Hey Girl,

I have a cold today.  A very bad cold.  I'm miserable and feeling worse by the minute.
Poor me.
Since my crafty plans fell apart today I thought I'd share this.
(I did manage to make 4 scrappy shirts blocks before I went to bed.)
Take your vitamins....Eat your apples.  I'll ck back with you chicks when I feel better!

An Early Valentine Hello

Happy Valentines Day to all my Crafty and Quilty Chicks!
S

A Finish....

This morning I'm sharing this quilt that I finished the end of December.  Procrastination kept me from taking the pictures and posting them.
I made this with a bundle of Fig Tree fat quarters from a few years back....and it was quilted by Karen sometime last year.

It still doesn't have a label.....

On another note....the Man Shirt quilt is now up to 91 blocks...with 2+ shirts left to use.
Not sure if that will make it as large as I want it to be or not.  Hope to know by the end of the day today!

S

First (Real) Post of 2012

Just wanted to show you girls what I've been up to.
These are my Man Shirt blocks.  Last time I worked with blues, and this time I'm working with blacks and greys.  I'm really having a good time working on these blocks, but I do find it a little more challenging to find shirts I like.  Each time I go to the thrift store to get some more I end up coming home with another 1 (or 2) blue shirts...so there will be another blue quilt in my future.

Anyway, I wanted to show you how these shirts break down...I'm really getting a lot of yardage from mens XL and 2XL shirts.....and I feel like I have hit the jackpot when I find a mens 2XL Long.

After I cut them apart I starch them until they are as stiff as paper.  It helps me keep the stripes straight and makes the cutting easier.

Im loving the labels inside some of the shirts...and I intend to incorporate them (and maybe some of the buttons) into the quilt.

So these are the blocks I have finished so far today.  I'm hoping I can get at least 10 more done before I clean up for the day.....

That's it from me for now.....I really want to get back to work!
S

Too lazy to post my own work......

Have a great evening, chicks!
S

It's Been Awhile....

But here I am...
I finished a couple of quilts that I wanted to share.
First up is a Blackbird Designs quilt that I wanted to do from the minute I saw the pattern in the book.  I collected the reds, greens and blacks for awhile, and then one day, somewhere around LAST Christmas, I decided to get started on it.

Im glad to have this one all finished, and after I share it with The Quilt Chicks later this week at out Christmas get-together I will hang it up on my wall.

I also finished up this quilt....some Very Good Friends announced earlier in the year that they were going to be grandparents for the Very First Time....and I was so excited at the news that I just had to make a quilt....and as soon as they let us know that the baby-to-be was a boy I knew what I wanted to make.
I took a trip to the local thrift store, grabbed some striped mens shirts and mad this:

As you can see, Jasmine the Resident Quilt Inspector approves of this one.....But I'll put it in the wash, AGAIN, to be sure that it is hair and allergen-free for Baby Mason.
After I share this one with the chicks I will make a date with the new mom and take it over....before that baby is full-grown.

Also to share:
What I'm reading,,,,

And what I have on -the-needles:

Day one of a mystery dishcloth...
and:

A merino lace weight cowl.  Yarn from a shop in East Tawas, Mi.....

So that's it chicks.  Nothing more to chat about.  I have a couple other projects to get to, so I better split!

Give Me n Inch....

And I will take up the whole house.

A serendipitous turn of events left me with an empty house this weekend (as well as the rare opportunity to use the word Serendipitous!)
Friday included a trip to the farm, the airport, and a wedding.
A very nice wedding....with a beautiful couple and really, ReallY good food.
Saturday was mostly mine...

Two of the Silvia's, Claudette and Sue, came by to finish up Sue's quilt that she started at our farm retreat back in February.  It's is Sue's first quilt....and she plunged right into it fearlessly. 

We worked together to finish sewing down the binding....and now the quilt is set to be given to Sue's daugheter at her high school grad party next weekend.

After the girls left the day was all mine, and I proceeded to spread out.

I'm working on a scrap quilt....trying my darnedest to work my way thru parts of my stash that I want out of the way. Too many new projects waiting to be shopped for and started, but no space for them has forced me to clear this stuff out.

The problem with that is the more I cut, the more that scrap pile grows...and so I must continue to cut.

No telling how large this quilt will be.

I'll keep you posted.

p.s.....where are the pics of my quilt?  Trapped somewhere in my camera.

I probably cant blame the camera.