Red Work & A Give Away!

I'm here! I'm here!

It's my day to show you what I've stitched

 with the marvelous patterns provided by

Madame Samm

Debbie Martinez

Cyndi Hoeller

Both of my pillows were designs by

Debbie Martinez.

I took "creative liberty" and changed

 a few details from the original pattern. 

I pulled the red print from my stash.

And of course, I had to add polka dots.

Both, in the fabric and quilting.

Finished with little 

"Granny ruffles" on the backs.

I also stitched up these adorable kids

from Madame Samm. 

But just ran out of time!

To share my love of

 red work I'm having a Give Away!

A few of my favorite things.

 One yard Kona Cotton Snow

 Black Frixion Pen

 One Red #12 Perle Cotton

Nature's Beauty Red work book

Just leave a comment.

The winner will be picked

Saturday morning.

Let's keep hopping!

Beverly @That Other Blog

Betty@That Other Blog

Stitches to Sprinkles 

 Stitch Duchess' Crazy and Sane Quilting World

Bejeweled Quilts by Barb

Kathy's Quilts

Mountain Delights 

Tea and Quilts    

 Charlottes Creations

Quilt Obsession

The Slow Quilter

Cali Quilter

Little Pieces of My Life

Creating My Comforts

Thank You Jane and MadameSamm
 for all your hard work in organizing 
this hop!

Busy this weekend finishing up my projects

 for the Stitch Me Up Blog Hop. 

Have you been "hopping along"? 

Be sure to stop back on Monday.

It's "my day"

and I'll have a GIVE AWAY!

I mean, what's a party without gifts?

Here's today's links:

Keri@That Other Blog

Heather@That Other Blog

The Sewing Club

SewMuch 2 Luv

Englating

Kris Loves Fabric

Crazy'boutquilts

Quiltsmiles

Ninis Patchwork Blog 

ArtFriendzy

Batiks by the Bay

Dancing Moon

grymerspalet

Love it Sew it
Pig Tales and Quilts

CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO SEE 

BLOG HOP SCHEDULE.

I'm frantically stitching .......... 

My scheduled day is Monday,the 25th.

Stop back and see me.

 I'm having another

GIVE AWAY!

Winner! Winner!

Thanks for the 150 comments!

The Blog Hop response was overwhelming.

I have a lot of visits to return in the next few weeks.

Thanks also for the FB likes.

 Random.Org has spoken.

The winners are:

AND

BOTH favored the coral color.

No problem.

I just happened to have extra yardage.

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I'd like to leave you with a few Spring

Butterflies.

The inside muslin piece was from a "rescued" top

I found at a flea market.

The pieced border and pink fabric are my additions. 

Each butterfly is hand embroidered.

And her black feather stitch between the blocks

really adds to the quilt. 

Don't you think?

I used black rickrack in the border

 to mimic her stitching. 

I quilted "swirly" behind the butterflies 

to give them movement. 

Can you tell this is one of my favorites?

I hope warmer weather is heading your way.

And mine. 

Blog Hop Party Give Away

The "Beat the Winter Blues" Blog Hop 

& Give Away is in full swing.
Over 200 blogs to visit from over
11 countries. 
What a fun way to discover new quilting blogs.
And everyone is having a give away.

If this is your first visit  

WELCOME!

Take a look around. 

I'm a longarm quilter who loves all things

quilty & vintage.

Old friends, Thanks for stopping back.

Never having  participated in a blog hop before, 

I wasn't sure what to give away.

I figured there's always room for fat quarters!

Love the chevron backing fabric.

Sew, which color way is your favorite?

Coral or Turquoise?

2 WINNERS

each will receive 4 fat quarters

and 1/2 yard of Kona Snow.

Just like me on Face Book

Karen's Machine Quilting

and leave a comment below

to let me know your color choice.

Winners announced the morning of March 15, 2013

Hope you'll visit again.

PARTY ON!

Rail Fence Cozy

Rail Fence in 30's reproduction prints.

 Sew simple.

This is not a "rescued" top.

But all new fabrics.

Sew cozy with a flannel backing.

My impatient helper.

Be sure to check back on Friday for a 

Blog Party Giveaway. 

Until then, 

Then you need to watch the movie

 GOSFORD PARK!

The movie won an Oscar(2002)

 Best Screenplay, Written

 Directly for the Screen for

Julian Fellowes.

Yep, the same fellow behind 

Downton Abbey.

My friend, Nance lent me the movie.

It is her all time favorite.

And now mine.

Gosford Park also stars 

the wonderful Maggie Smith.

And your going to need a 

snack for the movie.

How about Microwave Caramel Corn?

 

Here is the recipe: 
6 qt. popped corn (unsalted)
1/2 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 c. (1 stick) butter
1/4 c. light corn syrup
1 c. brown sugar
Pop popcorn and put in large microwavable bowl. Set aside. 

Melt butter in a large measuring pitcher. 

Add brown sugar, corn syrup, vanilla and salt. 

Stir. Cook in microwave for 30 seconds. Remove and stir.

 Cook in microwave for additional 3 minutes. Remove and stir. 

Add baking soda and stir well. 

 Pour this mixture over the popped corn. 

 You probably won't get the popcorn all coated in this step. 

  Put the bowl in the microwave for 1 minute and 30 seconds.

 Take out and stir again, mixing well.

 Put back in microwave for 1 minute 20 seconds. 

 Remove and spread on a cookie sheet. Allow to cool.  

As it cools, gently break the pieces apart . 

SOOOOOO addicting!

Don't say I didn't warn ya.

Grandma's Little Helper

Teaching my 6 year old grandson to use my

Singer Featherweight.

What fun!

He especially loved "giving it gas"

the foot pedal. 

Ready to sew a pillow case on his next visit.

Customer SHOW & TELL.

From November.

I'm a little behind.

Ya think?

Feather wreaths in every square and border.

Love Kathy's "controlled" scrappy triangles. 

The backs are my favorite.

The quilting really pops.

Have a great week!

Sweet Things

Been busy working on some red work pillows.

I love how they turned out.

I used Micro Soft Word to print the sayings.
The font is called PC Straight.
Transferred using my Frixion pen

stitched with perle cotton.
The fabric squares are scraps of flour sugar
one of my favorite lines. 

Finished off the pillow back with a yo-yo and button.

Layered the front and back and added binding.

Just like a little quilt. 

Sooo much easier than piping in my book and 

ooooo sew cute.

(Forgive my wrinkled background fabric)

Making chocolate candy in the crock pot.

Yep, you read that right, crock pot.

What would Valentine's Day be without Chocolate?

From Trisha Yearwood's cookbook.

Recipe here if you'd like to take a peek.

Hope you have the sweetest day!

Quilter to the Rescue

Another one of  my "rescued" quilt tops finished.

What a beauty! 

Look how bright and colorful the blocks are.

And that scrappy border!

Check out the cute elephant 

and little pig prints.

The white muslin backing really shows off the quilting.

I used scraps of my reproduction prints for the binding. 

I'm getting ready to machine wash and dry my beauty 

to give it that "wrinkly" vintage feel.

Oh, can't you hear the piecer clapping her hands

 with joy at her finished quilt!

Oh Happy Day!!

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And this little girl needs a good cleaning.

And oiling.

She's been neglected for a long time.

But she purrrrrs like a kitten.

And has all her parts.

A Craigslist find.

The case is pretty stinky, not sure if I'll be able to save it.

I need to look up her birth date (year) 

she's probably as old as I am!

It's snowing, expecting 3-4 inches.

Mike can hardly keep the walk shoveled.

LOL!!!!