Paper Doll WIP

Welcome to paper doll Friday ♥

I am sewing over 1000 l l/2" little squares together for the sashing.

There just isn't enough room on the floor to lay out all the blocks.

I don't want the blocks to get wrinkled, so I pinned some twine along one wall of my sewing room and attached the blocks with clothespins.

Ignore the "sports" border on the wall!

With all my pretty sewing things surrounding me, I never notice it!

As I counted some of the strips, I laid them over my pennant so that they wouldn't get mixed up with the uncounted ones.

See you next Friday, I hope to have the quilt top completed )

Simply Retro, "Sweet Life" Table Topper WIP

We bought a new kitchen table, and I wanted to make a table topper for it.

I bought Camille Roskelley's new book "Simply Retro".

I decided to make "Sweet Life", a really cute pattern.

One of the things I love about this particular pattern, is that it really shows of your fabric.

I have a collection of Bonnie and Camille's fabric.

Conicidentaly, my kitchen is decorated in red and aqua.

These are my fabric selections.

I'm so happy that I'm dipping into my fabric stash!

That's the reason I have one, I'm not crazy about the fabric selections at the local quilt shops.  

I stock up on cute fabric when I visit my children in Utah :)

Here are the finished blocks.

The finished blocks are 18" square.

I'm looking forward to machine quilting it really soon :)

I wanted the middle square to be the focal point.

I fussy cut one of the fabrics and it was the perfect size!

Here's a closeup.

 It almost looks like applique, doesn't it?

I'll post more photos when I get the table topper quilted and bound.

Quilty Barn Along, Vintagey Farm Girl Tractor Block

Hi Everyone, happy Monday :)

I love the Quilty Barn Along that Lori Holt is doing on her blog, Bee in my Bonnet.

It has been so much fun choosing fabrics, and making all the barns and barns with their silos come to life!  

I didn't grow up on a farm but as a child we would travel to Prince Edward Island every summer to visit all of our relatives on both my parent's sides of the family.....grandparents, great grandparents, great aunts, great uncles, aunts, uncles, cousins, second cousins, you get the idea :)

Quite a few of my great uncles were dairy farmers.

They had the most beautiful farms, I wish I had some photos....

The Quilt Barn Along has meant a lot to me, brought back some great memories!

Here is my "Vintagey Farm Girl Tractor" as Lori calls it.

I like the tires, they look as though they have huge treads!

Click here to go to Lori's blog for the tractor block tutorial.

Paperdoll Quilt WIP

My daughter Lindsay and I took this class from Lori Holt, the "master" of applique, everything vintage and all things beautiful!

It is Lori's "Paperdoll" Quilt.

I think our class was 6 or 7 years ago!

Our family moved to Florida, and now we are in California.

I have been working on this gorgeous quilt off and on over the years.

The blocks are all complete, I just have to sew the sashing and the borders.

Sashing and borders doesn't sound too bad, does it?

Did I tell you what the sashing consists of???

That's right!!!

Lori told me to enjoy the journey, so I am :)

Square by square, I may be a little obsessive, but I match each and every color.

Sewing, sewing, sewing, pressing seams open, sewing some more, pressing more seams open, watching old Bette Davis movies, stopping to prepare dinner, sewing and pressing some more.

I'm making some progress :)

A bunch of rows are completed but there's so much more to sew and press.

Stay tuned, I will post my progress on this adorable paperdoll quilt every Friday until it's finished.

That's my promise to myself, and I'm sticking to it :)

Flags for Lac-Megantic

On July 6, an 80 car train derailed and exploded.  

It blew up the town of Lac Megantic, Quebec in the Eastern Townships, 155 miles east of Montreal.

30 buildings were destroyed and they think it killed 50 people.

An investigation is still ongoing.

You can read about it here. 

I grew up 10 minutes south of Montreal, in St. Lambert.

I wanted to help in my own little way, so I made some flags for Lac- Megantic. 
 They only wanted blues, greens and purples, no fire colors.  

I don't know if that many people have made flags, so if you and/or your quilting guild could help, that would be wonderful!

I think that rows and rows of flags would help cheer the citizens of Lac-Megantic.  

It would show that the rest of the world cares about them :)

If you click the blue Lac-Megantic button on the right of my blog, it will take you to a blog with instructions for making flags.

They need them by August 24.

It takes a little longer to send envelopes to Canada :)

Here are my flags, I made 8 of them.

I sure hope you'll be able to make some flags and show your love and support for the people who have suffered such tragedy and trauma in Lac-Megantic.

Lucy Jane's quilt!

I wrote about this quilt here, and now it is machine quilted!

My friend Cindy Paulson is fabulous :)

She always makes me so happy when I see her gorgeous quilting on my quilts!

Cindy quilted baby rosebuds all over Lucy Jane's quilt :)

This pink polka dot minky is the softest fabric in the world!

Baby rosebuds and delicate leaves, Lucy Jane will love being snuggled up in it!

I chose a pastel pink fabric with baby birds to bind the quilt.

Usually I pick a contrasting color for the binding, but the border color is so soft, I didn't want to detract from it.

Isn't the quilt pretty hanging from my purple plum tree?

Lucy Jane is due to make her arrival in the middle of August.

I can hardly wait to see her :)

The Quilty Barn Along, Silo Barn #3

I love making these barns!  How many times can I say that?

The block on this barn is called "peas and carrots".

I was lucky to have fabric in my stash that met my needs :)

My stash is growing at a rapid rate, so it's not surprising!!!

I copied Lori with her aqua color scheme on the barn, using some Denyse Schmidt prints.

Here is Lori's tutorial if you are interested in following her "Quilty Barn Along".