Fabric

Last month I complained about some fat quarters I had bought - not one of the 43 FQ's was the correct size. The fabric was from Marcus Fabrics and when I wrote to complain, the person I dealt with was wonderful. Always so nice to see great customer service!

Well today a large box was waiting at my front door -

They are ½ yard to over 2 yards each! (The picture does not do the fabric justice.) Enough to make a few quilts! Wonderfully generous.

The fabric on the left is Bear Hugs, the top fabric is Woodwinds Flannel, and the bottom fabric is Centennial Treasures. I have a few plans for the fabric already!! Thank-you Pati!!

The tulips in the garden have never done so well.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!♥

Another Mug Rug

I finished another mug rug.

I decided to make this one a bit bigger (10" x 15½"). I made it with squares and triangles that I cut with the new GO! die.

It is fun to watch the rabbits outside. It is amazing to see them eat frozen vegetables sliding on the frozen ground without any hands.

My DH returned to the cold on Friday, after almost two weeks in Southern California -

and brought me back some beautiful fabric from The Quilt Cupboard. He said the ladies were very helpful.

My son also returned on Friday from winter camp (or Camp Bedbug!!!!), so there has been lots of laundry and vacuuming!! Not such a nice present!

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!!♥

Fabric of the Month

My February fabric of the month from KickAss Country Store came.


I recently bought this book from Amazon. The quilts in it are really beautiful. There is also an applique technique that is new to me, which I am looking forward to trying.


With my reproduction fabric I am thinking of making this quilt.

I just need a few more lighter fabrics to get started on it.
At Amazon.ca they show all the quilts in this book -at Amazon, search Simple Comforts, then just click on the picture of the book (sorry, I couldn't get this to work as a link). This is a great idea, I have only seen a couple of books with this feature, but they should do it more. I wasn't disappointed with the book when it came.

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3rd January Finish

I finished my hardanger heart ornament today. I hung it in the window for Valentines.



I hemmed pants for my MIL, does that count as a finish for January? ;o) There always seems to be mending or hemming.

Worked a bit on a piece of tatting I have on the go. I usually keep it in the car (for when I am a passenger, not the driver!), but it is too cold not to wear mittens now, so I brought it in to work on.



I also worked on my sample socks, half way through the heel flap now. I just want to say that I should never have recommended the "2-at-a-Time Socks" book. I only recently found out about all the mistakes in the book (I am told it amounts to 7 printed pages!), and I have been trying to make the corrections in the book. It is taking forever. I can't believe that one book can have so many mistakes. My socks are coming along nicely though, I still like knitting them this way. I am currently writing a pattern (hopefully without mistakes) for a class.



The fabric I ordered (from here) for the Pinwheel Sampler Quilt Along arrived today! I can't wait to get started. It is so beautiful - Alliance by Moda.


It is 1800 reproduction fabric. Seems to be a new trend for me.

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More Sewing

Today was a busy Monday of cleaning, laundry, ironing, baking etc. I did make time for sewing a bit on the "Spanish Steps" blocks.

Today was a beautiful day, fog this morning, and hoar-frost on everything. We are having unusually warm temperatures (-5 Celsius tonight), usually around this time of the year it is -30.

Even the bunny seemed to have frost on his whiskers.

I had a nice surprise in the mail today. FABRIC!

I started a new fabric club this year (from this store ). It is 1800's reproduction fabric. Last year I belonged to a different fabric club for a while, the fabrics were beautiful, but they only went with the fabrics they came with, and nothing in my stash (or month to month). It was a bit limiting, so I thought I would try out a theme club. The project ideas are flying around in my head.