Snap Shots of Sunshine

Sunshine feels good this time of year, doesn't it?
It makes my day!!
It makes my Spring day!

Fat Quarters Quilt Along......sounds like so much fun......and add some Sun to your life!!

Cupcakes 'n' Daisies

Thought I would add these links as I get BUSY BUSY on the Graduation Photo Quilt for Andrew...May 29th is his Big Day!!

Truly, have a blest day and thanks for stopping by.....if I can ever help you with anything, just let me know! 

Take The Time

I am busy "farming" on my FW quilt.....up to 34.....let's hear a YEY!!
wink!
Also, just do yourself a favor, girlfriend, and link on over to Amy Smart at Diary of a Quilter
and enjoy your tutorial on a bag that ends ALL bag tutorials.....it
looks to me as a perfect bag that can be done up in different fabrics
for different needs from going to the beach (yey, we are now just a couple
hours from the Atlantic "beach"....just sayin).....or groceries or going
to the quilt shows or guilds.....OR!!!......
Just grab it and grow!!....oops.....GO!!!......

Diary of a Quilter Tutorial

Quilted Blessings!!  Heading to do maybe up to 40 FW blocks after today....
haha.....just kidding......maybe up to 36!.......

Feeling Scrappy?

In a hurry today to get back to my quilt room so I can SEW on my "farm"
my Farmer's Wife Quilt....I did 2 blocks yesterday...
We planted 2 Asian Pear Trees and 2 Sour Cherry Trees this morning; they
were added to our orchard that has apples and peaches in it already and
Blueberry bushes.
It is just going to be fun to see it all come together and in a couple years really give us their
bounty......
So, now I can get sewing.........
Please take a trip to this blog.....She Can Quilt  and maybe get involved with the Scrap Journey. Her
badge is on the side bar.......what are your scrappy UFO's or already finished projects or are they still in the creative mode?........

Her Badge

Have a Great Quilted Kind of Day!  Blessings!!

Wounded?

This is just too excellent not to share......wounded?.....Ann Voskamp
has a way with words....because why?....because she has been
wounded...and offers insights.....not above them....but in them
with us.....

If we have lived.....we have been wounded and we wound.....

I hope this helps others......in a world that increases in wounds.

God Bless!!

and take time to Quilt.....it also helps heal wounds......

LaCrosse? Soccer?

So, the Grandgals are playing Lacrosse......did we know what Lacrosse was
when we were growing up?   Not me!  We played backyard games....Basketball,
Soft Ball, Spud, Statues, Badminton,   Hide and Seek at night......in the winter we skated
on a rink my Dad filled with water to freeze....our backyard was the first step
into our World.....

That World has changed but kids still like to be ......kids!!.....

So, one of our youngest Grandgals is now practicing .... playing....Lacrosse......
and we must say she will be "fearless"....she has abounding energy....she does
endless cartwheels (at one point down the hall at her school)....so here she is.....

Precious!!!......

"Sweet Caroline"

This will look so great
in a few fast years in  her Photo Graduation Quilt!!  LOL....

I found a great pattern for Andrews Grad Quilt .....  Angela Walter's own pattern at Empty Bobbins Sewing....I thought his pictures in the centered squared would work well.  The fabrics will be his interests....carpentry, woodsy and travel.......  His smaller quilt will be SOCCER!!.....What else?....
Lacrosse wasn't happening when he was a "kid"........

aren't we all still just "kids".....    wink

Empty Bobbins Sewing

Me?....I am Quilting, Painting, Gardening......SC......2 winks.....

Fearless Diamond

How are you at doing diamonds?  There are many helps with this
technique.  This is a very helpful video.  Get a cup of coffee and some
of your favorite fabrics and give it a try.......



Or try a .....Lone Star Tutorial

Hopefulhomemaker.com

Hope this gives you courage!!  Paper piecing is also a good choice....Fresh Lemons  is a great source for that experience.  Presently, I am doing the Farmer's Wife with paper piecing and it is my answer to small pieces and good points.......you know what I mean!!......

Blessings!!

It is ALL Hugs And Kisses

You know we just had Valentines Day a couple weeks ago now.  Didn't you
love to make those Valentine Show Boxes all decorated up to receive all your
friend's wishes when we were in Elementary school? ...sweet....cookie sweet too memories. wink

A few years ago when the Internet was new Sweet Helen  introduced me to the Aussie Quilter....she broke all the rules and added embroidery to her quilts and designs.....now she travels and goes to Quilt Markets, etc.....and the current show at The Quilt Show is featuring her technique of Applique.

Please enjoy two videos I found of hers on You Tube......LOVE IT!!!  and I say "bravo"  for her perserverence and hard work....and kindred spirit.

Hugs and Kisses (pinterest)

Quilted Blessings!!!