Goodwill

I love Goodwill! I found this big bag; I think it was one that a comforter came in, full of fabric. I paid a grand total of $5.00 whole dollars. And here's the good stuff I pulled out of the bag. The rest is polyester and other stuff that I am not likely to use. I washed it all because it smelled like it had been in the bag for some time. But I LOVE good deals. Even if I use this stuff for backing or whatever it was certainly worth $5.00.

My favorite fabric was this one. The children in the fabric are so sweet and can you see the bunnies and the sheep?? Very cute, and there's a lot of this fabric. It is grey which I think is an odd color but I like it.

Finished

I finished quilting and putting the binding on this One Block Wonder Quilt. I LOVE how it turned out. This one is for my dad because he really liked it when he saw me working on it. And he was very worried that I not "mess it up" when I was quilting it. I am going to take it over to mom and dad's house and put it on their bed for a surprise when they get home from vacation!

This pattern is SO easy and very forgiving. Here is a picture of the original fabric I used.

Once you cut it up and sew it back together in the pattern you can't even tell. And you could use exactly the same fabric and get a completely different quilt.

Birds

I think these little guys are turning out so cute. My only problem (that I am not going to do anything about) is that I think the bright pink is too close to the color of the beak and feet and you can''t see them so well. Maybe when I get it quilted they will stand out a little more. I need to add a little eye to each bird. But I like how the vintage sheets turned out on these.

Feet and Beaks

A few posts back I showed you the birdie quilt I am working on for a friend's daughter. I decided to try the feet and beaks the way the directions say and if that doesn't work I can figure something else out. I have put fusable webbing on the backs of these. Once they're fused then I can zigzag around them. This is about half of the ones I need to cut.

Swap

This is my swap for my partner on Swap-Bot. I didn't come up with the design; I bought some blocks that were half sewn together in to what looked like was going to be a bigger quilt at a garage sale. But there were only about fifteen blocks. So I put them together in this little mini-quilt. Then I added the one-inch squares border. I hope my partner likes it.

New Week

Well, I didn't do much sewing last week; my sister was visiting from NY. I don't get to see her nearly enough so I spent every minute that I could with her and my niece and nephew. So I will show you something that I found a long time ago and absolutely love. If you are a dog lover you will whole-heartedly agree but I suppose the same might be said for cat although I am not convinced!

Guild Challenge

My quilt guild challenge this year was to use novelty fabric. I found these cute dogs at a fabric shop where I was taking a class. The black fabric has little paw prints on it. I attached some dog buttons and iron on patches. I am a BIG fan of dogs so this was a fun one for me. I didn't win a prize; but the one's that did were definately worthy!