♪ ♫ ABC AS EASY AS 123 ♫ ♫ ♪

I hope everyone had a nice weekend. We had such beautiful weather, that this lady forgot sunscreen and got burned!!

I have a finish, well actually three!!

I finally finished my Little Letters ABC quilts.

It was a quilt along hosted by

Temecula Quilt Company.

The directions are still posted.... HERE.

I used a Mary Engelbreit Nursery Rhyme print for the back. 

I loved making these, well the Z and the B were almost left out!!! 

Happy Sewing!

What does the Alphabet and Red and White have in common?

Nothing but the two projects I have been working on this week.

I am still plugging away on my ABC Quilts!

I have always wanted to make a red and white quilt.  No other colors just red and white so I have been saving fabrics for this quilt.

I cut 200 5 X 5 squares. Does not look like much does it?

This is the top getting basted.  I have tried so many ways of basting but for me the floor still works the best. I use the grand-children's puzzles as weights and roll the quilt as I pin.

There is a lovely lady on Instagram that does beautiful big stitch quilting. I asked her what needles she used and she uses

Big Stitch Needles

by

Pepper Cory

I also highly recommend them, they can glide through the top, batting and backing and do not bend.

It has been hard for me to get use to big stitching because I try to take such tiny stitches when I quilt.

  I will say that I am enjoying the process.

Thank you for your visit. 

Have a wonderful weekend and I hope you get to do something you love.

See you next week.

Little Letters and a New Project!

I know a new project, but in my defense I am caught up on my little letters!

See!

♪ ♪ ♫  Q,R,S,T  ♪ ♪

  ♫ ♫ ♪ Alphabetically speaking you're okay ♪ ♫ 

So while I was on Pinterest I saw this...

I could not find the pattern so I am just winging it!  

I cannot draw but I was happy with these little guys.

Plus some fall fabrics from my friend as I do not have these colors in my stash.

Yep, I traced and then stitched the little guys on the wrong side of the fabric. 

Oh well!

I still need to spritz the embroidery to remove the blue lines.

I am now making hexies.  

I might get it done for Thanksgiving, unless a new project catches my eye!

Happy Sewing!

Playing Catch Up!

I have been so busy working and enjoying quilting my Farmer's Wife Quilt that I let a few things slip.

So, today I was playing catch up with my Little Letters.

Here we go!

♪  ♫  L Is the love light in your eyes ♫  ♫ 

 ♪ M

♪ N

♪ O

♪ P

♫ ♫ I could go all day  ♫ ♫ 

But alas, this is a far as I have gotten, so if you want to hear the rest of the song, you can click it on my side-bar!!

Happy Sewing!

Little Letters

This Week's Little Letters

♪ ♫    J  We're like Jack and Jill  ♪ ♫

♫ ♪     K You're so kissable  ♫  ♫

Happy Sewing!

These Are So Much Fun

I am so glad I decided to join Temecula Quilt Company's ABC quilt along.

The letters are so sweet.

I will say that for me the letter B, was a bear, get it, B for Bear!

Without the help of Sandie from crazy'boutquilts, my grand-babies would have thought the alphabet did not have a B in it.  She kindly emailed me step by step directions and they came out perfect!  Thank you Sandie!

♫ ♪ A You're adorable

B You're so beautiful

C You're a cutie full of charms

D You're a darling and

E You're exciting and

F You're a feather in my arms

G You look good to me

H You're so heavenly

I You're the one I idolize

♪ ♫ ♫ ♪

Fun, Fun, Fun!!

Happy Sewing!

I Just Could Not Resist!

I thought long and hard about joining Temecula Quilt Company's ABC quilt along.

You see I have three daughters, so I needed to make three.quilts.  But how could anyone resist that darling quilt.

So, I called my friend Elaine and she loved it too!

We met and got busy.

I have been waiting for a project where I could use my solids and, baby, this was it!!  I thought I could use about 13 fabrics for a repeat of two. I am using Kona white for the background.  

The quilt along is up to letter G, so we spent our time cutting. 

First the solids.  Thank goodness for Elaine, she is a math wiz and let me know just how much to cut for each piece.

Here are A thou G, cut and ready.

We also cut the background strips and labeled them for the future blocks.

Today I made A.

I have been singing this song all the time I was sewing.

♫ ♫   A your adorable   ♪ ♪ ♫

More verses to follow!

Here are my A's

Happy Sewing!