Catch Some Spring!

Spring Apron!

hanging temporary....blue blue blue?....

 Spring starts with beauty, even small bits of it....Hyacinth great fragrance....yellow daffodils......tulips of all colors....YUM!!  If you could make a diet of flowers we would be at a smorgasbord!  So, since my hub recently built my new open shelving in our cabin kitchen I thought it would be the right thing to do on my part .... add an apron!!....So, there you go....a small project but I hope a useful project and can be worn by my friends and family too!  I want to make some more kids aprons too....
Did you wear aprons growing up?....we certainly did and in my first years of marriage I did wear an apron,....then I got into just putting a cloth kitchen towel inside my waistband when I canned as the kids grew up.....I like both...and I am so glad there has been a revival of Apron lovers!  I have a couple from our kids Grandmothers and also Great Grandmother too.....
Quilted Blessings....Always!! Karen
Oh, a special thanks for our great cheerleaders and organizers of this great Blog Hop!!  Pig Tales and Quilts,  Madame Samm at Sew We Quilt,   Awesome job......again!!  Check out below for the previous sites that made Pompom projects and also tomorrow on the 30th...... it has been fun! See you later!!!....I am busy catching Spring!!
                                                                   April 29th

                                                                   Accio Fabric
 

Felt pompom flowers with embroidery work.

Quilt Smiles

Scrapbook Chickadoodle

Spring!!!

In The Sewing Basketm  ME! 

Life Quilts and Cats 2

Debby Kratovil Quilts

Just Let Me Quilt

Janes Fabric and Quilts

Meadowbrook

Accent With Amish

Just found a very fun Quilt Along, it has a video with it, ...thought I would mention it........Accent on Amish 
I think the Quilt is very pretty..... I am thinking.......

.....Have a wonderful weekend!!   Quilted, Of Course!! Karen

Weekend Qullting

The Blog Hop will be back on Monday and Tuesday.....Currently...I am
Busy busy with longarming a very special quilt for a extremely precious girl.....two of them actually.....here is my first one....using Wedding Bouquet on it (she is not dating yet!)
.....it is such a pretty pattern and it is going well....I just keep getting snagged up on the edge of each photo frame.. it just slows me down a bit that is all, that may be a good thing  :)
Please, enjoy a sweet weekend....we are, with the sun out and warm.... we plan to plant a few blueberry plants and rhubarb and our first asparagus patch....yes,  we will be telling the little rabbitos' to take a hike!!.....
Quilted Blessings!!  Karen

Hop to That Blog!

It is fun to encourage others to join in on Blog Hops....this is my 2nd one and it is great fun to see what others "come up with!"...we will be having this through next Tuesday...so come back and pick a blog to visit....don't be afraid to leave a comment!!...Quilted Blessings!! Karen

                                                April 24th

                                          Pig Tales and Quilts
                                         In Stitches and Seams
                                     Cherry's Prairie Primitives'
                                   Blooming Where I'm Planted
                                               Needled Mom
                                            Sew Many Yarns
                                         Moosestash Quilting
                                            Nutz 4 Redwork

                                                April 25th
                                                  Mhairi
                                                Just Sew Sue
                                              I Piece 2-Mary
                                       Get More Done...Today
                                               Scraps Of Life
                                       Dancing Thru Threads
                                                  Needled d
                                            Sowing Stitiches

                                                April  26th
                                       Cherry Valley Designs
                                            Feltfree Pa Alsy
                                              Love It Sew It
                                       Patchoul Moon Studio
                                      Dreaming in Patchwork
                                          In The BoonDocks
                                              Janes' Quilting

                                                April 29th
                                              Accio Fabric
                                               Quiltsmiles
                                     Scrapbook-chickadoodle
                           In The Sewing Basket----thats' me folks!
                                    Life Quilts and a Cat too
                                     Debby Krateovil Quilts
                                         Just Let Me Quilt
                                            Meadowbrook
                                                               
                                               April 30th
                                        Like To Quilt Blog
                                      Sew Incredibly Crazy
                                 Thimblemouse and Spouse
                                            Cate's Linens
                                   Around The Homestead
                                    Buzzing and Bumbling
                                  Les Passions de Cliodana
                                     Bumbleberry Stitches
                                            Sew We Quilt


Always Enjoy Life!!  Show a Little POMPOM in your journey!!
                                                                    

Sneak Peak.....

Just a Peek!!

HELLO!!
Just wanted to give a sneak peek to the Doll Quilt that I sent to Canada yesterday......I have One Grad Quilt ready to load onto my longarm Suziebell tomorrow....for now, I just wanted to add this "slice".....
I will also have links to the Blog Hop I am doing with Pompoms.....I think it starts tomorrow....so, check back!!  For now, it's time to go to dreamland soon for the day.....Quilted Dreams!!  Karen

Take a Walk.....let the Sunshine In!!

