Charming Girls' Quilt Club

So Kelly over at the Charming Girls' blog gave me a late pass for this month--thanks Kelly :) If you don't know what I'm talking about my title is linked to her post about it, check it out. These are the projects I'd like to finish up this month:I need to get the binding sewn down on my Mountain Rails (in the background) , my little wonky quilt-quilted and bound, finish my pillow and I'm taking a doll class (Annie Treat) a week from Saturday and I want to finish her!! I also want to get the binding sewn down on these three little quilts.If you guessed that I'm up to my old masking tape tricks with that little one on top you guessed right lol!!
September is kicking my butt so far...I am drowning in homeschool stuff right now so who knows if I'll get anything quilty done--but I'm hoping between the motivation of a deadline and the fact that September is a good t.v. month, what with all the new Fall shows and premiers, I'll at least get some hand sewing done! Hope everyone has a great week, or what's left of it :)

Some Stuff

I've been on a cookbook buying binge this Summer. I keep saying "that's it-- NO MORE!" and then one of you lovely people out there in blogland tells me that really I do need "just this one more" . At least you never steer me wrong...I love them all so far. This so amazingly true quote is from The Splendid Table, not just a great cookbook but full of fun pages like this one

. My favorite cookbooks (here is a sampling of titles) include stories and anecdotes, little tidbits that just add to the joy of making the recipe somehow. If you have never read Laurie Colwin's Home Cooking you are missing a rare treat...go order it now :) I went to see Julie and Julia this week and immediately ordered Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Unfortunately a lot of people did the same thing so there's a wait for the book. While I wait I've been reading, and very much enjoying, her original blog The Julie/Julia Project. Now if the weather would just cool off enough for me to turn on my oven.

O.k. moving on to Fabric...I love Cath Kidston and it makes me sad that we don't have her stores here in the U.S. and in order to actually own any of her stuff I have to fork out way more than I'm willing on shipping. The other day when I was prowling around Amazon looking for this

I somehow ended up finding this

and so of course I ordered it...free shipping and all. It came the same day as my order of American Retro from Sew Mama Sew... and I am once again in fabric love...See how it matches my Cath Kidston notebook?

That just makes me happier than....well happier than it ought, I suppose :) I made a few more pincushions, don't they look like a little family?

Right? Don't they? I just can't bring myself to break them up, so I guess I need to make more... Some darker ones for Fall...

I am loving the joy of miniature...so quick and fun and cute. I made this little 8x9 inch cutie start to finish in about one hour...now that's what I'm talkin' about! O.k. I'm off to finish up curriculum planning...it's that time of year AGAIN...how did that happen so quick????

Oh and hey is there something weird going on with blogger? My little bar up there has all different buttons and my pictures are ending up in weird places....I'm not likin' it one bit :(

108 Degrees

Can only mean one thing....
Mojito time!!!
Oh look my drink matches my Flower Sugar...I know it's a sickness :) I'm gonna go make more pincushions and sip my mojito and try to stay cool. When it's this hot my window unit starts to have difficulty :(
Hope you all have a great weekend!!!

Bliss

I think I just might have enough Flower Sugar now....maybe...I even cut into it and used it!! I had to after I heard my darling daughter remark to her friend, after I had gleefully showed them my gorgeous pile, " she's just going to stare at it for awhile and then put it away for "special". The bag is the Jane Market Bag from "Posie rosy little things" with a few alterations. I think I could have stayed up all night making these...so much fun and instant gratification. I ran out of crushed walnuts so I stopped...for now.
The pin cushions were inspired by one of these wonderful little Japanese books that I have been collecting for a few weeks...I love them!! Of course I had to buy some fabric while shopping for the books...
The books and fabric are all from Superbuzzy. Well not the Flower Sugar, that I've been collecting from all over the place. Sharon and I are "Flower Sugar Buddies" and send each other updates as we find new places to buy it. She said we will go to rehab together because we are addicts lol!! Maybe I shouldn't be laughing, it's not too far from the truth :)

Country Loft part 2

So yeah I'm lame...I said I'd be back "tomorrow" and here it is days later...sorry. It's really late and I'm exhausted so here are the pictures of the class projects and patterns from "The Loft". Some amazingly talented ladies (and men as it turns out) have taken part in this show...my good friend Janine being one of them :) This is her Stars Around the Garden BOM and did she do an amazing job or what? Oops this is a pattern from the shop that I liked and should have been in the last batch....I know I have some repeats and some out of order--but it's late and I figured you'd rather sort through it than have me not put everything up---right? Again you can click on anything to enlarge and all of these projects are from the Country Loft so they can get you the patterns etc..their # and more goodies is in my previous post. I put some blocks individually up down below for those of you who do your own quilting (like me) because they are so inspiring...so please click and enlarge she has done some amazing stuff!






















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I am so sorry to anyone who left a comment on my last post and didn't get a response... I get my email on my blackberry and sometimes I delete it all on accident :( I did that the day before yesterday so please forgive me? I have a love/hate relationship with technology :)