Finds, Friends and Fabric

My weekend was eclectic. 

 Scratch that my LIFE is eclectic! 

 I did a lot of things this weekend that were not connected except that they were done by me. 

 I did some gardening and boy was it HOT. 

 I did some cleaning and laundry, not very exciting. I also did some shopping, cutting and sewing.

 I decided that I need a new shower curtain.

 I also decided it was time to cut into my precious FQ bundle of Bliss to make said shower curtain. 

I am using the pattern Happy Hour by Terry Atkinson 

 I saw this made up as a shower curtain on Terry's blog a LONG time ago and loved it! 

 So that's what I am going to do... eventually.

 Hey at least it is cut out!  

I have a few other things to get done and they have a deadline. 

 I figure I have 6 quilts to make in about 2-3 weeks!!!  

Two for Yolanda, 3 for MHC, one that I can't talk about, (yet) and *then* the shower curtain.  

I have to say that my friends are so good to me.   

Pauline sent away for a free pattern for me. 

 Cute right?

Thanks P!

Cori and I were talking about my making some quilts for MHC and their drive for kids quilts.  

You can read about what they are looking for here. 

 I like to donate to this group as they are in Michigan and I know the people running the charity.  They are in particular need of quilts for boys and young men.  

Desired size is 40"X 60", so not that large.  

Anyway, Cori and I were talking about this and she sent me off with a JR to use for one (or maybe 2) quilts for some of the younger boys.  

Thanks Cori (now go and check out her wonderful shop!!)

I think I am going to try this pattern by Amanda Jean. 

 I think I can adapt it for a jelly roll.  

What do you think of using white for the other part of the pattern?

I'm trying to use from my stash and I have loads of white.

 Interestingly enough Amanda Jean just blogged about sending blocks off to MHC for an upcoming sew-in on August 25th.  

You can read about that here.  

The link to the pattern for the blocks can be found here.

Whew that's a lot of information! 

 It would be great if you could join in! 

 I wracked my brain to see what I could come up with for older guys and thought,

 "you can never go wrong with sports teams". 

 So I am working on Michigan and Michigan State tumbler quilts.  

I have the U of M one done and ready to send to Liz. 

 I have 6 of the 11 rows done on Sparty's quilt.  

These tumbler tops went together in just over 3 hours and used 1 1/2 yards of 3 fabic.  

If you have a GO and want to help, you can whip one of these babies up in no time!!

Well maybe in 3 hours anyway.

I'm going to stop right here.  

I have more to share, but will save it for tomorrow. 

 I know I don't like  posts that go on and on and on, LOL. 

Have a wonderful day!!

~XOP~

Halloween Repeat?

I know we are heading into Christmas but it's still Halloween around my place.  I borrowed my friend's GO cutter to use it to cut out some tumblers for a Halloween table runner I have rolling around in my head and thought, "Why not dig out all the Halloween flannel you have and cut out enough tumblers to make 3 Halloween flannel quilts for all the kids?"  So of course I always listen to that stupid nagging little voice and headed down to the depths of the basement to search!  Lo and behold I found a LOT of different flannels.  I went through 2 bins and cleared out every ounce of Halloween flannel I had.  YESSSS  it made room to move some other things into bins.  I brought half the stack upstairs and in the hour and a half I had I cut out some tumblers (oh and the bits for the table runner). 

Here is the first stack of fabrics and what they became!!

Don't you love it? I have to finish the cutting this week as my friend wants her cutter back, haha. I won't get around to sewing these until after the holiday and I might even give them to my friend's mom to do the sewing on, still deciding about that.

I spoke with Jacquie today and she has another pattern for me to test. I get to make the baby size this time so I'm thinking it should go quickly. She wants it before Christmas. I think I will be able to show you the colors I will be using (once I figure it out and order the fabrics, she wants solids) but not the finished product until she has the pattern released. 

She also liked my idea of the Back Wood Quilt Shops TV show too.  C'mon Travel Channel, I'm waiting to hear from you!  ~XOP~