Ready to go to Canada

Painting Blue Shelves...yummo

Flick Chicks.....:)

It is always such a great feeling when a project is done and ready ahead of time!!  Since I have retired from nursing and I sew every day I can say, I have done that a few times now!!  I am in a blog this week of working with pompoms...I decided to do something on an apron, so I could also use the project.  It won't get alot of laughs but it WILL get alot of use by ones that visit my kitchen.   Can't show it yet though....not sure what day I will be participating in yet.  You should try blog hops....they are fun and you make new friends.  I also am in the Doll Monthly group....a partner each month to make a Doll Quilt for and get to know a little of....it is sweet, but I can't show that either, since I just sent it to Canada :).....fun!!!.....love those Canadians!!  So, I am not sure what to show right now.  I do have my 2 grandgals photo quilt tops ready to longarm....and I am still making roses for my younger grandgals quilt....need 50 more.....so gee!! I guess I will send you a SMILE!!.....a quilted for weeks smile....and peak at our chickies...we have 13......and my shelves!!! I love them!! I also painted these recently....my HUB is a sweet man to me!!....and now they have to cure for another week before I can place my plates, cups, etc on them.......Blessed!!!  Hope your day is too!!  Quilted Blessings!!

Quilted Blessings to All!!

Graduates

Hello!!
I have been down memory lane the past week with our two oldest Grandgals graduating this Spring, and of course, that means in our family; a Quilt!  even two!.....so here is a peak of part of the quilt, from Fig Tree Quilts.  I have chosen the design, Fresh Vintage Patchwork ,in her book,  "With Fabric & Thread".  I recommend this book highly.  It is spiral bound with wonderful photography and a nice envelope in the back for the patterns.  I love her fabric also, but I only used a tad of it in the house roof in my first Grad Quilt.  As you can see , I used photos in the block sections.  The second quilt will be in blues mainly and smaller blocks will be used.  I admit I forgot to reduce my 8 inch blocks to 6 inch so the first quilt is quite large, so I will be redesigning the sides of that quilt with a running of small photos, so I can reduce the size of the now large quilt to a better twin size that will hang to the floor on the sides :).......you know, these photos will mean more to the girls with each passing year too and that is such a sweet thought....if they do use them on their beds the photos of their family and the sweet Grad Grandgals will keep them tucked in at night, where ever they go. I love that thought!!  I love young adults, kids, babies....I love them all!!!......

Fresh Vintage Patchwork

Also, we started our Lasagna Gardening.  Our daughter in loves' sweet father offered his Old hay in his barn for our use in our first Lasagna Garden.  We came home and spread the hay in our raised beds and planted 26 strawberry plants we had gotten, almost of free, in the fall.....I will keep you posted when we have Strawberry Blossom sightings!!   Lasagna Gardening   It is layering your compost and hay and enjoy weed free gardening....please use Hay and not Straw.....the hay has the nitrogen....plus you will enjoy less watering due to the moisture staying in the hay......  we will see.....and maybe even enjoy vegetables protected into December for harvesting!!!

Hay for Lasagna Gardening

So, I am busy busy this week with my Grad Quilts, plus yes, if you follow... Grandgals' Rose Garden Quilt...have to finish 50 more Roses on that one.  total over 150......we think.......its' in progress!!

Quilted Blessings!!!  Karen

yes, we are transplanted IU Buckeys!!

FOUR!!!!!

WOOOHOOOO!!! I am 4!!!!! (the tissues say it all!)

You know birthdays when you are young are the BEST!!  Enjoy the picture, it does say it all!!  Went to her party Saturday and Easter Services on Sunday.....now Quilting on Grad Photo Quilts....hope to give you a sneak peek soon......:)  Quilted Blessings!! Karen

Daffodils

Just gorgeous, so real you want to pick them!!

Notice the green backing and quilting

I was humbled to receive this Doll Quilt today from my partner Brendalou at  Scottie Dog Quilts.  She put so much labor of love into this Daffodil Delight Quilt!! I LOVE IT!!  I just entered into paper piece quilting a couple of weeks ago and so I KNOW how painstaking it was to make this precious Doll Quilt . Thank you Brendalou, if you stop by!! Thank you for sharing with me your Daffodil Blessing...  I posted it also at Doll Quilters' Monthly ,
 I am just speechless!!
May you all have a blessed Easter with family and friends and live in the Resurrection Peace and Joy Christ provides us.  Quilted Blessings!!
 Life Time Verse fits how I feel today....  Psalms 37: 4,5
Karen

Even a Quilted Magazine was Added

Embrace Spring

As I embrace March Madness with a house divided by being born and raised always a Buckeye and now living in Indiana with a son and family in the Bloom pursuing his Masters' degree...we have to love the Hoosiers". So, I watch basketball, piece,  make Roses....and now even though it is March.. I must think ..... about..... April Quilting.

