The Road Home Row Along Starts Today

Marian from Seams To Be Sew and Amy from Sew Incredibly Crazy gathered 

some of us together to create rows to depict where we consider "Home" to be.

The Road Home Designers:

September 6

Allie-Oops Sweet Happy Life 
Harrisville, MI Sunrise Coast
Cynthia’s Creating Ark
Adelaide South Australia
Kissed Quilts
Grand Coulee, Washington
Renee's Quilting Addiction
Alberta, Canada

September 8

Sew Incredibly Crazy
Colorado
3 Patch Crafts
Bulgaria

Just Let Me Quilt
Las Vegas, Nevada
Quilt in Piece
Amanzimtoti, South Africa

September 13

Tweety Loves Quilting
Edinburgh, UK
Quiltscapes
Heber City/ SLC
Seams To Be Sew
Idaho Falls, Idaho
Pine Valley
New Zealand

September 15

bdieges designs
Road to Tehachapi (CA)
Elizabeth Coughlin Designs
Worcester County in Central Massachusetts
Cloth and Paper Studio
North Georgia Mountains
Patti’s Patchwork
Toronto, Ontario Canada
Seacoast Quilter
New Milford, Connecticut

September 20

Beaquilter
Denmark
Heleen Pinkster
Netherlands
Seams To Be Sew For Batts In The Attic
Hollywood/LA
Rebecca Mae Designs
Northern Maine

September 22

Words & Stitches
Beaches of California
Quilt Art
Africa
I Can Quilt 2
Baltimore, MD
Any Pattern
Port Angeles, Washington

September 27

Creatin’ in the Sticks
Dodge City, Kansas
MooseStash Quilting
Alaska
Patchwork Breeze
West Michigan Shoreline
Sue Griffiths Featured At Just Let Me Quilt
Northern Rivers Region, NSW, Australia

September 29

Quilted Fabric Art
Burlington Vermont
Westend Quilter
Manitoulin Island, Canada
Pamela Quilts
Oregon
Quilt Fabrication
Silicon Valley, CA

October 04

Linda Robertus
Netherlands
Elm Street Quilts
North Carolina
Sarah Quinn Featured At Seams To Be Sew 
Outer Space
Patchouli Moon Studio
Central New Mexico

October 06

Cheryl LaPlant Featured At Quilt In Piece
York, Maine
Miss Loreen’s Schoolhouse
New Hampshire
Bumbleberry Stitches
Oklahoma
Needle in a Hayes Stack
Mojave Desert

October 11
Show N Tell Day

In Our Garden Block Of Month #15 And #16

It's the first of the month and time for another 

In Our Garden Block!

These blocks were designed by Pat from Life In The Scrapatch...I love them!

Lucky me to get to test them early. 

I've been using fabrics by Riley Blake and totally enjoy 

sewing with all the beautiful colors and designs.

My applique block #15

The wheelbarrow looks so cute with the pumpkins!

My pieced block #16 

Here's the schedule for all the blocks:

February
Amy – Sew Incredibly Crazy

You can find Amy's Block #1 and Block #2 HERE. 

March
Carol – Just Let Me Quilt 

You can find my Block #3 and Block #4 HERE.

April

Doris – Quilting Queen Online

You can find Doris' Block #5 and Block #6 HERE.

May

Carla – Creatin’ in the Sticks

You can find Carla's Block #7 and Block #8 HERE.

June

Susan – Super Mom No Cape

You can find Susan's Block #9 and Block #10 HERE.

July

Joan – Moosestash Quilting

You can find Joan's Block #11 and Block #12 HERE.

August

Kris – Kris Loves Fabric

You can find Kris' Block #13 and Block #14 HERE.

September
Pat – Life in the Scrapatch

You can find Pat's Block #15 and Block #16 HERE.

October

Vicki – More Stars in Comanche

November
Lana – It Seams to be Sew

December
Jan - Sew and Sow Farm

January

Amy – Sew Incredibly Crazy– Final Blocks and wrap up

There's a Facebook page, too! 

Share your blocks and/or see what everyone else is making.

CLICK HERE

A Zippered Pocket Tote Bag

I have lots of tote bags, but my favorite ones have zippered pockets.

Having spaces to hide my gadgets is such a bonus!

Another bonus is being lucky enough to design for Therm-o-web...I love their products!

I'm on their blog today showing how to make a tote with a zippered pocket.

Check it out HERE!

There's instructions for adding the zipper and using Deco Foil for a little sparkle.

Fabric can also be used for the flowers instead of Deco Foil.

I used Fabric Fuse Liquid Adhesive to hold the zipper in place and once it was dry, 

I sewed it along the edge. So easy!

