Question - HELP!.... UPDATE - RESOLVED!

UPDATE!!!! - Thanks to joulesB I got the answer on the first comment! Thank You! I will pass this along!

They are called Pinmoors. Check them out if you had no idea what I was talking about!

I had a friend at guild mention that she had seen on the web those straight pins you baste quilts with that have the little rubber/eraser like plugs you put on the end. I know I"ve seen a few blogs recently where some of you have tried them. HELP - I can't remember which blogs, or more importantly where you got those pins from? Any ideas?



Didn't want to leave you with no quilty pictures, so 2 more Dear Jane blocks!

2 more easy peasy blocks

Thought it was time to do 2 easy peasy blocks for my Dear Jane. At least I got 2 blocks done!

If you want to see my progress go here.

Remember This?

Remember my X-Rated quilt? I wasn't sure what I wanted to do for borders. Well I decided to go plain and put some nice hand quilting on them.

So I had the piano key strips left. What to do? Make a strippy coin quilt of course!

The Stockings are Home

Holly and Adam arrived safe and sound back to Oklahoma, and got the stocking hung up on their mantle! Don't they look great!

Holly also got a good start on her xmas decorations. WAY ahead of me! Thought you would enjoy they cute pics she sent me.

2 more Dear Jane Blocks

It has been FOREVER since I"ve worked on my Dear Jane quilt. So I thought it was time to make a couple. Here are my 2 new ones.

I finally can share!

I finally can share the project I've been working on since July! I made wool Christmas stockings for Holly and her husband Adam. I couldn't share before now because Holly checks in on my blog and I didn't want her to see.

I gave them the stockings while they were home for Thanksgiving so that they could use them this year. Aren't they adorable!

I picked up the patterns in Paducah last spring. They are from Crawford Designs.

Guild Raffle Quilt

I showed a bit ago some blocks I was working on for our guilds raffle quilt. Well I have a bunch of them back and just had to lay them out to get a look. Doesn't it look great! This whole quilt is set in seams though, so it has been a challenge. But I am so happy with the results so far I had to share. I have 4 more star block units to make myself yet. Guess I better get going!

If your wondering what the pattern is, it is "Eldon" by Laundry Basket Quilts.

Sew Cal Gal's Christmas Quilt Show 2010

Sew Cal Gal is hosting an online Christmas Quilt Show this week! Visit her blog at and enjoy the show, or sign up and enter one of your own Christmas Quilts.

My quilt was made from a pattern I got as a gift from my mom one year. I shopped with her for the fabrics and now I have a very special Christmas quilt to hang each year. The pattern was from a quilt shop in Delaware but is no longer available for purchase.

Hope you enjoy the show!

I'm breathless!

Viki turned this
Into this! Go to her blog to see a few more pics! Isn't it wonderful! I can't wait to see it in real life and touch it!

Why I've been quiet

Some of you are probably wondering where I've been and what I'm up to? Well I"m busy finishing up xmas gifts! And I can't share yet because the receivers read the blog! But I'm getting close to being finished with them.

Went shopping to Cedarburg Wisconsin Friday with a friend. We stopped at Ye Olde Schoolhouse Quilt Shop which was in the recent top 10 quilt shops. Oh my goodness - was it wonderful. Here are some pics of the shop.

No I have no goodies to share. I've been put on a "No quilting things" diet. Now that could be really hard and tough for me. But I have a good reason!..........

I'm going to Australia!!!!! Can you believe it! I"m so excited! I"m going for just over 2 weeks in April. I"m going to visit my friend Jody and will be seeing Sydney and Canberra. I can't wait to go! So the condition of the trip was to spend no money on quilt stuff between now and then. I can do that so I can see my good friend Jode!

Oh and before I close a few shots of the old Mill in Cedarburg and the Dam next to it.

Trick or Treat

My treat for the day! The trick - someone told me these had 0 calories! And yes I know they are on a xmas plate, I had to use my new plate for something!

Halloween Quilt Contest

Quilting Gallery is having a vote for Halloween quilts this week. Fly on over and vote for my "Pumpkin Bouquet" or your favorite quilt.

And the last 2 done!

Aren't these last 2 the cutest! Now to decide who gets which one!

I'm a bit behind with putting out fall quilts - so I finally got out my favorite seasonal quilt - the wild turkeys!

And my fun Pat Sloan Pumpkin quilt.

Don't forget my fun turkey wool mat! And Crow/Pumpkin skinny wall hangings!

And then my Turkey Pumpkin shelf sitter - but then I leave that out all year just because I LOVE it!

2 more done!

2 more done!

Christmas Baubles

While at mom's I started on my Christmas Bauble ornaments. Aren't they cute! Got these 2 done. I'm making 4 more of different designs. If your interested in the pattern it is called "Xmas Berry Baubles" by Hatched and Patched in Australia.

A few treats from my trip

I've been gone the last week and got a few treats. The above Polish Pottery plate is from my sister! Isn't it wonderful!

And I picked up a few pieces of wool in colors I needed along with a really fun Christmas project book. Thats it for now. I"m exhausted and need to just chill a bit!

A little eye candy

So I had this infatuation with Miss Rosie's Short Line pattern, but I have so many xmas things I need to finish I knew I didn't need to make one. So I took the leftover fabric from the bags and made just a little quilt. Just enough to get it out of my system!

And check out the AWESOME fabric I won on "Melly and Me's" blog! This for sure will make something very special.

Fig Tree Bags!

Yup, they are bags! I made 3 of them from the pattern Joanna Figueroa sent me from her giveaway. Aren't they cute! And check out the cute fabric I used for lining!



And check out the cute pillow cases I made. I just had to use that adorable fabric for some pillowcases. 2 regular size ones and a travel pillow size one!

Ummmm - What will it be?

Things are just Figgy!

Look what I made this weekend! 2 fig pincushions that I won from Fig Tree Quilts! Aren't they cute!

I also made this fabric basket. I love how it turned out but boy it was harder than it looks. There is a really thick stiff interfacing (almost foam like) in each strip. It gives it a really nice firm side and bottom, but boy it makes it hard to sew!