WIP Wednesday

Well time is sure flying, can't believe we are almost ready to pack for our trip to Manchester, London and Paris can't wait. In between getting outfits ready to pack I had managed to put together that Purple and white quilt top for my sister's granddaughter, and cut out another one for her other granddaughter. I will get them done and hopefully quilted for them when we get back. It was an easy top to put together. I am looking forward to Esther's next BOM when I get back. Check out Esther's blog link on my sidebar to see what everyone is working on.

New Quilts

My neighbour become a Grandmother for the first time last week and I decided that I would use up some of my flannel fabric that I had in my stash. This fabric was from making one of my granddaughters flannel pajama pants, when she was young. I had lots of scraps and I had enough for this baby quilt. It was a quick and easy "Rail Fence" pattern. I also decided to make my sister"s granddaughters a bed quilt one of them loves purple and the other pink. I have always loved the quilt on the front cover of American Patchwork August 2006 magazine. I did not have this magazine, so I found it on eBay and ordered it. I know I could have figured it out but I really wanted the magazine. LOL. I cut the quilt out last week and have all the strips sewn just have to add the borders between the strips. Hope you have a great day.. Enjoy the photos PS I just received from a wonderful cyber friend in Australia the most beautiful Shell Ball and display holder in the mail and had to add it to my post. I just love it and thanks Glenda...You are too kind.

WIP Wednesday

I had another productive week. One thing I did was put away all my winter clothes and hauled out and weeded through summer clothes. Felt so good to get rid of three large bags of stuff.. but it got so cold and I was looking for something warm to wear. the weather this year has been a little crazy. I do hope it will warm up now. I also made a couple of thin jackets no lining to wear on our trip that is coming closer and closer. I did alter the pattern making them shorter. I think I will get some wear out of them with slacks or jeans. The aqua one goes with a new top I bought at Winners good deal too. Then I finished two of my Mystery block and have one to finish before I go away. I will have to catch up when I come back. Hope everyone is doing well and if you want to see what everyone is up to pop over to Esther's blog. Link on my sidebar.

WIP Wednesday

Here it is again Wednesday. Last week I finished my Circle quilt it is posted under this post. This week Esther has launched more blocks for the BOM I am trying to do both blocks each month. I am still working on my peony block but I just had to start the Calla Lily and then the Cosmos blocks all the stitching has to be done but I tried with the colour pencils and still have more work to do. By no means am I an artist LOL but it is fun to play. I also found on the net a link to a utube using crayons. It looks like fun too. I will try to link it up. Here are a few photos of my block in progress. If you would like to see what everyone is doing pop over to Esther's blog link is on
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Circle Quilt Finished

This week I worked on finishing the Circle Quilt. I decided to quilt it on my Embroidery machine. I hooped each block and in between each block and used my endless hoop to do the borders. I wish my free motion was good enough but believe me it is not LOL. I really have to get my BOM Peony block finished before the next installment is ready to work on.

St. Thomas

Princess Cays

South Beach Florida

I thought I would start my Wishing everyone a Very Happy Easter. For me it is a hard time trying to keep away from all the goodies LOL but it is wonderful to visit with friends and family. Always nice to share a meal with loved ones. I got some of our photos from our cruise and I will share some photos of beautiful beaches. This week I put together all those circles and am just ready to add the final border it is amazing that these pieces of blocks from my dear friend Jeannie and my leftover block all seem to look amazing together and is going to be so enjoyable to use. My sunflower block from Esther's Mystery BOM is finished and now on to stitching my Peony block. Pop over to Esther's blog link on my sidebar to check out what everyone is doing. Happy Easter

WIP Wednesday

Circle and square left over....

 

Here we are again another week gone by. I finished the borders on my nine patch so next to sandwich and quilt it. I have been working on my BOM did the sunflower and also did the peony block. I almost finished hand stitching the sunflower block and then will stitch up the peony block. Since it is a mystery quilt I decided to do both blocks and maybe will have two finished quilts in the end. If all goes well..
I love to piece quilts too, and I found blocks and circles from a quilt that I made and  from my friend Jeannie, who passed.  I am going to start getting that together. It will be a nice memory quilt when finished. We had so much fun when we both did our circle quilts,  some years ago.  I miss her..
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WIP WEDNESDAY

I almost forgot it was Wednesday. It has been a busy week I finally got to do some serious housecleaning, since I have had a bad arm for a year and a bit. Thank goodness my rotator cuff surgery helped me live without pain. Also since Summer has arrived much needed closet cleaning has to be done. My hubby has power washed the deck already, the weather has been wonderful.
I am adding a photo of my quilts, my HD is just waiting to be quilted. I will take it to a gal who does amazing quilting. I also have one corner of my nine patch with applique borders. I will quilt this one.
I started the new Mystery BOM at Esther's group I am not sure I like the leaf fabric, I might have to try another green in my stash. I chose this one because the borders for this quilt are a soft colour and did not want anything too dark.
Pop over to Esther's blog, link is on my sidebar to see what everyone is up to. Have a great day.
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WIP WEDNESDAY

 
Hi everyone! We had an amazing holiday on our cruise the beaches were just beautiful. We had lots of fun, food and spirits ;). I only gained 3.6 pounds so not too bad but am back to watching my weight again. The ship was just gorgeous and it was so nice to be weighted on every minute of the day. Our excursions were great we saw lots of beautiful sites and some so very poor sites. The seas were a little rough at times but thank goodness this time I did not feel sick so did not have to use patches pills or the bracelets.
I am looking forward to the new BOM but I see lots of leaves again in the future LOL. Esther is so amazing with all her designs. I have added a photo of my HD quilt I am just finishing up the corners the to be quilted. Also I  added a few photos of our cruise, and a photo of an orchid that is blooming. This plant I killed and brought back to life so am happy it finally has blossomed.   I am waiting for more photos, from our friends, of our day in South Beach Florida.. it was a fun day..
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Look what I won

I won two cookbooks from Skinnytaste a few weeks ago and received them today they look so very interesting. Written by Heather Jones RD. Looks like some great recipes in these books. I look forward to checking them all out.

Nine patch Quilt

Since I have had some time to do some hand stitching, I pulled out my scrap nine patch quilt. I had one of the borders stitched.  I wanted to get the other three borders stitched.  I managed to get two more done and working on the last on.  Then all that will be left is some vines to the corners. I love the way scrap quilts look they are fun to do but believe me I still have lots of scraps. LOL.
Hope everyone is enjoying their day.

WIP WEDNESDAY

It has been a busy time as the days get closer to our trip to Florida and our cruise to the Caribbean. It is always fun to plan a trip but deciding what to pack is always a chore. LOL Hoping that last summer's clothes fit etc. Thank goodness I was able to drop 7.5 pounds and everything fits great even though I hope to drop a few more pounds. I made a couple of wrap skirts to wear over my bathing suit (had fabric in my stash).

I also worked on my HD quilt and now waiting for the border fabric to arrive in the mail. I will hopefully finish it when we get home from our trip. I can hardly believe that I actually appliqued this quilt. I am so happy with it.