Sunday Picnic

I have made so many of these panels by Stacey Hsu.

The moment I saw "Sunday Picnic", 

I knew I had to make it for Lucy for her seventh birthday!

She loves animals and insects and is always wanting to tame wild horses that she saw in Arizona, 

or bison that she saw in Wyoming.

She thinks if she can just pat them, they will fall in love with her :)

Anyway, I think these little Mr. & Mrs. frogs are so cute!

They came on a panel with a quilt, a picnic basket, plates, napkins

and lots of food.

I began cutting them out, sewing and stuffing months ago.

I think the sandwich is cute too.

Bread, lettuce, tomato, swiss cheese and bologna.

Who knew that frogs loved bologna???

The plates are adorable, they look like real china,

and on the back it says "enjoy your lunch".

Mr. & Mrs. Frog have so much fun and delicious food.

A carton of milk, a sandwich, a drumstick, 

watermelon and strawberries.

They are going to be stuffed!

       I bought the panel on Etsy if you're interested in buying one.

It was a lot of work, but well worth it.

Who could resist Mr. Frog's overall shorts and bow tie.

I know that Mrs. Frog can't!

I assume they're married, maybe they're dating, lol!

Thanks for following along!

Bee Patriotic Quilt Finished!

I machine quilted and hand sewed the binding on my

Bee Patriotic quilt!

I'm adding it to the stack of quilts for my grandchildren.

I think this is number 5, and I need 14!!!

That doesn't include the ten quilts I have hanging in my closet,

waiting to be machine quilted, lol.

I really love the back, with my cute little cottage label.

I used one of Lori Holt's 108" wideback fabrics, Vintage Bee.

It was so nice, not having to sew a seam down the center of the back.

I used Aurifil white thread 50 wt, to machine quilt.

The quilting really shows up on the red!

I used an old fabric called "Little Apples" by Aneela Hoey.

for the binding.

She is one of my favorite designers, but I don't think 

she designs fabric anymore.

I hope you've enjoyed seeing my finished quilt,

thank you for following :)

Bee Patriotic sew along, and more

I finished the top for my Bee Patriotic quilt!

I used a red border instead of a navy one, 

but red is one of my favorite colors for quilts :)

Also, I didn't have enough navy fabric in my stash.

I LOVE the red!

July 4th was a few days ago and I really wanted to make

 the cute table runner that Lori had on her blog.

Here are all my little red pieces of fabric that I cut.

Voila, here is the table runner on my dining room table.

I was thrilled that I had enough blues to make the stars.

I also made the little flag!

Our daughter and her family are coming in a week,

and we are going to celebrate 

my grandson earning his Eagle Scout award.

These flags will really come in handy!

That was part of my incentive for making the flags :)

I made the house block which I'm going to use 

as a label on the back of my quilt.

Notice my name in the window?

I have been watching Kimberly's videos on You Tube

from the Fat Quarter Shop.

She's mentioned quite a few times that she joined the "Tagged" club and receives personalized labels every month from Sweetwater.

I signed up and received two labels in the mail.

I am so glad I did, because I love them!

I hope to machine quilt my Bee Patriotic quilt this week,

I'll make sure to take lots of photos to show you :)

Thanks for following!

Bee Patriotic sew along, week 4

I finished my last 3 blocks in the Bee Patriotic sew along.

My favorite part was choosing the fabrics :)

I can honestly say that this is my favorite block in the quilt.

I really like the two shades of pink on the outer points.

I love this block, it looks like there are little pink hearts in the corners.

This is the pinwheel block.

Nothing says summer fun more than a pinwheel!

I can hardly wait to sew all the posts and sashings together 

and show you my finished quilt top next week.

I already added the borders to each block.

Stay tuned!

Bee Patriotic Sew Along, week 3

I'm loving this sew along, is anyone else following along?

This is my Shine block, I enjoyed making the hourglass blocks.

This is the Snowflake block, it looks like a firecracker!

This is the Reindeer Hooves block, it looks great in this color combo :)

I started cutting the borders for each block in the background color,

but found out that I didn't have quite enough fabric.

I can't run to the fabric store, because I live too far away from one.

I did the only thing I knew how, I pieced the border sashings together until I had enough...it shouldn't be very noticeable, 

because the sashings will only be 1" wide, finished.

Has anyone every done this before?

Bee Patriotic Sew Along, week 2

Here are three more of my Bee Patriotic blocks.

I love choosing the colors!

I'm having so much fun with this sew along.

My goal is to make as many "cute" quilts as I can, 

so that I'll have 14 for my grandchildren to choose one each, beginning with the oldest.

I have about 4 completed, and about 10 that I need to quilt!  Yikes!!!

When I'm finished with this Bee Patriotic quilt,

and another "secret" one that I'm making for one of my grand daughters for Christmas,

I'll begin machine quilting those lonely quilt tops.

Thanks for following :)

Bee Patriotic Sew Along, week 1

I'm so excited to be making the Bee Patriotic quilt.

As I've mentioned before, 

everything that Lori Holt does is so much fun!

I purchased a few fat quarters to add 

to my Lori Holt collection of fabric.

Here's my selection of reds and pinks.

Here are my navys and aquas.

Here's my background, sashings and border fabric.

I'm going to be using a red border 

instead of a navy one.

I have a confession to make...

I made these blocks ahead of the sew along, 

because we had company visiting.

I didn't use the same fabrics as Lori used,

but my color values are the same.

Are any of you sewing along too?