macaroni love story BFQ fall 2015

hello and welcome to the fall BFQ ~ i chose macaroni love story to share this time around in the original design category xo

macaroni love story ~ i built this quilt one block idea at a time

my love for improv and heather ross's fabric were the inspiration for this special quilt and the marcus brothers oasis canvas organic cotton paired perfect xo

 using applique , raw edge and piecing...inspired my many people and the everyday xo more here

 hexie love 

this block was inspired by the design on my shower curtain

and this itty bitty corner block make me so happy

a whole lot of love for sewing went into this quilt

 

it finished up queensize for our bed and i chose a zigzag for the machine quilting

i love everything about this quilt ~ from start to finish i enjoyed making it ~ IMPROV will always be my favorite way xoxo

 thanks for visiting my little quilt corner ~ HAPPY BFQ ~click on the link below for LOTS more ~ it has always been a huge source of inspiration for me ... and a big thank you to amy for creating this and organizing the fourteenth BFQ !!

little bits

i have officially finished mysmallworld  quilt after deciding i must have a kite ~ this has been such a fun project...many hours of fun....thank you to verykerryberry qal....now i am considering the machine quilting...

and i have started making these again ~ so easy , so inexpensive... and i found this inexpensive perfect lace webbing at daiso i love these key rings for small gifts and thank you's

and in my sewing room this week i have been working on lauri's quilts ~ this beautiful hst quilt with mostly teals is gorgeous ~ machine quilted with loop the loop

and i am finishing up lauri's solid quilt today w cool beans ~ sooo beautiful

and i couldn't stop myself from ordering this awesome t shirt from stately type

and some crazy mom quilts good neighbor fabric from connecting threads

and most important ... our whole family celebrated canadian thanksgiving  with ham and gramma's ooey gooey chocolate cake xoxo

                                          happy thursday xo pam

log cabin quilt retreat 2015

another great sewing getaway with my hen party quilt group at logcabinquiltretreats

first i finished up #mysmallworldqal ~  i have been following verykerryberry's awesome qal with jen kingwell's pattern...it was originally published in a special [hard to find] spring edition of quiltmania but i heard there will soon be a pattern available  xo

i still have a few hand stitches and some fine tuning but i am mostly in love and had so much fun with this sweet quilt

next i cut into this special pile of annamaria's pretty potent ~ it was not easy

i decided on a large hexagon pattern... i am using a creative grid ruler and have learned to do a Y seam...easier than i thought and i am very happy with my fabric/pattern choice xo

and we had a little shopping trip to the ben franklin in monroe where i found a few treasures xo

i also worked on an oldie...i started these foundation pieced blocks in 2012 on a figtreefactory sistersister sewing week

i finsished 6 more 16" blocks  which makes it 64" square ~ thinking i will make one more row cuz i don't want a square cuddle quilt {love how there is lots of room for all of us and i especially love the large design walls}

 started this little cutie in my last few hours of retreat...i have had this half moon charm pack and urban garden by paisley bunny ready to start for a long time...it will be perfect hanging in my sewing room one day...

so approximately 27 hours of  ME sewing equals one tired and very happy girl with a finish, a bit of progress and a few new starts xo

we have been getting away together on quilt retreats for almost 20 years...how lucky are we?

                                                             happy wednesday xo pam

super easy super cute fall acorn craft

inspired by crazymomquilts AGAIN ~ love her and speaking of her i ordered her new good neighbors fabric and i think it arrives TODAY

such a super easy super cute idea ...lani and sam have an oak tree out front of their home so they picked the acorn tops for me and i bought the pompoms at michaels

first i tried the tacky glue second the glue gun...definitely the glue gun

love love love them...must make more

have to sneak in a shot of milo @ 4months two weeks

and a garden sunflower

                                                                  happy thursday xo pam