I'm Still Here...and Scrapping Away

 It seems like I've fallen off the face of the earth, but I promise I have not. I've been down in the sewing room every second of the day I can squeeze in.

You know how much I love my scrappy quilts, and when Bonnie Hunter announced her mystery last November, I knew it was going on the top of my list of things to do.

This year's quilt was...

The colors just melted my heart, and of course, that of a certain 5 year old who claimed it was hers before it was even done. LOL!!

I kept up with each clue weekly and even had time to work on another of  her quilts at the same time.

This is "Kismet". I actually saw the quilt on the "Quiltville's Open Studio" Facebook page, during the mystery.  With the gentle prodding of one of the members, I decided to take on the challenge myself.

It was so much fun to work on, that I found myself staying up to all hours of the night piecing away on it. The string blocks are pieced on phone book pages. 

One might think that my scrap bins are about empty after all the Bonnie quilts I've done in the past year...but oh NO!! 

About the time I thought I was going to put them away for awhile, I found another pattern on my computer that I saved years ago. 

Hopefully I will have that to share with you soon!

Sew, what's on your list of to-do's this year?

 

It's My Day...Virtual Christmas Cookie Exchange

I'm so excited that Carol brought back her holiday staple...

Her Virtual Christmas Cookie Exchange.

You know how much we all love seeing what's happening in our friends kitchens.

There is always coming good to be found!

So grab a cuppa of your favorite and join me while I share some "cuppa's" myself!

This is Angie Padilla's "Holiday Mugs" design.

It spoke volumes to me. Let's face it, there is nothing better than a cuppa of your favorite holiday beverage. I did a little adjusting on the border and rather than piecing it, I chose to use assorted Christmas fabrics and made prairie points instead.

Full disclosure...there are no snowy photos here. November was a completely crazy month, so I knew I had to get my project done and the photos ready to go early, for this hop. As you can see fall was in full bloom. It really is my favorite time of the year. 

The festive cups do bring out those wonderful holiday "feels" still.

Now to go along with all our cuppa's, I have our newest, most favorite cookie recipe to share. I know some of you have peanut allergies, so these aren't for you unfortunately. But if you don't,  you won't find a better cookie around.

These are Snoop Dogg's "Rolls Royce Peanut Butter-Chocolate Chip" cookies.

Even if you aren't a Snoop Dogg fan, you're going to love his cookies.

Unfortunately for my diet, they are a family favorite and seldom not in the cookie jar around here.

LOL!!

Diet??? What can I say...I have fallen off the wagon and right now, I'm not even sorry about it.

Thanks Snoop, I am blaming this on you!

Make sure you stop in and visit my fellow bloggers today. Leave them some sugar with a sweet comment, too

December 5

MooseStashQuilting (you're here)

Scrapdash

Sew Many Yarns

Happy Cottage Quilter

Days Filled With Joy

That Fabric Feeling

I want to thank all of you who participated and our readers for our 2 fall favorite hops. 

Carol and I sure felt the love.

Wishing you a  blessed and wonderful holiday season!

 

Virtual Christmas Cookie Exchange Blog Hop is Here

December 1 is finally here and that means it's Carol's turn to shine.

She's bringing us her yearly hop that puts a smile on our face and an inch on our waist!

So be sure you visit all our blogging buddies and see what's going on for their holidays!

DECEMBER 1^st

 

Just Let Me Quilt

Hill Valley Quilter

Karrin’s Crazy World

Lynn's Blog

Quilted Delights

Quilt Schmilt

Selina Quilts

 

DECEMBER 2^nd

 

A Quiltery

Ms P Designs USA

Bumbleberry Stitches

Texas Quilt Gal

Beaquilter

Quilted Snail

 

DECEMBER 3^rd

Just Because Quilts

Just Sew Quilter

Kathleen McMusing

Songbird Designs

Quilting Between The Rails

 Words & Stitches

DECEMBER 4^TH

 

MooseStashQuilting

Scrapdash

Sew Many Yarns

Happy Cottage Quilter

Days Filled With Joy

That Fabric Feeling

I will see you Thursday!

 

 

Circle of Life

 I am so excited to share my latest finish. It's been in the works for about 6 months. I just saw the Broadway play "Lion King" last weekend, so the timing feels perfect for this.

This is Jacqueline de Jonge's "Cirlce of Life" design.

I absolutely fell in love with it when I saw it, many many years ago. When I saw her in Houston at the big quilt show, the pattern just had to follow me home.

I have made friends with paper piecing finally, so it was time to dive into it.

While "Y" seams were a bit daunting to begin with, I survived them. I found that pins were my best friend on this one. For the record, I hate pinning things! HAHAHA

There are 24 different colors or shades of a color in this. I used mostly batik fabrics.

Seeing the progress was really exciting, as I worked on it.

Getting this far really wasn't as hard, as I had convinced myself it would be.

Here it is prior to quilting. Apparently I neglected to take photos of the final circle process. Now that was a challenge. The background is in 4 pieces, so there were some crazy curves to stitch, but that being said, it ended up fitting together and was perfectly square. Happy dance!!! 

I had hope to get a better outdoor photos, but between the shadows and the wind, it just wasn't happening. We are supposed to get weather coming in finally, so I wanted to get the photos done. I know it's November, but I am not ready for the snow to fall just yet. How about you?

What's in my future???

Well Bonnie Hunter releases her first clue for the yearly mystery quilt on Thursday. You know that one is a must.

But, I was gifted another Jacqueline de Jonge pattern for my birthday and yes...that one is calling my name now too.

See you in a couple of weeks for Carols

Have a blessed Thanksgiving season!

 

Abundance

 I am so excited to share this post with you. 

I've been working for months on a paper piecing project that has really stolen my heart...

This is "Abundance" a Bonnie Hunter scrap quilt.

She named it that because of how many scraps are in it and she wasn't kidding.

To took over 11 yards of scraps (according to Bonnie) and much of it was done with as little as 1 1/2" scraps. See, there is a reason we keep tiny stuff!!!  HAHAHA

I love the optical illusion you get, because the white scraps are narrower. 

I would love to tell you I am now scrap free, but I would be a big ole liar!

For the world I don't know how that happens.

And that's what I have been up to!

What's on you sewing table?