Crazy Quilting Friday

Today's block is mostly from a small bag with the scraps from a kit I once made and the rest were in the same drawer in my little wicker storage cabinet ,before I started I decided that it had to be made from this drawer ;-) I wish it made a difference but sadly it hasn't. Then I thought I should determine just how many blocks I have made and to my surprise I have 24 blocks and even more surprising was the fact that half of them are all pretty dainty colors and the other half are all dark colors , wonder what that says about my personality. So now I feel I must make two quilts , this just won't look nice as one and obviously I till have some scraps for the making of many many more blocks and there is no hurry to have the quilts made so onward it is !

What a beautiful winter day it is , after the snowfall we had yesterday it is simply magnificent looking out over the field with the sun shining and the snow just glistening ,it is colder than yesterday but it is January so we must expect this type of weather .

I'm off now to do a little sewing , going to try something different today , I am making my granddaughter a jumper and it has been a while since I have done any garment sewing .
Enjoy your day whatever you are doing and in closing today I would like to share this quote I came across the other day , read and then really read it again , it is so powerful .
Sheila

"The true spiritual secret is this ;What you seek you already are .True success is discovering your inner divinity -it's the ability to love and have compassion , trust your intuition ,and awaken to your unlimited creative nature . "

Deepak Chopra

I'm late!

Oops , I am participating in the One Christmas item a month challenge with Narelle and I was suppose to post a picture of my finish on the 25th and here it is already the 27th , oh well I will try to be on time next month . Without further ado here are two little finishes for this month , I had both started so decided to finish them .I enjoy doing redwork and these are quick and I like that part ;-)
 It is another stormy day here on the east coast but mild , it is a mixed bag of weather with snow and rain and ice pellets , just lovely weather to stay inside and sew or read a good book! Hope your day is a good one and thanks for stopping by.
 Sheila

Crazy Quilting Friday and a Happy Dance

I have discovered by making these crazy blocks that my favorite colors are definitely earth tones , seems that is what I have the most of , I am really happy with this block even though I haven't done any embellishment as of yet. Thanks to Betsy of Quilting Fiesta for hosting this weekly event .

I'm also doing a happy dance today as I have finally finished the top for the Christmas Row by Row quilt from Fat Cat Patterns BOM  .I fell in love with this sweet quilt whenever I seen it and was doing well to keep up in the beginning (story of my life) and then I fell behind but I was determined to get it finished so here is the completed top , I know there is plenty to do yet but all that applique, and there was lots of it is now done so I can concentrate on getting it quilted , I am debating doing this myself on the machine , we'll see . You can't really see the side of the quilt but there are trees that look like boats to me as well as gingerbread men in each corner ,maybe once it is quilted I can get a better picture of the whole quilt. Funny when I started this quilt I thought this would be a good stash buster as I was determined to not buy anything except the background fabric but guess what it didn't seem to make any difference at all and these crazy blocks are suppose to do the same thing but those drawers seem to be just as full as when I started ,hmmm , could it be that I continue to buy more ;-)  Have a Happy Friday and thanks as always for stopping by .

Sheila

Finished

These are the last two rows I recieved in theRow by Row Round Robin in 2008 , I love these two rows together , they look perfect and my husband asked if I would make them into a wall hanging for his office so that is what I did and I am really pleased with the outcome and so is he . The scene on the top called Resting by the Waters was done by my friend Wilma and the lower row with the log cabin blocks and the canoe with fish hanging over the side was done by my friend Marilyn both such unique rows that they deserved to be together ,I hope Wilma and Marilyn will be pleased .
Thanks for stopping by . Sheila

A finish and a sneak peak

I completed this cushion in late Dec. but didn't post it because it was a gift for my friend Linda and I didn't want to spoil the surprise so now that I know she has it I can show you . The redwork is a pattern by Bronwyn Hayes , the rest of the cushion I used a pattern by Sally Giblins and in an earlier post you will see that I made the original redwork that came with that pattern "Sunshine in my Heart" .It is a fun cushion to make and the pattern can be found in Australian Country Threads Vol 9 No.7 .
I little sneak peak at what I am doing now , I should have this finished in a day or two so I will post the finished project at that time.
We had a little snow today but overall it was a beautiful day ,I hope all is well where ever you are and thanks for stopping by .
Sheila