HAPPY 4th of JULY!

Enjoy the weekend, be safe - be happy - hug your friends and family

I've been negletful, haven't said hello, haven't checked in, just haven't done anything. Maybe it's the heat ( 100 degrees for several days - aahh, summer in Texas ), maybe it's the lack of food ( trying to loose some weight ), maybe, oh heck, maybe I just haven't had anything to say.

That is probably it.

I still don't have a lot to say and that is pretty sad! Summer in Texas means you move from your air conditioned house, to your air conditioned car, to your air conditioned office and start the same thing in reverse when work is over. We eat LOTS of salads cause they are cool and healthful and real easy to pick up at the store ( long day, and it's hot ). No, I'm not losing lots of weight, I must be buying fat lettuce :(

Do you remember the mystery log cabing quilt that JudyB was hosting? I finished my top a few weeks ago, started to post it,, and ,, well,, who knows - I didn't. I went with the design that I came up with, using all the blocks that we made. I liked her mystery design and I liked mine too - so I made mine! Creative choice, right?
This is my quilt
I'm happy with it,, it's not super big so I might try to quilt it myself,, after I practice first!

Maybe this weekend I can get some sewing, or maybe a nap ( naps are good! ). Husband's birthday is this weekend so we are having a party and going to see WICKED... a nap looks more in my future than sewing - but that's ok! I'll sew when I wake up :)

Happy weekend everyone!

Good Morning!

Here is to you - Hoping to make your day bright!

Another Top Done and A Log Cabin Mystery Solved

I have had a very lazy, enjoyable Memorial Weekend, in fact, I haven't left the house ( well, I did go into the backyard ) for two - yep 2! - whole days.. My kind of weekend!... Drives my husband nuts, he has to go SOMEWHERE every day.
What did I do during my two day 'hide away from the world' you might ask? I browsed around on the Quilt Festival -- I am so! inspired by what everyone is doing... If you haven't taken time to surf the blogs,, please do - truly amazing ( thanks Amy for doing this for us! )

I wasn't a complete slug ( yes, I showered and brushed my teeth and even sorta got dressed :) ) and I was busy - I got the southwest quilt top finished - and I like it!

I took this picture during one of excursions to the back yard today - :) I'm happy with how it turned out,, I really wasn't sure when I started it, but I had the pattern, all the fabric is from my stash ( give me 'high five' for that! ).. it's a Judy Niemeyer pattern and I love her stuff, so why not work on it ( mindless paper pieceing ) and if I like it, cool - if not, I know a good charity.

Now the fun part,, all the paper is still on the back! Guess I need to put in a good movie and start tearing,, I could use some help?! Do I hear any volunteers?? gee, it's awfully quiet !!! just one volunteer??

I also played with my blocks from Judy B/Virtual Quilter who had a mystery log cabin that just ended. I had lots of fun following along and making the blocks. She did really well, too, cause she spaced the blocks out just right. I could keep up and manage to go to work ( I would much rather have stayed home - is ther such a thing as 'calling in quilt'? like calling in sick??).
Judy also challenged the participants to come up with what we thought was her mystery design. I did that HERE. Nope, I didn't guess it.

This is Judy's solution (using my blocks on the design wall ) - I really like it...

Now this is my solution, again using my blocks on the design wall I like it, too.

And, oh my, there are a bunch more layouts that she gave those of us who did the mystery - so I can make more blocks and more quilts!
What do you think? I just can't decide which way to sew these together - help me out, ok?

I hope everyone had a great weekend and spent lots of time with family and friends.

Bloggers Quilt Festival

Amy's Creative Side is having her Blogger's Quilt Festival - this festival is made up of bloggers showing off our favorite quilts.
So, what makes a quilt be a "FAVORITE"? Is it the fabrics, the colors, the pattern, the technique?? I say YES to all of those. But isn't your favorite quilt the one that has the most memories? THAT quilt that brings back a moment in our lives - whether good or bad - but that one special moment that stays with us?

All my quilts are my favorites - for that moment but this one is special to me. ~~~~~~~~
I challenged my friend Tirane to make a quilt with me - well not WITH me but to make the same pattern at the same time. We used a pattern from Bonnie Hunter but made it each our own. I had such a great time colaborating on this ( I understand why there are quilt partners like Gwen and Freddie!).
You need to go HERE to see the differences in our quilts - I love hers, I love mine! But there is a difference - a big difference! Check them out, you wouldn't know it is the same pattern.

Tirane has a long arm and she quilted this for me, too! I never tell her what to do, she just "knows" ( ain't it great! ) Go HERE to see the quilting,, she picked up the apple motif and made the border look like apple pies ( reminds me of my Mom's apple dumplings - OMG they were so! good! ) and there are little curly cues and leaves and -- oh! you really have to go look! -- it's just really great.

I really love the colors in this quilt. It's happy and warm and gives me the "warm fuzzy" feeling. I love the different patterns/textures in the fabrics, too. But I really like this quilt because my friend and I created it together. I have the memories of our conversations, our friendship. I know there are many more quilts that we will do together.

So, this is my entry into the Bloggers Quilt Festival. Enjoy them all!
Gotta go! I've got lots of quilts to look at! Thanks for looking at mine.