Crazy Quilting Friday

I have three blocks to show this week , since I was sick last week and didn't get one made decided to see what I could accomplish this week and as you will see these blocks have most of the same fabrics in them . These scraps are from a container I have been using for the  Bunny Hill BOM for 2009" A Tisket a Tasket" and I finished off the last block for that last night , yeah!!

You will see that I used lace and tatting in two blocks and the third I just did some fancy stitches over some of the seams .I definitely prefer the lace so I am going to have to start looking for some nice lace for these blocks as I have pretty much deleted my Aunt Mammie's supply :-(  I still have a little of the tatting but just small pieces so Ill have to go to a few yard sales this summer ,oh what a shame ;-) Thanks to Betsy of Quilting Fiesta for hosting this weekly event ,why not join us!

Here are my Tisket a Tasket blocks , I will need to find some fabric now for sashing and forgive me for the poor picture but they are spread out on my cutting table and it was the best I could do at the time .Once I get the sashings on I can show you a better picture .I love this little quilt ,such fun little blocks and even though it took me much longer to get them done than it should have I am happy to have stuck with it and finished them .

 Have yourself a wonderful Friday and I hope the sun is shining where ever you  are ,I do believe we are going to see some sun today :-)

Thanks for stopping by. Hugs Sheila

Mabou Mines

I have completed the landscape quilt of Mabou Mines in Cape Breton, I am ok with it but I may have done a couple of things differently but that is how you learn and it was fun trying !
Lovely sunny day today , very spring like ,sure makes a person feel good ;-) Thanks for stopping by . hugs Sheila

I'm back :-)

I am happy to say I am feeling much better , it was a VERY long week but as with most everything this too has passed and for that I am extremely thankful . Now I wouldn't want to try to do too much as my energy level is still very low but at least I feel human again . To get myself back into the swing of things I decided to try another landscape and this is how far I got .There is still plenty to do to make this look decent but I wanted to show you my preliminary scene before I add any thread painting and a border ,the border is always the challenge for me with this landscapes . The scene is one I took way back in the 70's in Mabou Mines Cape Breton and it has always been in the back of my mind to do this in a landscape , well years ago I wanted to paint it but since I no longer do any painting other than with fabric I decided to go it a whirl . I'd never added a house before so that took some thought but I think it looks ok , what do you think? Thanks so much for all the well wishes they were really appreciated and it feels so wonderful to be back . Thanks for stopping by . hugs Sheila

A little under the weather

Just to let you know I haven't disappeared it is just that I have picked up some dreadful flu bug and have been in bed since Friday evening .It has been years since I have had anything like this and I sure hope it will be many years before it happens again , I am extremely weak and not eating much but today I do feel just a tad better so hopefully by the end of the week I should be back to normal .Sorry I don't much feel like commenting on posts or reading them either to be honest so I will catch up when I can ,take care .
hugs Sheila

Crazy Quilting Friday

I was concentrating on getting the Christmas item posted and forgot about my crazy block for this week . This block was made on Wed. at our sewing sessions and I took enough fabric scraps with me to show my friend Dianne how to make them as well . We had lots of fun choosing fabrics from the pile and I wish I had taken my camera with me so I could show you the pretty block Dianne made .See the button in the center , well that piece is actually a paperpieced bird house I did a long time ago for some reason and never used so I thought why not add it here and my plan is to applique a bird on the block but time got away from me so here it is before much embellisment . My sewing machine is acting up and when I try to do any decorative stitches it doesn't cooperate infact the needle broke and came flying up at me so that is when I quit . I do have an extra machine but just ran out of time because believe it or not girls I am trying my best to get the mystery quilt done or at least to the next stage .You must be sick of hearing about that quilt and to tell you the honest truth I am sick of it too !!

Thanks to Betsy of Quilting Fiesta for hosting this fun weekly event and I think you should try it out , you just might get hooked I think Dianne did ;-) Dianne just loves to embellish and she is so talented at doing just that so these blocks are perfect for her and I hope to see many more beautiful blocks .

We had snow overnight and it is still snowing , looks like one of those snowglobes , very pretty but not what I want to see just now ;-)Today is my Mom's birthday so Happy Birthday Mom ,love you !

Have a wonderful day and thanks for the visit .

 hugs Sheila