Crazy Quilting Friday

Good Morning and a grey one it is but no snow and rather mild so no complaints from me ;-)
This weeks block I have two little lady bugs sitting in the multi colored garden , they are busy reading a book right now but it is probably about the best flowers to visit so I gave them lots of choices !Enjoy your Friday and thanks for stopping by .
hugs Sheila

How do you like me now?

How do you like the borders ? I have finished all the embellishments on the flowers , loved doing that part .You really have to love wool , it is the nicest thing to work with , so forgiving and such nice texture . So it is now down to quilting it and adding the binding , so far I am really pleased .

 We have our quilt meeting tonight , should be fun , always is ;-) Hope your day is going well and thanks for stopping by.

 hugs Sheila

A Win and a rare visitor !

First off I want to tell you that I won a $50 gift certificate for the Fat Quarter Shop in the Basics Charity Challenge on Cara Quilts ,isn't that amazing , I am so excited .I haven't gone shopping yet as this is a busy day for me but I am sure I will find something wonderful to buy with my gift certificate . I want to give a huge thank you first to Cara for having this challenge ,she has a very kind heart and this challenge was to make us all more aware of the needs in womens shelters as well as other community efforts , her efforts spread far and wide and I am sure many communities benefited greatly so thanks Cara ! Secondly I want to thank Kimberly of the Fat Quarter Shop for her generosity and I look forward to going on the site and drooling over all the wonderful fabrics , patterns and notions , go check it out here .

This morning when I was cleaning up the kitchen I was at my kitchen sink when I spotted this huge Pileated woodpecker feeding on the woodpecker feeder , now I have seen these birds many times on the trees and telephone poles around here but never ever on the feeder so I quickly scrambled for the camera and was lucky enough to capture this photo of him ,pretty cool huh!

No sewing so far today , I am busy making lunch for tomorrows quilting session , hmm wonder what I am having , I know Joan and Linda are probably reading this and wondering but you will have to wait and see ;-)

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by . hugs Sheila

What I'm doing now !

This pattern is called Spring Bouquet by Country Threads , I love baskets so when I seen this pattern I just had to make it for my kitchen . I am doing the basket and flowers in wool and they are not sewn down yet but I will do that later today . I am now working on the mystery quilt , forcing myself is more the word :-( anyway the pile of pieces is getting smaller so that has to be a good sign ;-)

 We had heavy rain and some very high winds but it is calmed down now and the rain has ceased at least for the moment , lots of flooding around .
 I must say my heart goes out to those in Japan as well as those world wide affected by this terrible disaster , it is unbelievable and looks more like a movie than real life , if only it was , so sad .
 I hope you are having a nice Saturday . hugs Sheila

Crazy Quilting Friday

I bet you thought I wasn't going to post this block today , I am a little late but here I am ;-0 This weeks block is rather pale and not all that interesting to me but it will blend in with the other lighter blocks and I do love the flower in the center .

I was out cleaning up the yard a little this afternoon , it is very spring like and the deck needed to be tidied some , so many bird seeds scattered everywhere it was a perfect opportunity to get a little fresh air , not much sunshine but at least fresh air . There is a brisk wind but it isn't too cold and the snow is literally gone . Oh I must tell you , the snow picture that I posted may not be Cape Breton but my son assured me this morning that there are drifts along that highway near North Mountain that are 20 plus feet deep he said there were pictures posted in their local paper the Oran showing the snow , just thought you might like to know .

I am adding this block to my crazy patch day , I just finished this one , I couldn't resist making a block with the cute little print with the children on it . A couple of years ago I made two I spy quilts for my grandchildren and these prints are left over from that project so I will make a cushion with this block ,it is 12.5" square.

Hope your Friday is a great one , thanks for stopping by.

hugs Sheila