You can download a PDF of this pattern at Just Carol's pattern store HERE.

Christmas Quilting In August

I feel like I'm late to the game by saying, "Christmas Quilting in August."

This was suppose to be one of those Christmas in July projects, but it didn't happen.

It might have been because I was lazy, busy, summer heat, and the other usual excuses.

But, now I'm off and sewing Christmas!

I have a thing about those Moda Jelly Rolls. If I see one on sale I feel the need to buy it.

Never mind what I'm going to do with it. It just calls my name and says, "BUY ME!"

I had a Countdown To Christmas jelly roll AND a pattern by Missouri Star Quilt Company.

Perfect combination!

There's a gazillion pieces in it and it will be big. I like big!

Here's that cute Jenny doing this quilt in a video:

Getting To Meet Blogger Friends Is The Best!

Look!

It's me and Sherry from Createology! 

Blogger friends are so fun to meet in person. 

I felt like I'd known her for years and our time together just flew by.

Her guy and my guy chatted away next to us while we crammed a lifetime of stuff

 into an hour and half. Next week I hope to drag her to Superior Threads and Quilted Works.

Or, maybe it's her dragging me...either way works for me! I can't wait!

I love, love, love the sweet little treat she brought me...a bunny pincushion!

It looks perfect by my old machine. Thanks, Sherry! Creepy Bunny likes it, too. 

Darryl from Patchouli Moon Studios was suppose to meet us, but it didn't work out.

Missed you, Darryl!

I've been sewing, really I have. Maybe I'll have something to show in a day or two.

In Our Garden Block Of The Month #13 And #14

It's time for new In Our Garden Blocks!

Blocks by Kris from Kris Loves Fabrics are out today.

I love them and I'm sure you will, too!

Kris let me sew them up a little early...lucky me!

My applique block #13

I don't know how it happened, but a worm showed up on the block.

Or maybe it is a snake?

My pieced block #14 

Here's the schedule for all the blocks:

February
Amy – Sew Incredibly Crazy

You can find Amy's Block #1 and Block #2 HERE. 

March
Carol – Just Let Me Quilt 

You can find my Block #3 and Block #4 HERE.

April

Doris – Quilting Queen Online

You can find Doris' Block #5 and Block #6 HERE.

May

Carla – Creatin’ in the Sticks

You can find Carla's Block #7 and Block #8 HERE.

June

Susan – Super Mom No Cape

You can find Susan's Block #9 and Block #10 HERE.

July

Joan – Moosestash Quilting

You can find Joan's Block #11 and Block #12 HERE.

August

Kris – Kris Loves Fabric

You can find Kris' Block #13 and Block #14 HERE.

September
Pat – Life in the Scrapatch

October
Vicki – More Stars in Comanche

November
Lana – It Seams to be Sew

December
Jan - Sew and Sow Farm

January

Amy – Sew Incredibly Crazy– Final Blocks and wrap up

There's a Facebook page, too! 

Share your blocks and/or see what everyone else is making.

CLICK HERE

Way Too Many Worn Out Things

According to the repair guy, my laptop's hard drive is worn out.
I miss it so much! Has it only been four days without it?

My phone was worn out and needed replacing this week, too.
The only good thing is that the camera on the new one is better than the worn out one.

The air conditioner was worn out last week during 108 degree temps.
That was a very long day! It feels better now, thank goodness.

Last month it was the washing machine that was worn out.
Of course, the dryer looked a little tired too, so both of them were replaced.

What the heck is going on?

I'm worn out, too, but I'm still working! 

(Just so you know, I find blogging and answering emails from an iPad not so fun.)

Hopefully, my laptop will feel better in a few days and that worn out hard drive will be
gone and the new one will be energetic, creative, and ready to blog again.
Me, on the other hand, will probably still be worn out.

Until another day, this is Carol, the worn out one.
No new model of me is expected anytime soon. 

A Little Fabric Photo Book Using Deco Foil

I had such a great time with my Monkey Boys this summer, but the Monkey Baby 

didn't get to come so I made a little fabric photo book just for him. 

He was able to see all the things his big brother's had been up to.

Deco Foil added just the right touch to the cover!

Little Fabric Photo Book, 4" x 4"

I'm over at Therm-o-web today showing how I made it using:

iCraft® Deco Foil™

iCraft® Deco Foil™ Hot Melt Adhesive

Thermoweb Heat n Bond Light Weight Fusible Interfacing

ThermOWeb’s HeatnBond Inkjet Transfer Sheets

Check it out HERE!

Next time this little guy will have to join us.

A few graphics on the pages added some fun to the photos!