CRUMB BAG TIME!~!

Last night I got another scrappy crumb bag out and dumped them on the table. I told myself I am only going to use what is in this bag and NOT get any more scrap crumb bags out! I ended up with 27 (9.5) blocks! So these were put in a storage bag for future projects. I told you I was sewing my head off!~!

XMAS PRESSIES

I have been sewing my head off!~! First I started with UFO blocks. I made the blue "Let it snow" wall hanging quilt from OOOPS!~! blocks. I still need to add a mouth on the snow man and quilt it. The other three items are mini quilts. I am making xmassy pressies early! I hope to have a full year done by the time Dec. rolls around. The minty green and pink are left over blocks I did for a baby quilt. I am going to add white sashing and maybe some applique flowers on the borders.

HOW to make a million HST easy!~!

OK this is how to make HST easy:

You take the width of fabric and cut strips 1/2 inch bigger than your finished needed (HST) square size. You lay the strips right sides together. Sew 1/4 inch seam allowence on the top and the bottom. You now have a tube if you were to turn this inside out, but don't do this. Lay your easy angle or wonder ruler (Eleanor Burn's flying geese or fons & porter ruler also does the same thing.) You cut a triangle out, then open it up to make sure you have the right size. You can either sqaure it up or adjust your cut so that you have perfect sized HST. Notice in the picture for the next cut I flip the ruler and cut another triangle. We don't want to waste any fabric! It kinda looks like the 1,000 pyramid quilt....rofl

Herer is a hint!~! You can lay up to THREE!~! sewn strips down and cut 3 HST EACH time you make that ONE triangle!~!

Fall has snuck up!

Today is the first day back to school (I will post a pix later) So today I plan on squeezing in quilting the fall mini hanging for the outside. I am going to try to sew some of my mystery quilt together too as I can't walk in my room until I do that...rofl

NUTS!~! There goes my clean quilt room!

I am on a roll! I am sewing my head off trying to get the new Bonnie Hunter mystery on quiltville.com done. It is called " and "Tobacco road" done in 1930's repo and I started Carolina cross roads in fall colors.

Round robin

It is kinda sad!~! I finished a round robin and it ready to go home. I got mine back (The one with the cute sheep already hung outside ). I guess I am ready for the next one!

This week I worked on California cross roads and started a new mystery quilt at quiltville.com. I am using all 1930's repo fabrics, so I think this one would be kinda cool! Right now I am making 933 HST!

Jesse at Tiger Stadium

Notice his broken left leg! Jesse is 14 and almost 6 feet tall.

king crumb quilt

Remember when I said that I was having a crummy week? Well I started to sew all those crumbs and then added sashing from bits and pieces and wala~ A king crumb quilt!~!

I got this idea from :

www.quiltville.com

What's one more??

OK when you have one.... what's one more??

It's been a crummy week!

Well, I finally had had enuf! I have several scrap tubs and 3 plastic grocery bags full of scraps. I sewed all my crumbs together that was in the grocery bags and ended up with a little more than 130 or so blocks. It took about a week to get through them. I still have 3 grocery bags full of crumbs and I am scratching my head trying to figure out how they multiplied! hmmmmmmmm???? Is there a magic crummy fairy??

This week was also my sons birthday. He is home on vacation from the navy "leave" for one month. He bought himself a chocolate tick beagle. He named him RED. I am so glad because the second choice was "nuggent" (as in Ted Nuggent). He is absolutely adorable but I am banned from playing with him cause the boys told me I might mess his "nose" up! Have you ever heard anything so silly?? But while they are away I get my cuddle time!