New Year - Back to quilting???

Happy New Year! Welcome 2015!! 

It has been far too many YEARS since I have been here and blogging about my life and progress. I plan on retaking over ownership of my life and free time this year and get back to quilting and continue getting my house and life in order. 

A lot has happened in my life since my last blog but I will not go backwards but continue forward. This year I hope to focus on the positives in my life and not allow the negatives the overcome my happiness. Hoping to reconnect to my past blogger friends and make some new ones this year.

Sewing Room Pics

wanted to share a couple of pictures of my freshly painted sewing room, couldn't get the whole room in a shot so here are two pictures. Need to make the window toppers and this room will be completed for now ...

same room different view ....

National Quilting Day

What a wonderful sewing day I hope to have in honor of National Quilting Day!

Here are my goals that I hope to complete during the course of the day ...
1. Finish RR block challenge blocks ... DONE!! the top row is the one I completed this morning!

2. Finish Star BOM challenge block ... no progress made on this one but today is another day.

3. Finish Scrappy Star blocks for swap ... DONE!!! Finished this late last night after my company left but they were still finished yesterday!


4. Finish Mystery Block of the month ... progress made at least, cut out and made all sections of the block now to keep rearranging them until I find the block I like best. So far, found four different blocks to choose from. I am sure there are more but I'll let you know how many I find before I find the one I want to turn this into.

5. Start on UGRR top piecing ... blocks are finished, need to add sashing and border blocks - no progress ... bummer!

and what is everyone else up to on this quilty day?? please share


until next time ... happy quilting

so many projects ...

I have been painting in my sewing area and while moving things around in there I have found a multitude of projects, BOBs and UFOs that I have started and never finished. I gathered the most of the larger ones and put them into boxes and tried to labeled them so I can see them. I am hoping that by me seeing this tower of boxes that it might inspire me to start working on them and getting something completed and marked off the list. I am ashamed to show you this tower of boxes and tell you that this is not all of them either.


I am wondering though ... is this a quilters trait or is it just me? I'd love to hear back from you to know if I should seek help with this problem I seem to have.
until next time ... happy quilting

Working on some projects

Another Purple Star to add to my growing collection. This one is called Friend's Star from Quilter's Cache. I think there may be a couple more but here is the last picture I posted on that collection Purple Stars

On a quilting site that I am a part of we are doing a RR Block challenge, we will be making a set of blocks every two months and by the end of the year we will have enough blocks to make our own RR quilt. This was the first set of rows .. the block is the Next Door Neighbor from Quilter's Cache. Not the best picture but it does show I have them completed.

the second block is the Weathervane Block from Quilter's Cache. As you can see I just started these today but hope to have them done by the end of the week if not sooner. At least I can show some progress ;o)

Other than painting my kitchen and breakfast rooms this is all I have been working on lately. I hope to show my finished painted rooms soon too.

Until next time ... happy quilting!

Gosh! It's been awhile

Thanks Evelyn for the kick I needed to get back on my blog and update everyone.

I am sorry it has been so long since I have been on my blog and posted anything! Quick update ... This winter we have actually had a winter with lots of SNOW for us here in the south to enjoy.

I have recently become unemployed so I am in the process of job searching. I have been steadily going thru things at the house and organizing things and thinning things out still. That will always be a work in progress for me. I have started painting the kitchen to brighten it up in there. It's going to be a pale yellow. Need to find some sunflower prints for new curtains in there too.

I have not been sewing much until here lately. I have been using solely from my stash but have not been posting to show any usage on Judy's blog.

This one is called Stars Over My Barns, the blocks are from a swap I did. Need to figure out borders and get this one completed soon.

This is what I have been working on for the last couple days. My UGRR blocks now have the sashing and corner squares cut to get those into a top. I have been piecing the border blocks (for swapping and my border) from smaller pieces of my Civil War fabrics. I think I am going to try and piece the backing for this one too and use up the rest of that fabric.

Stash Busting Report

It has been such a long time since I posted my report I feel a bit lost. I have been busy this week but it has not been all sewing but more painting (redoing my bathroom - ugh! won't go there!)

Here are some blocks I made for some swaps I am a part of. Notice both are scrappy so I used from my STASH!!! YEAH!!!

Go to this site Judy's Stash Busting Challenge to see how everyone else is doing. Her's my report hope to do better next week!

Fabric usage report ....

Fabric Added this Week: 0 yards

Fabric Added Year to Date: 4 yards

Fabric Used this Week: .75 yard

Fabric gifted/sold this week: 0 yards

Fabric Out Year to Date: 47.25 yards

Thread usage report --I still have over 51 spools of thread on hand - I hope to use half of these this year.

Spools added this week: 0 spools

Spools used this week: 0 spools

Total Spools used to Date: 2 spools

Total Spools bought to Date: 2 spools

until next time ... happy quilting

Gosh! Has it been that long?!?

I am ashamed to say it has been since March since I have been here to post one blog post or view anyone's blog to see what everyone was up to.

Alot has been going on and I won't bore you with the long update. Let's just start from today and move forward with some life stories and UFO/quilty progress.

I have been slowly working on my crumb block for my UFO for the month of July and hope to show a completed top soon.

I have been working on my Start BOM Challenge and have made several more blocks ...
I have also been making some blocks for the Christmas BOM Challenge and here are my blocks to date ...

Fabric usage/Stash Reporting .... I have used some fabric/thread and bought some too, not sure how much thought. I will start again with my stash report on Sunday and go from there. It may not be 100% accurate but it is the best I can do ;o)

I hope that everyone has been able to find some time to fit in some sewing or something they enjoy weekly. Life is too short to not find some joy in it.

until next time ... happy quilting

Weekly Progress - Stash Usage Report

this month's Star Block

One block for this month's Christmas Quilt Along

Second block for this month's Christmas Quilt Along

I have been under the weather again this last week and haven't gotten much done. Here are some pictures of the blocks I have been working on and the totals for my stash usage for the Stash Busting Challenge On Judy's Site

Fabric usage report ....
Fabric Added this Week: 0 yards
Fabric Added Year to Date: 4 yards
Fabric Used this Week: .50 yard
Fabric gifted/sold this week: 0 yards
Fabric Out Year to Date: 46.75 yards

Thread usage report --I still have over 51 spools of thread on hand - I hope to use half of these this year.

Spools added this week: 0 spools
Spools used this week: 0 spools
Total Spools used to Date: 2 spools
Total Spools bought to Date: 2 spools

until next time ... happy quilting

Weekly Stash Report and Update

I have been under the weather the last week or so and haven't gotten much done and failed to do the last Stash Report too. So let me catch up with some pictures of the blocks I have been working on and my usage for the Stash Busting Challenge On Judy's Site


here is a block for a seasonal block swap. I decided just to make four smaller blocks that have a Summer theme and join them to make my larger block that was required. I like how it came out, need to make three more to finish that swap.


here is the MS block done in green and cream for a Friendship Swap I am a part of.


Here is a Star block done in black and white for a Friendship Swap I am part of.


Fabric usage report ....
Fabric Added this Week: 0 yards
Fabric Added Year to Date: 4 yards
Fabric Used this Week: .75 yard
Fabric gifted/sold this week: 0 yards
Fabric Out Year to Date: 46.25 yards


Thread usage report --I still have over 51 spools of thread on hand - I hope to use half of these this year.
Spools added this week: 0 spools
Spools used this week: 0 spools
Total Spools used to Date: 2 spools
Total Spools bought to Date: 2 spools
until next time ... happy quilting