Happy Memorial Day Weekend

I hope everyone is enjoying a happy and safe Memorial Day weekend.  I don't really see this day as one to celebrate but instead, I prefer to see it as a day to be thankful for our military.  To remember the many men and women who serve our country and those who have lost their lives in service to our country.  Forget the politicians and the government.  It's the Armed Forces who protect our country.  It's the Armed Forces who represent our country.  And it's the Armed Forces that we should give our gratitude and respect to.  And to the men and women of our Armed Forces, thank you!

I have a couple if things to share today.  First, I finished stitching up my blue clutch purse:

Notice the dragonfly that I made from a pair of vintage clip-on earrings!  I'll have to get in a sewing day soon to do the finishing.

I also started on a couple of crazy quilt hearts.  This is the first one:

I pieced 4 of these so I'll stitch them up before moving on to more purses.

Again everyone, have a safe Memorial Day and if you know a soldier in our military, please take a moment to say a little prayer of gratitude for him or her.  And even if you don't know a soldier personally, please take a moment to be grateful for all of them.

2015 Crazy Quilt Calendar Sneak Peek

I thought you'd all enjoy a sneak peek of the cover design for the 2015 Crazy Quilt Calendar:

This is the cover block:

Yes, this one is mine!  There are 12 lovely crazy quilters contributing blocks for each month.  As soon as I have all the blocks in, I'll announce the wonderful artists who kindly and lovingly agreed to contribute to this project.

For now, this is the Calendar Cover:

And be sure to look for my ad in the Summer issue of Crazy Quilt Gatherings Magazine:

Blue Clutch Purse

Just a quick little update on my current project:

I expect to finish this up in the next day or so.  Then I'll sew up my last couple of projects next week.

Crazy Quilt Gatherings Magazine Summer Issue

The Summer issue of Crazy Quilt Gatherings Magazine is now available!!!!

It's an absolutely gorgeous issue!!!!  Order it from Magcloud.

I've been stitching on some clutch purses.  This one is all stitched and ready to sew together:

And this is the one I'm stitching on now:

When I get this one finished, I'll put them both together.  And then maybe I'll start on a few Fall projects.  I know, it seems so early but I like the cheery colors of Fall and I do like to plan ahead!

New Door Hanging Pillow from Mom!

Today, I have a few new door hanging pillows that Mom made:

I love the pink one with the kitties!  But you probably already knew that!

I've been working on some clutch purses.  I have one all stitched and another one started.  I have photos of those tomorrow.