A block for the jellybean

I am not really crazy about fabric with sparkles on it, but I had to use this light pink sparkly fabric for the crown. The hearts are gold with metallic gold blanket stitch. The scroll is also gold metallic thread. The jewels will be sewn on after the quilt is constructed and quilted (heaven knows how long it will be until that happens.

New Projects Part 2

So now you know my nick name for my granddaughter. And you also now know what I planned to do with the jelly bean fabric. I think I'm off to a good start.

While surfing the net looking for some more jellybean fabric, I came across these three. Luckily, they were all on sale. Princess Ballerinas, ballet slippers and jelly beans, what more can a five year old want?

Color me surprised!

It was back around the beginning of the year when I really started to get ticked off at all the postcards and blocks that were owed to me and never received. One gal commented that if it bothered me so much, I should just quit. So that is what I did. I unsubscribed from one postcard site and did not sign up for any more swaps on the other postcard site. The very last swap I was obligated to was the "Something starting with O". I made 4 cards but only sent out 2 because two of the participants were notoriously late. The deadline for this swap was the end of March.

This weekend I was cleaning out some of the junk piled on my desk and came across my postcard trading notebook. I figured I would not be hearing from any of the people that owe me cards, so I threw out all my notes.

Fast forward to Monday and look what was in the mail.



I cannot believe it, but Angelcat fulfilled her obligation with this gorgeous card. In case you don't know, I love screaming orange. What is really funny is that her card is O for Orange and so was mine.

New Projects

I have wanted to make some of Tonya's free style letters for a while now, but I had no ideas as to what to make. So when my granddaughter said she wanted a "big girls" quilt, my mind flooded with ideas. I pulled all the pinks in my meager stash along with the jelly bean fabric (you'll find out why later). Seems like all I had was some darker pinks (stack on the right) and I needed some light ones. I went to Joanns on Saturday and purchase some light pink fat quarters along with a few browns (stack on the left).


Before I can fool around with granddaughters quilt, I decided to make some blocks for the August Block lotto over at the Forum (which is why I bought the browns).

Two more finishes

I have been busy. I have a few new things I would like to start, but I really need to clean up the clutter first. I got that last block done for the log cabin quilt and put it all together. Almost all the fabrics were from donations and I thank you all again. I will ask Alycia if she wants it for her QOV project.



You might remember a few months ago I participated in a Choose your own Color string block swap. I had asked for dark green centers with autumn color string. Even though I received a set of blocks from everyone who signed up, there were not enough blocks to make anything bigger than a wall hanging. I have been making extra blocks from donated fabrics, on and off for a while now and finally have something to show for it. Isn't it amazing how many people are involved in making this quilt. This will most likely go to Mary for the Heartstrings project.