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Ms. Limo: Do you want to see 

what's laying behind me?

Labels Fun!

Look look!

My first printed quilt label :)

The 9th & 10th Day of Christmas

Two more blocks joined the party :D

The 8th Day of Christmas

Are we having fun yet?

The 7th Day of Christmas

Who is/are following this fun QAL?

I know a few of my blogland friends are in!

Be Mine

Limo's Valentine's qiult is done :)

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Siggy block exchange

I finally got back to sewing

after a couple of weeks of  XXX stitching :D

I'm actually pretty impressed about myself

still remembered how to sew! lol

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Needlework Accessories #5

"Gathered Clutch"

by Anna @noodlehead

Size: 8 1/2"w x 5"h

This zippered pouch is one another thing

I wanted to make since some time ago.

I was fascinated with

the gathered front :)))

I really like it a lot!!

Here We Go Again

"Friendship Star Quilt" - smaller version

from "Prairie Children and their quilts"

by Kathy Tracy

Block size: 4 1/2" finish

Size: 15 1/2'" x 20"

Fabrics: Judie Rothermel's lines

Yes, we did it again.

Yes, we've just done that not too long ago.

What did we do?

chi- and I were chatting over Twitter last night,

(I know, I know, that's not what's for Twitter!),

then I was telling her I'm going to browse through

this book what Kathy was talking about

on her blog post yesterday.

And here comes chi- said,

Oh, I have that one, too!

And as she has just received her new

quilty gadget to make HSTs,

she was all excited about trying using that.

As looking at the book,

I got tempted to make

Friendship Star quilt all of the sudden

and got my Mini Bundles from TQC out

to see if I can start making it ;)

They are the Fat 16th bundles.

Yes, you heard me right.

They are "Fat 16th",

which meant to be for their

lovely little booklets

filled with cute one patch projects.

But of course it's ideal for

other miniature quilt projects, too!

I often use these bundles for my miniatures

as it's a guilt free kind of thing for me

to use, rather than chopping up

beautiful large piece of fabrics!!

Anyhow, by the time when I tweeted

back to her saying I'm just about

starting making a smaller version of

 Friendship Star quilt now!!,

she replied back,

I'm cutting the fabric right now for

that quilt, too!

What a fun!!

The reason for going with

a smaller version was just because

I wanted to frame this

fits right into the frame I already have.

And you would think

Fat 16th bundle won't go that far,

but look what I have left from the quilt top

I finished making!

I think I can easily make another

one or two miniatures

except the borders.

Well, I had to pull my Fat 8th pieces

for the borders for the one

I've finished, too.

And here is another interesting fact

I found about how long

it takes for me to make one like this.

The above are the pictures

from my tweets last night.

I looked back the timeline of Twitter

and found I started auditioning

the fabrics at 20:47 last night,

then chi- has also started

almost at the same time.

By the time when she claimed

hers is all done was 00:01

while mine was finished at 00:56.

So it took for nearly 4 hours

at my end to make this little quilt top :O

The hardest part was

to pick the borders.

It's always like that for me.

I wish I had darker brown with

smaller scale prints

for the inner borders for this one.

But it didn't just happen for

the leftover cooking :(

I still haven't made up my mind

for Twister wreath quilt's borders yet, either.

It was so much fun running

unplanned SAL on one cold winter night!

Thank you chi- :)))

We'll do that again!!

 

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Things to do on a rainy day

The binding is attached to the quilt.

It was just a perfect day

to do that while it's still pouring outside.

However, someone is not

as happy as I am.

Guess who that is?

She has been busy

trying to get my attention

to go for our regular walk

in the late afternoon.

Poor little thing...

 

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Flying Magic Wand

I whipped this one yesterday.

This was one of the holiday projects

on my "To Make" list this year.

"Wisconsin Snowball"

from "Primitive Christmas" book

by By Lisa Bongean & Carole Charles

Size: 17" square

Fabric: "Colonial Christmas" and others

by Judie Rothermel

I was going to add the binding

right after finish quilting,

then got to think about

if I'd like to have a good contrast

between the borders and the binding

or not.

I think I will have the same fabric as the borders

to make the binding strips for this one.

Yes, more red! lol

So for now, it's in the frame ;)

Life is funny,

and sometimes it gets tough

like mine yesterday.

How?

Well, my mind was totally hacked by

some other cute quilt

while thinking about the binding

for Wisconsin Snowball quilt.

As I saw Cheryl's post yesterday,

I got so tempted to make my own.

What is it?

It's a wreath version of Twister!!

After making my first one the other day,

I got so hooked on this fun quilt

and have been looking for

more troubles.

Then chi- and I chatted about it

over Twitter last night and

we both started making one.

How fun!!

I'm still auditioning the fabrics to see

how I'd like to settle the borders.

I'm pretty much sold on the idea of

to add the dark inner borders,

then the outer borders.

It's such a perfect day today

to stay at home with raining outside :)))

My fun will continue...

 

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Ta-Dah

"Cindy Lou Who" Schnibbles

by Miss Rosie's Quilt Co.

Fabric: "Colonial Christmas" 

by Judie Rothermel

It's quilted by me and binded.

How fun!!!

Season's greetings from Ms. Limo :)

 

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Getting there

I added the borders to the runner.

I may say it's an extended size placemat?

I was originally thinking about

putting just a strip of border,

rather than either pieced or

adding the corner stones.

Then I saw this one,

and I kind of liked it that way, too.

And as I was shopping the border fabric

at my LQS yesterday,

Dee suggested to add the cornerstones

with the hourglass blocks.

I thought that is a farbulous idea!!

