Eureka!

I have been dillegently working on my Eureka quilt.  I have a set of four blocks to finish and I'm about 3/4 of the way finished with a set of 20 very difficult blocks and then I can start putting the top together.  Here is a picture of what it should look like when I am finished with it.
http://www.animasquilts.com/img/EurekaPlumGreenQLg.jpg

Quilting time

I have spent the past three days catching up on quilting my finished tops. My shoulders are paying for it but it feels great to be caught up. I finished eleven tops. One king, one full/queen a twin, and eight crib size. I tried a new design on the king and loved it. This first picture is a new design from last week.

Cute birdie

Lately I've been very attracted to all the birds that have become so popular. I found the pattern for this one on Pinterest. Darned if I can't find it to link to now. 

Clare O'Donohue The Double Wedding Ring

I was recently asked to do a couple of book reviews. Since I love to read I was excited to read a book from an Author I hadn't been familiar with before. This is from the Someday Quilts Mystery series by Clare O'Donohue. The Double Wedding Ring is the title. This was a combination of mystery and quilting and I loved it. I was captured right away by the characters and mystery. It is set in upstate New York and it had the charm of quilting traditions, family, romance and suspense. Definitely a great read. One of the things I really enjoyed was not actually figuring out the mystery before the end of the book. Generally half way through I've figured it out and this one was a challenge. I recommend it to anyone who loves a good mystery.

Free E book

I recently received a free e-book from McCall's quilting. It is called Modern Quilt Patterns. Its got some fun looking projects in it. I really would like to make the Rainbow Ribbon table quilt. Pastels would be great for this pattern as well as the colorway in the book. You can also get a free copy if you follow this link. Have fun!

Here is my finished Fiesta top. I love how it turned out. Pattern was a block of the month by fatcatpaterns.com

Round Robin 2011

I finally quilted my round robin from last years swap at about.com I love how it turned out, and I even did some ruler work. Of course there are mistakes, but I won't show them to you.

AZ row robin

This is the row I made for Dee

My Memories Digital Scrapbook

Hey everyone,
I recently was given the opportunity to review some new scrapbooking software. Now, we all know I'm a quilter, not so much a scrap booker, but my Mom was an avid scrap booker. I always admired her creativity with the pages, but never could find it in myself to do it. Now, I have downloaded the digital scrapbook software and tried it out. I made a scrapbook page using the templates provided. (there are tons of free templates available on their website. And, of course, templates that can be purchased. I do not like having my picture taken so lucky for me my Daughter was recently married and I have over 800 pictures of the wedding I could play with. Fun fun fun. Anyway. I made a killer page. I'll try to share it on this post.
I love the templates. It keeps me from having to be creative, just get to have fun. After I started looking around on their website I found that right now I could make a free photo book. Of course, I wanted to do this and I wont share it because I don't want daughter to see the finished product, but I can tell you it was AWESOME! and I love free.

Here is a link to the website. Right now there is a trial version available. You can play around with it and then upgrade if you choose.
http://www.mymemories.com/digital_scrapbooking_software

There is also a blog for you to get ideas from and meet the designers.

Now of course they have a facebook page, you can check out. Oh I almost forgot! They are letting me do a giveaway for a free download of the software for one of my readers. Please go to their website and check out the scrapbook software and then come back here and let me know what your first project will be. This will enter you into the give away drawing to be held in the near future.

If you decide to buy the software you can use this code to get ten dollars off your purchase. Its best to copy and paste it just to be sure you have it right, you know how these things can be. STMMMS5093


Have Fun let me know how you like it.

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The Giving Quilt giveaway

Last week I posted about the new Jennifer Chiaverini book, The Giving Quilt. I read it this week and I have to say it was wonderful. Reminiscent of her past Elm Creek Quilt novels, The Giving Quilt takes us back to Elm Creek manor and the quilt retreats we loved to read about in the past. There is a twist though, this time the retreat is focused on making quilts for Project t Linus in the week they call Quiltsgiving. We read about characters we loved in the past and meet some new ones we learn quickly to love as well. Their stories are enthralling; I loved every page of this book.

Now for the really fun part, I will be giving away my copy of The Giving Quilt: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel

Please leave a comment on this post, and I will draw for the winner in the near future.

The Giving Quilt

Once again I am thrilled to be reading and posting a review on Jennifer Chiaverini's latest novel, The Giving Quilt. Look for the review in the next week. Be sure to post a comment and be in the drawing for a giveaway of this book. It is available now for pre order on Amazon.

Farmer's Wife quilt block swap

I've been talking with some of the ladies on about.com's quilting forum about doing a swap for Farmer's wife quilt blocks. I'm hoping to post some links to places on the web you can purchase a copy of the book at a decent price. Amazon and half.com a good blog that has instructions for making and storing the templates If you already own Marti Mitchell templates they can be used to make these blocks. templates ">set B ">set A ">set D They can also be purchased here. Personally I am going to make mine with the cereal box idea.

Prayer Garden by Anita Gooddesign

Hey all. I know I keep saying I'm going to blog more, but I keep getting busy with other things. I purchased an embroidery machine last November and I have been working on a project that is taking a lot more time than I expected. Probably because I've been making two at a time. One for me and one for an un-named recipient. I'm getting closer to finishing the blocks. I have to say I love this pattern. If you have an embroidery machine I would definately recommend it.

Rebecca's row by Colene

I went with a churn dash block.

Bench finish

I love how this bench turned out. I used Riley Blake fabric designed by Lori Holt. I think it's going to be wonderful in the new bedroom. Some before and after pics.

No more red and black

It's hard to believe but just a week ago these walls were red and black. My daughters teenage colors. Ugghh. Said daughter has been priming and painting it over the past week. 5 layers of primer and two costs of paint and a lot of hard work by her and her fiancé and presto changeo I have a beautiful new paint job. Next Friday new carpet. Will post when it's in

Room re-do

I've been re decorating my guest room for a while. It's starting to come together slowly. Today I found this cool bench I am going to re-cycle into some new paint and fabric. I love thrift store finds.

Row Robin 2012

Here are the blocks I made for Pats row

Sonoma Rose Review

I finished the latest in the Elm Creek Quilts series last night. This book was a fun read. The plot was intriguing and I connected with the main character quickly. I enjoyed the information regarding the period of time the story was set in. But, if you are expecting it to be full of quilty fun you may be disappointed. Great read despite this. I would reccomend it as good entertainment.

Leave a comment and sometime this weekend, likely Saturday I will do a drawing and pass the book onto a lucky winner.