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!

Star Wars Quilt...Finished!

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away I started this Star Wars quilt.
Okay, so it was only three years ago and not that far away, but now it is finished...yay!

I even practiced free motion quilting on it (don't look too close) with King Tut thread.

The "crew" was out to help me and tried to hang it on this bridge piece, but it wouldn't stay there.
It's a piece of a bridge that came down during a flood in 2005.

The quilt is a birthday gift for a Star Wars/Sci Fi kind of guy.

“Remember…the Force will be with you, always.”

Star Wars Quilt And King Tut Thread

King Tut meets Star Wars!

Quilting thread and quilt, I mean.

I love the huge glass canning jar my sister gave me and Superior Threads gorgeous 

variegated King Tut thread colors look amazing showing through the glass.

None of the threads in the jar were "perfect" so the three-year-old Monkey Boy and

I headed off to Superior Threads to look around. I love that store and of course, found what I needed!

I think the guy with the tape gun closing up boxes for shipping got Monkey Boy's attention more 

than all those humongous rows of threads. Wowzers! There is so much thread in that store!

The Star Wars quilt is sandwiched and ready to quilt thanks to Monkey Boy #2.

He's such a big help with my projects...I don't want him to go home tomorrow!

I'm sure his mom and dad want him back, so I guess he'll have to go. Darn!

Organizing And Shopping For Fabric

Shopping for fabric is fun.

Organizing fabric is just a necessity...not so fun.

Finally! My fabrics are sorta-kinda organized into an easy way to see what I have.

I need to sew everyday for the next 10 years to use all this fabric!

Then there's the shopping...yummy fabrics arrived in the mail.

Blend Fabrics, oh how I love thee!

Creepy Bunny felt a little left out from appearing on my blog,

so he gets to show this adorable Crayon box of fabrics by Riley Blake.

I don't even want to open it!

I've been sewing for The Road Home Row Along...busy, busy, busy. 

Playing with Deco Foil, too. Nothing like a little bling to brighten my day!

Monkey Boys are coming to visit soon. Sewing may have to wait.

Or, maybe they'll jump in to help me sew something!

In Our Garden Block Of The Month #11 And #12

We're halfway through the In Our Garden Blog Hop...yay!

Joan at Moosestash Quilting has shared her July blocks #11 and #12.

Check them out HERE.

My applique block #11

My pieced block #12 

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

August

Kris – Kris Loves Fabric

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

Row By Row 2016 From Quilted Works

I stopped by Quilted Works yesterday for just a couple yards of fabric and then saw that

the new Row by Row 2016 pattern was out. Of course, I bought the kit since it was laser cut.

So cute! 

It was much easier to put this row together with #2 Monkey Boy helping me. He watched carefully

as I was cutting the fabric and used the tape measure to double check the sizes that were being sewn

together. He was great at laying out the pieces in the right order for me to sew and then was happy

 to press the sewn seams. He'd never done this before and it was so cute to hear him repeat 

"Press to the dark side" as he walked from the sewing room to his ironing space. Love this boy!

Here's another kit that was very cute...had to have it, too!

There won't be any traveling to far away places this summer, so the ice cream truck row

will probably be among the very few rows I will be getting from quilt stores nearby.

I can't wait to see more of the rows!

A Week Full Of Monkeys

I've had a week full of four Monkey Boys (the baby stayed home with mom and dad) and

it has definitely been a fun time. My home has never had so much noise and activity!

One adventure was to the Dinosaur Track Museum

With four boys under 11 years old in the house I've learned that:

I will need to wear a hazmat suit to clean the bathroom when they leave.

There is never enough food to feed them...they eat CONSTANTLY!

Markers aren't a good thing to have around with a three year old in the house.

Laundry is an endless and forever thing to do.

Sometimes hearing "Grandma" is a wonderful thing. 

Sometimes it means there's something not so good awaiting me.

I'm grateful for the Disney channel when temperatures are over 100 degrees outside.

Having stain resistant furniture is a must.

Being dared to jump in the pool of cold water isn't so bad once I heard them all laugh.

I've loved every minute of those boys, though, and will miss them terribly when they go home.

Sewing can wait...they can't. Love those Monkey Boys!

It's All About The Flowers Quilt

It was only a few years ago that I started to make applique quilts and seriously, they
weren't my favorite thing to do. I didn't like the tracing part of applique...boring!
Then I found the easy way to transfer those designs to the iron-on adhesive.
HeatnBond EZ Print Lite sheets...love them!
I made this quilt using those sheets and it was so fast.

It's All About The Flowers
Fabrics by Dear Stella - Junebug

I'm over on the Therm O Web blog today...check it out HERE!
Check out Dear Stella's Junebug fabric line, too...they are amazing and beautiful!

You can find the PDF pattern at Just Carol's Craftsy Store HERE.