Its been while

Its been a while since I had anything to post...but...I have finally finished a quilt ! Being Football season, it is my time of year. I have been in a football pool at work for a number of years and this is a thank you to Joan who runs it. She puts a lot of work each week into keeping track of all wins (losses t00)..so..here it is !!!

CQ Block

On the HGTV board, I participated in a crazy quilt one block swap...names were drawn and you needed to make a block based on what your swapper loved. I got a really funny lady named Sassy who wanted an all white backgroud, romantical type block...this for me was easy as I love "girlie" type things...I went with a wedding theme for her and this is what I came up with !! Hopefully Sassy loves her block !

Summer !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, after 40 days and 40 nights of rain, it looks like our weather has finally taken a turn for the better....ok, maybe it wasnt that long, but it felt that way !!!

So...in honor of NO rain for TWO whole days, I thought it would be ok to make a summer mini miranda bag !!! (Just dont look inside at my mistake !)

I think SUMMER might finally be here !

More Pictures

Looks like its time to add a few more pictures for your viewing pleasure !!

The first one is a paper pieced kimono that I made for a friend's birthday..the fabric matches the mini kimono quilt I made her earlier this year.

The second one is my mini quilt from the swap on the HGTV quilting board. Terrimae got me in the swap and this is the wonderful, beautiful quilt she made for me. I love it and the fabric she picked is just so...me.

Mini Miranda

I must be into "mini" things this year...I just finished making my sister a "mini" miranda bag.. I have made a large one too but felt it was really too big...so I decided to make me a small one..and then was asked to make her one....I think I like making mini things...its a good feeling to have finished something this year

Summer mini

Now that Terri received her mini, I can post a picture.....when I saw the bathing suit fabric, it spooke to me...what else says "Summer" like bathing suits and flip flops....I embellished it with some bathing suit buttons and flip flop buttons !

Not missing

I havent been missing in action, just trying to finish up a few things for swaps !
Today I finished Terrimae's little Summer mini as part of the HGTV group mini swap. I am calling it Swimsuit sampler and will post a picture once Terri receives it later this week.

I also finished making the foundation block for Sassyneedlepusher for Nicki's one block swap for CQ on the HGTV board....I am very happy with the way it turned out and cant believe that I made it with no help...pretty soon I will start embellishing it for her to make sure it is done for the August deadline.

Im also hosting a Jumpin'Jivin' swap on the HGTV board where 20 women have signed up to make 4 gifts each and in turn I will swap them out when I have received them all. The goal is to have them all reach their new homes in time to open them from July 1-4th !!!!

So...what are you working on ????