A little bit more scrappy this week

Another week of summer has gone by.... but this week didn't seem very summery at all. The highs were in the low to middle 70's... little or no humidity and a a beautiful breeze... it was a very wonderfully weird weather week! Today it's been raining off and on and a bit dreary but the temp is still only 71 at 5 in the afternoon......

I worked on quite a few things this week...... I did a backup and cleanup on the computer... gathered files and burned them to a DVD.... cleaned out the temp files and basically dejunked everything.......

I worked on the borders for a Round Robin that I'm doing ( you can see that on my flickr site). I have one more border to make and then it will be ready to send off to the next participant in the group and I drew up my plans for my Bad Sue mini due the end of the month. We're doing sunbonnet sue... but she has to be doing something bad... lol this is going to be a lot of fun!

On the scrap front I did 3 crazy bird blocks and 3 grass blocks for the bird quilt and I also got several sock sacks done. Two from scraps and a pretty blue one from some fat quarters I found in the back of the stash and two more that were from scrap pieces but weren't in the scrap bag... not sure how to count that!.....

It was a pretty productive week. I also did another 25" charm pack star...this one was from the crazy 8 charm pack. I did the snowman wall hanging last week from the same pack... it came out pretty nice...... it will become a christmas table mat... not sure yet for who.... ( I gotta say that cuz the intended recipient sometimes reads the blog)

I also bought a new cutting mat... mine had grooves in from cutting in the same area over and over.... I couldn't turn it cuz there weren't any inch numbers across the other end......so I went to joann's armed with a 50% off coupon.... they had 3 kinds of mats... fiskars... the standard green one and the standard blue one... all three were the same price.... I wanted the 24 x 36 size mat.....

Well the fiskars was by far the winner...... it had inch numbers along the top and bottom and both sides so if one end got grooved... you could spin it and you'd have basically a new mat.... that's 2 for 1.... great deal.... but there's more! This mat also has another complete gridded and numbered mat on the other side too! So now that's like getting 4 mats in one!! One side is a lite florescent green and the other is a lite florescent yellow.... very easy on the eyes!! So I got the equivalent of 4 mats for 24.00.... I also found a 5" charm ruler! it has a center mark for doing fussy cut charms as well as lines for 2 1/2" rectangles and squares... there are pics of these on the flickr site.... It was a wonderful week!!!

Below are this weeks scrappy pictures...... have a great week and enjoy the summer

Lish

This weeks scrappy projects

I had time this week to work on several scrappy projects. Even with all these new projects, that bag just doesn't seem to want to go down...... I think it's gonna be a long summer with lots and lots of scrap projects and quilts...

I added two more crazy bird blocks to that quilt box.... I made two travel cases from scraps and had to piece two of the pockets to make it work...I made two placemats from the feng shui practice blocks that we made from scraps last weekend.... I made a wallet ( another one in my never ending quest for the perfect wallet)...even the vinyl was a scrap....I had a baggie of 3" scrap blocks that was gifted to me in a 4 patch swap some time ago. I made a doll quilt for my great niece for christmas... the front and the back are made from the scraps... it's together and quilted and just needs binding and i"m sure I'll find some in the scrap bag.......I pulled some of the larger scraps to a pile as I was hunting bird scraps and I can probably make a few wonder wallets from them...with a little creative piecing.... I'm getting good a piecing and hiding the seam on the inside of the pocket....... a few of the pieces are destined to become small humbug bags and I found a cute scrappy journal cover that might work also... it will definitely be scrappy!

Pictures posted below and also on my flickr photo. Other non scrap projects made this past week are out there also.

Have a wonderfully scrappy week!

Lish

July Away at I'm Just a Guy who Quilts

Ryan is the second Guy quilter that I know. QuiltDad is the other.... They do wonderful work and I enjoy both of their blogs.

Ryan ( I'm Just A Guy who quilts) is having a birthday this month.... and he's also having a birthday giveaway!!

Hop on over to http://imjustaguywhoquilts.blogspot.com and wish him a happy birthday and get in on his giveaway.... you have until July 17th.

I'm hoping to win the charm pack or the 30's prints.... but I'll happily take any of the wonderful gifties!!

Lish

A New Look

Happy Scrappy Summer

It's July.......... midway thru summer and I'm finally getting around to posting and updating........ where does the time go??

I'm starting ( actually I started in June) a summer scrap project. I have two immense bags of scraps....... big scraps, medium scraps and itty bitty scraps.... My goal is to empty at least one of these bags of scraps by the end of summer and both bags by the end of November.

I currently have two projects in process. Both are paper pieced... One is the Crazy Bird and the other is a beach house quilt. Three blocks have been completed on the Bird quilt and 2 rows on the beach house quilt. This project is worked on inbetween other projects for birthdays, holidays and Christmas.

I have several ideas for scrap quilts and when these two are done... I'll start two of the others. I like working on two ( and sometimes 3) things at a time... keeps me from being bored and at the end I have several projects finished up instead of just one!!
Below are pictures of what I've done so far on the first two quilts. There will be more pictures and updates on my scrappy summer projects.

May

Ok... I'm not sure how it happened.....but it's MAY!! Well, almost anyway. I'm not exactly sure what happened to March and April.......but I am sure that I reallllly need to keep up with the blog a little better. I probably won't remember to post weekly, but at least twice a month for sure!

There's lots of new projects on the photo site... and OkiedokieDuckie has lots of fun new stuff too! If you watch dancing with the stars... you can watch videos of Giles dancing... she's really hot for him! lol

Woodpecker Update... Both the male and female Pileated Woodies have been at the feeder recently... the male still won't let me take a picture and I swear he knows when I take the camera out of my pocket....... I saw the female at a hole in one of our trees so maybe there are little peckers in there.... I'll be watching that tree intently!!

This week I've been working on some table toppers for the summer... one is fruits and veggies.......and the other is batiks....... now normally I cringe when I say batiks...cuz I hate the feel of batik fabric... but I'm trying to broaden my horizens and use up stuff in my stash.... I had a batik jellyroll I got last year at WoodenBridge in Pennsylvania and I decided to finally do something with it.... I probably could have been a little more picky with the block layout... but it's for me and it'll be fine!

The Weekers are getting ready to flip into high gear. Another month and we'll be getting ready for our program kickoff....... it'll be fun for sure! Christmas will be here before we know it!!

I guess that's it for now........I'll be posting more photos this weekend and I'll even attempt to post some here.......

Have a wonderful week

Lish

Blogs by Annie: Machine Applique and a Valentine's Day Giveaway!

Blogs by Annie: Machine Applique and a Valentine's Day Giveaway!

Happy Valentines Day

Today is Valentines Day! Hug your sweetie and give him (her) a big smooch and let them know that they are special.

If you quilt or sew, you'll want to check out www.byannie.blogspot.com She's having a giveaway for 2 really cute quilt kits and they are just to cute!! Her website will be added to my links list and there will also be a direct link to her blog.

I gotta tell ya... I've used a couple of her patterns and they are wonderful! I've made a lot of her cell phone cases and mini wallets for gift and I use the cell phone carrier for my camera and another one for my Ipod....

Visit her blog today and then check out her website.

Also.... I want to mention that this weekend there are many fundraisers going on for Breast Cancer research......the Women's Big Ten Basketball teams are all going pink this week...with their uniforms being auctioned off and the proceeds going to our local Susan G Komen chapter...

Soooooo ladies...... make that appointment and get those Mammies grammed!!! Tell a loved one too! Maybe we can see this horrific disease wiped out in our lifetime.

Have a wonderful day.... and don't forget to visit annie!