Added to my fabric stash...........

My sister-in-law's mother was a quilter and I have inherited part of her stash.  That's my cat JuneBug peering through the stacks.

and three more stacks

I already have 3 or 4 quilts swirling around in my head!  Most of the pieces are 1 and 2 yard pieces some as much as 4 yards. A lot of pastels that I very seldom use, but they will take me outside my comfort zone of color.   Too much fabric--JuneBug gave up on her afternoon nap!

It's Wednesday again...............

I have three flowers for this Wednesday-----

I have 22 finished flowers and have fabric cut for 22 more.  These are 1/12 inch hexi's so it makes an

8-inch flower. I think 44 flowers should give me enough blocks to play around with.

Take a stroll through the flower garden at Karen's blog--such pretty flowers!

The Red Bleeds No More..........

Just thought I'd share some information that might be useful..........

I bought a new piece of red fabric, this time Kona Cotton.  It still bled, but not as bad as the first piece I bought.  I talked with a very helpful lady at Bear Paw Quilting in Coeur d' Alene and she recommended that I use a product called Synthrapol. It is a concentrated surfactant that a lot of people use for hand dyed fabric.  It was $2.99 for a 4 oz. bottle, but you only use 1 teaspoon per gallon of water, so now I have something on hand that will take care of any future bleeding problems.   Anyway, it worked like a charm--no more bleeding.  I even used it on the first piece of red that I bought (the one that isn't as red as it used to be from so many washings) and no more bleeding from it either.

Now I can start on the quilt for my great-nephew!

One Flower Wednesday

I have been busy the last couple of days working on this bright colored garden.

And today I added two more.............

I'm trying to figure out how I want to put this quilt together.  I want to do some embroidery on it with the baby's name, birthdate and such.  Don't know whether to have a center block for that or  maybe have a solid border to do the embroidery on.  I'm finding it's not always easy to fit the hexi-flowers together the way you want them.

Check out all the other pretty flowers for One Flower Wednesday on Karen's blog.

Feels Like Fall Quilt top done......

I worked on this both Thursday and Friday afternoon--determined to get it finished.

I didn't buy backing fabric when I bought the fabric for the quilt, so now I'll have to go shopping for that.  But probably won't get back to this one until later this year as I have the two baby quilts to get busy on.

One Flower Wednesday

Two flowers this Wednesday.  I need to speed up production on these bright hexi flowers.  I have a new granddaughter coming in September and thought I would use the bright colored flowers I've been making in a quilt for her.

I also pick up some fabric for another baby quilt.  A great-nephew also arriving in September.

I'm not sure what pattern I will be using for his and I don't know if I'll be using the red fabric.  I've washed it twice and it still bleeds color quite a bit.  I think it needs some red in the quilt though.  Any suggestions?

One Flower Wednesday

3 orange flowers to help brighten up this gray, wet day!

Besides quilting, what else do you do on a morning like this............

the wind in howling, rain is pouring and it's 36 degrees, hard to believe it is June 6.  But I guess that's northern Idaho for you.

So what do you do?  You bake--at least I did.  One fresh loaf of Honey Wheat Bread.

Cutting out little pieces

I spent this afternoon cutting out the next 4 Dear Jane blocks--a lot of little pieces!  Don't know why, but for some reason it reminded me of cutting out paper dolls when I was a kid.  I've always like cutting with scissors--I'm not a rotary cutter fan!

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After every thing was cut, I measured and marked all the seam allowances on each block with a chalk pencil. I did a quick coloring in the block outline with colored pencils in a shade similar to the fabric I was using,  that way when I start to put it together, I can look at it and figure out how to piece it together.  Then I put each block in a ziplock bag.  Now I'm ready to start stitching again.

I finished my second Dear Jane block.  I know I've only made two blocks, but I'm really enjoying these little blocks.

A-2  One Two Buckle My Shoe

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 I've also been working on my Feels Like Fall quilt.  I have 5 blocks completed, this pattern has given me a few more gray hairs, but it's coming along!