Barn Along...

 I'll be having a barn raising at my house....

 Been so busy with other projects that I am barely starting on my barn a-long...

 These are Farmer's Wives blocks which will go in the barn block...

 You can find the barn along and tutorials here...

 These little blocks are sure fun to make...

Stay tuned for my progress...Lori posts every 2 weeks...so she posted number 5 this week...

Wanting to make this scrap quilt....The Milky Way...

 This quilt is from a Fons and Porter magazine May/June 2012.  I love how easily I can incorporate my scraps and make this really fun quilt.  It is 64 x 80 which is a great twin size...you can always use a twin size, especially with grandkids...

Just love it....by the way, it uses 2 1/2" and 4 1/2" cuts...perfect to use up odds and ends...

Hand dyed fabric stars...

Hopefully you can see enough of this fabulous quilt.  Jen, in our quilting guild did a presentation on hand dyeing fabric...She pieced this star quilt with all hand dyed fabric...love it...I would just like to know how to sew this star quilt and have it look this good.  Sorry that the bucket was in the way...I was clear across the room...This should certainly go on my bucket list....however, I do not plan on hand dyeing fabric anytime soon!!!

Scrap Vomit (I know the name is awful)...

 A long time ago, I saw this on Katy's blog and knew I had to make it...

 The perfect use for my 2 1/2" scrap bin...

This makes a really fun twin size with tuck under the pillow room...the patches are 49 squares with an A block and a B block (which is the patterned one).  If you would like to sew up your scraps into something fun, give this a try...you can find the tutorial here.  Can't wait to get it quilted!!!

Minky Selections for Zig Zag quilt...

 Doing a survey...what color would you back this zig zag quilt in?

 As this is a scrap quilt, any of these colors would go great...

Which is your personal favorite?  Gold? Green? Red? Dark Turquois, Turquois, or Orange?

Lisa's Birthday Party and Store Sample...

 This magnificent beauty is embroidered by 3 generations...My friend Lisa and her daughter and Lisa's grandmother all worked really hard on the embroidery.  This is a king size quilt and Lisa figured out the pinwheel setting triangles...AWESOME!!!

Close up of where the corners of the embroidery come together...

 Close up of  the center of the block...The quilt is loaded on the machine quilting frames and Lisa is quilting away to get this bad girl done...The pictures do not do justice for this quilt as it is just beautiful!!!

 Close up of a little Easter dress for Alissa's grandbaby...

 Alissa holding the beautiful Easter dress...she also did one in blue for another sweet grandbaby...

 Robot T-shirt in progress for a grandson...Alissa made 2 of these.  They are so adorable!!

These are store samples that I made up.  Truly a fun project.  The large pillow is really big.  If you would like to make some 4th of July or Americana pillows, you can find Kim's pattern here...