I finished this log cabin block quilt today made with Riley Blake Design fabrics. I am usually such a copy-cat so I forced myself to sew without a pattern this time. I think it turned out pretty cute. It is really all about the adorable prints and fresh summer colors of the fabric. The design is a basic log cabin block with sashing and posts and simple straight “stitch in the ditch“ machine quilting. It was a fun and quick project and a good use for fabric bundles.
Log Cabin Blocks
Love this Label
I love embroidering so I decided to design the label using a blue erasable marker and incorporate a few of the motifs and colors of the fabrics. I enjoyed sitting in the backyard by the pool and keeping an eye on “Casey” and my sons puppy “Coot” while I stitched the label.
Log Cabin Summer
Log Cabin Summer, May 2012
Log Cabin Summer
"Coot"
Confessions of a Fabric Addict!!!
Mothers Day 2012
What a great Mothers Day morning I am having! Happy Mothers Day to my wonderful Mom, whom I get to spend the afternoon with today. I must mention that I have the most wonderful children, and am so incredibly proud of them. My husband, what a great handsome wonderful man he is. Because of him I am doing what I love this morning. Quilting!! I am basting a quilt, drinking coffee, watching a movie, with Casey breathing down my neck. Last week I made an online purchase at Fat Quarters consisting of a couple of fabric bundles designed by Riley Blake Designs. When I received them I decided not to use a pattern and just start cutting and sewing. I also, wanted a speedy finish and decided on a scrappy log cabin block with white sashing and red posts to set off the beautiful fresh colorful fabrics!!
Last week I came across the Adorable magazine “Mollie Makes”. Feeling in the Easter-Spring mood, I decided to make one of the little mice that are featured on the cover. The pattern design is by ”Jenny Dixon” from the UK. I love how my little mouse turned out. This little one, is going to my moms house on Easter Sunday. I think I will put her on a shelf somewhere, and let my mom discover this little one at her leisure.
I finished the top of “Hocus-Pocus-ville”!!
It’s taken me 2 years to get to this point. It is still a work in progress.
A Sue Spargo pattern!
My Great Kids! 12/2011
My husband Craig set aside some time over the holidays to take a family photo of our three terrific children. The goal was to get a nice, recent picture of our kids to send to his wonderful mother-Gram. Everyone showed up on time, showered, dressed, and hair in place.
Our three children obviously had the same mind-set and were all thinking “Plaid”. Many pictures were taken on a beautiful sunny day in various settings at our home. Patience was also on our side that day.
This picture was the winner!!
I have to laugh out loud….
- Awkward Family Photo 2011
When all the pictures were loaded into the computer and the selection process was well underway, my son Stephen noticed this shot. This moment in time, may have been selected and been the lucky winner, if it was not for my son John, and his little puppy “Coot” in the background.
Jonathan, Laura, and Stephen, 12/2011.
Completed this quilt by Starry Night Hollow today, and renamed it “The Gib and Friends” A Christmas gift for my brother Rich and Reg. I loved making this quilt. It was fun, quick and easy! Rich’s dog Gibson is in the center.
Top Row from L to R: Annoyed Friend, Crazy Friend, Sammy
Middle Row: All the Guilty Goldens in the past, Gibson, Murphy
Bottom Row: Jake, Romeo, Casey
“Oooopsie-Dazy”
This Halloween quilt is what I have been working on lately. I’ve been working on Hocuspocusville by Crab-Apple Hill for the past 2 years, and now determined to finish it. Embroidering the last spooky house block, then will work on piecing it together. Planning on embellishing this quilt with some Swarovski crystals when I get it put together.
Grandmothers dishes was made in 2007. I accidentally made the label on the back to read ”Broken Dishes”, and decided to leave the label with the mistake. This was a fun quilt to make.
Schoolhouse quilt- started in 2004-finished in 2007. Was not that fun to make.
Hocuspocusville quilt, by 
