More Embroidery and Crocheted edgings...

The embroidery was completed on some tea towels a long time ago.

They were tucked away in a box just waiting for the crocheted edgings.

Crocheting the edgings really don't take long to...not sure why I procrastinate.

Love all three!!

The apple pie is a free design from Kaaren at The Painted Quilt.

It was one of her First Friday Freebie patterns back in 2010.

The cute rabbit tea towels are Aunt Martha's iron transfers, pattern #3828.

They are available at Colonial Patterns, Inc.

I'm linking up to Finish it up Friday at Crazy Mom Quilts
and to Stitchery Link Party # 21 at Super Mom - No Cape

Have a wonderful weekend!!

Happy stitching!!

It's a finish...

...and just in time for Melissa and Shannon's ALYOF linky party.

Here is my May finish...it is a Many Trips Around the World.
You can find the free pattern here.
I decided on all pink fabrics and no borders.
...a peek at the back 

 and the front.

Thank you 
Shanna of Fiber of All Sorts and
Melissa of Sew BitterSweet Designs
for hosting A Lovely Year of Finishes.

• I'm linking up to ALYOF finishing party for May
• to Crazy Mom Quilts Finish it Up Friday linky party
• to Confessions of a Fabric Addict's Whoop Whoop linky party
• to Such a Sew and Sew's A Stitch in Times May 2014 finishing linky party

For the Boys Blog Hop...Day 7

Today is my day to share projects made for 'boys'...

...the little boys and big boys in our lives.

If you are new to my blog  
I hope you like what I have to share 
and will come back for another visit.

If you are a regular follower...
thank you for coming back to visit again.

 Eight more creative bloggers are sharing their day with me  
...make sure you hop over and see what they have made
...cheer them on with a sweet comment.

November 14^th

I like to QuiltBlog

Marjorie's Busy Corner

My Fabric Relish

Feathered Nest Studios

Moose Stash Quilting

QuiltnQueen - this is me

Grandmama's Stories

Our Busy Little Bunch

Words and Stitches

Thank you Mdm Samm and Amy for another fun blog hop.

Your hard work is greatly appreciated.
A big thank you to the sponsor of this blog hop
 Camelot Fabrics

I have a few quilty things to share with you today, 
all are easy and fast to make...

I hope you like them.

The first project is a donation quilt suitable for a sports enthusiast
and a pillow case.  
I made this quilt especially 'For the Boys' blog hop.
It is a quick and easy pattern...
cut, sewn, quilted and bound in a week.

I used a collection of sport prints from my stash
...soccer, baseball, football, basketball.
The background is Kona cotton...charcoal grey.
I quilted it with sports equipment and the quilting
 is looking much better than the first time I tried this pantograph.

 

 

The directions for a lap size 48" x 68" can be found HERE.

I called the pattern Cobblestone Path.

I am working on the the fabric requirements for 

quilts measuring 60" x 84" and for 72" x 84"

Follow me by GFC, email, Feedly or bloglovin

and you will not miss it...it will be posted on my blog.

A few years ago

I made a similar quilt using Fair and Square
by Amanda Jean.
I donated it to Margaret's Hope Chest.

Here are a few more quilts and things I've made...some for

big boys and some for little boys.

This is the second quilt I ever made...back in 2001.

It was a flimsy for a long time and finished it about 2005.

 It is still one of my favorite quilts...a quilt for my DH.

It is wonky log cabin blocks made with homespuns

and backed with flannel.  It's a cozy one!!

You can find the tutorial for the wonky log cabin block HERE.

This summer I made another chenille quilt, perfect for a little boy.

This is such a happy quilt.

...this panel quilt was a quick and easy project...

...and a quilt with puppy dogs, kitty cats and balloons

was a fun quilt I made for Quilts for Kids...

I used Henry Glass Happy Town fabric by Jacquelynne Steves

...this special quilted bear I made for my grandson.

He quilted the fabric and

I made it into a teddy bear and 

gave it to him at Christmas  2 years ago.

and last...what little boy wouldn't like a crayon bag 

to express his creativity.

Thanks for visiting.

I hope you come back for another visit.

You can check out all the FOR THE BOYS

projects on

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Happy stitching

Finishes this week...

...I'm linking up with Amanda Jean at crazy mom quilts.

...finish #1

a Tammy Bag made with 6" handles
 and two more that will be exactly the same that I hope to finish next week.

...finish #2

another Tammy Bag, 
and I have  a second one with the same pink ribbon fabric just waiting for the handle.

If you are interested in making a Tammy Bag you can get the pattern from

Madam Samm...it's in her Craftsy Shop.
Check out Madam Samm's Pinterest page of Tammy Bags.
I just luv my wee gingham bear...hand made and signed by the bear artist.
She is jointed and stands only 3-1/4" tall. 

...my 3rd finish is made from orphan blocks made into a quilt top.

