April Lovely Year of Finishes

So I missed the sign ups for the March Lovely Year of finishes.

I had to make sure not to miss April!

One of my sewing goals for 2015 was to better myself in free motion quilting.

With that said, this month I am going to quilt this beauty and not use straight line quilting.

(straight line quilting is my 'go to')

This quilt was put together last spring and has been sitting in my UFO pile.

(along with a few other quilt tops)

It was put together using the Jelly Roll Race by Missouri Star Quilt Company.

You can find it HERE

You can put together this top in about 45 minutes,

so if you need something fast, this is for you!  Not only is it fun to put together,

but you don't know how it's going to turn out until you're done.

So if you're a planner, and want to be a rebel & throw caution to the wind,

grab your jelly roll and get started!

On another note, have you seen Lori Holt's new book, Farm Girl Vintage?

Lori is from Bee in my Bonnet and I have been a huge fan of hers for some time now.

I preordered my book, so when it came, I also received this free pattern, Canning Season.

For a country girl like myself, this is all right up my alley!

Here's a little close up of each block in the book.  I can't wait to get started!

Lori will also be doing a sew along as well.  Make sure to check out the details on her blog

HERE

This past Christmas I had made little zipper pouches for my brother and two nieces.

Well, I left my sister-in-law out of the mix.  It was one of those last minute 'quick' gifts, because I had to have something to put the gift cards in.  I didn't have a gift card for her, and I was only focused

on what I needed to do right at that moment.  

You know how it goes.

So I thought for Easter, I would find out what her favorite treat is and make her a drawstring pouch using this lovely material from my stash.

Using Kate Spain's Cuzco added with a beautiful aqua color from Bonnie & Camille (and I'm sorry I don't know which line!) you can't go wrong!

I used the 'cute as a button' twill for the drawstring, which I purchased from The Little Red Cottage

on Etsy.  You can find that HERE.

So....on to my 'out of comfort zone' quilting!

I wish you all a creative and sunny day!

xoxo

Cindy

Friday Night Sew In

Last night I took some much needed time

to lock myself in my sewing room.

I love Friday Night Sew-In's.

You can get the button for this monthly event

here

It was great therapy to shut the world out

and just be in my room creating all these yummy projects.

I got 2 quilt backs sewn together

and they'll be off to the quilter today

(thanks, Sarah!)

I have two more quilt backs to go

and then I will be caught up with those.

Melissa from 100 Billion Stars

designed this adorable tutorial.

I love her patterns.

They are so easy to follow

and the end result always makes me happy!

Plus, as you know, she's just one of my all around

favorite people.

If you aren't already following her blog,

you really should.

She has been a HUGE inspiration to me.

I used Good Fortune by Kate Spain

for everything but the strap.

For the strap I used Terrain,

also by Kate Spain.

(cause, you know, I think she's pretty awesome too)

Melissa & Kate go well together,

don't you think?

:o)

I also made this zipper pouch

using this pattern

This pattern has GREAT instructions for zippers.



I hope you all have a great weekend!

Mine is full of busy things,

so I'm glad I had last night to myself.

I gotta say,

I do like my own company.

LOL!

Make it a good one!

xoxo

Cindy



A Weekend of Sewing!

So I really shouldn't have done this,

but I spent the entire weekend sewing.

I just shut myself away in my little paradise.

The heat outside was unbearable.

The cool air of my sewing room

beckoned me to come sit for a spell.

And sit for a spell I did!

I played, and played with 

the fabric I won from Kate Spain's giveaway.

I finally finished this table runner

with  Sadie snoring away, of course.

I had this pattern, Henrietta, by Heather Bailey for quite some time.

I will definitely make another one.  I need more practice!!

But overall, I think it's pretty cute!  I even gave her some bling.

And then I made this cute little mug rug.

It's actually supposed to be a Christmas one, however

I really wanted to make this using Terrain.

It's by Jodi from Pleasant Home.  You can purchase it here.

 

And here is our sweet little K.C.  We've had her now for 13 years, but she's as spry as an

8 week old kitten!  If you're wondering what K.C. stands for it's
Killer Cat.

Seriously.

Sometimes she's  

possessed.  

If you have made her mad,

she will remember.

And she will plot revenge.

No lie.

Ask our dogs.

Even Sadie won't go near her.
K.C. tells YOU who's boss.

End of story.

LOL

And I just realized...this picture of K.C. is when I was sewing my

synchronized squares quilt

From ps i quilt.

And I didn't take a picture of my quilt top.

I guess that will come on my next post!

I hope you had some time just for you this weekend.

Seems like we just don't take enough of that.

xoxo

Cindy