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Here it is!

You know that I am a horrible photographer so calling this "eye candy" is probably a mistake. I do love this quilt and I love this fabric. You cannot tell from the photograph that it measures roughly 60" square.

From Quilty stuff

From Quilty stuff

From Quilty stuff

From Quilty stuff

Just about everything I used is Moda. I am hoping that you don't think "Christmas" as soon as you look at it. I did some close up shots so that you could see the beauty of the fabric and the wonderful colors. I absolutely ADORE all red tonals from 3 Sisters!

Eye Candy

Well, not now...but later today! Remember the UFO I found when hunting for scraps for my next quilt? The one that I couldn't figure out where each of the fabrics were supposed to go? I had an epiphany and figured it all out. I started sewing Monday morning about 4am and now I just have one last border to attach. I am going to my quilty sister's house after work to let her take a look and see if she thinks the fabric I have chosen for the border will do the trick. I am a little ambiguous about it. On one hand, I know the color is perfect and on the other I think it may make the quilt scream "Christmas!" and that isn't what I want it to do.

Anyway - more later!

Top Done...

Can you believe it? A second post! OK, it's only because I finally have something to show for my efforts. (It makes me a little woozy when I look at the center!)

From Quilty stuff

To photograph the quilt, I had to pin it up to a quilt I have hanging in my dining room. It's larger than my wall quilt so the sides are a little droopy. Now that I actually see it hanging, I can see that some of the colors should have been moved around a little bit but I am ok with how it looks as it is. I am going to make a "twin" to this one for the other bed but not until I finish about 4 other quilting projects.

Speaking of which, I was digging out some fabric for the Sultry quilt and discovered a quilt top I was working on before Christmas. I folded everything up and put it away and I now can't figure out what fabric gets pieced to what. Great...

Still plugging away

I have two pieces of the inside border stitched on my Strip Twist. I will finish all the borders this morning and check that one off my list. I have planned my next quilt which will also be made using scraps and again I am going to use 2-1/2" strips. I am doing the scrap challenge that Anina at Twiddletails organized. (Did you notice the button on my sidebar?) I have so many scraps from projects using Moda fabric - mostly 3 Sisters stuff - so I am going to make the free pattern "Sultry" on the United Notions (Moda) website. It is jelly roll friendly and since jelly rolls are comprised of 2-1/2" strips...well, there you go!

The COO of our company is moving and getting rid of some furniture. Two pieces - a child's chifforobe and a small telephone desk - now reside at my house. They both are "project" pieces. I think I will sew for a while today and then maybe do some painting. The weather folks are predicting some snow so I think this would be a really good day to stay inside, pop in a couple of DVDs and make something pretty!

Shop Therapy

We started at 8:30 this morning and I think I got home around 4:30 this afternoon. First we went to Garden Spot Used Furniture which is my FAVORITE non-fabric place to shop. They have beautiful used furniture at incredible prices. A lot of the stuff comes from estate sales and auctions. I bought a Queen Anne side chair that is in really bad shape but I am going to upholster it and I think it will be beautiful when it is finished. If you want to see a photo, a picture can be found at My Little Nest. My sister found an entire Ethan Allen collection of sewing room furniture so she had to buy it...desk, chair, sewing cabinet with hutch and an additional chest with hutch...all for less than $300! (We are such good shoppers!)

We hit a couple of quilt shops and I found fabric for the borders on my Strip Twist quilt. I am really anxious now to get it all stitched together. I picked up enough fabric to make curtains for the guest room and I will most likely get them finished during the week.

Now - for my quilty bargain of the day. I had coupons from Joann Fabric that needed to be used today. I found this

From Quilty stuff

It is a Value Pak with crib size portions of White & Natural, Warm & Natural, Insul-Bright and Warm & Safe. The "value price" is $19.95. I used my 50% off coupon and got it for $10! Then I used my additional 10% off coupon on the total purchase. Score!!

I love days like today - spending time with my quilty sister and finding lots of bargains!!

Thread Give Away!

I use ONLY Superior Thread when I am quilting. I love the colors, the quality and the company has lots of great information. Check out their blog site Mother Superior's Blog. They are having a gift certificate give away. I wouldn't have told you except I want to get extra votes!!