2" square.   

This giveaway closes on Friday, May 10th at 5PM PST.  

 I will pick a random winner on Saturday, May 11th.

Please check out the other giveaways. 

 If your not already a follower, I would love for you to follow along.

Do you paint your toe nails, what color??  

Mine are currently turquoise - but haven't had a chance to wear sandals, hopefully soon.

  I only paint my toe nails in the summer.

Thank you for visiting,

Sometimes people are beautiful. Not in looks. Not in what they say. Just in what they are.
― Markus Zusak

Black/white/pink and skulls...

 Another quilt claimed by my teenage daughter.  We were out looking for new bedding for her room, she found a black and white quilt she wanted.  I told her about the 12x12 black and white checkerboard blocks I had made.  She decided that she would take a look at them.  Well she loved them, so I added a few fabrics from

Hawthorne Threads including this skull fabric.

I'll also use this as the binding.

 Plus if you look closely there are a few star blocks in there, too.

I made a few hearts. 

I saw this block on Pinterest and thought it would be a great addition. 

Well I hope to get this finished today.  The weather is finally getting warmer, we might even have green grass soon!

No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow your progress.  

You are still way ahead of everyone who isn't trying!  

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April Showers bring May flowers and PB&J...

It has been a long winter here in New England, we had snow. sleet and rain here on Friday.  It has been raining for fours days now, I'm so ready for some sunshine and green grass and flowers in the garden!

I'ms so excited to finally have my PB&J quilt top sewn together!!!! I've had all the pieces made and it's been sitting on my design board for weeks.  We've been so busy with the end of Indoor Field Hockey and traveling to tournaments it's nice to finally have a weekend at home.  

I found the pattern for this over at Moda Bakeshop, it's called Honey Honey Layer Cake.

I made my blocks from a fat eighths. I have lots left over to I can make a backing. 

I love the fabrics and the colors in the PB&J fabrics from Basic Grey!

The kids are on Spring Break this week, I had promised one of my twins that I would repaint her bedroom over break.  She got it all ready for me, removed everything from her walls and cleaned the room out except for the large pieces of furniture.  Here walls are now Jamaican Aqua from Benjamin Moore Paints. Now this is a big change for her, she has always been my pink girl, I mean pink everything!  Walls, curtains, bedding, rug, clothes - everything was pink, no other color existed for her until this year. She's decided since she's almost 14 that the pink was too babyish! (Her words!)

 Now I need to make a quilt for her new room!  She wants a black and white quilt with a touch of Aqua.  As luck would have it, I  just happen to have about a bunch of black and white blocks made of a 2.5 blocks and she loves them so I just need to make a few more. I'm going to add strips of Aqua in between.  I also threw in a heart block! ;-)

She likes soft fabrics, so I'm thinking I might make the back out of Minky.  I've never used it but I want the quilt to be soft and my original thought was to do double batting but now i'm not sure, if I use the Minky.  We'll see what happens.  I still have lots of blocks to make and I need to order some more of the Aqua fabric.  Has anyone have any advice on using Minky as a backing??

Thanks for stopping by, have a wonderful day.

Sometimes you have to stop worrying and just 

have faith that things will work out.  

Maybe not how you planned, but just how 

they're supposed to.