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It has been so lovely here lately and I have been getting a good amount of sewing done which is so rewarding :)

Japanese Flower Garden

So you can see below I have been making progress on my Japanese flower garden quilt. The one incomplete flower below is now done I just didn't want to take the picture again. I am done 11 flowers at this point each with 19   1-1/2" hexagons. One of the girls at work was saying I should make this into a table cloth instead, I am thinking about it but am not sure yet.

Curious kitty must investigate.

Christmas Wall Hanging

So I am just about done the first of three redwork pieces that I am going to turn into a wall hanging for my In-Laws for Christmas. So cute right!! 

A-Mazed
Do you remember when I talked about the pattern I was going to do for my brother for Christmas? I am using Parson Grey's Curious Nature to make it. Well, yesterday I started it :) Only have one block finished as I wanted to make sure there was no suprises when I cut/pieced. I find A Quilters Dream patterns have a lot of waste when cutting so I recalculated all the cutting and have much more usable fabric at the end of it. I hate wasting fabric.

The pattern I am using. Sorry for the blurry picture!

If you want to get a copy of the pattern or look at some of their other ones go to A Quilter's Dream at  www.aquiltersdream.com

Very Boyish right!? I love the fabric line. Hopefully my brother will enjoy it as well! 

Packages

 So excited that I was able to pick up 2 parcels at the post office today!! The first one below was 3 scrap bags and the cute pattern from Fig Tree Quilts http://store.figtreeandcompany.com/
Even thought I ended up having major post office issues the Figueroa's we so helpful and we eventually got everything resolved. So much cute scrap fabric. Not sure yet what I have planned for it but I was thinking a super scrappy quilt and just cut and sew. No pattern just sew it up randomly, should be interesting to see what happens!!

Of course the second I opened the fabric my kitties try to claim it as their own bed. 

Don't you love the cute little pattern!

I also ordered some stuff from Connecting Threads http://www.connectingthreads.com/Quilting.cfm

Cute little baby quilt kit for my girlfriend at work. It is fairly gender neutral since she is not finding out gender and she is happy with blues and greens for a girl as well. 

Got some more papers for my hexagons some batik yardage at the top and the bottom is a fall batik layer cake. And some wonder clips by clover. I am super excited to try them out so I guess I should get my butt in gear and get something quilted!! 

Better picture of the layer cakes. I also picked up 2 winter themed batik layer cakes. 

Such a yummy haul! I can't wait to get cutting into it!!

Well I am off to stitch some more and get some stuff done!

Hope you enjoyed the eye candy!!
Happy Stitching
Kallie

How Does Time Fly???

Pin It Now! Hello All!
Well I seem to be the worst blogger ever lol! I keep meaning to post and have been writing them in my head as I work for when I get a chance to get on here and then it doesn't happen. Super sorry everyone!

Well on to updates!

Currently Dear Jane and my Grandmothers Flower Garden kind of fell to the wayside for the time being. I am trying to get christmas projects out of the way so I can be done and hopefully there is not last minute panic and rushing to finish. (I know I will anyway but I am hoping!!)

Omigosh is almost finished!!!! I changed the layout of the blocks becasue I got really, really sick of making double nine patches and if I didn't figure out something else it would never get completed! I have a sneak peak photo here for you of just the top without borders cuz silly me forgot to take a picture with the borders on! Or of the back lol. But it is currently at the quilter's. I am last minute entering it into the 100th Anniversary of the Calgary Stampede and the quilter should have it finished by Monday (I am hoping tonight!!) That gives me Tuesday morning, on my breaks Tuesday night and Wednesday morning to put the binding, hanging sleeve and label on! (Crazy or what!?!?!) So I may not be sleeping much Tuesday night but it will be totally worth it. The Wednesday deadline is because I have to go drop it off at the fair grounds by 7pm that night.

I will be sure to take some pics and show them once I get it back :)

Do you remember the Friends With Benefits Swap I talked about a couple months ago? Well I completed my project for my new friend in New Zealand and received mine in return!!!

Here is what I sent out to Raewyn:

Front of the little wall hanging!

And the Back! 

I also sent out a hexagon needle book and some pretty fabric :)

Here is the loveliness I received in return from Raewyn! Tons of pics as it was fun to open :)

Yup you saw that right Hazelnut instant Latte! Omg it was so good. Wish I could find it here in Canada!

Isn't it lovely!! Its so beautifully made and I love the little Kiwi Bird in the centre of the "Quilt" Its a super useful batting book where I can store the blocks I am working on so they don't end up in a little bile in a ziploc and stay organized! I have been using it tons :)

And the Back!!

 Thanks Tons again Raewyn!!




I also started/finished the top of a quilt called Go With The Flow. This is either going to my brother or my brother in law for Christmas. I have a different pattern for which ever one doesn't get this one but am using the same fabrics. The fabric is Curious Nature by Parson Gray, I think it is perfect fabric for guys! Of course my kitty Nox always needs to test it out and get in the picture!!

 Isn't the fabric line gorgeous? Here it is all bundled so pretty :)

Another one to think back on! I think I mentioned that I would be starting a quilt called Farmers Market. Well this is the first 4 months of blocks. This is my next major "need to work more on" as soon as I get back Omigosh and finish that. I am hoping to gift this to my in laws for Christmas but we will see! I think today once I am done the hanging sleeve for omu

 So I was at Heritage Park Quilt Festival near the end of May and at one of the booths I saw an amazing folded start pot holder. When I asked for the pattern I was told it was a free one from Moda Bake shop!!! Anyway I can attest to how ridiculously easy it is, I made the top in an afternoon and then took my sweet time in doing the backing. But it is done now! It ends up being super thick but I did put some insul-bright in between just in case. I only used 3 fabrics in mine although the pattern suggests 4, just because I could only find 3 that I thought matched :) All I need to do still is the quilting but I think I might hand quilt it. I plan on making a couple more using the same fabrics just in different order.

Here is the link and while it looks intimidating, just read it though a couple of times and pin really well. Good Luck!
http://www.modabakeshop.com/2011/09/fancy-folded-star-pot-holder.html

Well I think that is it for now and I hope to get back into blogging again! So I will leave you with a couple fun pics!

Oh so true. I know sometimes when I need the seam ripper I need to remember to stay calm!! Haha

My kitties trying to keep warm with a quick lick of ice cream. (Don`t worry we didn`t let them have much!)

Happy Stitching!!!

Kallie