Done and...

 Done!

My blocks are ready to show during the Modern Quilt Therapy group tomorrow afternoon.

With Passion,
Carrie P.

Back to Normal

I am finally getting back into my routine. Do like a regular routine? Going away for five days means a lot of catching up to do. So one thing I need to catch up on is to let you know what the giveaway is for those who are participating in NOTHING BUT UFOs. Since fall is right around the corner I thought I would give you have a chance to win this book, a pattern for the star quilt, and a 1/2 yard of fabric. Be sure to link up your UFO goals on this post.

 Right before I went out of town I was notified that I had won a giveaway from Clover and Violet. SkyeReve was a sponsor during the Season By Hand series. I was a participant in this series during the summer time. There were a lot of giveaways at the end of the hop. I won a $25 gift certificate which I used to buy this half yard bundle of Briar Rose by Heather Ross. Natasha also include two cute pieces of fabric squares. Thanks to Natasha for being a sponsor during this series and to Jennie and Clara for asking me to be a part.

 Being away from the garden for five days meant that I better get out there and check to see what needed to be harvested. As you can see the bell peppers are doing really well. The tomatoes are about done producing as well as the tomatillos. The green beans did not do well this summer. I was so disappointed. Fresh green beans are one of the things I really look forward to in the summer.

 This morning I spent some time working on two big blocks to take to the Modern Quilt Therapy group this Wednesday. When I have them put together I will show them to you. While sewing I have been watching the birds visit the bird feeder. Mr. Cardinal is enjoying the sunflower seeds.

Before I left on our trip I gave a private quilting lesson to a woman who had never quilted before. This is the quilt that she wanted to make.

 She decided to use batiks and black fabric which was an excellent choice for these blocks.

 She was a great student and I think she might be joining the ranks of quilters.

With Passion,
Carrie P.

Nothing But UFOs

Did you miss me? I have been in Virginia for my nephew's wedding and to visit my #1 son and daughter-in-law. We got home Wednesday late afternoon. I was too tired to do a post then. Yesterday I was busy, washing clothes, going grocery shopping, and cooking for company last night. I know those of you who are participating in the UFO challenge are anxious to know who won the giveaway so I will announce that first. Drum roll!! Rosie from Rosie's Quilting World is the winner for August. Congrats Rosie and to all of you participating. 

I am going to work on getting these two tops put together this month. I am also going to be working on some other projects which I will show you as I finish them.

I know you have been thinking about what UFOs you will work on this month. Maybe you already started working on them and wrote a post. Today you can link up your goals.
Tomorrow I will share the giveaway for September. Can't wait to see what you are going to work on this month.

With Passion,
Carrie P.

Do the Hustle!

Did you ever dance the Hustle when it came out in the mid 70's? Maybe you weren't even born then. The song came out in 1975 the same year I graduated high school. Whoa! that is a long time ago. You can hear this song from the disco craze here. But be warned if you listen to it the song will be stuck in your head all day long. OOOO! do the hustle.

Let's get to the real reason I titled this post "Do the Hustle." The title should really be do the Holiday Hustle. Sew Lux Fabric  had a quilt along. The quilt was made with charm squares. I had some so I decided to join in. This quilt is going to be a Christmas gift. The quilt measures 53" x 60", a very nice lap quilt. Sew Lux Fabrics just made up some really cute kits using this pattern which are now on sale. Plus they are having an end of summer sale. No, they did not pay me to say that. Just wanted to share in case you want to make a quilt like this for a gift or just need some other fabrics.

I decided to quilt this one myself since it wasn't too big. Some of the fabric squares have holly leaves on them. So I thought I would make a pattern to carry on the theme.I traced it on the red border to make a continuous quilting design.

 I quilted most of the quilt in a very dark brown thread.

 Stippling on the squares and straight lines a quarter inch from the edge on the off white fabric. Not too bad for not having done any free motion quilting in a while.

I am linking up my finished quilt to Sew Lux Fabric and Such a Sew and Sew August finish. Don't forget to link up your finished UFOs on the previous post. You still have four days.

                

With Passion,

Carrie P.

Time to link up your UFO finishes

Here is my progress for this month on the UFOs that I had listed at the beginning of the month. 

 I finished the last two blocks of the Bunny Hill BOM that I started in 2009. I changed the block on the left. It had a cat in the basket and a little witch standing by the basket. I asked my daughter for any suggestions she might have to replace those two things. She said, "What about an owl and some leaves." Perfect! I found this charm square in my stash that had these owls on it. So I cut one out. I appliqued it and some leaves on the block.

 I am linking up this finish to Melissa's blog for my "Lovely" August finish and to LynCC's blog.

 I sewed some half square triangles for my Christmas blocks. That is as far as I got on this UFO.

 I did finish up my crocheted shawl. I am pretty pleased how it turned out. You can find this free "easy" pattern here at Red Heart yarn.

 I will be linking this finished project to Lynne's blog.

If you linked up here at the beginning of August you can now show off your UFO finished goals. Be sure to link up once you have a blog post done. Can't wait to see what you finished this month.

With Passion,

Carrie P.