Crazy Quilting!

My friend Colleen and I are in a crazy quilting round robin together and her requests was for linen, old lace, and old metal things.  I think I hit the mark.  I am right proud of this block and I hope she likes it!  It is headed to the next person in line and then her set of blocks will go home to her. :)

Yes... those are washers and old rusty screws in her button cluster!

Trust me, this is right up her alley and I hope it makes her smile. :)

Wanna See Something Pretty?

I am participating in 2 Crazy Quilting Round Robins and these are the blocks that have been worked on for me.

My friend Karen embroidered the pigs for me so I used them as the centerpieces for my blocks.  I asked the ladies to incorporate the water garden with flowers designs to my blocks.  These are the first 4 completed.

These first 2 are being worked on by members of Crazy Quilting International.  If you have a love for crazy quilting and do not belong to an online group, this is one of the best groups out there!  Come see us! (you do have to register...but it is free)

Nicki stitched this beauty up for me!  I had asked for some birdbaths and the one she stitched is gorgeous!

Lauri took the water theme a bit further and incorporated a water hose to give the piggie a bath with!  I absolutely LOVE this!!

The next 2 blocks are being worked on by ladies of the HGTV Quilting and Needlework Forum.  There again, if you are a quilter and need a place to hang out with people of like-minds, this is the place for you!  All kinds of quilting over here plus cross stitch, knitting, crochet and lots more!  You don't have to register to read things but you do have to in order to view photos and comment.... but it is free!

Colleen has done a super job in giving this piggie a bunch of flowers to nibble on. The sunflower was already on his hiney and I love the sunflowers she created to go with it!

Jackie also gave her piggie some flowers to enjoy!

I cannot wait to see the remaining blocks!  

They will all go in to one wallhanging when they get home! :)

Thank you ladies!!!

A Little More CQ'ing

Since it has been one more hot summer, we are swapping snowballs over at  

Crazy Quilting International

an online crazy quilting Yahoo group!

As in a lot of things, I am behind on getting mine out but this week I am taking some time in between finishing the 2 quilts I started prior to my trip to Alabama, to get a few things caught up that I owe others.  It feels good to be getting things out the door, whether they be large or small.  I feel like I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, so to speak. :)

We set our themes for our own snowballs and chose between CD size or hexies and I chose hexies.  My theme of course was none other than PIGS!! in the Garden!

Cathy Labath sent me this gorgeous Snowball first! I fell in love with it at first sight!

Cathy's theme was flowers, butterflies ... anything in the garden. I chose to do her a butterfly garden with a few other critters to keep them company! 

 I do hope she likes what I have done.  She is a far more advanced  stitcher than I am but I am trying.

If you love to stitch and need a place to hang out where there is a lot of awesome inspiration, come on over to CQI!!  We would love to have you!

Crazy Quilt Pincushion Swap

I am a member of an online crazy quilting forum, 

World Wide Crazy Quilters.

We swapped wool crazy quilt pincushions earlier this summer and this is the one I made for Carolyn!

The dyed lace is from Nicki Seavey's Etsy shop - RavioleeDreams!

And this is the one I received from Leslie!
I really love this and especially the pig! But more so all those tiny seam treatments! That is enough to inspire me to practice harder!
Thank you Leslie!

I have a few other backlogged commitments that I am working on so stay tuned for more photos.