4/19 April Tag & a little sewing

This month Joan is asking a few questions about our magazine preferences for the Charming Girls Quilt Club April Tag.

1.which magazines do I prefer???
Here are just a few from my collection;

Funny how those I chose were all in the orange/yellow colorway and then my lighting didn't help matters much. I don't subscribe to the magazines because I like to look through them first to see if there is anything I would make. If I were to subscribe to one it would be the Quilts and More most likely.

2. have I made any projects from the magazines?
3. would I show them?
College girl saw this quilt while I was flipping through the magazine and fell in love with it.


So I made it with almost the exact same fabrics. This was her freshman year of college quilt;


Then I made a purse following these directions;

College girl picked the fabrics out for this one. She likes it but really prefers a bigger bag.


Another bag that I made;


I made this for an auction. The checkbook cover was made using a tutorial found at Crazymomquilts(did you hear she is coming back???!!)


Finally, I did get a little sewing done this evening - very little.

The binding for the Blush table runner. I need to finish getting the POSH binding glued to the back of the quilt so that I can get to stitching that at home and I need to get the Blush binding attached so that I can take that with me on Friday. Possibly the Verna quilt will go along with me as well.

I vacuumed my sewing room today which has to be done with the hose attachment because there was SO much thread on the floor it would just get tangled in the beater brush. Well it looked so good when I was finished that I decided to clean off my sewing tables as well as my cutting table. They were quite the mess and it took me a couple of hours but it looks so much better now. I just smile every time I walk into the room. I kind of don't want to mess it up by sewing!! That won't last long though. :) Hubby walked in, noticed right away and was surprised. I had to have my son take a look around and be more observant, he then asked when I was going to clean off the scrapbooking side of the room. **rolling my eyes**

The giveaway post is getting lots of comments! Don't forget if you want to enter the giveaway you need to comment on THIS post (and follow the rules so you can get three entries!).

Praise - the septic tanks were pumped and passed inspection! One more thing checked off the list!

Prayers - that my son would stay on task and finish his Biology course this week.

Janaury TO DO list

I can finally post my to do list. I wasn't going to allow myself to start anything new until those labels were made and sewed to the quilts. CHECK! WHY oh WHY did I procrastinate on that? It really didn't take much time at all. I hope to get them in the mail this week. I took a picture of the coin quilt and I will post that soon.

Soooo for my Charming Girls Quilt Club projects for the month;
a pile o' scraps, some Insul-Bright and lots of bias tape;

The plan is to make an assortment of potholders for my friend PINK. Her mom is going to sell them at the small town restaurant she works at to raise money for PINK'S Relay for Life team.

With this Blush charm I am going to make a table runner for myself. No pattern. Just use as many squares as I can of this gorgeous fabric. It will be like the Sultry runner I made a couple of months ago.


With this Blush collection I am going to make another Scruffily quilt found at the Moda Bake Shop. This is going to be for an auction held in town to raise funds for a sheriff that is no longer able to work due to health issues that have yet to be diagnosed. He and his wife are members at our church as well.


I'm hoping to make a table runner with this Flirtations charm pack. No idea yet on which pattern. Maybe like those I made in December from the Charmed and Dangerous book or maybe another like the Sultry runner. This will also be for the sheriff's auction.



It looks like lots of LOVE-ly fabric this month. I can't wait to get started!

Praise - college girl got back to school without incident. The train was about 45 minutes late but not as late as they should have been (according to when they left here). They made up time along the way.

Prayers - for the young sheriff and his wife. They are so discouraged that they can't get a diagnosis and start some sort of treatment. They are trying to rest in God's arms and trust Him. I know it can't be easy.