Farmer's Wife Sampler -- 22 Finished!

I love my little blocks! Here's my newest batch.  

#81 Snowball!

Doesn't my Strawberry Snowball look like a summer picnic?

#5 Batwing.  This one was lots of fun to make, although I did have to spend a minute with the seam ripper.  The yellow triangles are cut specifically for the right and left sides, and I mixed them the first time. 

 My Farmer's Wife Sampler buddy, Leslie, chose these two blocks. 

 #50 Honey's Choice.  Dreaded these little hst's, but they really weren't a big deal.  

# 16 Calico Puzzle.

I'm not too happy with this one, I wish I wouldn't have used that particular floral.  

But!  Finished is Good, so it stays as it is!

So far Leslie and I are on 'schedule'  This is the 10th week of 2012, and we have 22 blocks finished.  

Now I am looking forward to our next batch of happy little squares!

Happy Stitching!

Just a Little Funny

Hi there!  
I am still alive and kicking, and stitching.  
Just don't have anything to show for it right now, except a lot of mess in the sewing room.
I have a finished quilt top, but my Official Quilt Holder never seems to be home in the daylight to hold the quilt.  Either that or the wind has blown so hard I am pretty sure my quilt top would end up in Mexico if I took it outside.  I don't think it should take a vacation without me!


Been working on a little project I designed and have been totally frustrated because my fabric has been lost in the mail for weeks.   Hard to finish a project when the fabric is traveling all over the US in a box. Looks like it might actually arrive today.  Maybe... not sure I trust that post office website.... It's been telling me stories for a while now! 


So, in honor of this Happy Tuesday, let me share this with you!  
A sweet blogging friend sent it to me and it cracks me right up!
Hits pretty close to home, too!  I know it came from a quilt magazine, but no clue which one.  

Does it ever look like this at your house?

Happy Stitching!

Farmer's Wife Blocks for Leap Day!

Before I burned my poor hand I finished up four Farmer's Wife Blocks, but I forgot to take photos and post them, so here they are.  

My Farmer's Wife buddy Leslie chose #48 Homeward Bound

and #72 Railroad.

My choices this time were #23 Country Farm

and #49 Honeycomb. I was nervy about this one, but it was pretty easy!

I love these little blocks so much! Since I am sure now I'll stick with this quilt until it is finished it was time to pick up the rest of the fabric.  It is already getting scarce, and I can't imagine how hard it will be to find when the quilt is finally finished.  The floral will be the borders.  The black with the white ring dots will be setting triangles and the white on white dot is for the sashing strips.  I don't love that white on white, so I'll keep my eyes open for something else.  Still need to pick out something for corner stones, but I keep changing my mind!  The stripe will be for binding.  I love it!  It is hard to see in the photo, but there is a tiny ric-rac squiggle where the white and black stripes meet.  

So how will you be spending your Leap Day?  
I'm getting new tires for my car and planning to spend it with my sewing machine!