Delicious New York

Delicious cupcake...

Delicious Purl goodness....

Three delicious nights at Radio City....

With these delicious men....

This one in particular...;-)

Deliciously green park...

Delicious skyline....

Delicious art....

Good friends....

Oh, New York I think I love you. I am a lucky, lucky gal.

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WIP Tuesday

Today's post is brought to you by WIP's: always too many of them, and never enough time!
I find that I get so excited about what's coming up next that I can hardly finish one thing, and sometimes I don't, before I pick up something else. I guess that's not necessarily a bad thing.
I just feel like sometimes my creative energy is more then I can handle! Last weekend I did not work on the Zig Zag quilt, currently a WIP, but instead opted to start a baby quilt made from a charm pack I had in my stash. The print is Tula Pink Hushabye. I love these fabrics. I also have a jelly roll of the same line that I *hope* to make into a full size quilt. Hopefully sooner then later. So far so good with the baby version. It has been sandwiched together and pinned. Ready to be quilted soon.
I have wanted to make these vintage shorts for some time. On Saturday, after working on the baby quilt, I decided to switch gears and start the shorts. The pattern is a 1945 Simplicity that I have had for a while. The fabric is this vintagey gold linen/rayon blend from Joann fabrics. So far so good I think. Though I find I always get frustrated when sewing clothing from a vintage pattern because the artist's drawing on the front of the pattern is not typically what the item looks like when sewn!

Thursday I fly up to NYC for some fun with the girls and a couple nights at Radio City. I'm looking forward to some fun times and a trip to Purl Soho!

Quilt Block

I decided I want to help with Anna Maria Horner's Rainbow Around the Block project.

Local TN quilters plan to sew together all donated quilt blocks to make beautiful quilts to

donate to those effected by the Nashville floods. This is my first block:

I Heart Zig Zags

I started piecing my zig zag quilt this past weekend. So far, I'm in love. Last weekend I spentseveral hours cutting 5 inch squares out of various fabrics from my stash. This is what my squares look like:

After piecing started yesterday, this is what I had:

So far so good! It's only going to be throw size but my mind is already turning with what to use the other squares for. ;-) Does this happen to you, too? I feel so scattered sometimes when it comes to quilting. Can't. Get. Quilt. Done. Soon. Enough. Always something else lurking in my mind...some other cotton/batting goodness waiting to be created! I'm trying to remind myself to stop and enjoy the process. Deep breath. That's better.

Another yummy thing was the homemade mango and tomato salsa I made on Sunday. Yum!

Summer is in like a lion here in South Florida. Hot and humid. Perfect for staying inside and sewing!

What summer projects are you excited about?

Dinner and a Quilt

I guess it should be dinner and a movie, but I have not seen any movies lately so a quilt

it is! I have been trying to prepare more vegetarian dinners lately, and last night I made

marinated tofu with sobo noodles. It was so delish! Relatively speaking, it didn't take too

long to prepare either. I'm taking leftovers to work for lunch today.

I finished my quilt last week. Sewing the binding on seemed to take forever but I am really happy with the results. Of course, my cat Tex had to be the first to enjoy it!

I started working on a Zig Zag quilt which will be my next quilt project. I spent Sunday,

and most of Monday cutting out 5 inch blocks. Monday night I started piecing the blocks. It's going to take a while but I am already looking forward to getting it together!

Happy 4 day work week peeps!

I Guess I Won't Quit My Day Job

Well gosh, time just flies! Life has been busy around here. Went on my cruise, and have

been fighting this cold/flu ever since I came back. The blog has been languishing. I guess

I won't quit my day job in order to blog since my posts are so scattered! Then again, some

days I wish I had the ability to blog full time from home and make money doing it.I suppose the grass is always greener.

This past weekend I got significant work done on my first full size quilt. We are heading towards the finish line with this project, as all that is left to do is tack down the binding. After debating some time about how to quilt this quilt, I decided to tie it instead. I did not relish the idea of tackling it and *trying* to quilt it on my machine. I know I'll have to get over this fear of quilting full size quilts eventually. Maybe on the next project! In any case, I look forward to putting this quilt on my bed!

Last week I made a quick run to my LQS in order to pick up some fabric to bind my quilt with. I knew exactly what I wanted and was happy to find they still had some in stock. I used the Amy Butler Sunspots print in green. Well, while I was there I also picked up an assortment of 1/4 yards. I already have my next quilt in mind. I'm thinking a zig zag quilt is in order!

Betcha, Bygolly, Wow....

Wow! It has been so long since I posted. Life seems to be really busy these days. Sorry peeps! Like my homage to The Stylistics?! Been listening to some songs of theirs recently and I'm lovin' it!

So, all has not been lost lately, as I have been doing some sewing! My best friend received her birthday gift so now I can blog about it. Win! I sewed her a table runner using a charm pack. I also bought some backing fabric that matched and I think it came together quite nicely. She liked it so that's another win! Here it is....

I also sewed a couple sunglass cases, as I bought a pair of new sunglasses recently and did not have a case for them. One case was for my friend and one for me. I like how they turned out and they were easy to construct.



I started sewing my dress from the Collete pattern and have run into some fit issues. Overall, I like how it is turning out but will need to work on it a bit to get the right fit. For now I have put it aside and moved along to other projects. I find that this is how I seem to sew. If it turns out great, win! If it's not turning out as I had hoped, I usually get frustrated and put it aside for a bit in order to make something else. The good news is that there is ALWAYS something else to sew!!


In other news I am going on a cruise next Friday, the 14th. Super win! And it's with the New Kids on the Block. Super Duper Win! I had wanted to sew some sun dresses to take with me and I was able to get 1 made from some Amy Butler fabric I had sitting around for some time. I am really happy with how it turned out and it didn't take too long to put together. I started it last Sunday and then on Monday night and Tuesday finished it up!



What have you been sewing/making lately?