More Plans
Caffinated Stitcher
I haven't so much as picked up a needle or done any type of sewing for several days now....but I do have some more planned wip's coming up. I've just ordered the four designs below and I'm just waiting for them to come in :) And..... I also went by River City Quilts and picked up the next three months for the Thimbleberries BOTM Club yesterday. I know, just what I need....more wip's, but who can resist? :))


Mediterranean Mermaid by Mirabilia

I'm very glad to see this style of mermaid back.....the last couple have been nice, but not quite like the earlier ones that are more "my" style. And I love that she can be positioned to look like she is swimming to the bottom of the ocean or to the side. I went yesterday and picked up the DMC floss for her. Can you believe that Hobby Lobby's thread prices have now gone up to $.35 a skein!!!! A couple of weeks ago they were $.30 at my local store. I know some people pay more, but I'm not used to it. I guess for the most part I will be relying on sales for the thread in the future. I just received word this morning from ABC Stitch that she is swimming her way to me now....wooohooo!!



It's Berry Time by Blackbird Designs

The 2009 Loose Feathers Club continues with a very sweet sampler and the cutest strawberry pincushion. I'm anxious to get my chart and see how it was constructed since I've never made one of them before. My threads and chart are ordered, but I haven't decided if I will use the required fabric or something just a touch darker....decisions, decisions. I only have half of The Simple Things finished, so I will try to get some stitching time in today and see about getting that finished up soon along with the pinkeep.



Sirens of the Sea by Just Nan

I found a great E-Bay deal on this just this morning...$14.40 total. It was on sale and there was no shipping charge added....love it! This isn't my usual type of stitching, although Just Nan's designs are quite beautiful and I have quite a few of them on hand (and some wip's)....I love the stitching mermaids on this particular piece. I haven't ordered any materials for this one yet and I think I will wait to pull all of the necessary colors before I look at fabrics. I think though that something with sparkle would be lovely. Look at that whale on top...too cute!!



Where My Heart Blooms by Blackbird Designs

This is not a new design, but I loved it the moment I saw it and have ordered everything necessary to start stitching it....I'm just waiting for the linen and threads to get here. Aren't those birds the sweetest?!!!

On another note, I watched one of the sweetest and sadest movies yesterday. It's called A Walk To Remember. The movie is based on a novel by Nicholas Sparks and was just an absolutely wonderful love story about two high school kids. Of course, I couldn't make it though the movie without tears and couldn't help thinking that that is the way it should be.

Until later....happy stitching!!

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A Little More Quilt Progress
Caffinated Stitcher
Here's a little more progress on the Light colorway of the Thimbleberries BOTM quilt that I have been working on. This block presented more of a challenge for me to align all of the diamonds up!! As you can see I was a little off in some areas, but all in all it's not too bad. By the time I get to the third quilt I should have it down...lol!



Month 3 was a bit easer for me to put together....everything just seemed to go together quite nicely. Aren't the bowties cute?


Happy Stitching!
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Quilt Progess....At Last!
Caffinated Stitcher
I don't know if I mentioned before that I decided to buy all three colorways for this fabulous quilt!! What a HUGE task I set for myself…lol! So I decided that I had better get going on the work ahead since I have three times to do :) I have ripped apart and restarted so many times that I could have one half way done by now….it’s so important to read and read again!! All of those numbers start running together for me after a while. I ran into some problems with the precut pieces as well…some of them were just a little too small, which presented problems in the overall measurements, so I don’t think I will go that route again. I found things went better when I cut the pieces myself. All in all I did enjoy spending the last two days working on the quilt and seeing my squares come together :)

This is Block #1 in the Light colorway: I cut the upper square the wrong size, so will have to wait until my fabric comes in to make the three smaller squares that go with this…..but most of my points turned out well and all of the background fabric is going in the same direction....that's progress :)



I skipped ahead to Block #6 in the Light colorway so I could work with those lovely green and purple fabrics. They are very pretty in person :) I managed to get all four squares done with no major mishaps on my part. I did have some precut pieces that were smaller than they should have been, but I think that they can fit into the quilt ok when it’s time to put them all together.




I did manage to get Block #2 in the Light colorway cut out before I called it quits for the day, so hopefully I can get that put together tomorrow :) I feel like I’m making progress now……
Happy Stitching!
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Ella Handbag
Caffinated Stitcher
On one of my visits to River City Quilts, they had a model of this purse hanging up and I thought it was so pretty and just the size that I like to carry around most of the time :) Their purse was done in lime type colors which wouldn't go with any of my clothes, so I picked out the fabric below instead..I have several brown shirts that will look nice with it. This fabric is called Al Fresco designed by Michele D'Amore for Marcus Fabrics. I started and finished this purse up yesterday morning....how gratifying to be able to have a finish so quickly :))) I will definitely be making more of these cute little purses.......


The button shown here is just for looks as it doesn't really close this way. I have attached small velcro pieces inside for closure.


I have only put one pocket in, but you could add another one easily on the other side of the purse or several smaller ones. Maybe a smaller pocket especially for your cell phone :)


Happy stitching!


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