My Presidency Over

Monday night was my last time serving as president of my guild. In between working on UFOs I was busy sewing each of my board members and 

committee chairpersons a zippered pouch and little thread catcher to thank them volunteering with me this year. I emailed each person to ask them their two favorite colors. I have had these done for a while but some of the members read my blog so I did not want to

let the cat out of the bag! Here they all are in their colorful bags.

 The guild members usually make the outgoing president a quilt. I told my vice-president I did not need a big quilt. So I was presented this Christmas wall hanging. Not the best picture, I know. I have it hanging on my refrigerator because my design wall is full of stuff. I will definitely show it off when I get it machine quilted.

Just in case your were wondering the little thread catcher was a free pattern from Primitive Gatherings blog a few years ago. My VP did tell me that the wall hanging pattern is from an old Australian magazine. I don't have any idea which one.
So now I can sit back and enjoy the meetings. It was a good year and I had great help from my board and committee chairpersons. Thank you all.

Here is an update on my sewing room-to-be. I have finally gotten it all painted and Mr. P. is planning to start laying the laminate flooring this weekend. He has Fridays off for the summer now so that means he can get done sooner. :0)

With Passion,

Carrie P.

Unwrapping the Goodness!

I have these four jelly rolls that have just been sitting on my shelf. What should I do with them? Well, I decided I needed "a start something new" fix! I know I am just supposed to be working on UFOs but when I saw that Doreen is having a jelly roll sew along I decided to join in.

So I unwrapped this Cinnamon Spice jelly roll. 

 Just one jelly roll and some background fabric is all you need to make a 60" x 72" quilt. I have all my pieces cut out and I am ready for the next set of instructions. Join in if you have a jelly roll that has been just sitting on your shelf waiting for you to unwrap its goodness!

 I just have to show this photo too. Sorry it is blurry looking. It was taken through the window screen. That is a big hawk sitting on the bluebird house. No bluebirds have made their home in it yet but I am sure if they had the parents would be swooping down at that big old bird.

With Passion,
Carrie P.

Hexie Friday

I sewed three more flowers to my hexagon quilt. One thing I did not mention the last time I shared this quilt was that this is a charm quilt. That means that each hexagon uses a different fabric. No two fabrics will be alike.

 Even the green hexagons will use a different fabrics.

 My growing garden.

 Last week I linked up to A Quilting Reader's Garden. ANudge was having a giveaway for this magazine and I won. Isn't that quilt on the cover fabulous? Maybe one day I will make something similar. Thanks ANudge! Check out the other hexagon projects on her blog. I am linking up again.

With Passion,
Carrie P.

Last Quilt Bound

Here is the fourth UFO quilt all bound and ready to be donated. Some of you might recognize these blocks because you did them last year too. These blocks are from the Bloggers BOM hosted by Jackie of Canton Village Quilt Works.

 Here are some details of the quilting done by the amazing Laura! Thanks Laura for doing all these quilts for me.

 Every time I would sit down to work on the binding of each quilt I would think, "I want to keep this quilt for myself." Laura just made these quilts extra special. I will not keep any them, of course, because my original plan was to donate them. Where I am donating them? I am donating them to Hopes and Dreams Quilt Challenge for ALS-Lou Gehrig's disease. I don't know anyone with this disease but for some reason it really touches my heart. The quilts are given to ALS patients or used to raise awareness.  This challenge is put on by Quilters Dream batting. I have donated quilts to this cause for several years. There are prizes but that is not why I donate. I just want to share some quilts with patients.

 So as I was going through my sewing room getting ready to move to my new space I found two more quilts that I am going to share. This one was made from all kinds of blocks which was just placed in a random setting.

This was one of my first quilts I made. Maybe you have some quilts you would like to donate. The minimum size is 35" x 44 or larger. 

 So I will put these quilts in the mail after I share them at our guild meeting next Monday night. I am linking up the Blogger's BOM on the June finishes linky party at Such a Sew and Sew.

There is still time to link up your "Nothing but UFOs" for this month here.

With Passion,
                     Carrie P.

A Season By Hand and other stuff

I am really excited about this new blog hop that begins today. A Season by Hand by Clover and Violet. I am going to reveal my hand project on July 9. This blog hop will be great fun to see what ideas come from the other bloggers who are going to share their hand sewing projects. You might be inspired to start your own project to work on while you travel or even just sit outside enjoying your summertime.
There is also going to be prizes and a chance for you to link up your hand sewing project at the end of the hop. Be sure to check out each blog during the next two months.
Thanks to Jennie and Clara for putting all this together. 

June 4 – Alyce – Blossom Heart Quilts
June 6 – Emily – Mommy’s Nap Time
June 7 – Jodi – Pleasant Home
June 10 – Suz – PatchworknPlay
June 11 – Beth – Plum and June
June 13 – Jenniffier – Jenniffier’s Sometimes Creative Life
June 14 – Heidi – Fabric Mutt
June 17 – Rachael – Imagine Gnats
June 18 – Elaine – Dashasel Sews
June 20 – Sandie – Crazy ‘Bout Quilts
June 21 – Amy – Lots of Pink Here
June 24 – Danny – Mommy for Reals
June 25 – Cindy – Tops to Treasures
June 27 – Leanne – She Can Quilt
June 28 – Melissa – Sew Bittersweet Designs
July 1 – Cindy – Fluffy Sheep Quilting
July 2 – Rhonda – Quilter in the Gap
July 3 – Trish – Notes of Sincerity
July 5 – Erin – Why Not Sew
July 8 – Chrissy – Sew Lux
July 9 – Carrie – A Passion for Applique
July 11 – Katy – The Littlest Thistle
July 12 – Kelley – Casa Crafty
July 15 – Emily – Strawberry Patch
July 16 – Heather and Megan – Quilt Story
July 18 – Annette – My Rose Valley
July 19 – Katy – There & Back
July 22 – Melissa – Lilac Lane
July 23 – Jenelle – Echinops & Aster
July 25 – Shanna – Fiber of All Sorts
July 26 – Jane – Jane’s Fabrics and Quilts
Wrap up and Linky running July 26 – August 5, 2013

I finished binding another donation quilt. This quilt was a BOM from a local quilt shop that is no longer open. These are old blocks from the early 2000's. The center applique block was from a Hawaiian applique class I took years ago. I even forgot that it was in this quilt. My daughter put the blocks together a couple years ago thinking she might want it but has changed her mind. So I got Laura to quilt it. She just did some meandering on this quilt.  It will be added to the other quilts that I am donating. 

Yesterday I spent the morning cleaning the walls of the room that will soon be my sewing room. Today I got around to painting around the edges of the room. I do the trim and cut work and Mr. P. does the rolling. Hopefully I will have my part done by this weekend so he can do his part.

Yesterday I harvested the first bunch of peas from the garden. I am growing two kinds. The little round peas are so sweet it is like eating sugar 

With Passion,

Carrie P.

ps. Don't forget to link up your UFOs here.