Paper Piecing

I have been working on some paper piecing projects which is very different for me. One of the guilds I am in has decided to make name tags for new members when they join our guild. I made one. The guild used to meet in a yellow house long before I ever became a member which was in 1999. Now we meet in a church fellowship hall. So the little yellow house represents the beginning of the guild. A new member will get this when they join. It will be fun to see someone else wearing it.

Are any of you building the teeny tiny paper pieced houses from scraps? The deal was to make one a day for the whole year. Well, the year is half over and I made four. I had good intentions but a girl can change her mind, right? Instead of a big quilt I will now have a mini quilt. If you have not seen any of the house quilts yet, you must take a look. It is amazing the quilts that have been made.

I have also been working on my bowls for Bowls with Borders blog hop. I am really excited about this hop. My day is coming up soon. August 13! Here is a sneak peek in black and white.

One girl's trash...

is another girl's treasure. I am a member of a Modern quilt guild. We had a zip lock bag scrap fabric exchange. You fill up a gallon bag with all the scraps you can. When I got home I opened up my bag to all kinds of fabric treasures. One of the things that was in it was a bunch of nine patch blocks already made. I made more 9 patch blocks with some of the matching scraps in the bag. Then I cut each nine patch block down the center horizontally and vertically to get the disappearing nine patch blocks. I sewed them in rows along with some cute yellow bubble fabric in between those rows to get this baby quilt.

There was also these squares cut out which I put together to make another baby quilt.

I made these to donate for preemie babies in our hospital. The other guild I am in does this as their charity project. The guild donates the batting to those who make the quilts. This coming Monday I will get some batting, layer them and practice my free motion quilting. I even have the binding made.

The guild also makes nap blankets to donate to school children. They are just made using two yards of fabric, front and back. So I made four of those so that four little children will have something to lay on when they take their nap.

I was thrilled when I saw those scraps that would make some cute preemie quilts.
You just never know what you will find in someone else scrap bag!

Summertime!

I love summertime when it comes to fresh local fruits and veggies. I don't have a whole to eat in my garden at this time. But I can visit our local farmer's markets to buy some really good stuff. Every summer I look forward to fresh peaches so I can make this peach pie. I make it several times when the peaches come in. It is my favorite pie.

 Summertime brings lots of thunder storms but unfortunately they have been missing our garden so we have to water by hand. Our rain barrels have been empty for weeks. The forecast is for 70% chance of rain today.  I hope the weather man is right and we get some of that rain.

 During summertime I have made three more granny square blocks.

I hope you are having a good summer time.

Giveaway Winners!

Yep! I said winners. Melissa is the winner of my Think Christmas giveaway. Today is the last day to see more Christmas blocks. I hope you have been able to visit all the blogs. There is some really great talent out there in blogland.

Oh, and the other winner is Sheila's Quilt World. Why Shelia you ask? I decided to have a surprise giveaway for all my followers. I have noticed more of you following my blog since the last two blog hops. I appreciate you all following my blog and taking the time to read it. Sheila, this is what will be on its way to you. A Christmas fat quarter and some buttons. Plus, Melissa and Sheila you will find a few other Christmas surprises. Thanks for visiting during the hop.

I am also participating in the Bowls with Borders blog hop. It starts August 13 and that is the day I will be showing off my bowls. This should be a fun blog hop too. I can't wait to see all the bowls that have been created.

Look at my green signature bowl. I was one of those that signed up first so Madame Samm created a little bowl for me. Thanks Madame Samm.

Think Christmas and Giveaway

My Christmas block came from the Winter 2011, Volume 4 Quiltmaker's           100 blocks magazine. This is a Crabapple Hill pattern.  I knew when I saw it I would make this one day. There are so many great block ideas in the magazine. The center of the Dresden plate is a ceramic button. Looks like a real peppermint. Part of the design is colored with crayons. If you look on my sidebar I have a tutorial to show you how I do this technique.

I made the block into a twelve inch square pillow which will be given to my son and daughter-in-law for Christmas. For those of you are new to my blog I am making the couple a different pillow cover for each month. I will give them a box with twelve covers at Christmas!  At least that is my goal. They said I could not give them any more quilts so I thought this might be fun for them to have something new on their couch each month. You can see some of the other pillows here, here, here, here, and here.

Now for the giveaway. I have a half yard of Christmas fabric. It is called Winter Wonderland by Ingrid for Moda and three handmade felt ornaments. These ornament patterns came from a book called Heart Felt Holidays. There are so many cute ideas in that book for all the holidays of the year. So what do you have to do for a chance to win my giveaway? Just tell me what kind of ornaments you put on your Christmas tree. Mine are Hallmark and glass ornaments. I have been collecting Hallmark ornaments each year since I have been married.

Now it is time to visit: 
Shelia's Quilt World
Cherry Blossoms Quilting Studio
Jane's Quilting
Sew me Something Good
A Stitch in Time
Aurea at That Other Blog
Quilt Times 
Marcia's Crafty Sewing and Quilting
Patchouli Moon Studio
Quilting By The River


Make sure I have an email so that I can contact you if you are the giveaway winner. I will draw a name on Sunday.


I would like to thank Lesley and Madame Samm for allowing me to participate in this blog hop. It has really been fun.


With Passion,
Carrie P.