circles

I am participating in a Liberty of London fabric swap and I am making my

swap partner a circle mini like the one on my header above : )

These are some of the fabrics that I have selected for my swap partner.

I'll show details of my process soon!

piece,

elizabeth

mini quilt swap mail

I had some "happy mail" this week…my mini quilt arrived!  It is a beautiful string star made by Verlynne from Arizona.  She also sent some goodies along with it, making it a very fun swap : )

Her machine quilting is lovely.

The colors are so bright and cheerful.

Here it is on the wall with some of my other mini quilts.

I really enjoyed this mini swap…thank you so much, Verlynne!

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elizabeth

mini quilt swap

I made a quilt for the schnitzel and boo mini quilt swap.

I made a quilt for Nancy, and she has received her quilt, and she seems to like it!

It was lots of fun to make….I haven't received mine yet, but I know it should be soon : )

The name of this mini is "Bouquet".

I started making hexagons with some of my Kaffe Fassett stash.

 

After I sewed them into a flower bouquet, I machine stitched them to some denim chambray.

I quilted using several colors of crochet thread with big stitches.

You know how I like to stitch with those big stitches!

Although the color looks like charcoal, it really is blue/denim.

I used a scrappy binding to finish it off.

I added a few goodies to the box…small scissors, notecards, tea, and a pincushion!

This is a picture that Nancy took after she opened her package.

Now, I am anxiously waiting to see what will come in the mail for me

and who it will be from….it is fun to make new friends : )

piece,

elizabeth

  

swap blocks

I haven't been a very good blogger this summer, but I have been sewing a little bit.  I have spent most of my sewing time putting together unfinished projects.  One of those projects came from the Block Swap Adventure Bee.

The pattern I requested was Bachelor Puzzle in Kaffe Fassett type fabrics.  Although there are very few Kaffe fabrics in these blocks, it did make a nice bright quilt top!

I have more quilt tops ready to add to the quilting pile that I will blog about soon : )

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elizabeth 

show off friday~~~birdie gift

Show Off Friday

I received the pincushion from my swap partner for the

QuiltCon pincushion swap.  It is a darling bird : )

This cutie was made by Christine, from the Cincinnati MQG.
Here is her post about making her pincushion.

It was such a lovely day, I decided to bring her outside for some fresh air!

Now it is your turn to link up something~~~~what do you have for

Show Off Friday

There are no rules for this link up party....this is just the place to show off

projects you are working on!

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elizabeth

colorful swap

Last night at the OKCMQG we swapped solid fabric!

I think I will just leave them out to enjoy for a while.....

They look so pretty together.....what a great addition to my stash : )

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elizabeth

a look back at 2011~~~first half

Here are a few of the projects that I worked on in the first half of 2011:

These two projects were part of the Be Mine blog tour hosted by Spun Sugar blog.

These two projects were my start with embroidery.

These five little mug rugs were so much fun, and I also began using big stitch quilting on some of them!

This is my finished postage stamp top that I hope to quilt in 2012 : )  This was part of a quilt along with Rachel at PS i quilt blog.

I also began the Farmer's Wife quilt along and participated in a few swaps.  But these were some of the finishes for the first half of 2011!

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elizabeth

fun mail

I have received two lovely packages in the mail recently!  This first block is from the Block Swap Adventure swap.

This block is called Bachelor Puzzle.  I now have enough blocks for a quilt, so next year I am going to ask for a different block....what will it be?!?  I haven't decided, but I know I will once again ask for bright fabric : )

Carolyn included one of her darling scissor cases.

The second package was from the holiday mini quilt swap.  I asked for a Christmas mini quilt and here is the wonderful little quilt that I received from Maree in New Zealand.  She also included several extra goodies.

I consider these awesome swaps and fun mail, indeed!

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elizabeth

fun memories

I always enjoy decorating for Christmas with things from the past.  They bring back good memories and joy, and feel so comfortable and sweet!  This quilt is from a swap that I participated in when I first began patchwork.  I have always liked the log-cabin quilt block and it really makes a pretty red and green quilt.

We each signed our block and added our hometown in the light side of the cabin.  Here is the block that I made for the swap.  We each made 20 log-cabin blocks.

