Wouldn't you just love to have one of these?

Then you have to go check out this great tutorial from Lori at Bee in My Bonnet. 

She shows you how and is giving away a pincushion with

some extra goodies to one lucky winner!

*hopes it's me*

What do you do...

...when you've got a bunch of leftover charm squares after a project?

You make tablerunners! 

To make the "Good Fortune" Schnibble the way I wanted I had to buy four charm packs to get enough dark blue.  Well when all was said and done I was left with 81 charms leftover.  So with the addition of a little solid white and dark brown, I made two tablerunners yesterday morning.  The plaid behind the runners will become the backing for them.  Both runners come from the book On the Run by Heather Mulder Peterson.  Now I am left with 53 charms left to use and I think I have a table topper  from the same book that I can use them for.

In other news with our local quilt shop owner, I picked out a fantastic new project using...

I love Three Sisters fabrics and can't wait to dive into this newest line which consists of reds, browns, beiges, and blues.  It's absolutely gorgeous!  The patterns are being ordered today so hopefully in a week or two I'll have something to share.

A Great Giveaway

Stash Manicure is having a giveaway so go check it out!

Done...

...with time to spare!

Please excuse the wonkiness.  It's the pic, not the quilt I swear!  With my first Scnibbles quilt (top) complete, I can confirm that I am totally hooked.  The shop where I bought the fabric didn't have enough variety of the light blue for me to do the pieced border so I went with a solid outer border with corner stones instead.  Looking at it now I am glad for that.

I can't wait to do another one.  Unfortunately not of the shops in my area carry them so it's off the Fat Quarter Shop I go.

Always late to the party...

...but at least I made it. 

I have officially bought "Good Fortune," my first Scnibbles pattern.  And I picked up some Rural Jardin by French General to make it in.  Seeing as how I finished a project yesterday and have two in progress that aren't due until August and September, I think this is what I am going to make tomorrow morning. 

Are these wonderful little patterns going to become addictive?  I think so.

A finish...FINALLY!

There are days when I feel like I've been sewing forever with nothing to show for it.  Well not today!  I just finished the baby quilt going to my hair stylist Jennifer. 

I really love how it turned out has turned out.  Originally I was going to add more borders but when I looked at the proposed borders next to the body of the quilt, I just didn't like it.  So I've opted for this simpler version.  That dark green strip to the right side will be the binding.  Now it's off to Donna for quilting...stay tuned.

Elizabeth Crocket Quilt - Blocks 7 & 8

Slow and steady wins the race....right?