Happy Valentine's Day

 

I've been thinking of pinks and reds for weeks now, I made this little doll quilt and pieced the runner shown here (only a little preview for now until I get it quilted).  Today is the day to enjoy as much chocolate as you like without feeling guilty....RIGHT!. Heck I'm going to have as much as I want! I hope you have a sweet treat day as well.

Time to announce the winners of my Valentine's Day (Bday) giveaway. I wish I could have something for everyone but it's just not possible with all the entries I received, you guys are great, A big "Thanks" to everyone for the wonderful wishes you sent me. So without keeping you in suspense any longer, these names were drawn from the random number generator.

• Country Log Cabin

• SewCalGal

• Cats on My Quilts

Happy Quilting!

It's Finished!

I had this top pieced a year ago but didn't get around to quilting until now. It's an extra big queen size quilt for my bed. I can't wait to get it washed and dried so I can use it. My dryer has been broken for a week and the repair guy came today so it's going to be washed soon.

Here is the back, I quilted this with my Gammill and really love the design.

Both cats went to the vet for yearly shots. I was a bit stressed with taking them both together, mainly because they need that little bit of tender loving care and I found it difficult to have two to deal with. It took a day and a half for them to finally get some energy to eat. Lula sleeps most of the day anyway but seeing Boo Boo sleeping so much was not normal. Today they are feeling much better and are eating again.

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Lets Celebrate

I can't believe how fast the weekend went by, I celebrated my birthday with a little get away weekend browsing through antique shops in this historic touristy town and then staying the night at this hotel. We were not prepared for how fancy the hotel was with all kinds of athletic things to do. I didn't bring my gym wear, so we couldn't take part in the activities....well that could be a good thing since I'm way out of shape...LOL

Look at these gorgeous flowers I got for my birthday. Maureen is a very generous and sweet person to work for, I've been enjoying them all week.

How about a give away to celebrate my blog makeover last week and my birthday this week. The table runner was sewn and quilted by me, the charm pack comes with coordinate fabric in pink and the owl bundle is a kit for a bag, it comes with a pattern. Just leave me a comment and I'll draw three numbers on Valentines Day. If you blog about my giveaway let me know and I'll give you two more chances. Remember anyone can enter in the draw. Good Luck.

Happy Quilting!

New Look!

I thought my blog needed a bit of a face lift to freshen it up. So I started playing around with blog designer and changed a few things. I haven't decided what I want to do with the header, most likely work on that for a while until I find something I like. So what do you think? Is it an improvement or would you prefer the old me?

And so it's time to celebrate my blog makeover and my birthday coming up next week.  I'm going to have a surprise for you. Don't know what yet but I better come up with something soon since I have now put it out there. Come back to find out what I'm doing.

Thanks for stopping by!

Tisket A Tasket Redwork

Do you remember the BunnyHill free BOM from 2009? I did mine in redwork instead of the applique. I had most of this put together last spring but it got put aside without finishing it. Well I finally got it all completed a couple weeks ago. Just a little slow in taking a picture and posting.

The blocks and layout are something I figured out on my own, sorry I don't have a pattern to direct you to. I did a simple meander quilting so I don't take away from the stitcheries. This is a prefect quilt for Feb, all about red!

Happy Quilting.

Little Doll Quilt

Just a quick post to show my little doll quilt, I worked on this last weekend. I ordered the kit from Daisy Cottage Quilting, Sharon makes the cutest kits and it came with everything, top, binding, backing and batting. I've started a bigger version using scraps from my stash, it's all pieced and now waiting for me quilt.

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Runner Finished and A Winner

I finished Sherri's Valentine tablerunner from the Be Mine Blog Tour, sorry the lighting is not the best, the fabrics are from the Bliss line.  It went together really fast, I don't usually make quilts with so much white but it's very cheerful to look at this time of year. You might see more of these type of quilts from me. I was notified by Carol today that I was the winner on her blog. I won the $50 gift certificate for the Fat Quarter Shop.  I just about fell off my chair, I couldn't believe I won twice in the last two weeks.

I'm really happy with how this quilting pattern turned out, it's the first time I've tried this design.

Now to start thinking about what to buy at the Fat Quarter shop.....woohoo....more shopping!.

Happy Quilting