Mr June

Don't you just love a big pile of buttons?

 Hooray for being caught up!!  Here's Mr June:

I've received so many goodies! I'm shocked how much you all have sent and feel like the horrible slacker of the group!

I received these blocks from Beth with a lovely needle case:

Then came Liri's blocks and a ton of goodies (the tasty cakes are now gone).

Isn't the embroidered Pennsylvania block amazing!?!
 

Then I received Kathleen's blocks and fabrics. 

Thank you all so much for the fun blocks!!!  My blocks will go out this week to Mary!  :)

My hubby and I took Thursday and Friday off from work to get some stuff done around the house.  Things are currently a disaster with holes in the wall from electrical work and the baby's future room all pulled apart.  Its transitioning from my my sewing room and so far it isn't pretty!  I'm hoping we can get lots done this weekend and I can actually get the baby quilt basted and start quilting it.

***EDIT: Here's a pre-shot of the baby's room (per Katie's suggestion).  Don't expect a post shot for a while- haha!  There are two bookcases against the wall the the left.  We had to pull one out for the electrical work that's why its sticking out towards the door.  Its a little room, so we'll probably have to remove the bookcases to make enough space for the crib/changing table.  The walls will stay yellow, but will get repainted after the repair. 

So where did all the books from the bookcase go?  On to my currently abandoned treadmill and the guest room bed of course.  See you in 5 months treadmill- can't say I miss you.

And here's a shot of one of the holes in the wall that will get patched and the sewing stuff that will get moved out.  We're planning on putting the glider in this corner and I'll probably keep the wall hanging up.

I'm trying to keep my need to nest under control- looking at this makes me want to freak out! :)

Mr & Mrs May

Just a quick post with my latest Snowbound block.  Only one more month to finish and then I'm caught up.

More pics to come soon with swap blocks :)

Getting back my mojo/Christmas in June

This weekend has proven more productive than I've been in ages!

Here's my baby quilt progress- the finished top in all its minkee glory:

I also prepped the last two snowbound blocks since I've been behind:

I also checked this book out from the library and I highly recommend it.  It is Simple Sewing for Baby by Lotta Jansdotter.  Such CUTE projects!!  The instructions are also much simpler than Amy  Butler's in her book Little Stitches. 

This week was like Christmas!

First I received a package from Ann that she had sent at Easter time.  I think my postman was holding it hostage.  Three delightful magazines (one decorating, one sewing, and one cooking!), an easter bunny, and edible goodies (somehow they already disappeared). I love the dragon softie on the cover of the Australian Homes magazine!  Its so cute!!  We'll see how ambitious I get.

Then I got a flood of my APQ swap blocks!
Here are Theri's blocks:  I love how she drew on Texas!!

Then I got Katie's package.  Blocks, scissor charms, kitty catnip toys (from the May kitties!  There is only one of them left on my table since the kitties have already taken off with the others), a super cute pincushion (I have to go rescue this from the kitties) and a chocolate bar (also not seen here.  I plead the fifth!):

 

Next came Joanne's blocks in the gorgeous blues:

And yesterday I received Ruth's beautiful blocks, a bookmark, and a tissue box.

Thank you all sooooo much!! I love all the blocks and goodies! So unexpected!!

Next up on the agenda is to get caught up on everyone's blogs!! 

Mr April

I love these blocks! They're so fun.  Here's Mr April:

A Healthy Diet

These bad boys + Saltines were the food of the day.  Being pregnant is weird!

I'm still really tired so I'm still not getting much done.  I did finish up the table runner for my boss.  I LOVE this pattern by Rachel. 

And I finally finished up The General.  Its now happily on my bed. Not the best picture ever (I had to hide the mess around the bed!)

Now I'm working on the April Snowbound block.  He's so cute! 

Mr March

Mr March is one of my favorites!  Here he is making his debut:

I've been looking for an opportunity to use the great selvedge/close to selvedge part of the Rouenneries fabric.

So I'm sort of ashamed to show this, but my embroidery thread is in such a mess.  I have a bunch of it from when I was in middle school and from my high school babysitting days when I made friendship bracelets and I have some from my grandmother that she passed on to me.  It is such a mess! I haven't figured out how to organize it yet, but this shoe box is getting ridiculous. 

 

How do you store your embroidery floss??

Mr Februrary

Here is Mr Februrary.  I'm not so sure how I feel about how his face turned out...

I'm so happy it turned out I didn't have to work today!  Hooray!!  So I'm going to spend the day working on my cousin's T-shirt quilt.  Here's the progress so far.

 

Layout done, row one done.  Of course Hank had to inspect it all.  

Happy Quilting!

Truly Snowbound

It is snowing and snowing and snowing!!!  Silly groundhog and his silly shadow!

Here is Mr. January from Anne's Snowbound BOM over at Bunny Hill Designs.  He is just loving this weather.

Since I'm not going anywhere today and since my fusible interfacing came in the mail yesterday, today is a good day to start my cousin's T-shirt quilt.  Until I have to go out and shovel anyways!  I was having a hard time finding the interfacing in the quantity/thickness I wanted until I found the website of Goose Tracks quilts.  Cathy custom makes T-shirt quilts but also sells the fusible sheerweight interfacing in varying yardage.

For all of you on the east coast- stay warm and safe!

What I'm..

What I'm reading:
One-Yard Wonders by Rebecca Yaker and Patricia Hoskins

I had seen a lot about this book.  Today I was at Barnes and Noble and after paging through it I couldn't resist!   It is stuffed with 106 projects (5 extra bonus projects in the Barnes and Noble special edition) ranging from aprons to a firefighter hat to a drawer organizer all from 1 yard of fabric.  In a few weeks I'm going to visit my best friend for a girly quilty weekend and this book will be going with me.

What I need to finish:
Remember my french general quilt?  I still need to order just ordered the backing, border and binding fabrics.  I'm planning to piece the back with the leftover blocks.

Hank is very interested of course.

What I'm going to start:
Anne Sutton's Snowbound BOM.  I finally went out and bought some background fabric to get going.  I love the gray and the swirly pattern.  Plus I love that it was 50% off!  Maybe I'll just be a month behind...

What I'm ordering:
15 yards of interfacing to finally start on my cousin's T-shirt quilt!

What I'm eating:
Everyone gave such a good response to my soup recipe I thought I'd share another.  Tonight I made fusilli with spinach and asiago cheese.  Its a Giada De Laurentiis recipe and I think her food is fabulous.  The only modification I make is I add a package of precooked chicken.  Delicious!  

Last but not least,
What I'm excited about:
I won my first giveaway!! I won Jenn's giveaway of a beautiful scarf and some fat quarters at her blog Purpleheart Ori"jenn"als.  Thank you Jenn!!  :)

Happy Quilting!