Monthly Archives: April 2010

Birthday Gifts

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Last Saturday, the 10th, was my birthday.  I celebrated by having a sewing bee with all my girlfriends and sewing the day away.  A lot of us stayed from 9am to 11pm. 

Though I wasn’t expecting anyone to bring me gifts, a lot of the gals did (and my lunch (Thanks Joan!) and dinner (Thanks Noelle) were bought by others).  It was the best birthday ever.  My husband was a bit miffed that I wanted to spend the day out, but it was exactly what I wanted to do on that day – sew the day away.

Gift from Kristin 

This gift was from Kristin.  Isn’t it the most darling thing ever??  I absolutely love the pins in it. 

Lila's Gift 

I got some glo-line from Lila.  I had asked everyone the day before if someone could loan me about 5” of it for a project because I couldn’t find my three rolls that I had- so she got me some.

Serena's Gift

This came from Serena, a fat quarter set and a candy lei.  She also brought a YUMMY cake that was beautiful that I forgot to take a photo of.

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This came from Linda S.  Some very pretty batiks in a Jelly roll!  I think I am going to make a Pineapple Blossom with it.

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Isn’t this the cutest card ever???  Susan gave it to me and said she had it for a while and then never could figure out who to give it to until she started calling me “The Queen Bee” since I host a monthly quilting bee.

Susan's Gift

Susan also gave me some green charm squares in the cutest bag.

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Susan also made me a cake.  With HOMEMADE chocolate icing.  I have never had that before and oh my it was yummy!

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Ellen handed these to me and said “oh this is nothing special.  Well, Ellen, I broke a needle not an hour later and didn’t bring any with me.  So yes, it was a perfect gift!  Love the box it came in!

 

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Tahmi gave me some cute green fabs knowing that my favorite color is green.

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Connie brought me this paper lei.  Oh my goodness it is beautiful! 

I forgot to take a photo of the cute little coin purse Roxy made.  I love it because my money floated around my purse and now I can keep it corralled.

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This wasn’t a birthday gift, but a “thank you” gift from Carrol for helping her with a digital graphic.  Isn’t these just darling?

Lastly,  my husband got me the large one of these "(6’ x 6’):

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It was just ordered today and may take a while to get here (the slow boat to Hawaii, ya know).  But I am excited about it.

Hope you have a great day!

Emma’s Legacy Top Done

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Last Saturday (has it really been a week already??!!??), I finished my Emma’s Legacy top.  It is not like the pattern from Miss Rosie’s Quilt company that it is based from.  For one, the outer border is a piano key border and not a solid fabric.  Second, there is only inner and outer borders on three sides – the top will be a pillow tuck and then just drop on the sides and bottom.  Lastly, the diamonds are going side to side vs. up and down from the pattern. 

Emma’s Legacy Sneak Peak

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Here is a peak of my Emma’s Legacy quilt (pattern by Miss Rosie’s Quilt Company).  I have only one more piano key border to make and then I will be done with the top.

I won’t be able to take a picture until Saturday’s bee since I will need major help holding it up for a photo…  it is slightly larger than a queen-sized quilt – approximately 96” x 112”.  It has enough for a pillow tuck plus a 8+” drop from the mattress edge. 

Yes, this one is for MY bed.  I am going to order backing fabric and have it quilted by my friend Susan.  VERY soon.  I want to be sleeping under it by no later than July.  Maybe then I can persuade my husband we need a new bed.

The fabric in the top is Sultry by Basic Grey (Moda).  I got the Fat Quarter bundle for Mother’s day last year and then ordered some honey buns to make the piano key border.

I would love help with naming the quilt though.  Emma’s Legacy was the pattern I based the quilt off (making some changes, of course) and the only Emma I know is a pug.  Any ideas?

Hearth & Home BOM – Month 1, Block 2

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Yea!  I just got these in the mail yesterday and they are already completed for the month!  I have also found that I should just redraw these in EQ and then print the templates to match up with my Marti Michell templates and not use their directions.  I tend to do much better with my own way of doing this than following other’s directions.

On to another project today – can I get caught up with my 2009 designer mystery bom?  We shall see.