Someone's in the Kitchen with Carrie

Do you know the song titled I've Been Working on the Railroad? For some reason that song came to my mind when I was working on this block from Quiet Play. In the song there is a verse that says Someone's in the Kitchen with Dinah. I remember this song as a child but I didn't remember that this verse was a part of the song, I've Been Working on the Railroad. You can go to this YouTube link  to see a young woman singing the song.

You can see "Dinah" is looking out her window to see if some raspberries are ready to pick. I used a blue crayon to add some blue to the background of that piece of fabric. I think I will add more blue to it. I am also going to embroider a face on Dinah. I will add some knobs to the cabinets. I will also embroider the words--flour, sugar, and tea and the yellow canisters.

I also finished making the kitchen tool caddy.

Here are all the completed blocks. For some reason even though I printed them out the same way each month they came out different sizes. I will probably add some sashing in between the blocks but I am going to think about it. I had fun working on these blocks. Paper piecing is not so scary anymore!

I am linking up my finished blocks to Kristy's blog Quiet Play. Thanks Kristy for sharing such fun blocks.

With Passion,
Carrie P.

Log Cabins

Have you ever made a log cabin quilt? I made this one in the early 2000's. I didn't put a label on it. I was new to quilting back then. Shame on me! I took a class to learn how to make this quilt. I hand quilted it in blue thread. It seems funny now that I took a class because the log cabin block is one of the easiest blocks to make.

This is my newest log cabin quilt. One of the monthly groups I attend, Modern Quilt Therapy, voted to make this quilt during the year. It is from the Nov/Dec 2013 Quilty magazine. Cynthia Brunz is the designer.  I used the border fabric as my focal fabric to pick out the "logs". All the fabric was from my stash. My friend Laura did the machine quilting.

Here is the quilting design. It reminds me of a rose of sorts.

Here is another version of the log cabin block. I made this for a friend a couple months ago.

The pattern came from this new magazine--Block. I decided to subscribe for at least a year. I like the stories written along with the patterns.

So this month Modern Quilt Therapy met. One of the ladies brought this log cabin quilt.

 Two more of the ladies finished their log cabin quilts. As you can see this one was done in opposite lights and darks compared to mine.

 Here is the back of the quilt.

 Another one done. Sorry I can't show the whole quilt. We meet in a small room and it is hard to get good photos.

With Passion,
Carrie P.

All Caught Up!

Whoo! Hoo! I am all caught up with my Bertie's Year BOM! One more to go which is the December kit. I look for it to arrive the first of November.

These little kits look like they are made from wool but it is all flannel. I did win some lovely wool from a giveaway Karen was having a few weeks ago. You might remember I did a pattern test for her back in April. You can see it here. She has some lovely patterns. Thanks Karen!

Speaking of wool, look what Beverly has been working on. I went to my last applique bee for the year last week. Aren't these blocks great?! These are blocks from Primitive Gatherings block of the week from a few years ago.

And look what Carolyn is working on. I just love these colors together. This pattern is from Blackbird Designs.

With Passion,

Carrie P.

Busy Times

It is a busy time of year for me. When not working on other things around the house I have been sewing to catch up on this sew along with Lisa Bonegan of Primitive Gatherings. I wonder what the next round will be.

 This past Saturday Mr. P. and I drove up to the Blue Ridge Parkway. It was a beautiful crisp fall day.

 We drove into a town called Blowing Rock. We got there in the morning but by early afternoon the crowds were overwhelming. We decided it was time to head home. It was a nice get away while it lasted.

 I have been busy cleaning up the garden from the summer crops. I have all the empty beds refilled with leaf compost ready for a winter's nap. I got the garlic planted too. The other beds with fall veggies are doing really well. Picked fresh spinach, lettuce, some kale, and two carrots. I beat the voles from getting them. So far so good. I am going to try my hand at making kale chips.

With Passion,
Carrie P.

Another Sneak Peek

More English Paper Piecing from Missie's new pattern that will be coming out soon. It is a reproduction of a quilt from the 1700's. The blocks are from the King George III coverlet. As you can see from my sneak peek I did mine in a little bit more modern fabrics.

 If you are a little nervous about English paper piecing you might try a kit from Missie. She sells them on her website. You could by one kit that has the pre-cut freezer paper pieces along with excellent instructions. She has six patterns to choose from.

 Another kit you can buy has the pre-cut shapes and fabrics to make the pincushion. You can let Missie know what color of fabrics you would like and she will do her best to pick out some really pretty prints for your pincushion. How easy is that?

With Passion,

Carrie P.