Pineapple Fabrics and Friends

 Today was the day!!  Chris and I met up with our friends, 

Debbie and Mark at Pineapple Fabrics in Archdale. 

 Debbie and I shopped and Chris and Mark visited.  I

 completely forgot to take pictures inside the shop, 

but got a couple of pics of the two of us and our bags.

These are the 25 nap blankets I made for Debbie to give for a donation.

I got a pic of her and Mark putting them into their car.

These are 2 of my favorite people in the whole world!

They are not only some of the nicest people I know, but very giving too.

We are looking forward to going wine tasting with them when we return in the fall!!

I was super happy to get 50 yards of fabric out in the form of nap blankets.

I also donated another (probably over 20 yards) for her and her friends to use to make some more.

I'm thinking that my goal should be to make another 10 before we return in the fall.

Maybe I will just have to keep making them until all my kid friendly flannel is used up.

What do you think?

Wanna see what I bought today? 

I can show you all but one thing as that's a surprise for a friend.

I found some of the sky Thatched I needed for a pattern.

Then I found some Lizzy House ghosts and some Tula!!!

I bought the rest of the Tula and just a little bit of the ghosts.

They had some of the LH butterflies in navy and a bunch of her constellation prints,

 the ones in the rainbow colors. 

I reluctantly left those all there. 

I found some Tiger Lily.  I really wanted to buy it ALL, but I left some for others

 (plus I couldn't afford to buy it all). 

 These are two of my all time favorite cat prints!

OMGosh you guys.  I could have done some damage here!

I found the cutest panel of a town and roads (a car mat) to make for Avery.

My friend, Debbie, swears by these Magic pins so I decided to give a set a try.

They were 20% off so I figures what the heck.

They also had the snowman panel by Moda for $9.99.

Again, I left that there.

Chris has been into wearing "crazy" socks lately.  

When I saw these I could not pass them up.

His birthday is next month so I will be putting them away for his birthday.

I saw this bag made up and thought it would be a fun one to cut my teeth on. 

 I don't make many bags but this looked about my speed!  LOL. 

 I bought the pattern and think I will do that once I get home.

Isn't it cute?

After a fun lunch at an actual "dine in" place we left our friends and headed back to the camper.

Thanks for a fun time friends!

Yesterday was Finny's birthday.  

He is now 4 years old. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FINNY!!

~XOP~

WIPs With Friends

I have been pretty busy getting ready for my quilt retreat this weekend.  

I was finishing up a few things and mostly cleaning my house and packing. 

 I made some design boards to bring along. 

I found the tutorial from Lori Holt.  

She uses foam core board and hot glues batting to the board.  

Then she glues binding around the outside.  

Looked easy enough.  

Welllll, it was a little bit trickier than I thought to make them. 

 I am fairly happy with how they came out though.  

These are the ones I made.

This one was the first one I made.  

And this one was the last.  

The join got better with each one as did the equal amounts 

of fabric binding on both sides of the board.  

I bought this doll quilt on IG from a friend.  

She had it all put together and even pin basted. 

 I quilted it this weekend and put this binding on it.  

I need to hand stitch the binding down yet.

This was the back of the quilt.  

I know exactly who I am going to send this to.  

Probably at Christmas time with a stuffed cat (since her "mean" mommy won't let her have a cat). 

 I just love the Tiger Lily line of fabric.  One of my all time favorites!

I may take this to the retreat to finish it.  Thanks, Lee, it is purfect!!

What are you working on?

Link up and share with us!

~XOP~

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