Bear's Paw block

I'm a member of the Bees Knees a Quilting Bee, and I received this cute little package in the mail from Calli, to make two Bears Paw blocks.

I love the fabric, the blocks are darling!

I wanted to show you my phone case, I made it on Shutterfly :)

I get their emails and they are always sending me coupons for free things.

Do you recognize my Farm Girl Vintage quilt?

Win, win!!!

Bees Knees a Quilting Bee

Hi Everyone :)

I belong to the Bees Knees a Quilting Bee, and it's my month to have my block sewn by my fellow bee friends!

You can go to the blog and see which block I've chosen.

Here's the link.

I also wrote about my top 3 sewing/quilting projects of 2016, and a few interesting and fun things that happened in the year 2016.

Hope you enjoy it!

What I've Been Working On

My daughter received a Samsung tablet for Christmas over a year ago.

I told her I would make a case for it and finally got around to making it....

I'm not quite that pathetic, her tablet was lost for about 6 months.

One day her little one year old was playing in her bedroom and pulled out the tablet from between the cushions of the chair.

My daughter had looked there so many times, I guess it took the right touch :)

I wanted to make a vintage case, and found this adorable little Japanese print with 1950's style stuffed animals, perfect!

I don't know if she likes it or not, but I LOVE it :)

I chose a cute polka dot for the top of the holder and a teal colored zipper.

This is the back of the case.

Don't you just love those little vintage animals?

Can you tell how much I LOVE it???? Lol!

I've made this tablet case many times, just in different sizes.

Here is the link to the tutorial from Fresh Lemons Modern Quilts.

Liz has excellent tutorials :)

I really like the aqua gingham lining!

 The inside pocket has a polka dot lining.

This is such an easy case to make, I recommend it.

I'm very fortunate to belong to a virtual quilt bee, The Bees Knees a Quilting Bee.

April Rosenthal sent me this fabric with her new pattern, and I put it together and sent it to her.  

The colors and prints are so interesting :)

I'm working on lots of projects right now, but they just aren't complete enough to show you yet.

Have a wonderful week and I'll see you next Monday :)

Bees Knees, a quilting bee - November

November is Sinta's month from Pink Pincushion.

She chose the pattern "Tiled Blooms by Corey Yoder 

of Little Miss Shabby.

This block was way more easy than it looks.

The petals were fused on and stitched with a narrow blanket stitch.

I'm beyond thrilled to belong to the Bees Knees Quilting Bee.

In this bee, we choose a quilt block when it's our designated month, and we send the fabric and pattern to each of the bee members and they return it at the end of the month.

This particular pattern is offered free by Corey on her blog.

The Bees Knees, a quilting bee - October

This is the block I made for my quilting bee, The Bees Knees, for the month of October.

Shari sent us fabric for the block and the pieces were already cut to the right size.

The quilt she'll be making with these modern maples blocks is really cute.

The pattern is by Amanda Woodward-Jennings, and you can see and print it free here.

Each block is 12 l/2" unfinished, and it would be a fast quilt to make.

Bees Knees, a quilting bee - September

I was invited to join the Bees Knees, a quilting bee.

The button is on the right of my blog if you want to take a look!

September was Melissa Corry's month from Happy Quilting.

She wants to make a quilt for her grandparents to use in their camper so she sent us "Smore Love" by Cosmo Cricket.

Melissa told the quilting bee that we could make whatever block we want to.

I saw this cute fabric and knew right away that I wanted to make an appliqued owl.

I drew my little owl.

Then I numbered each section in the order I would appliqué the fabric onto the white background.

I traced each numbered section or piece, onto the paper side of freezer paper, and numbered each one.

I traced the owl pattern with the branch and leaves, onto tracing paper.

I cut out all the pieces that I traced onto the freezer paper.

I turned the steam off my iron and pressed the paper pieces wax side down unto the fabric.

I traced each piece with a fine point pencil and cut each one out, leaving a l/4" seam allowance.

I placed each appliqué piece on the white background in the number order, and made sure it was centered, using the tracing paper template.

Here's my little appliqued owl!

I love the woodgrain on the brown and aqua, and the fabric on the foot really looks like claws!

I added a patchwork border around my little owl.

He measures 12 l/2" unfinished.

I can hardly wait to see all the blocks Melissa receives and see how she puts them all together in a quilt :)

The Bees Knees a quilting bee

I was invited to join "The Bees Knees" a quilting bee, and am so honored to be amongst such creative, talented ladies!

I think I'm the only one who isn't published, but that is one of my goals :)

September is Melissa Corry's month, from Happy Quilting.
You can see what she told us about her quilt idea here.

She sent all the bee members a selection of fabric and told us to make any camping or outdoor themed block measuring 12" X 12" or 18" X 21" or whatever!

These are the fabrics she sent me and I've got my idea and am running with it.

I'll be working on it at my mother's house in Montreal and can hardly wait to show it to you at the end of the month!