A Year Later

Some of you who have been following my blog for a while might remember this table topper I made a year ago. Piece O' Cake Designs was having a contest.
They had a copy of this block on their site and the object was to use it any way you like.
So I repeated the design four times. I put mine on a circle. I used wool for the applique flowers. My husband got on to something called Google Sketch-Up. He figured out how many prairie points I would need to put around the circle. I have a tutorial on my side bar that explains how to make the prairie points if you want to give them a try.
Piece O' Cake Designs has come out with their newest pattern packet called "my whimsical quilt garden". I was sent a copy because my quilt was one of the winners of the contest.
On the last page of the instruction booklet there is a page called "More Inspiration." You can see my quilt and the other winners. How cool is that?

Congratulations to the other winners too. They made some fabulous things. I am so excited to be a winner and to see a picture of my quilt in their booklet.

With Passion,

Carrie P.

Earth laughs in flowers. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Happy Springtime!

Can you feel springtime in your town? I sat out in the sunshine yesterday and it felt so good. Then I began to spy little shoots coming up in my yard letting me know that spring is coming. Spring in all its glory.


Spring is even showing up in the last two heart designs from Stina. And check out my matching embroidery scissors and fob. The scissors were from Rae Ann and the fob was Stina. Thanks again ladies.
I just love the new green of the leaves that come out on the trees in spring. These bias stems remind me of the leaves. The Clover bias maker is one of my favorite applique tools for making stems.
Springtime showing up in my applique.
Happy First Day of Spring! enjoy your weekend.

With Passion,

Carrie P.

Spring shows what God can do in a drab and dirty world. Virgil A. Kraft

Stringy Pot Holders

More string things. I made some pot holders for my future DIL and ...
my daughter. Both girls love the ocean.
For "Marcab77" and "crmanina", you can go to this site to get all the directions for the spider web string quilt done by Bonnie Hunter. Have fun!

With Passion,

Carrie P.

The Sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever. Jacques Cousteau

Stringing Along Part 2

Triangles ready to be trimmed.
All trimmed and ready to sew together.
Chain piecing, chain piecing, chain piecing.
Four more blocks to add to the others.
Here is what I have so far. I think I am going to make two more rows which will make a nice lap quilt. And you can be sure I have a lot of fabric to pick from those two paper bags I put it all in.
With Passion,

Carrie P.

May your blessings outnumber the shamrocks that grow, And may trouble avoid you where ever you go. Irish Blessing

A New Week

This past week and the weekend were very busy for me but in my down time I did manage to get the binding on my quilt. I did use the binding technique by Sharon Schamber. I am very pleased with how my binding finished up. Now I just need to get the sleeve and label on and it will be ready for our local guild quilt show in April.

This past Friday night my husband and I volunteered at our church as it held a preview of the movie called Letters to God. The movie is based on a true story about a boy named Tyler with cancer. All the proceeds from the ticket sales that night went to Cancer Services. We had a very good turn out. The movie comes out April 9 and if it comes to your city you should check out. It is a very sweet movie and it will touch your heart.

Yes, it is a new week and I have things I want to accomplish this week. I know you all do too and I hope it is a very good week for each of you.

With Passion,

Carrie P.

"Optimism is a cheerful frame of mind that enables a tea kettle to sing though it's in hot water up to its nose." Unknown