9 Patch

Yesterday was National Quilters Day 

and I hope you all had a lovely day sewing.

 

I got a few things accomplished

 - one can do that when they wake up on their day off at 7 am!!

 

In amongst my cleaning and sewing I was able to spend some time with a dear friend,

chat with another lovely friend by phone and facetime with my daughter in London.

Can life get any better??

 

Terry inspired me to start a 9 patch quilt.  

I've been needing to start another baby quilt, this time for a boy.

For some reason I have an easier time coming up with girls quilts 

. . . maybe 'cause I'm drawn to those colours??

I think this is coming along nicely though.

Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone!

I have a interesting and funny story about St. Patrick's day.  I work at an educational institute where we have a number of international students.  I was doing the in-person registrations on this particular day.  A young gentleman came to register who was Russian and spoke very little English.  It turns out he was the same age as my son so we struck up a little conversation with his limited vocabulary.  At the end of the conversation, he said, I just have one question, "Why is everyone wearing green"?  The funny part is trying to explain to a Russian about an Irish tradition in Canada with limited English . . . it must have sounded quite comical if our conversation was overheard!

Enjoy your Sunday and remember to wear 'green'!

Shauna

Pocket Full of 'Posy'

It feels good to finish the top of my version of the  Stacked Baby Quilt 

by AmanadaJean of Crazy Mom Quilts

It's such a fast and easy quilt to piece together and so cute.

This is the second one that I've made.  You can see my first one here.

As you can see I used the fabric line called 'Posy'. 

Isn't it just so cute and dainty?

 

Working on my coins.

 

And the finished project . . .

I think this constitutes a finish . . . even though it's not quilted yet.

I'm linking up with Finish it up Friday hosted by Crazy Mom Quilts

and also with Michelle at Michell's Romantic Tangle.

Have a fantastic weekend everyone!!

Shauna

'S' is for Spring . . .

Last week we had a huge dump of snow and it's been a little cold too

but today . . . . .

is absolutely beautiful 

The sun is shining, the snow is melting, the mountains look gorgeous 

and the birds are singing.

Can it get much better than that for a Saturday off??!!

My front door has been looking a little bare since the Christmas decorations came down.

I decided that I needed something 'springy' to hang on the door so went down to the local craft store to see what inspiration I could come up with.

I came home with a large 'S' and painted it a nice 'springy' green colour.

Then added the daisies at the bottom and a lovely bow.

Here it is hanging on the door.

Here's hoping that Spring is really around the corner and not just teasing us today!

Hope you are enjoying your weekend and all it brings!

Shauna

Cuteness Personified!

My sister's birthday just past and I made a little bag to house the mug that I purchased for her.

I think this bag is the cutest thing ever . . . 

The colours are so delicate and remind me of spring!

As you can see it was just the right size for the box and as an added bonus I added the butterfly plate.  She loves butterflies as they have great meaning for her.

 

One last peek from above.

Hope you all are having a great evening!  As I speak it snowing again - oh I am ready for spring to come.

Shauna

Bagged . . .

. . . in more ways than one!

I've been sick for the last couple of days so I feel like I am literally 'bagged'.  

Only working two days this week but it feels longer than it should 

. . . looking forward to the weekend for sure.

Since this is a quilting blog, there is another reason why I am 'bagged'.

 I have caught the bug and have been in love with making bags . . . just last week I made this fabric basket.

My latest is based on the friendship bag by Rachel at ps i quilt.  I found a bigger version of it somewhere in blog land.  I'm sorry, I should have taken note where I found the bigger dimensions but didn't so am unable to give credit where credit is due.

But . . . .

 I think this the cutest bag ever!  

I just did a very simple zig zag stitch for my quilting.

Every hand work project should have it's own hand made bag, right?!

This one now holds my hexies so that I can carry them with me to have 

handy to work on where ever I happen to be.

 Linking up with Finish it Up Fridays.

Enjoy your evening!

Shauna

Quick Finish

What a fun way to spend an evening . . .

making the cutest Fabric Basket.  I used the tutorial that Ayumi made 

over at the Pink Penguin.  Go and check out her blog when you have a minute.

 

It only took me just over 2 hours from start to finish!

Ayumi's instructions are very clear and easy to follow.

 I'm sure I will make a couple more and I think I may try my hand at a larger one.

Look at the cute as a 'button' fabric that I've used.

 

Linking up with Finish up Fridays at Crazy Mom Quilts. 

Go and take a peek to see what everyone else is doing.

Shauna

Working Hard or Hardly Working . . . .

I've been revisiting a couple of the projects that I have on the go.

It looks like I am starting to making headway on both of them.

I have 33 of these blocks done up.  When I calculate I think I will need 36 blocks to make this quilt on point.  I've been wanting to make a Christmas quilt for some time time now so am glad that I've gotten this far.  

I'm either behind or well ahead of schedule for the holidays!

I prefer to think the later.

I will need to purchase fabric for sashing and also for the set in triangles.  

Any ideas as to what colour I should use?  

I've also been sitting and working on my hexies in the evenings and finding it quite relaxing.

I now have 38 of these completed.

I love them because they are so cheery and can brighten up a dreary winter evening.

Hope you all are enjoying your weekend!

Shauna