But the sad thing was

I only purchased enough fabric to

make just simple strip borders

which are 3" wide, not with the cornerstones

with the hourglass bloks

which are 4" finish blocks...

I could have gone with the 3" cornerstone

blocks, which are a little smaller than

the rest?

Anyhow, my mind got all excited about

such a great idea and didn't quite

think further about the changes need to be make

of how much fabric I really needed.

It was totally at my fault.

Ughhhhhhhh!!!!!

I could have just used

simple strips as the borders all way down,

but now my mind got caught by

more creativities with some

touch of personality.

So what I came up with was

to piece some other fabric

at the end of each border.

Than again, the fabric I liked to use

was from the Fat 8th bundle...

Yes, again, my favorite Fat 8th bundle.

It didn't really go far enough.

Can you tell that? lol

That's how the way I had to add

the red stripes like that in the pictures.

So that's the story behind this runner

and I need to keep going to

finish this so that I can use it for

our dinner tonight!

Now, all I need is someone

 who can cook our dinner for tonight

 while I finish making this.

Is that a fair deal?

Any volunteer for that??

 

-- Posted from my iPhone

Merry mini quilt

After my blog vacation,

I started visiting my favorite blogs again

 and this one caught my eyes at Kathie's.

Although I've missed her generous giveaway,

I decided to make one.

I used some of the fabrics from

my recent purchase of

Judie's Civil War Chronicles line.

The quilt measures 12" x 12"

and HSTs are 1" finished!

It looks like "Quaker Christmas Sampler"

goes with this miniature quilt well.

I better hurry up and finish that one, too ;)

 

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My Twister

I've seen this one all over on blogland lately,

and of course I had to make my own!

 I first saw this cute, but tricky miniature quilt

at Fat Quarters Quilt Shop and The Country Loft

 during our Shop hop tour in Southern California

in late August with Kristine.

"Primitive Pinwheels"

by Lisa Bongean@ Primitive Gatherings

Fabric: Judie Rothermel's lines

Then Kristine showed me hers the other day,

My local quilty group friend Cheryl made one,

My stitching & quilty friend chi- in Japan,

and Kathleen Tracy also made hers!

It's a pretty small quilt- 11" x 12 1/2".

You won't know how much fun

I had with making this little quilt yesterday!!

I even didn't want to leave my sewing room

untill finish binding.

But our "supervisor" (Limo's new nickname!) said,

"Mommy, how about some fresh air outside?",

so of course I had to listen to her

and took her to the park for a walk...

It was such a fun & quick method

which was totally beyond my imagination.

And you can have fun, too!

Get few scraps and ready now!

I hardly ever feel like making the same quilt,

but this may be the exception to make some more.

Yes, it was that much fun :)))

I've already figured where to put this one,

but till that time later this week,

it will stay here...

 

-- Posted from my iPhone

My Sewing Set

"Flying Geese Roll-Up"

from "A Bird in Hand" by Renee Plains

Fabrics: All sort of Judie Rothermel's lines

and Bonnie Blue

Size: 9" x 16"

A sewing roll I made the other day

quickly found a new home on past Wednesday.

And here is my version to show you now.

As I've made this and this in the past,

I was thinking to make one with

the same main fabric in red ;)

The one on the first row at left

is a tool organizer

which I don't think I've shared a picture of yet.

I think I made that awhile ago

along with others.

Oh, that's right, I made that

right after made this one.

How soon to forget?

I can't wait to take these with me

to the needlecraft meeting!!

Xoxo,

P/S Hi karin in NY,

Thanks for leaving a nice comment.

I'm so glad to find you again here.

Since I don't see your email address listed

under your profile,

I have no way to contact you,

but just letting you know that

It's really good to hear from you :)))

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Ta-Dah

"Flying Geese Roll-Up"

from "A Bird in Hand" by Renee Plains

Fabrics: All sort of Judie Rothermel's lines

Size: 9" x 16"

I tried Single fold binding at my first time this time.

My friend Kristine & her mom Pauline suggested

and showed me how to do it.

I was a little afraid at first with 1 1/2" width of

the binding strips, then it was even too wide!!

So I had to cut down narrower to 1 1/4" to

make it work a lot better.

Thank you both!!

It turned out really nice :)))

And my birds are really flying now!

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Happy Born Day!

Hello newbies & Happy Fourth of July Weekend!

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SSQSG- June

Guess where I am heading to on sunny Sunday?

I'm almost there now...

Here I am at quilter's paradise!!

It was our monthly meeting yesterday,

and just four of us showed up 

as the rest are either out of town

during this summer time

or busy with painting her bedroom.

Started off from Pauline's beautiful quilt.

There is always story behind and

it is a part of fun to listen to...

I love her antique Featherweight, too.

This lovely bookmark is made by Kathy.

She turned her Dresden from our last meeting

into such a cute thing!

This quilt is for her son.

She is making this for his Christmas gift.

Then Lynn's FOs and WIP.

The above miniature Log Cabin blocks are

also her WIP.

She brought them to work at the meeting.

She told us she just bought this Paper piecing pattern

at the quilt shop in Sedona

where I also just visited a few weeks ago.

I guess I missed that cute pattern!!

Having fun with gossiping,

enjoying the yummy cookies,

and of course sewing!

I brought my new project from 

this little booklet by TQC.

I don't know why,

but I feel like I would like to go wild

with the colors during the summer time.

And here is those bright colors- 

including some yellows and greens from

Jo's line.

By the end of our meeting,

I finished sewing up all the red blocks.

Can't wait to see everyone again next month!

Happy stitching!

 -- Posted from my iPhone