It's a secret!

I have been busy making a few baby shower gifts, the Mom might read my blog so I have to be careful not to post anything.

This has been a fun project and I can't wait to share it on my blog, but it will have to wait until Sunday night.

In the meantime my daughter went to another birthday party, which means Mom was busy making presents.

 

This tote is such a great gift, it is reversible and really holds a lot.

For the smaller one I used Me and My Sister's Strawberry Lemonade Charm pack. I love using charms when making the smaller tote. It makes it quick and scrappy, two of my favorite things.

 

The second bag, yes she got two, most the time I only make one but this is a very close friend.

Abi plays volleyball so the second bag is perfect for carrying all her sports stuff.

  I love that this bag is reversible, it's like having two bags in one!

 

 

 





Another Pinterest Inspiration.

So lately I have been getting my sewing inspiration from Pinterest.

My Dresden pillows, the Double Dresden that I will show you shortly, my Scrappy Trip Around the World, the baby project I am currently working on and this beauty!

 

I saw a few Grannie Square blocks on Pinterest and fell in love with the block.

 

Every year I try and make my son's Grandmother a Christmas gift using this line of fabric.  In my head I figured all of her Christmas decorations would coordinate. I think I have finally used up all this fabric that I had in my stash!

 

Here is a look at the back, I think you can see the quilting better.

And a close up of the front.



 

You are probably wondering why I am just showing you this now in April???

Long story short, my son usually goes to Chicago the day after Christmas to celebrate with his Father's family. I was planning on him taking it to his Nanie then. His plans changed and he couldn't make the trip this year so I was going to ship it to her. She told me they were planning on leaving the day after Christmas to spend several months in her Winter home in Florida.

So it is finally making it's way to Nanie's.



 





Her first quilt.

Almost two years ago I taught a Twister Class at one of my local quilt stores.

Two sister in laws were in my class, Ruth a seasoned quilter and Rhonda new to quilting.

Last week Rhonda brought me her Twister to quilt it.

 

Here she is with her Twister! I love the big smile on her face!

 

 

She was thrilled with the way it turned out, I think she has been bitten by the quilting bug!





 



Easter Flowers

I would like to wish you all a Blessed Easter.

As we stress about this day, worrying about Easter baskets, candy, coloring eggs, and Easter dinner, lets all take a moment and rejoice!

He has risen!

 

 

This was my Plan B arrangement. I had originally planned on using Jelly Beans and Purple Peeps, but the vase wasn't wide enough and it just looked like smashed peeps behind glass.

 

I am loving the Gerber Daisy's, they are one of my favorite flowers and I was able to pick them from my garden.

 

Look at all the pretty colors!

 





Spring finally!

We have had the strangest weather here in Arizona, it was a much colder winter than normal.  I know my friends and family in IL. think I am nuts but it was cold here!  Because of the cold we had to delay planting lots of our garden. Thank goodness Mother Nature has blessed us with two wonderful warm weeks of weather and our garden is finally taking off.

 

I have been busy in the sewing room as well. I am working on a fun baby shower gift that I can't wait to share with everyone. I have to keep it under wraps until the shower but lets just say my 12 year old wants one too!

I am still in search of this fabric by Minick and Simpson, its from their line Winter. I went to the fabric store to try and match just the back ground but what I found was either too white or too cream.

So if you have a some in your stash I would really like to buy it from you!

 



What a fun transformation!

So time ago I found some fabric that I just fell in love with. It had bright colors and a great sewing motif.  I didn't know what I was going to do with it but then again do we need a reason to buy the  fabric we love?

I have been waiting for the right project to use this fabric and then it came to me!

 

 

Average sewing machine chair right?

 

 

 

Amazing sewing machine chair.

 

Oh how I love spray paint! My husband help me take apart the chair and I spray painted the base with this bright red and cover the cushions with this fun fabric.

Wish I had more of this fabric because now I want to make curtains for my sewing room with it. 



 



Ask a Quilter for a Inch.....

Ask a Quilter for a inch and she will give a yard!

So true, Quilters are the most generous people I know.

I have shared my story about making pillow cases for Cancer patients on this blog. When I started the cause I asked a few ladies from a sewing group I used to belong to if they would like to help make pillow cases.

Sunday they had their annual quilt show and they invited me to come out, when I arrived I saw a display of pillow cases they made for me.

Of course it brought me to tears, there hanging were close to 50 pillow cases!

 

 

One more beautiful than the other!

Thanks to all the kind, thoughtful ladies of the Las Sendas Quilt Group.

I will be making my first drop off to the American Cancer Society this week, I hope it will be the first of many.