Bubble quilt is finished

This is my 3rd quilt that I've finished on my new Simply Sixteen.  I used a pantograph to quilt this one.  Quite a learning experience but I gained a ton of confidence using pantographs.

Surprise, I am posting to my blog. I forget about it because I post so many pics on Facebook :(

I think I'll just add some pictures of things to update the blog, then hopefully I can be more faithful to post here at the same time I post to Facebook. The first few pictures are some recent swap items I've made.  The last few are my craft/sewing room.  I moved all my stamp cabinets into the closet so I could make some room for my new Simply Sixteen longarm.  So far I've quilt two lap size quilts.  I have a couple more quilt tops to finish up then I will be quilting them also.

Here's what I've been up to this weekend

Two finished quilts! I love it when they are fresh from the washer and dryer.

Stars Wars pattern testing for Kristy. I am making my son a Star Wars quilt for his birthday and will incorporate these blocks into his rag quilt.

My next batch of catch-up blocks ffor the Spllendi Sampler quilt-a-ling. They were supposed to be hand embroidered but I did free motion quilting for mine.

A project bag for the Sewing Loft zipper bag swap.

Pillow 1 of 3 I need to make for a friend. I'm finally getting to the bottom of my pile of "to-dos".

Birthday card for a friend using the Tim Holtz Crazy Cat stamps.

I'm going to try and be more diligent about posting to my blog.  I post so much to Instagram and Flickr that I've forgotten about my blog.  Here's what I did this weekend..

Hours of sewing time gathering scraps, sorting them by color then cutting them into5 inch strips with varying widths of  2 1/2, 2 and 1 1/2" strips.  This is a quilt along on Flickr called the Scrap Players Quilt.  The quilt is supposed to be finished in 10 days but I think after my marathon sewing weekend it is going to take me a while longer.  I still have all my "random" pieces that were left over cuts from the  5" strips to sew together.

I also spent the majority of Sunday stamping some Easter cards and getting ready for my stamp club next Saturday.

Here are my helpers taking a nap while I work.

I finished up my last 2 bubbles for the Bubble Bee swap. This has been a year long swap and I am so excited to get my last 4 blocks from my swaps partners. This is an international swap and it has been fun to see the different fabrics from other countries.

Here is a little project bag I made for my March Instagram secret pal.

There are my blocks for March in the Fussy Cut blocks Flickr group. This year we are working our way through a color theme. I need to count my blocks and see if I am getting close to enough for a quilt. It takes a lot of 4" blocks to make a quilt but I'm sure I have way over a hundred since this is year 2 of this swap for me.