Sun's out...Spring's here...we're pretty sure!

Planted a bucket of bright yellow pansies just to make sure spring sticks around!! We've finally hit the 60's & are promised 70 degree temps sometime next week!

I really hit the jackpot at our guild meeting last night!!! Linda G. pulled my name for the fat quarter drawing & there were 23 FQ's to take home and dream on!!
May was the month for our little group to swap strips (say THAT fast 5 times !) Another beautiful bunch o' fabric!!

Spent my day off watching our Gracie, and gladly so....she had some surgery yesterday & is recovering very nicely. If we watch her, we don't have to put that blasted collar on her! Only at night or when we've got to be gone....I think her face says it all, how she feels about the whole ordeal! She's such a good girl... :-)
Happy sewing!! (happy Spring, Michiganders.......)

It's been such a lovely day.....

Woke up just in time to see the Royal couple walk back down the aisle and out to greet the 'wedding guests' waiting to catch a glimpse of them. May they be truly happy.....

Remember these??? Our little group's strip sets... Well, they need labels to go with--so, with some leftover white muslin triangles--I came up with these! Kinda cute, i'm thinkin'. (Hope the group thinks so too! ;-)

This cutie is LeeAnn, our houseguest for the weekend. Our BIL & Dad are away, so she's keeping our Gracie company. She's such a smart, pretty pup.

Have a nice weekend, all. :-)

top secret correspondence....

Who says 'secrets don't make friends'?? This top secret envelope came today. i followed the directions--inside i found something i've been longing to find & try!!

Bobbin washers!! From my friend Judy, or should we just call her 'J'?? One's already in the Bernina and she's seeming a little quieter...we'll see about the 'birdnest' prevention. Thankyou...J ;-)

My DD was sweet enough to come with me to The Village Quilt Shoppe in Lake Orion to help find a background fabric for the baby boy quilt. (This one's really giving me the raspberries!!) The calico was too busy, white is too--white! So this is what we decided on: Primitive Muslin by Primitive Gatherings for Moda.
Whaddya think?? It seems soft & restful with the busy blocks............

happy sewing....... :-)

Using the 60 degree Creative grids ruler on the baby boy quilt fabric. (ran out of a triangle up top, in the middle!!) Nothing sewn together yet...whaddya think??

i'll keep workin' on it--maybe i'll like it better as it gets bigger.....? Happy Easter all! Happy sewing!! :-)

delinquent blogging....

Blogging took a backseat last week...last couple weeks! Did gift a mug rug to my BFF i've known since 6th grade, Gail. She's a new grandma and will be happy to tell you all about Olivia!! Her birthday is 4-27 so she also got some thread and curved safetypins too. She's a beautiful, self-taught quilter!! The pretty Spring colored thread was for me--BOGO free at Joann's!!

Fabric for a baby boy quilt, due in August. Want to try using the 60 degree double-strip ruler i purchased when Penny Haren visited the OCQG.

Just a sneaky pic of the 'rose challenge' quilt ready to be quilted!! It's turned out so nice so far. I'll share the whole thing after June's meeting ;-) !  
Happy sewing & Happy Easter to you!!

Michigan Spring !

Pretty green shoots...soon to be snowdrops!! 45 degrees yesterday--77 degrees today! We'll take it!! We NEED it.
Not much sewing done lately. Had 3 four-legged house guests for 10 days. Their humans were in HiltonHead S.C. Maybe they brought these temps backwith them!!

Just puttered a la Bumblebeans 15 minutes with Kaffe scraps and cut them to 3" pieces. Perhaps a coin tablerunner for DD's dining room?? Not sure what color to sash them with...thinking maybe linen-ee??
Enjoy the wonderful warmth & sunshine. Time to check out the garden catalogs!!
:-)

just thinkin'........

Just thinkin'---Why did we get snow/sleet/rain today and the temp's going to 60 degrees overnight??

---Why did my camera break while i was taking pictures of this lovely brid-to-be at Haberman Fabrics on Saturday?? i had more pictures to take!! >:-/
---Without a camera, i can't show you the very cool paper-pieced block that a very talented new member of our guild designed and shared with us...but that's ok 'cause she's soon to be published and it cannot be shown before then anyhoooo!
---Who says things don't happen for a reason?? I'm Just thinkin' they do!! :-)