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elizabeth

 

november in review

Here is a mosaic of some of my November projects.  It has been a colorful month : )

faux piped binding mini, lazy bargello mini, jungle mini
colorful pincushion,  Christmas swap mini, picnic quilt
merry little bunting, yo-yo mini, button tree

I am linking up to Fresh Sewing Day at Lily's Quilts.

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elizabeth

little quilt monday~~~mini holiday quilt swap

Little Quilt Monday

I joined the 15 Minute Holiday Swap.  The rules for the swap were to make a 12 X 12 inch mini quilt for your partner in the holiday theme of their choice.  My swap partner picked Christmas as her theme.  If you have ever read the 15 Minutes Play blog then you know that the idea is to use scraps and orphan blocks to make fabric to use in quilting, while you create and play : )

I am entering the 2011 Christmas Quilt Show with this little Christmas mini quilt.  I hope you will go check out all the wonderful entries at SewCalGal's blog!

I am new to this type of creative freedom!   I enjoyed the process, and I will do this more often because we all know that there are always scraps of fabric left over from other projects.  Making fabric from scraps is really lots of fun.  Do you ever make fabric from scraps?

I hand stitched with red crochet thread in the big stitch style that is becoming very comfortable for me.

I hope my swap partner likes her mini Christmas quilt.

Remember to add your pics to the Little/mini quilts flickr group or the Mini quilts Facebook page : )

I am linking up to Finish It Up Friday.

Now it is your turn to link up something that you have been working on.  Let's inspire each other on this

Little Quilt Monday!

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elizabeth

swap block and giveaway winner

This is the 12 inch quilt block that I made for Lori, my swap partner at Block Swap Adventures.  She requested a pinwheel four-patch.  This was a fun block to make, I need to make more of these.  I like the contrast of the white with the printed fabric.  She ask for a vintage, country block and I think this has that vintage look : )

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The winner of the My Memories free software giveaway is Cheryl!   Cheryl, I will send you an e-mail with the details on how you will get your software.  You are going to really enjoy this software, it is easy to install and use.

With only two people entering my giveaway, I have decided to give a runner-up prize(probably a fat quarter or two), so I am sending Kathy an e-mail about her prize too!

I have linked this post to Lyn's BOM Away at What A Hoot.
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elizabeth

swap blocks

I received my quilt block for the Block Swap Adventure swap from Lori and she included another 12 inch block and a 6 inch block.  I love them all : )

Thank you, Lori, you have been a fun swap partner!

The pattern is my request, Bachelor's Puzzle.  If you would like to make one you can find the pattern here.

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elizabeth

my memories free software giveaway

I am excited to show you what I have learned using the My Memories Suite Scrapbook software!

I am having lots of fun learning how to use this digital scrapbook which includes many templates, backgrounds, fonts, and embellishments to choose from.  It is also possible to make your own by starting with a blank canvas, or you can visit their website and choose from their wonderful selection of kits.

My first page of flowers has a white background and I like how the flower embellishments pop off the page.

Next, I made a page about hiking in Colorado.  There are so many layouts and background colors and templates to choose from that every page can look different.

I think this digital scrapbooking software will come in handy for adding photos in my blog posts as well as making scrapbook templates of my photos.  And it is very easy to use : )   

Watch this video for more information:

I like the look of my Block Swap Adventure blocks on this page.

I am only just beginning to figure out all that I can do with My Memories software.

And, of course, I have many Tiger pictures to play with so I will have lots of practice.

Along with my review(please remember this is just my opinion) of the My Memories Suite Scrapbook software, I have the opportunity to host a giveaway and you will have a chance to win your very own copy of My Memories Suite software!

To enter this giveaway you have 3 chances to win:

1.  Please visit www.MyMemories.com and leave a comment telling me which digital paper pack or layout is your favorite.

2.  Follow my blog and leave comment.

3.  Blog about this giveaway and leave a comment.

This giveaway starts Thursday, September 22, 2011 and ends Friday, September 30, 2011.  The software is only licensed in the United States or Canada, so only residents from the US or Canada should enter.  The winner will receive a promo code to download their free software.(It was very easy to install)

I have a special for my readers who would like to purchase the My Memories Suite software now!

You will receive a $10 discount off the purchase of the software and a $10 coupon for the My Memories store----a $20 value.   Just copy and paste this coupon code to get this great deal:

STMMMS12473

I will continue to use my scrapbook software for my blog pictures in the future : )

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elizabeth 

Giveaway is closed.  Winners have been contacted by e-mail : )