A 'mystery' person placed the quilt top on the Safe House table in hopes 

that someone would take it home ...quilt, bind and label it.
It is ready to take to the Greater Ann Arbor Quilt Guild meeting on September 21st.

The 'mystery' person who stitched the blocks together was very creative...
I have another one to quilt but it will be for the November meeting.

I also made my last batch of hamburger relish.

...a reminder of my

September giveaway.

 I have another hand embroidered designs by Michelle Ridgway to giveaway.

I will pick the winner September 30th from all comments on my 

September blog postings.

The more postings you comment on in September ...

the more chances you have to win. 

till next time and 

happy stitching

It's voting time and a giveaway...edited....

I entered my Up Up and Away quilt 
in the Quilting Gallery Show and Tell 
Baby Quilts Contest.
It was a very last minute entry.

I love the simplicity of this quilt.
This is one of those quilts that can be as scrappy as you want it to be.
Up Up and Away is one of 16 Modern Scrap Projects found in 
Sunday Morning Quilts.
It is a book by Amanda Jean Nyberg and Cheryl Arkison.    

The fabric I used was Lily and Will II by Bunny Hill Designs and
 Moda Ivory for the background.
It has 589 little triangles....
You can read more in my previous post.



If you have the time to vote... 
I would love it if you used one of your votes for 
Up Up and Away.
The link to vote for your favorites is HERE.

****Edited****
Keep scrolling down past the voting area and
be sure to enter the giveaway by answering the question
"what is your favorite baby name".
To win...you have to leave your comment 
with your favorite baby name
on the Quilting Gallery post.  

The give-away winner will win a Rolie Polie of Ladybug Garden 
by Doodlebug Designs for Riley Blake!

Thanks bunches!!

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I'm joining Heidi's FNSI...
I'm glad I'm not the only one doing things last minute!!
I have lots of projects I'm working on, 
Here is a peek of what I'm working on...
It is the one on the left...I've had it traced and ready to stitch
for 2 years....I'm working on a dead line so I'm hoping
to get another UFO finished.

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***edited***

I'm linking up with CrazyMomQuilts Finish it Up Friday.

I'm excited to finish another UFO.
It has been about 4 years since I started it.
I still have to give it a name.
Bring on SPRING!!  The bench needs some flowers.

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Have a great weekend everyone...

Happy stitching

Pauline

A must have quilting book...

...called Sunday Morning Quilts.   It is a new book by Amanda Jean Nyberg and Cheryl Arkison.   I was thrilled when asked if I would test one of the patterns...thank you Mama Spark for suggesting me as a pattern tester to Amanda Jean. The pattern I tested was Up Up and Away and it is one of 16 Modern Scrap Projects found in Sunday Morning Quilts. The fabric I used was Lily and Will II by Bunny Hill Designs and Moda Ivory for the background.  It has 589 little triangles....

Up Up and Away

Last summer I was testing a pattern for Amanda Jean at Crazymomquilts.  When you are testing a pattern it is all hush hush until the pattern or book is released.  Well...I had completely forgotten about the quilt and had still not even finished it.....I do have a zillion UFO's...many stored in pizza boxes.  My DS bought me 2 crates of pizza boxes....a few years ago to kinda organize my UFO's. 

Well, Wednesday night I went to shut down the PC before bed and noticed an email from Amanda Jean.  She would like to blog about her pattern testers on her 'Sunday Morning Scrap' posting....this Sunday.  I'm in panic mode, not sure where to even find the quilt.  I knew the rows were made, but not all the rows were sewn together.

Thursday morning I found the quilt rows wrapped in a flannel table cloth that I use as my design wall. I had a busy day on Thursday and just had time to repress the rows and arrange the ones that I still had to sew together.  The rows are stitched on point and there were a lot of intersections that had to be pinned.  These are 2" squares. I had a quilt meeting Thursday night....and got home after 9.  It was 95F on Thursday and felt like 100F....and there was no air conditioning in the church.  To say the least I was whipped when I got home!!!!  I decide to send Amanda Jean an email to see if we could have another week or so to get pictures to her....she got back to me and she was going to think about it but would probably go with what the testers sent her and go ahead with the post this Sunday....in 4 days......I had to get my act together fast and get something worthwhile sent to Amanda Jean. I pinned, stitched and pressed 2 inch squares on Friday and finished the quilt top Friday evening.  I loaded it onto the long arm, picked my pattern and thread so I could start quilting it first thing Saturday morning.  I'm still pretty slow with the long arm but I managed to finish the quilt at 12:03 pm.  I trimmed it and decided I wanted to do a 2 colored binding, a little more time consuming and added pressure, but I wanted the back of the quilt plain.  I finished hand stitching the binding down about 8 o'clock....thank goodness it was still light outside for a few pictures to send to Amanda Jean.

I think I worked pretty good under pressure.  Thank you Amanda Jean for trusting me as a pattern tester and for getting me to finish one of my UFO's.  I luv it...it's my 'calming quilt'...all my worries are Up Up and Away.