My Oh My!

It's been such a long while since I've been in blogland, and I've started looking back at some of my favorite blogs from way back when...

And I realized - I wish I could just sit and sew all day long!!

There are so many stinkin' cute projects out there, and I have a bit of a stash built up, but not enough time to stitch it all up.  :o(

It's crazy how much inspiration is out there on some of these blogs, like....

....this little diddy from Laura at the luckiest

....and this uber super cute one by Katie at Paisley and Polka Dots

...and how could I resist looking at these from Film in The Fridge! Even though I don't have any little ones around, they're still adorable!

There were so many more absolutely adorable and inspiring things out there...let me tell you!

I guess that means I just need to get kicking with my last few weeks left before school starts, and it shall start....Monday!  I so wish I could get crackin' tomorrow, but work must come first, don't we all know it.

I shall have some more fun things done soon to show and share, 'til then....

Hugs & Giggles!

Katy







Inspiration, Inspiration Everywhere!

I went downtown to meet with a friend for lunch earlier this week, and I saw quilt inspiration everywhere I looked.  Here are a few of my favorite ones!

 

What has inspired you today??

Always,

and two become one....

Tonight the Binding Buddies (Mom's group) and the Young Chicks (my peeps) joined forces and had an awesome night of craftiness!  There were make-your-own baked potatoes, lotsa chit-n-chatting, fobs made for scissors, and some fabulous show-and-tell!

My fobby spot

All of our finished fobs!  (I think most of us made 2-must have one for the big and little scissors!)

Me (Young Chick) ~ Baby quilt for co-worker

Me (Young Chick) ~ Sewing Studio wall hanging

Me (Young Chick) ~ Disappearing 9-Patch/Flair quilt

Me (Young Chick) ~ Batik Grandmother's Flower Garden

Me (Young Chick) ~ Kaleidoscope quilt

Me (Young Chick) ~ I-Spy quilt (finished a few years ago-mom is using as a sample for class)

Sue (Binding Buddy) ~ One Block Wonder quilt with original fabric

Russ (Binding Buddy) ~ One Block Wonder wall hanging for Sue's cube (original fabric on back)

Russ (Binding Buddy) ~ Stars & Stripes Forever wall hanging

Dani (Young Chick) ~ Disappearing 9-Patch/Flair quilt

Mom (Binding Buddy & Hot Hen) ~ Fabric for her One Block Wonder quilt

 Mom (Binding Buddy & Hot Hen) ~ Disappearing 9-Patch/Flair quilt

 Cynthia (Binding Buddy) ~ Easter towel

Cynthia (Binding Buddy) ~ Homespun 4-Patch Flip quilt for her Godson

Cynthia (Binding Buddy) ~ Homespun 4-Patch Flip quilt for her Godson (Back shown here - love it!!)

  Cynthia (Binding Buddy) ~ Bag made for Mom (her birthday gift from Cynthia)

 Deb (Binding Buddy)~ Fabric for her One Block Wonder quilt

Phew!  What a night it was!  Hopefully you got inspired a bit, maybe added a project to your never-ending list, or (like me) that much needed kick in the pants to go and get some PhDs finished!! 

Always,

 

Oh, What a Night!

Another great night with Mom and the quilting friends!  There was a quilt show and lecture at a high school near us, and fun was had by all!

Some photos to add to the inspiration binder:

{Sorry, I know they aren't the best photos, I was trying to take them quick before the speaker was to start!}

Oh, and the speaker was Maxine Rosenthal who wrote the One Block Wonder books!  And Dani & I got to be a couple of her "holders & folders".  Yeah, and Dani, Katie, & I were by far the three youngest chicks in there...


Speaking of which, us girls thought of a name for our Tuesday Night Sewing Date group...

3 Young Chicks & A Hot Hen!

There had been a lot of debating and laughing and such, but I think that is what we've settled on :o)

So Mom has her Binding Buddies, and I have my 3 Young Chicks (Dani, Katie, and me) & A Hot Hen (why Mom of course!!).

