A busy weekend.........

.....I met Mama Spark at Zumba Gold Friday morning for 10:15 a.m.
rushed home...finished vacuuming and showered
before my DDIL, Dniece and DGS arrived Friday in time for lunch. 
Mama Spark joined us for the day ....I made everyones favorite sandwiches......
egg salad, roasted chicken salad with red grape, and ham salad....
had veggies and dip and reduced fat kettle chips...
Mama Spark brought rice krispie squares and chocolate chip banana bread
and I had oatmeal raisin and chocolate chip cookies....
everything was YUMMY and
then we headed to the basement to SEW and sew some more

My Dniece finished a baby quilt....Eat, Play, Sleep, Repeat quilt...
and started working on another Moda Bake Shop quilt. Not sure the name of it...
She had a very good sewing weekend....
as did DDIL who worked on her DD1 quilt and
2 twin size quilts will be going to Liz's for quilting on Friday....
DD1 will be sEw happy to get her new quilts.....Heather Ross fabrics...she is excited!!
I'll take pictures after they are quilted. 

For supper I made 2 pasta dishes ...
chicken breast with alfredo sauce and orecchiette pasta
and ruffles pasta with meatballs....
caesar salad and flat bread....
thanks for the picture Mama Spark...she is always taking pictures.

After dinner we went to the basement to sew again......
...it was Heidi's Friday Night Sew In.

 Mama Spark left about 9 o'clockish 
..... the rest of us called it a night around 11:00 p.m.

I didn't take any pictures......bad ME!!!

Saturday we did a little shopping...
.....Target, Kohl's, Joanne's Fabrics and Bath and Body
then it was more sewing....
...in the a.m. DH took DGS to Liz's farm and dropped off 3 for Liz to quilt
.. he loved the farm but Mr. Rooster wasn't happy!!
and then to the movies in the p.m.
Sunday DDIL and Dniece did a little more shopping....
....had lunch and headed out before the storm arrived.
They made it back to Canada without any bad weather.

It started snowing here around 1:30 while I was at JAF's
looking for medium size brown ric rac.
We got about 12" of heavy snow....and we are suppose to get 2 more storms this week.
I've just about had enough of Old Man Winter!!!!

To day was quiet....I sewed on my secret project....
and finished block 2 of Little Miss Shabby's Birdie BOM.
....they look sEw darn cute....

Hugs and Happy Stitching

♥HAPPY VALENTINES DAY♥

and the winner is.............StitchinByTheLake.  

She chose the Lily and Will II charm packs.  

Thank you for all your wonder comments. 

Please visit often.......I do have more tips to share.

I am stitching the free Birdie BOM from Little Miss Shabby.....block one is finished.

I'm using Moda's 'Dream On' by Urban Chicks......love how this block turned out:)

sorry about the next picture...it is bad....yellow

hugs

Giveaway ends soon....

.....my giveaway is ending Monday February 14

...GIVEAWAY ENDED...

Valentine's Day

Four easy steps to WIN.  Here they are again....

• Leave a comment on 'Sew We Quilt @ Stash Manicure'
• Leave a comment on my blog.
• Be a follower of Stash Manicure
• Be a follower of QuiltnQueen

I have received a number of comments on both blogs that had a no-reply email. 

I must have a way to contact you...or I will draw another name.

The no-reply emails do make me sad..... :o(

I would like to thank everyone for your comments...
loved reading every one of them.....

you made me smile and I had a few chuckles :o)...

I had a few direct questions that some asked and I will email you direct....soon, I promise.

A number of you mentioned you were going to try the 3/8" seam allowance 

to stitch your binding to your quilt.

Just remember......

 ....if the outside edge of your quilt does not allow for the wider seam allowance
because of stars or triangle points being chopped off
you would have to use the 1/4" as usual.

The 3/8" seam allowance works best with quilts that have a
......plain border...a piano key border...watch for points.


....my first mug rug

hugs

I'm a guest blogger on Stash Manicure....

I feel as I've been preparing to go on a trip and the day has finally come

.....just a wee bit excited 

.........my first time as a guest blogger at Stash Manicure.

I'll be talking about :

BINDING:

PREPARING YOUR BINDING,

CORNERS,
AND JOINING YOUR BINDING ENDS

There are many ways quilters attach and complete the binding process.  

To some... this is the part of making a quilt a lot of quilters struggle with. 

Hop on over to Stash Manicure 
read my tutorial and then come back and enter my giveaway:)




The winner will be able to choose their gift...

1. The table runner is quilted, bound and ready to gift....or
2. Two charm packs of Lily and Will II....or
3. Visit Crazy Quilt Girl Fabric Shop and if you see 2 charm packs
you can not live without.... let me know which 2 they are.

TO WIN....

...be a follower of Stash Manicure and leave a comment on Stash Manicure

... follow or become a follower of my blog QuiltnQueen
leave a comment telling me which one of the 3 prizes you would like to win
just say 1, 2 or 3 then
.....tell me something... like......what you found most useful about this post
or say "that is exactly how I bind my quilts" or
.....something like I've got # sewing machines.

Just one comment on Stash Manicure and

one comment on this post.

Please make sure I have an email to contact you.

The drawing will be on February 14...Valentines Day

I hope you enjoyed my post....Thank you for your comments:)


 

Here is a summary of the tips in my tutorial.

1.  Use a walking foot to attach your binding to your quilt.

2.  Always start with square corners....square up your quilt with a large square ruler.

3.  Always leave the binding tails about 12" long and your opening about 18".

4.  Pin a pleat in your quilt at the opening before joining your binding ends.
(this makes it easier to work with the binding ends)

5.  The width you cut your binding strip...say you cut it 2 1/4"
OK then.... the amount of extra binding you will need is 2 1/4"
when using the 45 degree angle method to stitch the binding ends together  .

Do you want to know why I use a piece of my binding to measure...
I know it is the right length ....and I don't have to look for my tape measure.
Accuracy is important for the binding to fit perfectly flat in the opening.

If you have any questions...... send me an email and I'll be glad to help.
You will be surprised how easy it is.

************GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED************

Hugs from Michigan