Quilt Show

This past Saturday I visited a small quilt show.These are some of my favorite quilts from the show. It was hard to get complete pictures of some of the quilts because the aisles were narrow. I tried to get the ribbons that were won for the quilt in the photo too. Enjoy! Which one is you favorite?

 Isn't the border on this blue quilt interesting? I like this quilt a lot.

I will be attending another quilt show on Friday. So I will be sure to take more pictures to show you all.
With Passion,
Carrie P.

September is Craft Book Month

Do yo read the Craft Buds Blog? If you don't all month long they have been featuring different bloggers and their crafts. There has been such a variety of crafts made too. 

 I am linking up my crafts that I made this year from Heart Felt Holidays. If you follow my blog you know how I love to work with wool and felt. I made these little Christmas ornaments and a tea bag filled with lavender from the book.

On the cover of the book you can see some really cute projects you can make for the holidays. The tea bag lavender sachet is  a project made for Mother's Day. There are projects in this book for holidays you wouldn't even think of making like Groundhog day and Martin Luther King day. This book is perfect for those of you who like to make decorations for your home during holidays. There are several projects that you could make for your children or grandchildren for their birthdays or Halloween. If you have not worked with felt before the beginning of the book gives you some felt basics plus diagrams of the embroidery stitches that are used throughout the book. The templates for each project are in the back of the book.

So I am linking up my post with Crafts Buds today.

With Passion,
Carrie P.

Slow Stitching Sunday

You know some Sundays can be so busy even though we should use it as a day of rest. Today we had a very busy day at church and then had to come home and water the garden because we haven't had any rain for over a week. I have some fall seedlings growing so I really have to keep them watered. Then I fixed dinner.  Mr. P. and I sat outside to eat it and enjoy the weather. 

Kathy started Slow Stitching Sunday which I really look forward to. Just some time to sit and relax. Nice to do after a start to a busy day.

I am slowly stitching on this cute little pattern I won from Heather the Happy Appliquer. She made this pillow pattern for her DIL and I thought if I won this giveaway I would make another pillow cover for my DIL. Well I did win this kit from Heather. Thanks so much Heather for another pillow cover to add to my DIL's collection. If you have not been by Heather's blog you must visit. Her applique is phenomenal. She is working on a basket quilt that I have wanted to make for ages.

I also won the newest book by Jane Sassaman and some of her big print fabrics from Free Spirit Fabrics. The book shows some really great ways to use those  fabrics. I need some ideas for the big prints because I just never know what to do with them.

I hope your Sunday has been an enjoyable and restful day.
With Passion,
Carrie P.

The First Day of..

Yay! I did not think Autumn would ever get here but we have been having some much cooler weather. The air is less humid too which I so enjoy.

I finished my Aurifil block for this month which was created by Amy Ellis. I have noticed the Dogwood leaves starting to turn a little red. It won't be long before the trees show the evidence of fall arriving.
Even the tomatoes from the garden speak "fall." Candace shows you how to go about roasting them in case you have an abundance of tomatoes.

Enjoy your first day Autumn!
With Passion,
Carrie P.

Block Exchange

Remember this post where I shared some blocks I had made for an exchange at my modern quilt guild? Here are the blocks I got in the exchange. Aren't they great?

I think I know how I will set them but for now they are just going to have to wait for me to get around to making them into a quilt. If you have any suggestions for some modern quilt setting I would love for you to leave a comment.

With Passion,
Carrie P.