Happy Easter!

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
1 Peter 1:3

“Jesus said to them, ‘Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.’”
Luke 24:46-47

Blessings to you this Joyous Easter Day!
Carrie P.

My Accomplishments for March

Well, it is almost the end of month and it is time to link up your finishes. Remember, if you linked up here and you finished at least one of your goals you are eligible for a chance to win the giveaway.

I don't feel like I was as productive as in February but I did reach my three goals. I finished the two quilts and put one top together.

I almost caught up on the monogram Mondays from Jenny of Elefantz. I didn't get this past Mondays done.

I did get all the pieces cut out for The Raspberry Rabbits BOM. I did some stitching also. This will be one of my UFOs to work on in to April.

Yippee! I finished hand quilting one more side of my daughter's quilt. Only one more side to go!

And I did crochet a few little projects. The soap saver, the first part of the cowl crochet along from Fiber Flux and another handle cover for my #2 son's iron skillet.

Now it is your turn to show off what you did this month. I will announce the winners of the giveaway and show my new UFOs on April 1. Can't wait to see what you finished this month.

With Passion,
Carrie P.

Almost Finished!

Well, the top is finished. It took me a couple days to figure out which fabric to use for the inner border.

 Unfortunately, I could not make the tulips from the Bee In My Bonnet row along. I did not have enough back ground fabric. I took out the "V" row which I am going to use on the back of the quilt. I need to make a trip to the LQS to get the backing fabric. I have the binding all made so once I get it quilted I will be ready to finish this WIP. I really enjoyed working on this quilt. Lori's tutorials are very precise on her blog. She went to a lot of work and I really appreciate the time she put into her tutorials.

I am linking this finish up Lyn's blog.

With Passion,
Carrie P.

Having Fun!

Yesterday I spent most of the afternoon sewing on the Bee In My Bonnet row along quilt. Here is the fun label for the quilt. I still need to put on the antenna and basic information. I am going to embroider it.

 It is always fun to shop for fabric. I received a gift certificate from #1 son and DIL for Christmas. I finally thought it was time to spend it. I bought this yardage. The green is for a backing of a small quilt. The solid is for my first solid quilt I will be working on. Last is the floral. Aren't those little flowers so sweet? It is Posy by Aneela Hoey. My gift certificate was from the Fat Quarter shop. They have so much to offer which made it hard to shop but as you can see I narrowed it down.

 I also won a sweet little giveaway from Sew you Quilt 2. Thank you so much! Now who doesn't love getting fun stuff delivered to your mailbox?! Me!

With Passion,
Carrie P.

My weekend

This weekend was very busy. Saturday was spent doing lots of different things. Sunday my #2 son and DIL came over for dinner to celebrate my DIL's birthday. 

 I did find a few hours each day to do some crocheting. Do you save the slivers from your soap? I do. I found this free pattern for a "soap saver" on Ravelry.com. I can spend way to much time on that site looking at free patterns. I also did the first part of the crochet along on Fiber Flux. I made a swatch to see how the stitches will look with the yarn I had picked out for the cowl I will be making.

 I cut and sewed all the sashing pieces and sewed them onto each background squares. As you can see I got all the bunnies cut out and some pieces for the August block. Now I can applique The Raspberry Rabbits block.

My goal this week is to get all the pieces cut out. Then I can just sit and applique while watching TV at night.

I keep forgetting to introduce you to a new blogger. "What about Rheema?" has been blogging since January. I met her because she has been participating in "Nothing But UFOs." Go by and say hi to her when you have a minute.

With Passion,
Carrie P.