Pretty in Pink

I have spent most of the week finishing up a baby for a cutie that just joined our friends family.  You can see that had way too much fun with my embroidery machine and made 2 label for her quilt.  I also made her big sister a quilt which of course needed a label.  

Are those not the cutest little feet ever!!

I couldn't decide between the 2 different label I made so I put them both on.

    

Block of Week and Month

I told you that I was going to be involved with 2 BOM's and 1 BOW well, that is what I spent my weekend working on .  I didn't have an iron most of last week and you know you cannot piece without an iron. I totally felt like I was falling behind and I know if I get behind that will be the death of it.
My group is using Carol Doak's 50 paper pieced stars. We are just finishing up with California and can I say that this star was a bear to get done; I do enjoy paper piecing but California almost sucked the fun out of it.

 All 5 of my stars together     

California        

 Wishes Block 2

 Aurifil Block 2   

On the Frame Today

I had a good time quilting this for a friend.  This will be a great gift :-)

 

Not gone

I know I didn't post at all last week but with this crazy weather kids were off work and everyone was home. I haven't been completely lazy, I did get plenty of  quilting done.  

I finally got my purple quilt up on frame. This one is for me :-) I have been storing these Asian prints until I found the perfect pattern to show off the panel and the prints.  The pattern is originally Winter Magic and when I saw this kit at the Houston Quilt Show I had to have it for my mom; her favorite color is blue and her favorite holiday is Christmas.  When I looked at it closer I saw that my Asian prints were perfect for this so I made 2.  All that is left is binding then that bad girl will keep my toes warm.

Aurifil Thread is having a free Block of the Month with a chance to win some free thread each month.  How can I not be in on this??  I absolutely love Aurifil thread! I have used King Tut and Superior Thread but in the end I just adore Aurifil for piecing my quilts. I am sure there are a ton of good reasons to love Aurifil some even technical but mine is because Aurifil doesn't leave HUGE dust bunnies in my machine.

In keeping with my New Year's Goal list I will be using another fat quarter bundle I have in my stash, Summer Breeze by Moda.

I think with it being January the colors of this bundle make me happy and looking forward to spring.  This block was fun to make and I can't wait for next month's.

  

Make sure you join the Flickr group and post a picture of your block for a chance to win some free 

Aurifil Thread

Purple Butterflies

I was asked to make a special quilt for  little girl who is fighting for her life in a battle against leukemia.  Her favorite color is purple and she adores butterflies.  We wanted to include the names of her friends in her kindergarten class.  This is what I came up with. I didn't use a pattern they are just embroidered 8 inch blocks with 2 1/2 inch sashing.  The butterfly embroidery comes from KCD Designs  I had a lot of fun making this quilt and hope that Breanna can feel hugs and prayers from Texas.  Sorry for the dark picture but it was raining all day which made good lighting hard to find.

Aurifil Thread

How can a person not love Aurifil Thread??  It is my favorite to piece with because it seems to put off the the lowest amount of dust and has the brightest and most brilliant colors.I am sure there are loads of other reasons to use Aurifil but that is my favorite.  Recently, Alex Veronelli of Aurifil had a give on Facebook and  long story short lookie what mama got in the mail over the holidays.  I would have posted about it sooner but I had the plague or something like it for a better part of December.   I have some plans for that green let me tell you and off white is always in demand here. The orange and brown will be added to my applique threads and can I say I love the wooden spools.