Frou Frou Gypsy in Combat Boots

Well here it is! finally. I made this quilt for a friend of mine's daughter. I meant to make it shortly after she was born. They didn't know what they were having...well, a baby of course, but not the sex! So i wanted to wait and make the quilt for the baby...and i hadn't met him or her yet! Well, Ruthie turned 1 several months ago...and i had an idea, but no quilt. Found out a few weeks ago that they will be having an addition to the family in about 9 months and that gave me the incentive to get in gear! The mom of this particular Ruthie, hates all things pink and frilly. I didn't want the quilt to be too babyish...i wanted her to be able to love it for a long time. I absolutely LOVE this quilt. I didn't want to give it away! See that 2nd square from the top in the right row? It's cherries on a blue background. That fabric has been in my stash for YEARS waiting to become something fabulous....now it is! I love those cherries and I am thrilled that at least pa...

Just a few shots of a quilter's bag i made. I got the pattern for the bag from a quilting book at the library. It is pretty cool! i am quite happy wiht how it turned out!

during spring break, I spent a few days with my family, courtesy of my parents, in pigeon forge, TN. Long after the trip was planned i realized that there was a quiltfest going on and i HAD TO GO CHECK IT OUT! I just LOVE LOVE LOVE cathedral window quilts....I am going to figure it out and make one...maybe something small to start with...eventually! I snapped a few pictures of a few of the quilts in the competition...sorry i don't have the info on these...but they are just too lovely not to share! I was like..."WOW!" all this is hand work...beads and embroidery! this one was so cool! all red and white and christmasy! also hand embroidered! I will try and post a pic of the (sadly) few fat quarters I bought....they were rockin!

yesterday, day three.... well i had a "walking date" but it got cancelled, not by me!! so i went out with my BFF to do a bit of shopping. i HAD to pick up these new fabrics at JoAnn's..... I also must confess that i deviated from my "induction" but did stay on the "diet". It was the best day so far!!! lol I had a chick fil la grilled sandwich and side salad...that comes with...sunflower seeds! a MUFA! YES! don't know what i am going to do with these fabrics, but when is that ever a problem? I think i just collect them! They are so lovely. I need to get my hiney in gear and kick it working on my "prizes" for girls weekend...and there is another baby quilt brewing in my head...hmmmmm. always cyndi

* drum roll...........................................* I started this quilt ages ago. I finished piecing it a while back. {don't you love my 'periods of time'?} I finally finished it last week!!!! I hand quilted a tiny bit around these inner squares that go up the middle of the quilt...the rest is done on the machine. I wanted the pattern to be sort of random, but have some symmetry to it as well. Actually i don't think i set out for symmetry but when i started designing chaos, i ended up with it! ha! I made the top entirely from recycled jeans. I actually was able to 'collect' enough without having to go buy any to use. *happy dance* Some of the jeans had holy knees. if you are an old jean lover, that is the best part, am i right? I didn't want to waste that, so i backed the holes with some music print fabric. This quilt is for my DS and he loves music. Orchestra music! he is 8! I figured denim was 'boyish' and 'manly'. I didn't want...

So i had this idea for a baby quilt. I wondered if i could pull it off....i think i just may have! Some friends of ours are expecting. He is a musician, primarily a Guitar player. I wanted to make them a quilt that would be meaningful and something that they would really appreciate, and i wanted it to be cool. They are having a little girl so it is (obviously) pink and yellow. It says..."my dad rocks!" and then smaller at the bottom it says "and my mom rolls" and has an embroidered baby carriage I of course waited until the last possible minute to take a picture of it, so I didn't get a GREAT picture of it....i did get some detail shots I modeled the guitar after one of his guitars....i was happy with it. I did the quilting and the applique with my machine but all of the embroidery was done by hand. It was the first time i ever tried applique, it was a lot of work, but totally fun and i think they really liked it.

TA DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!! ok, ok whatever! but i made this awesome tree block, just trying to figure it out and loved it. I wanted to do something with it, so i decided to quilt it. Gave me some practice with my "Walking foot". I have always been too scared to use it. *shrug* ok TRY, not to laugh here. Yes, i KNOW it looks like Elmo colored all over my quilt square.... but again, i was just using up scraps, trying out a maverick star , and thought...hmmmmmmmm wonder how that free motion quilting thing works????? so i gave it a whirl. lol. not as scary as i thought, nor as easy as i had hoped. lol. but, it is practice...and another coaster/trivet/pot holder thingy! I finally finished the "blue jean" quilt top i have been working on for my DS. I am terrified to quilt it. It is sooooooo heavy and soooooo big. I don't usually "do" small. oh well. Maybe my friends at the quilting group can help me figure it out...hint! hint!!

so here's what we've been doing at our quilting group at Church. We just finished our blocks and we will be sashing and putting it all together soon. I believe we are going to raffle it to raise money for something at church. I know i sort of bailed on the crock pot dinner posts...they will come soon enough. I have cooked some of them, but just haven't had the time to post about them. I wanted to share this! we all made random blocks and then came up with this layout...there really wasn't a "plan" when we started. pretty cool, huh?

I went thrifting today...i hit on a gold mine! or at least had a good day shopping! I found all these beautiful sheets to cut down for crafts...quilting probably. I am just sort of starting a collection since i have the costuming of two Presidents to work on....and then a Blue jean quilt to make for my son..... I found a few other cool things, but no pictures yet.