Well Here We Are

 It's April already! I didn't do a thing for the Easter Holiday. It was a peaceful day. And look 

The tulips and daffodils are popping

And there are violets! Too bad it's only going to be about 40 tomorrow. Anyways, I did finish a couple of things.

This cute little baby quilt was a quick finish. I was glad to get this fabric out of my stash. It was a panel with samples of the coordinating fabrics. So I just cut it all into 10" squares and zipped it up!

It was very windy so not a great picture. That green plaid on the back, I got on sale for really cheap after St Patty's day! 

Maybe you can see the big jungle leaf motif I used to quilt it. It's a built in design on Freddie. 

And this table runner was a kit I got at at the I-80 shopping event awhile back. and the lady at this one booth looked kind of forlorn, so I thought I should buy something. 

I have never done a table runner on Freddie before, so it was a little bit different.

But it went fast and easy.

And here it is all finished. 

This will be going to my sister's next time I'm over that way. 

And one more project out of the stash. I'll have my pile under control before long. 

An Oldie, But Goodie

 So, I have this Roy Rogers fabric. I've had it for YEARS. I love Roy Rogers, he's King of the Cowboys and when I was a kid, he was all that and Trigger too!

So, after hanging on to this fabric for YEARS, I decided to sew it up. 

I used a really simple Villa Rosa Pattern, Fernanda. I've made it before, it's a good pattern. 

Of  course it was windy! 

I used some letover cowboy boot print that I used on a quilt or Dilly awhile back or the wide outer border. . 

And this pretty built in stitch on Freddie to quilt it.

The back is just one piece, or a change, and I am working through my stash!

I took the last little bits o Roy Rogers abric and made a couple o pillow cases! No scraps!

There is Beer Here

 So one time, while shop hopping, I bought some beer fabric. I'm not sure why, but it's really cool looking fabric and my thought was to make a quilt for my Hubby's American Legion Bar to raffle off at their next fundraiser. Well, the bar closed so I'm not sure where this little pretty is going. 

All those little squares with funny beer sayings on them.

And I used a different quilting design-I like it! It's one of the built in designs on Freddie. 

And the back with more beer sayings. I like the back as much as the front!

It finished at about 60x65 ish, so a good cuddle on the couch size or a car quilt. 

Another finish, so I can start another one! And no more beer fabric!

And the nice weather has had this guy outdoors! He took his shoes off in the sand box and figured he was good to go.

I hope mama has his tetnus shot up to date!LOL!!!

He does love the swing, High gramma, high!

70th Anniversary Celebration

 So! We had a very busy day last weekend! We celebrated my parents 70th anniversary at the local library. It was a very nice time! We had so many old friends stop by to greet them. 

I made little M&M favors, and we hd a huge selection of cookies as well as punch and coffee and iced tea. I used a lot of old picturs to decorate the tables and everyone really liked seeing those!

It was a lot of fun. We then had a nice meal with our cousins afterwards. 

It was so nice to have baby sister Anita here from Cali and a super surprise to have our cousins from Florida come too! I was absolutely neglegent in taking pictures though.

I really don't know how I managed to not take a picture of the tables or my parents TOGETHER! 

Oh well, me and my sisters-thanks to my cousin being alert! 

The Blue Churn Dash Quilt

Well after all the drama with this vintage quilt top, I just took the best of the blue churn dash blocks and made one quilt. 

I chose a simple design for the quilting design, clovers. 

And wouldn't you know it, I look away for one second, and the foot gets caught on a block! I'll have to fix it later, I guess.

It really came out nice! 

These are some of the blocks that I didn't use.

I posted them on line and sold them for $20. Who would have guessed. 

The finished quilt looks good! 

I kept the original sashing, but added a new border on the outer edge. 

And then I used some of the other odd blocks on the back. 

I think the pieced backing seems appropriate. 

It's a good finish!