My Baby Zigzag quilt is done!!!

Hi everyone,

I have another finish to share.

I'm really excited about this one.

It's my Zigzag baby quilt.

The triangles were all cut with the Accuquilt GO! cutter and the 3 inch finished HST die.

I machine pieced and hand quilted this quilt.

I quilted it with perle cotton.

Finished size is 36 inches square.

I love how the hand quilting turned out.

The big stitches really pop.

And the quilt remains nice and soft.

I backed the quilt in the cutest flannel by Northcott called Forest Friends.

I really love this quilt.

It was a lot of fun to make.

It will make a nice gift for my Brother and his Wife's new baby,

due to be born very soon.

Hugs

More Needle cases, a winner, and mail!!!!

Hi everyone!

I have a day off again.

Yeah!!!!

I made three more needle cases this morning.

I used 5 inch hexagon flower blocks to make these.

When I need a little hand sewing project to relax,

I often sew little hexagon flowers out of scraps.

So, I decided to use these for needle cases.

I used the same directions as my tutorial found here.

I just used hexagons instead.

These will be donated.

I also received some wonderful mail yesterday.

These were both wins from the Quilting Blogger's Giveaway Day.

The first is a beautiful piece of hand dyed fabric from Laura Krasinski.

She is a fibre artist.

Isn't the fabric gorgeous!!!!

Thank you so much Laura!!

Then, I got some sweet handmade buttons,

from Incomparable Buttons.

I love them.

Thank you so much!!!!

It's beautiful out today.

It's like a spring day.

Look at what I saw peeking through the ground this morning.

It's February 17th. 

There should be at least a foot of snow on the ground,

and be -20 degrees Celsius.

But, we have no snow.

And it's +4 degrees celsius.

So strange!!!

I know you probably don't here this often,

but I miss winter.

We haven't really had a winter this year.

We are missing out on all the fun winter activities to do.

Like build snowmen and forts.

Go sliding, skating outside....

It's just been wet and muddy and dirty.

Well, enough about that.

You are still waiting to here who won my giveaway!!

It's comment #37.

37 

Jan said...

How cute is that, and you make it so simple! Thanks much!

February 13, 2012 11:38 AM 

Congratulations Jan!!!!

I will send you an email.

Don't forget that the Blog Hop is not over.

GO! check out the links below for some wonderful tutorials and giveaways!!!

February 13th

Marjorie (Marjorie Busby, quilter)

Ariane (Ariane's Crafts)

February 14th

Connie (Quilting by the River)

Linda (Living 4 Quilting)

February 15th

Lisa Marie (Scraps of Life)
Marilyn (North Hills Quilters)

February 16th

Alicia (Heirloom Quilting)
Marjorie (Marjorie's Busy Corner)

February 17th

Sharon (Crazee Corners)
Jacque (Lilypad Quilting)

February 18th

Stacey (Driving Miss Stacey)
Tracey (The Peony Teacup)
Paulette (Sweet P Quilting and Creations)

A finished Bapron

Hi everyone,

I hope you all had a wonderful Valentine's Day.

I spent the day with my daughter.

Her school went on a ski trip today.

She is terrified of heights and didn't want to go. 

So, we had a Mother/Daughter day.

It was a very nice day.

She made me pancakes for breakfast.

And I must say, they were very good.

We visited the local quilt shops.

I hadn't done that in a while.

I was good though.

All I bought was 1/2 metre of Kona white to finish the zigzag baby quilt.

Then, after we both had an afternoon nap,

I made a Bapron.

I love this pattern.

I used pre-made bias tape to make it.

It's much easier to use then the ones I tried to make.

I pieced the 1 inch finished hst's using these papers.

This was the first time I used these and I loved it.

Perfect for these tiny hst's.

I used Kona solids that I won from Contemporary Cloth  Store.

And a soft terry cloth for the back.

I plan to make a couple of these for my brother and his wife.

They are expecting a boy in March.

These bibs a great for a 6 month old and older baby.

I will also make a few smaller ones for a newborn.

Well, that's all for tonight.

Hugs

Day 2 - GO! Ahead and Show Some Love Blog Hop

Here is the line up!!!

February 13th

Marjorie (Marjorie Busby, quilter)

Ariane (Ariane Quilts)

February 14th

Connie (Quilting by the River)

Linda (Living 4 Quilting)

February 15th

Lisa Marie (Scraps of Life)

Marilyn (North Hills Quilters)


February 16th

Alicia (Heirloom Quilting)

Marjorie (Marjorie's Busy Corner)


February 17th

Sharon (Crazee Corners)

Jacque (Lilypad Quilting)


February 18th

Stacey (Driving Miss Stacey)
Tracey (The Peony Teacup)

Paulette (Sweet P Quilting and Creations)

GO! and visit Connie and Linda for some wonderful tutorials.

I have more inspiration using the block I shared yesterday.

This time, I used a 7.5 inch background square,

and the 3 inch circle on the circle die to make the block. 

Iron fusible web to the back of 3.5 inch squares.

Lay them on your circle die, using the middle 3 inch circle as shown in the photo below.

Once your circles are cut with the GO! Cutter,

take them to your cutting mat and cut them in half as shown below.

Make your blocks the same way as I showed yesterday.

Make3 blocks for a small table runner.

Sew them together.

Add a border. (I used 2.5 inches wide strips)

And Voila.....

Cute eh!!!

Can you imagine this block used to make a scrappy quilt, or a baby quilt?

Change the colours, use all solids to make it more modern.

The possibilities are endless.

Don't forget my little giveaway from yesterdays post.

Hugs