June Goals and Giveaway Winner for May

 Yes, I am late with my announcement of my goals and the winner of May's giveaway. So let's get to it. For this month I am going to continue to work on hand quilting my North Carolina quilt. I only got one block done. I will work on the row quilt. I didn't even get one row done. I am also going to continue to add flowers to my hexagon quilt. I did add four flowers.

The winner of the May giveaway is Collette from What about Rheema? Congratulations! Collette! She already has her June goals up on her blog. She is working on some really cute barn blocks designed by Lori Holt.

 Why am I late with this post of my goals and the winner? Didn't I tell you in the last post I was so busy? I am still so busy!! This past weekend Mr. P. and I were working out in the garden and planting some new flowers in our flower beds at the house. This weekend I harvested all the garlic which looks pretty good this year. I have also been harvesting onions. I planted four kinds of beans in the garden. We got a lot of rain last night which filled up the rain barrels. The garden was very thirsty too so I am very grateful for the rain we got. Everything is looking good. I will share photos as the seedling grow a little bigger where you can see them better.

 Another reason I have been so busy is that we are doing some updates in our house. Mostly the floors. We are tearing out the carpets in bedrooms and linoleum in the kitchen/dining area. We are adding wood laminate in all those rooms. This first room was my daughter's room who is now moved to the room over the garage. That is where my sewing area is too. So as soon as this room is done I am moving all my sewing stuff down here. We have pulled out the carpet. It took some time to get all the staples out that was holding the padding down underneath the carpet. So today I will going to the hardware store to get the paint. Nothing really exciting. It is a white called Swan's Wing. It is interesting to read the names on paint chips. So I guess you can figure out what I will be working on this week.

 I did get another quilt bound. This is also a donation quilt. This was a free embroidery BOM from Aurifil that different designers shared each month.

These are two of my favorite blocks.

Here is a close up of the pattern that my friend Laura machine quilted on the quilt. Two more quilts to get bound.

So now to announce the giveaway for June for those who will be participating in Nothing But UFOs. Since June is blueberry season around here I thought I would share this pattern and 1 1/4 yards of this pretty blue fabric.

So now you can link up your goals for June. I am adding an extra day to link up since I am late with post. Good luck with your goals. So now I am off to the hardware store!

With Passion,
Carrie P.

So Busy!

My life has been so busy since I got home from Florida. Not much time to do any sewing but when I have a minute I will work on binding some quilts. These quilts are also UFOs.

This first quilt is from TraceyJay Quilts. It was free pattern at the time I started this quilt but I think you might have to pay for the pattern now. This is going to be a donation quilt along with the others I am binding. I used a lot of five inch squares to make the blocks.

 My sweet friend, Laura, quilted all the quilts on her domestic machine. She just amazes me with the designs she can do.

 If you need a quilt done, she is your girl. You can check out her blog and her quilting services here.

I am linking up this finish to Elizabeth's A Stitch in Time.

I am also working on an applique block. I have been asked to teach an applique class at a quilt shop so I wanted to make something new. It will be a 12" block and will fit my table top wire stand.

Remember if you linked up your UFO at the beginning of the month you still have two days to link up any of your finishes on the bottom of this post.

With Passion,
Carrie P.

A UFO Finish and Vacation, part 3

My only finish for the month of May! Don't breathe, the bowls might fall over! This is a paper piece pattern by Regina Grewe. If you want to make your very own stack of bowls you can get the pattern here. For those of you who linked up to my blog at the beginning of the month, scroll down to link up your finishes. I will announce the winner of the

giveaway on June 1. Hmmm, which UFOs will I work on for June?

 I machine quilted a few bowls on top of the other bowls. I am linking up my "Lovely Finish" to Melissa's blog. Check out some of the other finishes for this month.

 Here is the last of my vacation pictures. This is my mom's sewing space. She is the one who got me addicted to quilting in 1999.

 Here is the other side of her room.

 Look at all the ribbons she has won.

 Here is her nice and neat stash. She let me go "shopping for free" in her stash.

 Check out this stack of fabric I brought home. I also brought home a jelly roll, a pattern, and a book.

 My mom crocheted this lovely table cloth years ago. I am now the proud owner.

 My mom also made this pastel queen size quilt from 30's reproduction fabrics. I now own this quilt.

 My grandmother who was also a quilter made this quilt at least 25 years ago. It is a king size quilt. All hand appliqued, hand pieced, and hand quilted by her. I have always loved this quilt and I am now the proud owner of this quilt too.

 My mom took me to her local quilt shop while I was visiting her. I bought some mini clamshell paper pieces and some other notions.

 Of course, I had to buy some fabrics too.

 While I was visiting I did work on some blocks for my row quilt but I still have to prep some more pieces before I can put the row together.

With Passion,
Carrie P.

I Interrupt...

the sharing of my vacation photos with Hexies on Friday. 

I added three more flowers

to my group of flowers.

Thanks to Angie for inspiring me to work on this project again. Check out the others who have linked up on her blog. Very inspiring!

I interrupt my vacation photos with show and tell from the Applique Addicts bee.

Charlotte made the little spring time table topper using wool and beads on the leaves. This is a Primitive Gatherings pattern.

Brenda has been busy making a new quilt top. Not sure what the pattern is for the top.She continues to work on her wool blocks from the Hop To It book.

I also interrupt my vacation photos because I want to say a big THANK YOU to Michelle of The Raspberry Rabbits. She sent me a copy of the new Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks magazine.

Look! she autographed her block which is in the magazine. It is her first entry and I am sure it won't be her last. Congrats Michelle and thanks again for adding this issue to my collection.

 

Happy Memorial Day!

With Passion, Carrie P.

Vacation, part 2

During our vacation Mr. P. and I celebrated our 37th wedding anniversary. We stopped at a restaurant along the beach and ordered some boiled shrimp. One of my favorite foods.

We sat outside on the deck. This was our view of the beach across the street.

More views.

The weather was perfect. No humidity which was great.

We drove further down the beach and stopped again just to sit out on the beach.

This was the most people we saw at one time on the beach. And only because it was a Christina retreat center. There were hundreds of teenagers there playing volley ball, swimming, and just having fun on the beach.

As we were leaving that area I spotted a cactus that was blooming. Funny to see a cactus at the beach.

Here is the house I want to live in right across from the beach. LOL No, I could never afford it. But is nice to dream.

Here is the strip as we are driving back. Front beach (that is what the locals call that road) has changed so much since we left. It is really amazing. It is definitely a tourist town and that strip will be bumper to bumper after school lets out.

And because it is a tourist town you see tacky stuff like this. Mr. P. and I actually dined at this restaurant after our senior prom.

These next three photos are of new tourist attractions. So tacky.

That evening we had dinner with Mr. P's brother and our sister-in-law who still live in that same neighborhood where I met Mr. P. We had a good visit with them and we will see them again when their son gets married on September 1.
I also got to spend some time with my sister and her husband. They also celebrated an anniversary this month. My mom took us all out for dinner. Then I had fried shrimp. Yum!
Tomorrow I will share some quilty stuff. My mom is a quilter too. Come back tomorrow and see what she shared with me.

With Passion,
Carrie P.