An Apology

I cannot for the life of me figure out why my font sizes are different. It frustrates me to no end that I can't solve this blogging eyesore. When I create my post, it looks great until it publish and then I get this font mess.

So I am sorry for the gigantic print in these posts. xo

Sewing Olympics ~ 2010

I am participating in the 2010 Sewing Olympics! My application was recently accepted. My first event is the binding ~a~quilt event. This event requires a steady hand, a good eye and even stitches. Wish me the best!

Valentine quilt made with Accuquilt GO! Practice included applique by machine and echo quilting....

This is the quilt

that I am using in the highly anticipated event! You can see the echo quilting. 02.13.10

My "coach" checking the underneath to be sure not one stitch goes through to the top. This is a difficult competition, we aren't taking any chances! in progress 02.13.10

WooHoo! Gold Medal in this time consuming event! I'd like to thank my coach for staying by my side throughout this challenge!

Random Catching Up

This the quilt mini sent to me by QuiltinKimmie for the January swap . The theme was rainbows. I feel so honored to have this beautiful quilt.
This is the quilt I sent to Kimmie.

This wonderful table runner was from Erin in New York. She and I did a Valentine Swap. I sent her the bird and heart quilt shown in the last post.

The AccuQuilt GO! cutter helped me make this last minute Christmas Eve gift for my SIL.




And finally, a picture of a birthday present for a friend. I took this picture a night and the colors are washed out. It's actually a bright and sunny little table topper.

Happy Stitching!

Workin' on Sending Out Some Love 4

Thanks everyone for the encouragement and fun today. I was able to finish my project. Now I can move on to the next quilting project! Yay! Too tired to do anything else tonight, so I am calling it quits!

Workin' on Sending Out Some Love 3

Well, I decided to go with some echo quilting around the applique and some fake hand stitching around the bordering blocks. I am very pleased with the outcome. Just need to take care of some stitching around the hearts and bind. Putting Green Fried Tomatoes (or Working Girl or Pride and Prejudice)(it's a real tough choice!) in to watch while stitching down the binding!

Workin' on Sending Out Some Love 2

Well I've put it all together and now am finding a backing and deciding on how to quilt this little gem. Hopefully a miracle will occur ...

Workin' on Sending Out Some Love

The wonderful woman behind Charming Chatter is hosting this party to give quilter's a chance to encourage and be inspired by one another. Please go and check out what the other quilters are creating.

This is a project I am working on for a swap. Obviously I can't say much or it would ruin the surprise for my partner. I just finished all the embroidery and stitching down the applique. Next up ... putting the pieces together!