I've been hand quilting this little quilt.

I've got a way to go.

Mommy planned another Tootie Girl project.

Here's Emily with her painting smock on!

And, Sarah doing her best work.

Here are the jolly fellows!

It's going to be a pretty litte quilt.

Three Little Schnibbles

Sunday's Best

A quilt kit from Quilt Taffy. Red polka dot backing and binding too. That is my new floor!

Madeline

Minnick and Simpson's Bar Harbor

Blue paisley backing and binding.

Cindy Lou Who

April Cornell's Spring Magic

A beautiful pink floral for backing and binding.

The Tootie Babies with the snowman Graddy built for them. Nothing like charcoal eyes, carrot nose, weed eater line mouth and some sprinkler pvc for a pipe! Oh, and Graddy's yard hat and sticks for arms. Yes, he has quite a lean going on. His head accidentally fell off and nearly scared the Tooties to death!

Tuffets!

I made four tuffets from Miss Rosie's Quilt Company. I used an older charm pack from Fig Tree Quilts called A Yuletide Blessing. I sewed some trim around the rectangular one and put some buttons and ribbon on the other three. It was fun making these!

Just In Time!

Ok, I just sewed the last border on the November Schnibble, Picnic! I really enjoyed this pattern. From the ingenious method for half square triangles to the perfect fitting piano key border it was all so easy. I used Moda's Wiscasett by Minick and Simpson because I love their fabric.

I can't wait until tomorrow to see what our December Schnibble is!

A New Quilt

I broke out a jelly roll for a quick quilt. I love this book! Jelly Roll Quilts by Pam and Nicky Lintot. I want to make every quilt in this book! Actually, I have made one top already and have another planned.

Each quilt is a generous lap size. You only need the jelly roll, some border, backing and binding fabric.

This is the French Braid quilt from the cover. I'm using American Primer by Minnick and Simpson. It worked out perfectly because there were 20 lights and 20 darks. It's simple to sew together and I've been putting one row together a day. I have five done and it takes 8.

That is my design wall. Actually, I have another design wall in the hall outside my sewing room that I use to audition blocks before I sew them into rows. This wall in my sewing room has everything I am working on pinned to it. My friend says I have layers...and she's right. I like to have everything in plain sight, that way I don't forget about something!

Oh, yeah. I am working on my A Year of Schnibbles quilt. Had to stop and order some more charm packs. My design idea got a little out of hand. Hopefully I will be able to show something other than bits of blocks before too long.

Now that we've caught up on the Tootie Babie's events for October I'll tell you what I've been up to.


I went to the International Quilt Festival in Houston! Oh my, I supported the economy! I also met so many 'famous' quilters. Alex Anderson, the Country Threads girls, Lori Smith, Eleanor Burns, John Flynn, Ami Simms...those are just a few! Wow! I saw some great quilts. Most were in group exhibits and a lot were art quilts but, there were some traditional hand quilted ones too. Those were my favorite!


In late August I decided I would concentrate on finishing some fall quilts. I finished a pillow~

a Schnibble~

Unfortunately, since I supported the economy so well at Houston, I didn't have any money leftover to make October's Schnibble. At least, I felt too guilty to order anything online (at least for a little while).

Leftover Log Cabin~

The Great Pumpkin~

Thirteen Lucky Cats~

Big Stitch quilting.

And, a label!

By the end of October I was over the fall stuff! I'm ready for some Christmas now.

First , I have to finish a baby quilt for my new great niece, Olivia, who was born on Tuesday of this week!

Remember what a mess I was in during August with my new flooring and paint? Tomorrow I'll show you how it looks all put back together!

It's A Schnibble...and a little bit more!

I'm participating in a group called A Year Of Schnibbles. Each month we make a Schnibble (a small quilt) from a pattern by Miss Rosie's Quilt Co. Then on the first of the month we all show our little quilts to each other!

This month our pattern was Winter White. I used Moda's Deb Strain's Pumpkin and Spice fabrics since I needed a fall table square for our Thanksgiving table scape.

Flying South For The Winter

Look! A label~

Remember those leftovers? Well, this is what I did with them! I'm hand quilting it right now...I'll show you a picture when I'm done!

Now I'm off to see all the other Schnibbles...

A Year Of Schnibbles Day 2, 3, 4 and 5!

Day 2: The flying geese are coming together. The round white dots are numbered, keeping things organized.

Day 3: The blocks are coming together!

Day 4: I don't really want to talk about what happened today. LOL! Let's just say I had a couple of words with the geese and neither of us were happy campers...

Day 5: Ta Da!

Hopefully tomorrow I will get some time to machine quilt this top and get the binding and label on so I can display it on my table. I'm thinking of calling it Flying South For The Winter, what do you think?

September Schnibbles Day One

Today the fabric and pattern came that I ordered for September's A Year Of Schnibbles. I need a table topper for our Thanksgiving tablescape so I looked for something Fall-ish.

Miss Rosie's Quilt Co.'s Winter White Schnibbles pattern.

2 Charm Packs of (Moda) Deb Strain's Pumpkin and Spice.

3 yds of matching fabric for the background, borders, backing and binding.

After I looked at the pattern and fondled my new fabric for a while I started cutting! This is what it looked like afterwards. Woops! I forgot to cut my outer border. Oh, well. I'll show that to you tomorrow!

A little trash...

And, lots of leftovers!

It took me a few minutes to figure out the instructions for the flying geese. I had never made them that way before. Brilliant! I wonder who thought this technique up? It is pure genius!

Trimmed my flying geese and stopped for the night. Tomorrow I'll get back to it after the Tootie Babies go home.

Did you know that you can right click on your picture in Compose mode and drag it to wherever you want it? You can also crop your picture by right clicking! Wow, I just figured that out!