My Lazy Daisy Party with a few of my friends

At my guilds meeting tonight I was a lettle nervous, but the wonderful ladies in my guild helped to make it easy.  I did forget to tell them about the "Crazy Daisy Challenge", and I am now kicking myself.  The Challenge is this:

Crazy Daisy Challenge 

This challenge is open to anyone who buys the 4 1/2 yards of Daisy Cottage Fabric for $39.95, and then Using the fabric in the package to create something.  There are prizes, and who doesn't love prizes.

There is also Christmas in July, for every order of $50 or more in Christmas products you will receive a FREE Tinsel Toes Essential Kit.

Christmas in July

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Happy Piecing sewing friends, and note to self: pratice, pratice, pratice needs to be done in front of quilting friends they are the Best!

Sheila

Sewing Orphan Blocks...

In an attempt to help my guild out, I decided to take home some "orphan blocks" that were brought to my quilt guilds meeting last Wednesday.  Trying to challenage myself to get outside of my comfort zone , and do more for my guild.  These are the blocks on the design floor at the meeting.

Elfrieda and I put these together on this design floor.

Loved the pink & purple, sampler in my future.  Now I'm not so sure. That center medallion is so "stretchy", and I am trying to get added on sashing's to relieve some of that.  All the while crossing my fingers that it will work.  Who ever ends up quilting this does not want all that "ripple" to try to quilt.  

Deciding that the 12 1/2 inch blocks could go as corner squares, (thank you Cappy) I came home and put these on my design wall.

Before any sewing

So, some sewing has been done, and hopefully I can get it together.  I have some orphan blocks of my own that I think might help out too.  So let the sewing help me to make a beautiful quilt top for October Quilt Bingo.

Hope to have some progress pictures later this week.  In the mean time, Happy Piecing.

Sheila

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June Special

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Getting a thing or two finished.

Not a whole lot, but small, and easy are sometime enough...

Quilt as you go Potholder 

Back 

I signed up for a Craftsy class, (Quilt as you go) and will now try something I have never tried, but wanted to try.  Could this be a Guild Challenge? (Not a Potholder)!  Maybe something a "Little more challenging"!  LOL!

Love my Manimal

This Faux Fur, blanket was the June Special called "Love your Manimal" by My Lazy Daisy.  So Easy kit, front and back sewn together leaving an 8inch open, turn rightside out, sew opening closed, edge stitch around whole blanket, FINISHED!  EASY = ENOUGH!

Daisy is just about ready

Oreganata Ruffled Tea Towel complete kit #50013-C $19.95 is around Daisy's neck, and Oreganata Mini Apron #50021-C $32.95 around her waist.  Daisy and I will be at "Summer Sunday Funday" at Fish Head Cantina 4802 Benson Ave., Arbutus, MD 21227 from 2PM - 6PM tomorrow June, 23...Hope to see you all too!

I'm getting things done today

Today I finally made it down to my sewing room.  The intention was to finish the "Baby Girl" quilt, and find the pattern for a table topper that I have made a couple times in the past.  Where oh where has my little pattern gone, oh, where oh where can it be?  So while the embroidery machine was quilting away, I was looking, looking for the pattern. It's now after 6PM, and said pattern is still missing.

Quilting in the Hoop (I love your Brother Embroiderey)

So while I was searching for that pattern, I found some orphan blocks.  I'm not even sure when these were made.  Now I  have to find the magazine I found this pattern in... 

Orphan Blocks unearthed...

So back to the old sewing machine, and a little mindless sewing while the quilt is being quilted.  Dinner, lovingly perpared by my man while sewing and searching for patterns.  I complete 6 strip peiced blocks, and quilting on the "Baby Mallory" quilt.  

Found Orphan Blocks, and 6 strip blocks on the left.

Baby Mallory Quilt

Close up of quilting (mostly done in the hoop).

So now dinner is complete, watching National's in the top of the 11th.  Minnesota just got a run 4-3 with 2 outs.  LETS GO NAT'S!!!

Happy piecing as much as you can, (Now that Summertime is here). 

Sheila

So where did May (also known as My Month) go?

Also known as my month because it's Mother's Day, our Anniversary, and my Birthday all rolled into the month of May which make it so.  My month has flown by way too quickly, but thats the way (Love) it goes.    The weather has been crazy this month, up one day, down the next.  But it seems to be going out with a "ROAR"!  90 degrees for the last three days of the month make it so... DSIL has a landscaping business so I have been watching the littlest Grandson during the day and then going to pick up my BFF Grandson from school, so not much sewing has been getting done around here.

View from our table at Hemmingway Restaurant Stevensville,   MD.

Mothers Day, May 12th was also "My Man and my Wedding Anniversary", so on Mother's Day, my fabulous children made a wonderful brunch for me and their father.  What's not to love about that? 

6 Day's later here come's my Birthday, and more Celebration.  (Did I mention, May is my Month?)  Dinner was made for me in my honor, complete with song and cake.  

Oh to be 25 again...

Very little quilting has been happening here I'm sad to report.  But I thought I should exit my Birthday month with what I can.  I have made it down to my sewing room a couple times and here's all I got.  

A Bingo Quilt

These quilt blocks were made by Charlotte's Mom (a fellow quilt guild/quilt bee member).  I plan to make a quilt for my guilds "quilt bingo" coming up in October.  Fun time, I'll post more at a later date.  

Sewing the Binding on a "Baby Girl Quilt"

Almost finished baby quilt for a Friend of DD's that she has know since middle school.  Completed picture to be posted later, still have some quilting to do, but I'm happy to say that the binding is on.

Petal Pusher's Kit & Freedom Party Banner Kit

This week-end I have plans to work on my "My Lazy Dasiy" Trunk Show items for my next scheduled  in home party on June 8th.  Looking forward to seeing Kathy and her friends next Saturday.  

In the mean time, happy piecing, and welcome summer.

Sheila

Quiting the Quilt

Today was a beautiful day here in the DC/Metro area.  Got up this morning and drove to VA to pick up my man who has been working for the last two weeks there.  He dropped off his rental car and needed a ride home.  My youngest daughter drove with me.  On the way back home we stopped off at Marchones in Wheaton Triangle for lunch, the best cold cut subs in the area.  From there we went to Sligo Creek Trail and ate our yummy subs on a picnic table in the beautiful sunshine.  Then driving home throuh Takoma Park, looking at all the neat houses, and neat little shops on main street.  I need to go back there, park the car and walk around for a better view.

Takoma Park 1883

Quilting the Quilt for about an hour before dinner makes this a really good day.  

Front of Baby Quilt

I pieced the back, and even pieced the batting.

Back of Baby Quilt

Happy Month of May, and happy piecing,

Sheila