Let the stitching begin

Today I took my SIL to her very first quilt store.  I am thinking she loved it.  It will only lead to more fabric purchases and more wonderful times spent together stitching.  She has caught on so quickly and is very precise. 

As you know we are doing a Quilt-A-Long.  Today, we did the first three blocks.  Hers are the green ones and mine is yellow.

 

Sawtooth Star

 

Now those little ones were a challenge.  And I think we only have 60 or more to go.

I have a friend who also quilts and has a blog.  She is the reason I am doing this quilt-a-long.  Well, she pointed it out.  Today on Facebook she pointed out another site and I am going to do it as well.  It is Cat Patches.  Challenges and giveaways.  My kind of thing.

So, stay posted, watch for UFO's and always remember, stitches whether sewn with thread or love hold us all together.

The stars in my next production

I have signed up for a Quilt-A-Long on thought and found.  Isn't it pretty?  My SIL, Margaret, is going to be making one as well.  As a seasoned quilter, I have learned that if you are making several quilts from the same pattern, you might as well assembly line them.  (quilt talk for do them all at the same time).  So, I am.

 Aunt Grace's Scrapbag

 Bound to the Prairie

 Happy

Lovely

I have been on a "fabric diet" for almost two years now.  I promised my husband that I would not buy anymore fabric unless it was for a garment or to finish a project.  I really think it was the comment he made regarding the show "Hoarders".  I asked him how could anyone let things get that bad and how does it get started.  His reply was, "It all starts with the first yard of fabric."  Hmmph.

Anyway, I am going to use Kona snow for the solid for Lovely and Aunt Grace, a white tone on tone for the Happy and I haven't decided on the solid for the Bound to the Prairie.

 

Decisions, decisions, decisions.  Margaret and I will be sewing tomorrow.  I am a happy girl!  Because as you know

it is all about the stitches

Just a bit of information

I know, another blog.  Why do we think everyone wants to know what we are doing?  What we are thinking?  This is not going to be a blog about my every thought and action.  This is going to be about my stitching and the stitching of people who stitch with me.

All right, occasionally you might see a post of a cool place I have been or a special person I visited.  You might also read a reference to one of my awesome kids or grandkids.  My amazing husband may make an appearance or my super cute dog.

But mostly, it is all about the stitches