Candle Mat Fun

Yesterday was our October

bee day at my house!

I love fall and Halloween,

so it was fun to set the table!

I got a bundle of some really

cute Halloween fat quarters in

the blog hop prize box the other

day, so I used them to make my

bee-mates some cute little

scrappy candle mats.

This pattern has three sizes

of these cute little mats.

I found small jar candles so I

made the smallest size for them.

The center is made by folding

four squares into prairie points!

Clever, huh?  You sew one on

each side of the center square.

 

Then you add strips around

that center square, make the

quilt sandwich, quilt it,

then bind it!  All done!

This one is the large size!

It fits a large candle jar!

Such a fun, quick and easy

little project that would make

a wonderful gift!  You can make

several in just a few hours!!

Think of all the scraps you

have leftover from different

holiday quilts like Halloween,

Christmas, Valentine’s Day,

Easter, July 4th… you could

make them for every holiday!

 

Orange Ya Thrilled?

Well, I have finished my

Orange Slice quilt top.

I really did like making

these blocks…and then

putting them together.

And as I said before,

this is my first time

making a quilt with

solid white fabric.

The design is so simple

yet stunning!!

I’ve decided I don’t

want a border after all.

It’s perfect as it is! 

I will bind it with orange! 

I’ve got bee on Saturday

at my house, so maybe I

can get it pinned and ready

to quilt on Sunday?

Wait ‘til you see the

AWESOMELY

ORANGE

fabric I’ve got

for the backing…

Orange ya realizing

I’m now CRAZY about

ORANGE???

OH MY GOOOODNESSSS!!

Guess what was waiting by my

front door this afternoon when

I got home from work??

A package for me!

From Gudrun Erla,

the hostess of the

Fall-O-Ween Blog hop!

I won second prize in that hop…

if this is SECOND prize,

can you imagine what first

prize looked like?  WOW!

CHECK OUT THIS

COOL STUFF!!!

There was this neat bobbin and

thread spool storage gadget

from Rosebud Cottage.

 

A cute little tin with a

measuring tape inside.

This package of small

Christmas gift cards from

Moda!  So retro looking!

This enormous package of

Schnibbles patterns

from Carrie of

Miss Rosie’s Quilt Co.

A Halloween FQ bundle

from Rosebud’s Cottage,

with a pattern, too!

This awesome little

pattern- Zippy Strippy 

from Terry Atkinson

with 18 colored nylon

zippers for making them!

Gudrun’s new holiday

quilt as you go book-

Fast and Furious-

Holiday!  Fun!!

This wonderful quilt book

The Sweet Life

from Anka’s Treasures for

layer cakes!!  YUM!!

These 4 little 2 1/2” square

pre-cut packs for 2 new

Moda Collections-

“Breakfast At Tiffany’s”

and “Maison de Garance”.

A new book from Whimsical’s-

Tangled Up In Thread.

Wonderful!!

Linda Lum DeBono’s

new book-

Cool Girls Quilt!

Amazing!!

Sandy Gervais’s new

jelly roll pattern-

Hopscotch!

So cute!!

Gudrun’s GE Design Co’s

pattern called

Strip In The Box!

It’s a “twofer”- you make a second

quilts from the  leftovers!!

The gorgeous purse pattern

The Bella Bag from

Anka’s Treasures.

The quilt pattern

Dessert Sky from

New Leaf Stitches Co.

Another “twofer” patterns!!

YESSSSSSSSS!!

And a cool notion called

Clearly Perfect Angles also

from New Leaf Stitches Co.

And  finally this

absolutely true story

all about ME

by Sandy Gervais-

Living the Life of

a Fabric-aholic!!

How did she know

soooooooo much

about my life?????

Well, that is one unbelievably

awesome blog hop prize!!

Thank you to all 10 designers who

were sooooooo

generous  in donating to

this prize!!  You all are

wonderfully creative quilters!!

Thank you so much!!

Orange Ya Glad??

I fell in love with a quilt

I saw on Quilt Taffy a

few months ago.

I mean seriously...

ORANGE??

Soooooooo not my favorite color

(except in October for

Halloweenie stuff!)

Plus, this quilt used solid

WHITE fabric, too.

I NEVER use solid fabric...

and especially not WHITE!!

But something about

this little orange and white

quilt called my name...

So, I HAD to go buy some

orange and white fabrics,

of course.

Hoping to get to work some

more on this quilt

today!

Sewwwwwwwwww,

stay tuned!!  :-)

P.S.  Is Blogger driving anyone
 else out there CRAZY???
It's taking  F O R E V E R
 to load any photos...
WHEN the upload button
deigns to appear and
 even work at all???? 
What am I doing WRONG?????
soooooooo frustrated...  :-(

First Real Fallish Day!

Today when we woke up, it was freezing

in the house!  We've not been cold enough

yet this fall to have the heat on...

but this morning it was sure cold!!

So, what do you do when it gets

cold in the fall????

You grab some ground beef out

 of the freezer, brown it in a skillet

with some garlic and chopped onion.

Then you toss it in the crockpot with a can

of tomato sauce, chopped tomatoes with

green chilies, kidney beans and black beans.

Add some spices and voila!!!

Chili!!  Yum!

While it bubbled away in the kitchen,

Yogi and I hit the sewing room

and started working on a new quilt!

An orange quilt!

More to come!!