Hoppy Easter! :-)

Not a typo, just thinking about that Bunny coming to visit tonight!

Had to share this little project with you. It is such a perfect size for those who either have little space or little time, but still love quilting. I found this little triple quilt hanger and pattern line at a quilting show here in town. I fell in love with all of them. They are Pearl Louise Designs and each quilt is 3 1/2" x 8 1/2". She calls them "Itty Bitty Quilts for Itty Bitty Places". You can find them at
Thimblecottage.com

All these pattern books that I have collected, ran immediately thru my mind. With resizing options, I would be able to work just about anything into something this size. What a perfect way to decorate for the season, or holiday. A fun way to celebrate a birthday with a photo of the birthday person or a small collage of photos. They would take little more than scraps to complete. I have been reading up on art quilting lately, and have started to collect supplies to play with it a little. I am thinking that would be a perfect way to show off my masterpieces when they are done. Sometime down the road of course. The one thing I have managed to learn over time is my first try isn't always the masterpiece that my mind thinks it is!! hehehe

I will wrap up this week by stitching down the binding on 2, yes 2 quilts that I not only pieced but quilted this week. It was a good week here. I love the feeling of finishing up things, and 2 projects in a week is almost unheard of for me.

Hope the "bunny" brings you all the things you love. I have just found the joys of Milky Way Carmels. OK, I confess, I broke into the goodie bag early. Between them and the Dove dark chocolate eggs, I have been a naughty girl this week! But it's worth it, and besides I hear that it's hormonal! I can't be held responsible for my hormones right? :-) :-) :-)

One more week and we can start hunting Easter Eggs! My hunt was this past weekend though. I am just back from a trip down to Pueblo, to a Quilt show. We hunted up some wonderful new ideas and saw some dynamite things. Wow, do those gals in the guilds in Southern Colorado do some great work. The quilting and designs we saw were beautiful. We turned the little trip into a great weekend get away. Rented a suite in a hotel and took our sewing machines along with us. I managed to finish piecing a quilt top from a class I took a month ago, and my friend got her blocks for a stack and whack done. Nothing better than a box of wine, a sewing machine, and friends to pass the time of day. No phone calls or distractions, it was a very productive and fun weekend. I highly recommend it for everyone to try! I promise to share some of the wonderful finds I made in later posts! Just want to keep you in a little suspense ya know!!!

The table runner posted today, is the one I sent off to my Quilted Table swap partner who lives in Australia. It is also from the pattern that the Valentines day wall hanging was from. I just changed up the colors a bit. The bunny is from one of my favorite baby quilt patterns Bees, Bunnies and Bears by Desiree's Designs. It just seemed to fit so well into this runner, that it has got my head thinking about parts of other patterns. If I took this piece of that pattern and that piece of another. Oh wow! I just might be on to yet something else that will make me loose some sleep. My mind seems to like to work best when my body wants to rest! Go figure. LOL!!

Today I am taking a class for the French Braid quilt. It is one of those books that I had to buy years ago, and have done nothing with. I am anxious to see this project by days end.

May your week be filled with good food, great quilting adventures and wonderful friends. Nothing beats it!

Table Runner Swap

Yippee! My first table runner, with the Yahoo Quilted Table swap arrived while I was gone. What a beauty it is. A big thanks to Chris from Alabama, my swap partner. The colors are perfect. My absolute favorites. Chris told me she is new to quilting and is teaching herself. All I can say is, if this is one of her first projects, she has a great start on this "quilting road" we love to travel. Her work is beautiful! Along with the wonderful table runner she sent along the cutest flour sack towel with an adorable little Easter Bunny on it. No one in this house better use this towel, it's just to special. It's one of those "for show" only treasures, way to cute to mess up on dishes!!! :-) Chris, I can't thank you enough, this is a first experience for me, and you made it so special. Your the best. Your wonderful runner will make my Easter table very special this year!

What a great way to meet friends, with "like" interests, across the world (yes we did have some from other countries). The one I sent out was to a gal in Australia. It brings the miles so much closer for us all. You don't need faces to know when you have a wonderful new friend and buddy in the quilting world to learn from. I look forward to meeting and sharing with many other's in the years to come. Bless the internet, it can bridge gaps and fill voids if you just do a "SEARCH" for something you love.

Hope this week brings you many new and wonderful finds!

Too Much Fabric! Is there such a thing???

My friend Tyna, in Alaska gave this to me while I was there. I just can't help but think it is the best thing I have seen lately. It's a wall decal, but I decided to put it on a frame and use a piece of a great fabric from Japan that another friend gave me for Christmas. I believe that Tyna found it on Etsy, but you can also go to FreckledHound.com to see more of these fun things!

An update on Mt Redoubt, it did manage to blow the night after I left. I am so sad. My dream was to get stuck up there for at least a month or so. No such luck! On a better note though, the folks in Soldotna weren't to impacted by it, at least so far. The most of it is going towards Talkeetna and Denali National Park. You have to feel for the folks in the path though. It will be a mess to clean up. I hope not to many of the animals are impacted by it all.

And the Wildlife

What can I say, absolutely the best!!!