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With the last of the fat quarter bundle that I made the "Lisa's Flowers" quilt with , I decided to use up and not just cut up! So I started a spool quilt..... Spool quilt Lisa's Flowers I finished February"s Guild mystery quilt blocks.                                   I have also worked on the mystery from Third Saturday group. We met this past Saturday and were given the clues from Brenda Peterson. I have finished only one of the flying geese bands. But one is better than none!  All for now, chatter later, keep warm, Martha.

The last of five quilts for my granddaughter's quilt ladder is a pattern by Edyta Sitar called "Sweet Blend".  I am making the stars with different greys and background will be a black eclectic print. About half the way there! I forgot to share a  picture of what I did with leftover blocks from my "Summer Wedding" quilt. I am hoping to hand quilt this and make it a donation quilt. Got this quilt back from quilter and have label put on and binding sewn down.                          Pic of my backing with top leftovers.  You can see my label in left hand corner of quilt.                                The last three flower blocks. I hope to bring this quilt top to quilter to also be basted for me to do some  hand quilting. It is only about 52" square, not that large....

I too like many of you have been doing some cold weather sewing. I hope to share this with many of you, today. First off, my "Summer Wedding " by Black Cat Creations! I love scrappy quilts , but this one I decided to make red and white. I finished making all my "H" blocks and started putting them all in rows.                     And last group of three rows, same as first!  Then putting  those rows together..... Then adding a border before ironing, finished except quilting and putting on the binding. Then I went digging and dug out a small project that when finished will be approximately 60" square and is between four or five years old. It is a wool project from Lisa Bongean called "Lisa's Garden". I had 16 blocks left to finish. I have eight more to finish as of today. So I thought I would include a pic of quilt as it is now.  I finished making a...

During the fourth of July weekend there is a craft fair held in the local park. This is held every year. I usually just go and browse , not really looking for any thing special. This year there was something that really peeked my interest.... Fish Leather.  It is a real leather and must be treated as such. They make wallets ,bracelets and coin purses from it. These are a few pieces, though not very big , I thought I would use some in place of some woolin my "Lisa's Flower Garden" quilt. A small bag cost me $5.00. Not too bad. If you click on the pics it will enlarge them so that you can even see the scales.  But it feels just like any other leather. I have bought 2 different patterns by two different designers for the exact same bag.  The reason I did this was because they are both written terribly! Can hardly understand them. I thought maybe where one was lax perhaps the other would be clearer. No such luck. However when combined they both have some lovely ...