Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Fall is in the air !


Fall is my favorite time of year and with the cooler weather we have been having and the kiddos back to school I just could not wait to start decorating with my fall quilts !



Here is my new quilt ladder with a few of my quilts . I am really enjoying this ladder.
So nice to be able to display my quilts by the season .

The oak leaves and acorns have been keeping us busy in the yard . They seem to be dropping a lot early this year .

Happy Sewing

Sue

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Hampton Ridge BOM .... all 41 blocks done


Ta Da !

I am happy to say that I finished all 41 of my quilt blocks for HAMPTON RIDGE !



Hampton Ridge is a BOM Quilt you can see it HERE .  Month # 11 and # 12 are the finishing fabrics for this quilt.



















Just look how much fabric I had leftover from this BOM . Very generous with the fabric !

Happy Sewing !

Sue

Thursday, August 14, 2014

Quilters are the BEST !!!!!

 I had 2 wonderful packages arrived this week !

Midwinter red fabric and a DJ block !!!!!!




 Doreen of  Aunt Reen's Place  Blog sent me this DJ block that she made for me !

It is A -13  Starlight Star bright . Just look at the amazing piecing she did making  this block!
For those of you that are new to my blog Doreen is making herself a DJ quilt in pink & browns and she is making me DJ blocks too.  You can see my DJ board  " MY SISTER'S MIRROR " on the side bar of my blog. I am the luckiest girl in the world to be able to have my very own DJ quilt !


Kathy  blog was so nice to send me this Midwinter Reds fabric she had in her stash.
Can't wait to make something with it

Thank you Doreen and Kathy !!

Quilters are just the most generous people in the world. Wouldn't you agree ?

Happy Sewing !

Sue

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Hampton Ridge BOM update ... only 4 more blocks to go !

 
 Month # 9 Of my Hampton Ridge BOM done !


Just love the fabrics in these blocks with the gold, red and Chocolate brown











I have month #10 blocks fabric all cut out and I am ready to sit down and sew these last 4 blocks :-D



Happy Sewing !

Sue

Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Hampton Ridge BOM month # 9 & # 10 has arrived !

Hi !

We have had a beautiful week here in the foothills of California

It has been in the low 70's and we have been getting some much needed rain !


Look what I got ;-)


I am happy to say that my Hampton Ridge BOM Month #9 and #10  arrived in my mailbox Saturday
These are the last 8 blocks I need to make for this quilt.  HAPPY DANCE !


 I have already cut out all of fabrics for Month #9   Love the gold fabric !

This is the stack of the 33 blocks I have made so far.




                                                  33 down and only 8 to go !

Happy sewing

Sue

Sunday, August 3, 2014

Midwinter Reds Cozy quilt is a finish

Hi !

Hope everyone had a great weekend !

I finished my Midwinter Reds Cozy quilt .  Happy Dance !

The quilt measures 43" x 43".

I had some leftover French general solid red 2 1/2" strips that I used for the thin red border and I had just enough of the floral for the outside border :-D

So this quilt top was made with only fabric from my stash .



I went to my local Ben Franklin store and found this perfect backing  fabric on their flat fold table for only $5.99 a yard . It is a Anna Griffin " Fleur Rouge " fabric !  SCORE !

I also found a 1/2 yard of the  my border fabric on Ebay  that I will use for the binding.

Now I am all set ;-)

Happy Sewing

Sue


Saturday, August 2, 2014

South Lake Tahoe outdoor concert


I'm  Home :-D


Tuesday we went to South Lake Tahoe for a couple of nights with friends and went to the Journey and Steve Miller band outdoor concert at Harvey's that was Wednesday night




The weather was supposed to be rain & thunderstorms but as you can see by this picture it ended up being a gorgeous night



Hope you having a great weekend !

Monday I will post my finished Midwinter Red Cozy quilt ;-)

Happy sewing !

Sue