a little of this & that.

here's a little work in progress.

this will be the makings of a doll quilt.
cute huh???

more details later.

and for those inquiring minds...
fabric in pic=riviera by connecting threads.

oh and remember THIS post???

well voting closes friday.

just to refresh yall...

i designed a quilt block for a challenge issued by irish quilting magazine.
the challenge is now a competition between 14 blocks.
and the best part is...yall can vote on which block wins!!!
{hint hint: my block is easily SPOTTED!!!}

so please go vote!!!

and one more thing...

thank yall SO much!!!

my grand opening was such a success!!!

p.s. i quilt: the shoppe needs restocked already!!!

:)

jack o' lantern pie...and then some.

our jack o' lantern pie was yummy!!!

and of course the kids loved it!!!

when i make pie crust i always have to make the hubby my cinnamon rolls.

they are his fav!!!

lookie what i got the mail!!!

remember that giveaway i won???

well i got this from shannon...and it's SUPER cute...and cuddly.

{thanks shannon.}

and this is the start of dr. nolan's quilt. it is SO not that blue...stupid camera!!!

p.s. there's only 9 days until my 26th birthday!!!
{and momma will be here in '10 and a wake up'}

so sweet

i'm SO lucky.

i seriously have the sweetest bloggy pals.

EVER.

i've had several emails about my last blog,

asking if it was true that i've never been given a quilt.

yall are SO sweet.

it IS true.

i can honestly say that i don't personally know anyone that quilts.

{outside of yall in blogland. lol.}

:O)

on a different note:

i started planning my sscs partner's gift today.

having SO much fun!!!

oh and guess what i did???

i secretly snail mailed my momma some fabric baskets without her knowing it.

sneaky daughter i am!!!

she absolutely LOVED them.

{and was COMPLETELY surprised.}

the only bad thing is that i sent them to her without taking pics.

*smacks self in the forehead*

so i have asked her to pretty please take pics so i can share them with yall.

and again, thanks for being such sweet bloggy pals.

my current projects...fun stuff

okay so currently i'm working on a few fun things.

endless love. {see previous blogs}
little man tate's quilt. {for my sisters new addition...which also happens to my summer stash challenge. that's right, i didn't buy ANY new fabric for it. hi-5!!!}
something that i can't disclose, due to my momma reading this blog. {you're laughing aren't you???}
stars & blooms wall hanging {another pat sloan pattern}
and i'm starting the crooked cabins quilt today by mrs. pat sloan. {well i'm just picking out the fabric today, but still.}

geez o'pete you might say...but it's all good. really.

oh and i got my 1st paying quilting job. for a doctor. yayyy.

and today i got turned on to a NEW blogger...penny...{some great reading}...check her out. she has the cutest diaper changing pad tutorial. AND she's doing a giveaway. you can find her here.

this is what i call 'passin' time'

okay...so as promised i am posting what i've been working on since the endless love quilt was put on hold. it seems like alot to take in {tehehe} but i've been having a blast! here's one project that i did for my mawmaw. {she's part of the vacation stop so i HAD to make her something.} plus i made something for our house, something for me and well, just keep reading. lol. i love, love, love pat sloan. seriously. and i fell head over heels in love with her 'big block beauty' quilt in june 08 american patchwork & quilting. well i didn't want to tackle the whole quilt, seeing as i'm leaving in a few weeks, so i decided to make one block. these blocks are huge. {18 inches!} and i wanted to get a feel for the quilt before committing myself to it. so, i decided to cut enough fabric for 2 of those blocks. i originally wanted to make 2 tabletop sized quilts, but the hubby said to make one a pillow and one table topper. so i did. what do yall think??? the pillow was adopted as my kids 'favorite new play thing' as well as the hubby's 'couch' pillow...tehehe. {no wonder he said make a pillow!} and the little table topper will go with us to it's new home at the mawmaw's house in georgia. {and seriously, those fabric colors are SO not that primary looking. the yellow is a rich buttercream, and the blue is SO beautiful. and that floral pattern is amazing in person. my camera really did NO justice for these fabrics.} lol. now in the bottom picture, you will see that challenge mini wall quilt from awhile ago, he lives there under my shelf, doesn't he look happy there??? lol. and those green & brown blocks are something for ME. yayyy. they are blocks that i'm making as part of pat sloan's book club. fun stuff! i chose to do a 'go irish' theme, which seems to be working out really well, but more on that later. {i promise!} i have also been working on another project, but i can't share it with yall yet. why you ask??? well frankly because i KNOW my momma, and she reads these blogs and what i'm making is for her...so she'll cheat and see it before vacation. tehehe. so "nana nana boo boo momma!" so...now that i've written a novella, tell me what yall think. and seriously, i have a-whole-nother blog to write for my newest project. *stop laughing!*