valentiney goodness

Ok--so today did not start off well...

Look Mom I ate all of my yogurt!!! AND I am pretty proud of myself!

BUT after cleaning the endless pink slimy mess off of my kid, I remembered that I had a surprise waiting for me in the dryer.

Last night I stayed up LATE binding my fun Valentine's tabletopper. Emersyn helped me make a flower arrangement (by ripping up my tissue paper) and VOILA--I am ready for February.

I super duper liked this pattern, but am not SOO much in love with the final product. It is cute, but caused me much pain. I sewed around each of the hearts---very poorly--and so it holds a little bit of bitterness. The pattern is called Cherry Chocolate Valentine and is from Cotton Way and I used 3 charm packs of Love is in the Air. The one on the cover of the pattern is only brown and pink and red--no green, but I was too cheap to buy 5 or more charm packs and pick my favorites, so mine has ALL of the fabrics. What I loved about this pattern???? When sewing on the rick rack and sewing around the hearts, you are also quilting, so no stitching in the ditch--YAY!!!
I had a few charms left, so I whipped up this little table topper for my little table.

I decided to try something new and I did some grid quilting. I found my masking tape and went to town. Taping and sewing and taping and sewing. It actually went pretty quick and I kinda loved the finished product.

Although my straight lines are not all that straight, the grid look was fun for a change.

The dotted backing was my favorite part!!!

Add in the beautiful flowers that I got at the football banquet and TaDa!! (BTW I realized that I miss those silly little cheerleaders more than I would like to admit. They really cracked me up!)

I think I like the one made out of leftovers better than the one I paid for, but life goes on. I have never had Velentines decorations before, so I am glad to be able to put away the Christmas runners--finally.

Happy Heart Day!!

Usually I hate Valentine's Day...

But this year I have a feeling it is gonna be cute Cute CUTE!!!

Quilts for Kids

Yesterday the UPS man brought me my cute little quilt kit for "Quilts for kids." This morning I thought I better get it all out and take a look at it. THEN I decided maybe I would sew and cut a few squares. Next thing I knew---my squares were done. All before 10:00.

As anyone who lives in this house knows---10:00 means Sesame Street. So I decided to put a few rows together....Once again before I knew it the rows were ALL DONE!!

Since I had come that far I decided a couple borders wouldn't take much time at all. So in less than 3 hours--VOILA the quilt top is finished. I am pretty amazed at how quick and easy it was.

Why am I telling you this??? Because if I can do it in one morning, EVERYONE should be making one. Quilts for kids is an organization that collects kids quilts for children in hospitals. You can just get on their website and request a kit and they will send you the fabric, pattern, and instructions. Easy as that!! Or you can make a quilt using your own fabric and pattern. Who doesn't like to help kids??? So if you are a quilter or want to be one....I challenge you to request a kit and spend a few hours helping out a sick kid---I know we all have a few extra hours in the month---RIGHT??? PLUS I guarantee nothing feels better than thinking about a sweet little kid cuddling up in YOUR blanket while in the BIG BAD HOSPITAL!!! If you plan on participating let me know--I am curious to see how many people join up. Thank You Marcie for putting the link on YOUR blog first and sharing the idea. I am thinking I might have this bad boy quilted and shipped off before the week is over---that has to be some sort of record RIGHT????

Big Birdie Sneak Peak

Today was a GREAT day. I got to chat it up with 2 crazy crafters--Marcie and Amy--and I finished my Big Birdie Quilt top. We were supposed to be having a craft day, but we ended up having a gab session and a quilting show and tell. Then we added a few hours of work this afternoon and I finished appliqueing all of the birdies on. Tonight I could not go to bed knowing I was soooo close, so I put all of the squares together. I LOVE IT even though I know once it is quilted, backed, and bound It will be much cuter---the backing is amazing (hint: birdie flannel).

One more project--DONE!!

Months ago I decided that I wanted to make purple and gold pillowcases for the cheerleaders this year. I talked about it, looked for fabric, and did nothing to get it going for months. Then cheer was over and I still had not done it--bummer. Then the banquet was planned for tonight and I decided it was not too late. So Em and I headed to the fabric store, sewed our hearts out, and VOILA!! Pillowcases!!!


I love finishing a project. One down---2 thousand to go:)