Fabric fabric and more fabric

I have been really busy working on my Seven Days of Inspiration swap. I can't show you any pictures till after she opens the seven days.

But I can show you some pictures of the quilt alongs and mysteryies I am working on:

This is the rectangles all cut for Mrs. Moen's Mystery. I used only scraps. As much as I don't like these fabrics anymore I think I might like them after Mrs' Moen works her magic.
Next are the fabrics I selected for i have to says quilt a long. I am really thinking of spring as you can see.

These fabric don't have a specific project yet but I had two in my stash and I saw two at my LQS a couple weeks back and then I was out yesterday and added the other two. I am going to have to put these together in a quilt sometime.

Well there I have my fabric guilt off my chest now. Here is an update on the family. The girls have there final swim meet of the season tonight then it is on to the State competitions. I am in charge of the programs for their meets so I have been photgraphing at practices trying to get some good pictures for the program.

My son is playing Basketball this season. He has two more Saturday games. Last week he came home really happy saying "Mom today we only lost by 6 points". His team has a lot of first time players. But the coach is fantastic and the kids really enjoy it.

Photographic Evidence

I love when I see the term fabric porn because sometimes that is what it feels like. I love to look at fabric. These are the two layer cakes that I ordered. I am going to do the pinwheel quilt along with Rachel at ps i quilt. I ordered a bunch of Kona cotton from Joann's (it was 50% off) I haven't deided what the background color is going to be yet (white, pink, or red)

Here are my I spy block packets. I organized them into 10 squares in each packet so the coordinator has an easier time of sorting them. I can't wait to get my 200 I spy blocks back.

Here is another block swap I am involved with. It is a building block swap. I chose a General Store. I am going to put an ICE freezer on the front porch and a barrel maybe a mail box and perhaps a rocking chair.

Well I am off to a high school swim meet. I always walk around with an extra layer on compared to everyone else but at the meet I finally get warmed up and shed a couple layers. It's great. Enjoy your Friday everyone.

Technically It is still Sunday

So here it is......Cheddar and Crackers (that's the pattern name but I have to get a better name for it) I really love this. it was really hard to make sure all the colors came out correctly but it was worth it.

My quiltathon was successful. I am tired and I am now going to bed. I will probably be dreaming about backings and borders maybe even quilting.

A fat quarters give away

I finally got some time to catch up on my blogs. I came across this blog Suzanne's Great Big Giveaway. She is closing down her storefront "Knots and Bolts". I'm dreaming about winning some fat quarters.

Quiltathon

Well I had a list of what I wanted to get done this weekend. It went like this: 1. Cheddar and Crackers by Hunble Quilter (all squares are cut just need to sew) 2. Diary of Hazel steps (3 days) 3. Bonnie Hunter's Double Delight (most of this is cut at least parts 1 and 2) 4. Finish hand sewing the binding on my daughters christmas quilt 5. Make a couple pillowcases for 1 million pillowcases

Such a small list so easy to do. Not.. I got a little of the Cheddar and Crackers quilt completed. I am staying up late tonight and I will finish this top. I will post pictures later.

Friday Night Sew In

Well the night started off really well. I finished my blocks for the Fresh Comfort II Bee. They turned out great now to get to the post office and mail them to Margaret. Next I wanted to make the block of the month from the Quilt Ladies.

Done. I'm on a roll. The next thing on the list is the Amy's passion Blocks of the month. I tried making these once before but I really didn't like the fabrics. I got new fabric and here are the new blocks.

I think they look great. Ok what is next. Distant pickle just added the next step in her quilt along. So I will do the next step.

They were just 9 patches and now they are disappearing 9 patches. So now it is 2am and I am really tired. I tried to finish my Cheddar and crackers quilt but I realized I didn't have one of the fabrics I needed. I decided to sit and finish the binding on my daughters quilt.

I got really tired and couldn't finish. So I went to bed.

What a great Friday Night Sew In.

Another Swap

I know. I know. I am involved in too much. (this is my conscience speaking to me)

But I couldn't resist. This I-SPy block swap looks so easy. All I have to do is find 10 fabrics and cut 20 4" squares out of each then mail it to her and I will get 200 4" squares back. Some of mine and 190 from others. So I signed up. I stopped by my local quilt shop and got 4 fabrics. Aren't the owls great. Now I just have to find 6 more. Easy peasy :)