My Only Grandson...A=Awesome!

  I know it will include 3 of my precious Grandgals quilts, two for graduating teens (again, how can that be!) and one grandgal coming into her teen years this summer, wants to celebrate it with Roses!....the Grads' Dad would draw us a picture of a house every day in Kindergarten; one day I thought to encourage him to maybe be full of imagination with his drawing that day, and he brought home a picture of a house on one side and an Indian Tepee on the other!! That made us laugh and know he would always be dependable in life, always thinking of his family; and now at 40 it has surely been proven so true.  So their quilts will have a house on them and we want to add pictures of their precious growing up days onto the Quilt too. I also joined a Blog Hop to use Pompoms. I already have that idea set up in my head and last but NOT least is my Doll Monthly doll quilt to do for my new partner.  We are opting for Spring since, April surely does bring us that fresh Spring fragrance and flowers popping up, the first cutting of the lawn, early garden plantings as the Earth seems to Rejoice that is it awakened from it's Winter Sleep.  So, please enjoy my partners' blogBungalow Bay Quilts and encompass more creative Quilting by learning from others' designs.  How blessed we are to be Quilters'!!  Blessings! Karen

Blessing Flow LIke A River

EASTER!!

Eatin Bread on the Window Seat

DOBBIE!! We found you!!!

Love on that BABY!!!

Spring plans sometimes come to an end like winter plans, due to snow, and this Spring trip to see our daughter had to be delayed due to her amount of snow and wind, not ours.  We are further north, but this time the snow headed down I70....so!  her daughter who is a teen now, or soon, wanted a Rose Quilt for her room; growing up!  So, she never asks for anything, and her wish is my command as her Dobbie. So, with the last storm of this season, we hope, I do what all good quilters do..... QUILT!...

Roses for a very Special Grandgals' Quilt

 Last week the youngest Grandgals sat on my lap while we sewed up an outfit for dollies;  and they, at times,  got up and ran around or brought back my I Phone with a story running on it. They did lay their sweet hands next to mine and I do have a few picks of our hands together; sewing;  Oh,   They were SO PROUD of their dolly outfits that they HELPED to make.

It doesn't get much better than that, in my world!  Quilted Blessings!!  Karen

The Potters' Hand This Easter Week

THE POTTER: REFLECTIONS OF A MASTER ARTISAN - Day of Discovery

Laundry?

Laundry?....really?......yes, Quilters do laundry.....and mop and sweep and cook!!....so, I thought I would share a link to a Laundry Soap Recipe....for real.....The Beehive Cottage

Fresh Vintage Patchwork

So there!!  :)
I also found the quilts I want to do for our oldest Grandgals that are graduating in May and June.  They were born in the same year, to the same parents! One in January and the second one in December! Yep!  So, these two quilts from my new book With Fabric and Thread by Fig Tree Company is just so perfect!  I will put their photos of growing up in the blocks..and maybe a couple tiny ones in the houses.  I went to Joannes today and bought the start of my photo fabric to use, now to pick the photos!!....hard decisions....but God will lead me to the very best ones!!
I decided to make my Liz's Gift into a Queen size......fell in love with it, so it is going on our bed!!....so, I have to sew up 7 more blocks after our visit with our son and his wife and two sweet to the moon and back gals!!....
Oh, and getting a good styled up hair cut with highlights, never hurts a quilter.....it is all in a days.....worth!!
Quilted Blessings!! Karen

LOVE IT!

I knew I would love the Liz's Gift in these two fabrics.  I love the feathered blue from the 1850 period of Reproduction fabric and the background is also 1800's.

Do you like the background fabric? I love that too, and think it  would work up into  a wonderful tote that I found at Fig Tree Quilts in the book  Fabric & Threads.
 I also want my Liz's Gift a bit bigger than the pattern that I am following; so, I have 2 more units of 8 blocks to sew up tonight.
 I HOPE to post the top together sometime tomorrow.  Can you say YUMMO with fabrics?  I also got the go ahead to offer Jodi's Barrows technique in my shop!
 It has been a good day!!

Well, girlfriends,  I just had to share this block, even if it was taken with my phone and by my mess!! Enjoy!!  Quilted Blessings!! Karen
Oh, by the way have you looked for the Comet?

Just Imagine!

Come Ride With Me!

Scottie Basket

Quilt Retreat Barn

I am so excited! I got my Doll Quilt done for our Monthly swap.  I did both sides with a design, we had chosen Spring as the theme.  My partner runs a Quilt Shop and even does retreats as I have on my to do  Basket List!  It was a fun change with embroidery work on both sides. Clover & Violet I am still working on my Liz's Gift Quilt and think I will had two more colors to make it a little larger than the one in the instructions...just want it to be big enough to cover a bed....Anyways, enjoy the pictures; heading to the Post Office to send it out.  Spring Blessings! as you Quilt.....Karen