Such a great night, and so many more to be had....

Don't forget to sign up for my giveaway!  *Ends tomorrow night (3/5) at 11:59pm CST!

Always,

New Arrangement makes room for New Inspiration

Did quite a bit of work in the sewing room this weekend, lots of sewing and some re-arranging.

Two main reasons for the re-arranging:  {1} we canceled cable and now have antennas on each TV, and it just so happened with the old placement of the TV, the antenna had to go across part of the room and sit on my sewing table to get the best signal (meaning I had to reach over the cord to get to the ironing board...not so convenient); and {2} My sewing studio has been quite a bit in shambles as of late.

It has now become not only our second bedroom/guest room and my sewing studio, but also my "home office" for my business. It was quite disorganized and I didn't feel like I could really get anything done successfully when I was in there.  So after some thinking, and help from the wonderful Mom and Hubby (!!), I now have a more organized and function room once again!!

And as you can tell by the title of today's little "Chapter in the crazy life of me{!!}", with this re-organization and switcharoo came some inspiration!  While putting all of my fabric together (...I had so many little bags that have been collected over the past few months...) I found a lovely pile of "Wildflowers" by Heather Mulder Peterson (in the browns/reds/greens) that I had purchased from my favorite little quilt shop.  I still didn't have any idea what I was going to do with it, so I put it in a baggy and in the "fabric bin" it went.

So yesterday evening after I had put a few more things away and finished my blocks I received from the "No Sew Block Swap", I had this itch to pull those fabrics back out.  I started ironing and cutting, sewing and ironing, and just let my mind take over to see what would come out.  I worked a bit more tonight, and this is what I came up with!

I wasn't sure what I would come up with, but I absolutely love, love, love it!!  Not sure of the size at the moment (its all packed away in my bag to take tomorrow night for Tuesday Night Sewing Date to show the girls), but it is going to be a wall hanging {probably for my sewing room}.  And I am just in love with this little guy who shows up a couple times in the main fabric!
 

 
Cute, cute, sooooo cute!
 
Aww, how I love just letting my mind take over to see what will come out with a bit of fabric that I just love!  And of course just had to buy without knowing what it will turn into.  I'm sure we all have that disease, right???  {please say "yes"!  I'm hoping it isn't just me!}

Well, I guess that's it for tonight!  Hubby is already in bed and I really should be headed that way too!  Night and sweet dreams!!

Always,

Tons of Inspiration!

Today will be a photo-filled day of photos from my adventure with Mom yesterday.  We were off to a quilt show with a wonderful bed-turning!

First off....this was what we saw on our drive to the quilt show and back:

Driving through rural southern Minnesota on an overcast and snowy day leaves for a hard time deciphering the sky from the ground in the distance.

I want to make one like this for my sewing room!

Love the ruffles!  Someday I may

make the venture to do this....

Such luscious colors!!

Great edges!  Love that it isn't all just straight :o)

Curved? Who would've thought??

Oh how I love Figgy Pudding!

Beautiful Stack-N-Whack 4-Patch

 

Antique Grandmother's Flower Garden - Made in the 1930's

Antique Double Wedding Ring - Don't remember when it was made

Antique Signature Quilt - Made in 1950

Antique Quilt, Victorian Ladies similar to Sunbonnet Sue 

- Don't remember when it was made

Antique Applique Rose Bud Wreath Quilt -

Again, don't remember when

Mom - if you remember when some of the quilts shown in the bed-turning were made, let me know and I'll add the dates in on here.  Thanks!  Love ya!

So many absolutely beautiful quilts at the show, and so much inspiration floating around, I was just ready to get home and work on my flower garden!!

We're off to another show and lecture tomorrow for our Tuesday Night Sewing Date!  More pictures to come after that show!!

Always,

Katy