April “Schnibble” Done!

Well, the project chosen for our online Schnibble group for this month was really not a “Schnibble”, but was a free choice from any of Camille Roskelly’s mini-quilts.  I chose the one called “Rise and Shine”.

Well, my name for mine is “Sew Very Tiny”.

Because it is soooo verrrryyyy tiny.

The finished size is 13.5” square which is made up of 358 very tiny pieces. Check out the back side of the pieced top…

And although I do love the design and would gladly sew up the larger version…

I will NOT be making this tiny one ever again.

This is our fourth year, I think?, of a Schnibble a month and I have really loved making one every month.

The average size of Carrie’s patterns tend to be around 32-36” or so square or an occasional rectangle…

which are perfect gifts and are a great size for table toppers or wall quilts or even a small baby quilt.

But this size is just sewww NOT my thing.

I have mine sitting under my plant on my grandmother’s antique treadle machine table in my morning room.

all that work and it is barely seen…sigh.

Sewww, I sure hope the project for May is a real Schnibble!!

Sewww, what are you working on this week? 

My Favorite Schnibble

To begin the next year of “A Schnibble a Month”, we are to choose our favorite Schnibble we’ve made so far.

That is soooo hard for me!

And I imagine for most of us involved in this fun blog group!

We’ve done this for two years now!!

So we all have lots of Schnibbles to choose from!

Soooo, hmmmmm…..

This may be my all time favorite Schnibble!!!

What’s your favorite quilt?

Sometimes, my favorite quilt is the one I’m working on at the moment!!  LOL!!

Yogi and I are still packing!!  I’ll pack my sewing room stash closet LAST…. too painful!!  LOL!!

The Last Schnibble for 2012

I made the last Schnibble “Morsel” this past week.  I used this Moda Candy Bar.

I loved the pattern, of course!!

And I used some of the Moda twill tape “ribbons” that come on jelly rolls for the trim!!  Cute, huh?

I know exactly who is getting these pincushions!! 

I hope you all have a safe and fun New Years Eve tonight and a happy and healthy New Year for 2013!!

S T R E S S E D

If only my husband had told me back in the summer or even in the fall that we would be putting our house up for sale in the week before Christmas…

Needless to say, the last 3 weeks have been a tad stressful.  All I’ve done for the last three weeks is clean and clean out an throw out and reorganize and repair…while also trying to sew up Christmas presents.  If I had known back a few months ago, I could have made the gifts then…sigh…

All the cleaning and lifting has thrown my back out and am feeling some sciatica… so not sleeping at night either…sigh

(Someone obviously has NO PROBLEM sleeping anywhere at anytime!!)

But I do have some stuff to show you…  my list of things made in November and December has grown… but have not been able to show them to you as many are gifts to people who read my blog… 

This is a jelly roll quilt for someone very dear.

I used this technique to make it! 

A really fun system!!

I finished a UFO as a gift for my newly married son and his wife!

They like VERY modern décor, so thought it would be a good fit for them. 

They had their first party as a married couple last weekend, so I gave it to them early so they could use it for Christmas decorating.

I remembered that there was one monthly Schnibble this year that I didn’t make…  the one from February called “i.s.t.h.”.

So I made it up with a few changes to make it more to my liking…

It’s a gift, too!  YAY!!

I made a little candle mat from a kit I’ve had for a while.

It’s tiny but cute!!

And last week, we had our master bedroom repainted a lovely perwinkle color, so I made a new king sized quilt.

And a matching bedskirt and three window valances, and to king sized pillow shams and a little matching throw pillow!!

The sign went up out in the front yard this morning…so it’s feeling real!!  Wish me patience and luck in this selling process… because of Yogi, we are only showing it by appointment.  So, when I get a call, I have to rush around and get the house in “staged” order, grab Yogi, jump in the car and drive out of sight around the block until they come and go!!  PLUSSSS, I’ve got my family from Florida coming in 2 days after Christmas…

I can’t wait to see them!!!  Just wish all the other stuff wasn’t going on right now!

Soooo, keep your fingers crossed for us, that it sells quickly and easily, OK??

I wonder how Yogi will adapt to a new house…  two actually, because we’ll have to move into a temporary place or apartment until the new house is built… they say it will take about 6 months!!  UGH!!