This is the last Monday for the Celebrate Spring quilt tease! Next Monday Darlene, Nicole and I will reveal our tops. Mine is pretty simple so it has been hard to show a tease! Above and below is my tease for today. (Yes I know the fabric below is not from the Celebrate Spring line - but it was bought at Hancock's of Paducah's flat fold table for $3.98 yard!).
Just a peek at my newest 2 blocks. Its night and I threw them on the kitchen floor which made the colors go all crazy because of the glare off the floor but it gives you the idea. There will be better pictures as this grows, so for now - just a peek.
I'm making progress on my Serendipty blocks. I know it seems like it is going slow, but work continues to suck up a lot of my time these days, and I've spent a lot of time finding just the right fabric to put in this! So digging and digging through my mess takes time!
A cute story about my 2 youngest girls and me. The weather has been between 60 and 80 this past week, with lots of beautiful sunshine. The other day it was the mid 60's, and bright sunshine, and a cool breeze - it was gorgeous! So I mention to the girls - "ahhh, this is my kind of weather". Jenna says "it is way too cold! I love it when it is 100 out. I could sit out there all day when it is hot". Emily walks into the room and says "no, it is much better when it is below 0!" Thats my dog sled girl! Her dream is to move to Alaska and raise sled-dogs! And knowing her that may just be what she ends up doing! I could see her living out in the cold and wild with just dogs for companions and not needing many comforts. I'll go visit but only in the summer! (The picture above is Emily about 6 years ago I'm guessing).
First off more serendipity play! I had fun last night just playing with colors and layouts. Course there are a ton more, and I only had certain things cut out so it limited my play, but I had fun!
Here is my clue for this week! Instead of a peek at my project, you get to see what my project is NOT! These are all that is left of 2 charm packs of Celebrate Spring. Everything else is in my quilt. Not even any scraps - other than these!
Oh I miss the days when my 4 kids were so little and cute like this! And mommy was the best thing in all the world! I really miss those days and Emily had gotten this picture out last night and it brought back such great memories. This picture was taken about 13 years ago I'm guessing. Wow time flies!
And here is my first Serendipity block! I've tamed it down a lot from the examples in the book. I just can't be too crazy.
Serendipity - good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries (noun).
I started a new project - like I need a new project, but I saw Kathie's and her friends and it has been bugging me ever since! I found the template and the book at the Chicago show and went in search of the perfect fabric in Paducah. And you know what, nothing spoke to me. So I came home wondering what to do. And then I saw it - sitting in my stash for a pretty back! An older Jan Patek fabric I loved and bought about 10 yards of! I've used most of it, but still have enough for a Serendipity Quilt!
These quilts are similiar to stack n whack's but many more pieces and much more excitement in the designs. The book has about 30 block choices, but there are about 3 or 4 choices/changes with each block! I've spent so many nights coloring and planning how I wanted to make mine.
Above is the fabric I layered, and then 6 hexagons (2 sets laid out 3 differernt ways) that will go in my blocks - maybe! I may do more and swap out ones that aren't just so! Notice one wasn't stacked just right and is a bit off - I may have to put that one on the back! So stay tuned for my progress.
Enjoy your weekend and Happy Mother's Day - Just like Chloe is enjoying the warm sunny weather!
Today just flew by! Had an award breakfast for Jenna this morning and dentist appt this afternoon. Squeeze in working and before I know it, it is 5:30! Since Jenna graduates in less than 4 weeks I thought I had better get started on her graduation quilt! I had the design figured out and bought fabrics in Paducah! I just had to start! So I had Holly sign the first block and I made it up into a block last night for her to see before she went back to school today. Now to get the rest of the relatives and friends to sign blocks!
I don't know if I ever showed this quilt. But I was putting up new spring/summer quilts and decided this one should get a turn. It just looked happy to me today. So I thought I would share a picture of it.
On Mondays this month I get to give you a peek at my Celebrate Spring challenge that Darlene and Nicole were doing together. They bought FQ packs and decided to challenge each other to make a quilt with them. Well it just so happens I bought some 5" charm packs of this fabric in Paducah to make something for my Aunt. So I decided I would play along. Now don't panic that you see quilting already. I was really stupid. I got so carried away in getting it done this month for her that I forgot to take pictures along the way for the Monday peek! So these will have to do! I have it about 1/2 quilted. I had time this weekend and decided I just needed to keep going and get this baby done. I am soooo pleased with the results. It is looking better than I even imagined. Next week you'll see more.
And now some more antique quilts from Paducah.... here we get into my tired and blurry mode!!!! :) I'm so bummed the above quilt is blurry - but I still will get an idea from the pic. Enjoy!
I also have to appologize for not including the signs for the next few. They were all similar and the signs were not real discriptive and I can't figure out which one goes to which quilt. So instead of link them up with the wrong credit I'll just say that they belong to the Pilgrim/Roy Collection and date around 1840-1880.
I"ve been waiting for my friend Betty to get her blog up and going! I hadn't been over in about 2 weeks because of my trip to Paducah and all the work I have had to do. Well what a wonderful suprise when I visited today! You HAVE to go visit - she has the most beautiful quilts! I promise you won't regret it! I gave you a tast above - Her Kentucy Derby quilt.... don't you love it!
I finally got some time to size down the pictures of the antique quilts I saw in Paducah - well some of them anyway. Some pictures are blurry as you couldn't use a flash and I have a hard time holding my arms and hands still long enough for the museum setting on my camera! But they will still inspire you I"m sure! How could anyone not LOVE these! I took pictures of the sheets about each also, that way I can remember about them and you can read them if interested! Enjoy!
I thought I would also share my strippy coine reproduction quilt I made awhile go that you saw. I've been slowly hand quilting it, and I"ve got just a bit left on the top row of fans to go and the outside border! I"m getting so excited to have ti done and then washed and all crinkly that I thought if I shared it maybe I would finish it up a bit faster! Not that by showing it helps with time any! But here you go!
I've got "sew" many things to share yet! And just not enough time! First off Lucy sent me some pictures on the "Krablappen" she gave me (Dutch Collar). These are worn in Spakenburg - it is the cutest little village! If you go to this webshots search you can see some of the women wearing them! Comfy looking aren't they! And if you click around here you can see some pictures of Spakenburg!
Today I thought I'd share some of the reproduction fabrics I got in paducah! I LOVE the yellow one with the grey/purple feathers on it, but I have no idea how I will use it! But I had to get a couple of yards - it is wonderful!
And I started on trying to catch up with blogs last night and came across a challenge Darlene and her friend are doing with FQs of the line "Celebrate Spring". Well can you believe it, I bought a couple of the 5" square charm packs at Hancock's of Paducah for a great price and had started a small quilt with them on Monday! So I told her I would join in! A hint of what I"m doing next Monday!
Also I promised a picture of my finished top with borders from the BOM class I was teaching at the quilt shop. I got the borders on just before I left for Paducah. These are different borders than the book has - I love these that I made up - I think I'll use this idea again!
