Lot's of Catching Up to Do

     I always think I don't have enough new material for a blog post... and then it seems I have too much!

     Stitching is first up on my list of what I'd like to share with you. You may have noticed I have a 'thing' for rabbits. I couldn't resist La-D-Da's new design. I made a couple of changes. CC Bramble Bush was used instead of GAST Sable and I preferred a rice stitch border to the two single stitch rows for a border. My rabbit was stitched on 40 ct. Lakeside Vintage Navy Bean.

Spring Hare - La-D-Da

Elizabeth Sarah Oliver 1842 - Plum Street Antiques

      Paulette hit another home run with her Elizabeth Sarah Oliver sampler reproduction.  I'm stitching my Sarah with the Gentle Arts threads as charted on 40 ct. Lakeside Vintage Cedar Plank.

     

A Parrot, A Leopard, A Lion - Scarlet Letter

      I'm getting close to finishing the stitching of the top portion of my casket. Those big blossoms take a life time to stitch!

      Lot's of time was spent in the sewing room too!

Piecing these Swoon blocks are a lot of fun and I really enjoy working with the Downton Abbey fabric collection.

      Working with the brighter, modern fabrics is fun too! Here's another Fresh Mini Quilt Club mini quilt. It's the final pattern of Club 2... but the good news is that another Fresh Mini Quilt Club will begin on May 1st.

Fresh Mini Quilt Club - 6

And  more Hampton Ridge blocks were created.

Switching between projects keeps quilt piecing fun and interesting.

      I was the lucky winner of a giveaway from Kimber Mitchell from Heirlooms by Ashton House. It's a wonderful new quilt book by Tara Lynn Darr. I have my eye on making  the Oh , Miss Scarlet mini quilt.

    
       Spring has finally arrived and looks like it plans to stick around and not let Winter sneak back in. Owen and I have been enjoying our morning walk/runs in the prairie.

New Year, New Projects

       I put my forced indoor confinement, due to the frigidly cold weather, to good use. I've fallen head over heals in love with Lakeside Linen's Legacy 50 ct, unevenweave linen and Tudor Silks. It's an absolute pleasure to stitch with the Tudor Silks and I love the look of the stitching on the high count linen.

      

Ann Thompson - Scarlet Letter - Lakeside Legacy V. Lt. Examplar - Tudor Silks

A Parrot, A Leopard, A Lion - Scarlet Letter - Lakeside Legacy 50 ct. V. Pecan Butter - Tudor Silks

Margaret, Days of a Sampler Lover, and I plan to use the PLL design for the top and front panels of our Cabinet of Curiosities.


      I've also been working on a couple of quilting projects. First up is another mini quilt from the Fresh Mini Quilt Club. The white mirror ball fabric just adds that bit of frosty sparkle to the quilt.

Winter Sky Mini Quilt

Owen's Kiss Kiss Quilt

      While searching for fabrics for another project I came across a tote bag that contained fabrics I had bought to make a quilt for Owen's throne chair. After seeing Michele's, Cozy Egg, mini Kiss Kiss quilt I knew that would be the perfect pattern for Owen's quilt. Thank you Tula Pink for pdf patterns. When you're ready to make a quilt it's so nice to be able to instantly download the pattern.

Owen enjoying his new pillow!

Finally... the Promised Quilt Post

      In no particular order I present you with my current quilts in progress and my finished quilt tops. I took a three year hiatus from quilt making. In March 2013 I went to a Tula Pink presentation at Olive Juice Quilt Shop in Onalaska, WI. That was the jumpstart I needed to dust off the Bernina and get back to piecing those quilt blocks.

      The first quilt top to be completed was Tula Pink's Field Study.

Field Study - Tula Pink

Next up... my French General BOM that still needs the narrow and wider border applied.

French General BOM

Love - Tula Pink

I picked up these lovely Civil War Repro pre-cut 2" tumblers at the Quilt Expo in Madison, WI. It's going to make a lovely tablerunner.

Civil War Repro Tumbler Tablerunner

I splurged on some quilt classes on Craftsy. I took the Wheels pattern from the Simple Fresh Quilts - Fig Tree class and started my FaLaLa Quilt with fabrics from Kate Spain's collections.

FaLaLa - Fig Tree

Who doesn't love a good Block of the Month??? If you don't already know about Homestead Hearth's Special Programs.... clink on the link at your own risk. Their BOMs are addictive.

Recently I received the first packet of patterns and fabrics for Hampton Ridge. We're using the Single Star papers for the HSTs. Perfect HSTs every time!

Hampton Ridge BOM - Homestead Hearth

      It's been a lot of fun selecting and piecing the blocks for the City Sampler quilt from Tula Pink's book. Here's a selection of blocks completed. I'm half way through the project. Just 50 more blocks to piece!

City Sampler - Tula Pink

      A young woman who grew up in the area, worked at the local quilt shop since her teens and is now the Manager of Pine Needles Quilt Shop in Rochester, MN, has also started designing modern quilts.
Megan, of Canoe Ridge Creations, started the Fresh Mini  Quilt Club last year. I learned about her Club recently and was in time to join the Fresh Mini Quilt Club Two. Here's my first mini quilt.

Fresh Mini Quilt Club - Canoe Ridge Creations

     I'm sure I'm missing a quilt project or two. But we'll get you all caught up eventually. Owen's ready for me to take him for a walk!