Learning my ABCs

Hello!  I know it.  It's been a while.  My summer "theme".  Our summer has been moving steadily ahead.  In fact, it's almost over!

In 3 days, we're headed here:

Going to party it up.  Celebrating Punk's 9th birthday and our 10th wedding anniversary.  This year she will be turning 9 AT Disney World.  She is soooo excited for that.  The day after we get back, my 4th grader heads back to school.  She's excited to start 4th grade and I'm happy she is excited.

I have been doing some sewing.  I started and finishd my ABCs in 2 weeks.

Moda did a blog hop back in February and all their fabric designers (and others) created the letters and Moda offered the letter patterns for free.  I followed along and downloaded all of them.  I have since found out that Moda took down their links to the free letters because they put all the letters into one PDF file and some online shops are selling the PDF for $8.00.  I'm not sure how I feel about that practice.  A bit shady to me.  But I have them all printed out and saved so I'm good.

I do love this quilt.  I was hoping to hang it on my bedroom wall but it's too wide for the rod hanging there already.  I hate to use it because while I love the black background and how it makes all the colors pop but the lint and cat hair it collects.... UGH.  I have lint brushed this thing numerous times while sewing it.

I got another quilt done and off my bannister.  Morning Joe is on my bedroom wall and I just love it!

Not sure what I"m going to work on now.  I have been creating some appliqued owls for a quilt but they take forever.  I work on them when the need strikes.  I think what I'm going to do it work on getting fabrics cut for the free pattern that the Fat Quarter Shop launched a few days ago, Fat Quarter Fizz.  Quick and easy and again, using up that stash!

Enjoy your day!!
Jen  :)

Keeping that momentum going

I'm on a roll over here.  I got another project done over the holiday weekend.  Morning Joe is finished.  It's also too big for the space I wanted to hang it once it was quilted.  It is now going to hung in my bedroom.  I have the perfect wall space for it.

I'm on a roll with this sewing.  I got all the blocks pieced for my husband's quilt.  I'm doing a simple rail fence pattern for him.  Quick block construction.  I just need to lay it out and figure out if I need to get a couple of 1/4 yard cuts to make a few more blocks.  I have 78 6.5" blocks but don't know if it's going to be big enough for him.  Once I get moving a bit further on this, I'll show you.

Enjoy your day!
Jen :)

Cuppa Joe on High Street

I'm starting strong and am working on my 2014 goals.  I want to make 4 new Schnibbles for dining room wall.  One of them will be Christmas themed because what I have for the wall for Christmas is just too small for the space.

I forgot that back in November I ordered 3 new Schnibbles PDF patterns.  I dug around in my email for them and in my stash for the perfect charm packs to use.

I decided on Morning Joe using High Street by Lily Ashbury (link to mini pack.  I'm using full sized charms).  I confess - I was hoarding High Street.  I couldn't bare to use it but then what's the point of having it??  I do have a layer cake from the line as well.  I will find use for that too somewhere.  2014 will be my year for stash busting!  HA!  Probably not but I'll give it a try.  LOL!

This is going together pretty quick.  I have 3 blocks completed so far (in 3 hours over two nights), another ready for piecing and the 5th mapped out.  I'm not one to follow the instructions in the pattern and cut out and make 100+ HSTs and THEN start putting blocks together.  I wing it and cut/piece blocks one at a time.  I audition charms as I go along and lay things out.  I like the instant gratification of seeing blocks not pieces of blocks.  :)  It works for me.

So far, so good.  I'm pleased.  My husband is working the next 2 nights so after Punk heads to bed, I plan on sewing for at least an hour each night. I would like to get this completed by the end of January so that I can turn my focus over to my husband's birthday quilt.

Enjoy your day!

Jen  :)