Happy Friday!

The forecast is for snow!!!!!  Yippee!  I love snow!  When Mum was down at Christmas, she made Daughter a pair of mittens.  Daughter has been asking for another pair of these because she lost the ones I had bought for her at a craft fair.  These are not just mittens, these are Text-Messaging Mittens!  Can you see the little thumb flaps?  Perfect for those cold texting days, don't you just know!?  So cool!  Daughter will be happy for these when she returns from her sunny vacation this weekend because the forecast is for nasty snowy cold!

I made a couple more stethoscope bags.  Daughter can have a spare and then one to share.  Snazzy designer fabrics or what?  Nothing but the best for these stethoscopes!

I had some lovely comments over the last few days but sadly I cannot acknowledge them personally because of no reply blogger status.  Please check to see if you are a no reply blogger.  Follow the instructions below and please check....

From Jodi's blog...
What is a NO-REPLY blogger? 

1. Suzie leaves a comment on Jodi's blog asking a question. 

2. Jodi has all her comments sent directly to her email. 

3. Jodi checks her email and reads Suzie's question. Jodi clicks reply. Shazam! Up pops Suzie's name but instead of her email address, it say's NO-REPLY. Argh! 

4. Suzie doesn't have an Email associated with her blog. So no one can reply to any of the comments or questions that she leaves. Boo Hoo. 

You may not even know that you are a NO-REPLY blogger. No worries. 

Follow these instructions to see if you are a NO-REPLY blogger: 

Sign in to Blogger and bring up your Dashboard or Profile Page. Click on EDIT PROFILE.
See the third box down (SHOW MY EMAIL ADDRESS) there should be a check mark in it.
and
Scroll down; see the section titled IDENTITY. See the box labeled EMAIL ADDRESS. Your Email address should be in that box. 

If there is no email in that box or if you don't have the Show My Email Address box checked. You are a NO-REPLY blogger. 



Have a super Friday!

Farmer's Wife Quilt Along: Week 32

Week 33:  Blocks #53 and #90

#53 Jackknife

#90 Storm Signal

Some fun little blocks this week.  I went purple for one  The purple scraps surfaced when I was cutting up scraps for the wonky star quilt.  I did not have much in the way of purple showing up in the farmer's wife blocks and I find a shot of purple in a scrappy quilt adds a little pizazz!  Obviously the Storm Signal block had to be, you know, stormy looking.

And speaking of signals, I am interrupting this blog post for a little speech about NO REPLY BLOGGERS.  I really like people to leave comments.  It totally makes my day.  I always reply to people's comments because it is really wonderful to be acknowledged.  For instance, this morning, a really nice person left a really nice comment but I cannot reply to her because she is a "no reply blogger."  I know that I have mentioned this before but I am doing it again because, well, I just think that some people haven't figured it out and maybe are wondering why they don't win giveaways or why no one ever says anything to them about the comments they leave.

Here is what you can do.  If you really want to fix it.  Kaelin had a great post just recently. She directed people to Jodi's blog for the fix.   Please check to see if you are a no reply blogger because I don't want you to feel ignored!

Work in progress...

I actually finished this quilt forever ago.  It sits all rolled up.  It is sandwiched and spray basted and is really lovely but I haven't quilted it yet.  I unrolled it a bit the other day and admired it.  But I still haven't started quilting it yet.  I put it aside last fall because I was working on Christmas presents but I also knew that it was really too big for my old Janome.  But now that I have my new Janome, I have no more excuses.  I don't even remember how big this quilt is but I am pretty sure it is queen sized.  It is a beautiful beast.  Super girly.  

I am also worried that once it is finished and I put it on the bed, that our geriatric kitty will do what she does on occasion and that will make me very cranky.  Let's just say that cat barf on such a beautiful quilt will make me more than just cranky.  I wonder if anyone has ever used cat barf potential as an excuse not to finish a quilt.  Obviously, and to quote one of my Kindergarten teachers, I need to, "Cowgirl up and get it done!"

Other than the beautiful beast, I have only the Farmer's Wife quilt to list as works in progress.  Not too shabby!  And I can list a finish this week too with my wonky scrappy little star quilt!

I will link up with Lee over at Freshly Pieced for WIP Wednesday!

What's in the bag?

I whipped up a little drawstring bag for daughter on Sunday afternoon.  It measures a strange 6" x 15" and is fully lined.  I used some thrift store heavy cotton twill for the outside.  Love those purple flowers and a very soft, solid purple vintage sheet for the lining.

Any guesses what it might be for?  The bag is to keep one of her Christmas presents safe when she tosses it in her bag on her way to work and back.

The bag is for her snazzy new, super-dooper, plum-coloured, zowie-wowie stethoscope.  The things we do for our children!

Anyway, after making so many BIG quilt projects, it was fun to whip up a little bag.  I think I might make her a few of them.  Just for fun.

Have a super Tuesday!

Wonky Scrappy Little Star...

 This is it!  A scrappy wonky star quilt is born.  I am totally over the moon for this quilt!  I love it!  Made from scraps, and measuring about 70" by 70", it is my first finish for the year.  I have also written up a tutorial for it as well.  Check it out!

I quilted it in white, using my built in walking foot, on either side of the seams lines.  The squares are four inch blocks so it was a whole lot of straight line quilting.  I think it looks great!

 And the back has a row of leftover squares to reference the front of the quilt, along with some green and yellow prints from the stash.

I used a blue on blue stripe for the binding.  It is something like "Basically for Kids" from Moda that came in the load of fabrics from the estate sale.  I think it works really well.

I will link up with Sew Modern Monday and with Fabric Story Tuesday and this quilt is part of the scrap attack over at Stitched in Color.  My scrap basket is pictured in her mosaic but I have less scraps now because of this quilt!!!!!

Sunday Stash...

Mmmm, yummy... fabric! (said in a "Homer Simpson donut loving" voice) I picked up some Ruby fat quarters in the after Christmas sales at my fabulous local quilt shop.  The fat quarters were buy two, get one free.  So I did.  I popped the thread spool fat quarter in the stack as well..  I have a plan for the Ruby.   I have a couple of Ruby charm packs to go along with the fat quarters.  It will all be transformed magically into a quilt at some point in the next while.

I had a busy day at the sewing machine with a quilt finish, a special little project and my weekly farmer's wife blocks.  And eek!  I don't have a quilt on the go!  EEK!  Other than the farmer's wife quilt, that is.  This will be week of thinking about fabric, I guess! Stay tuned... I will have pics of my Wonky Scrappy Little Star quilt tomorrow.

Have a lovely rest of your day!

Flea Market Finds...the first for 2012

I picked up these Royal Doulton Bunnykins dishes in 2 different shops over time.  But no grandchildren are the way.  This is just forward thinking for one day, far far away.

This pile of embroidery threads, a combination of silk and cotton and a mess of glorious colour was so cheap!!!!  They begged to come home with me and what was I to say?  

Let's not forget some vintage sheets. Mum found the brown one and the bundle tied with the ribbon came as a complete set.  The colours are kind of screaming the 70s but in a quilt they will work for sure.

The day is wet, gray and dismal.  Really quite mild for January but the rain makes it feel so damp and cold.  Thinking about daughter and her special someone jetting off to a sunny spot for a week.  So exciting!  Of course the mum in me will only be happy once they are back in one piece.  Have a lovely rest of your day!

  I will link up with Sophie's Flea Market Finds and Apron Thrift Girl's Thrift Share Monday.