April Showers!

I attended a bridal shower for Jill, my soon to be DIL this weekend.

It was put on by her Aunt and Cousin. Pot holders were made by Jill's cousin, Marie for each place setting. They were made from their grandmother's fabric stash. (Grandma passed away a few years ago). I thought it was a nice touch.

It was very fun for me and it looks like Jillian was having fun too!

It was a nice getaway over to Livermore but we weren't able to escape and run over to In Between Stitches this trip!

On another subject:

I have a little secret... I am trying to think of something clever for another celebration coming up... there is going to be a blogiversary
very soon. Stay tuned!
I wouldn't want you to miss out!

POM: Projects of the Month

Projects for the Month

I got up early to so that I could post about my projects for the Charming Guys and Girls Club.

Today is the last day to show what our "plans" are for the month.

Here is my "hopeful" list of finishes:

I am starting of with this purse made out of Bar Harbor fabrics. The body of the purse is made out of their vinyl covered fabric. I have used Moda's vinyl before and liked it... so we'll see how this turns out. It is being made for a shop sample, so it really needs to get finished... fast.

I had started my flying geese project last month and I have the rows layed out ready to start sewing... so since they are covering my floor, this forces me to work on Due South first.

I also have my Schnibbles for the month to work on. Definitely a must finish for April.

I started working on this over the weekend. It started with leftovers from another project that I made into 4 patches. Now I made the rows for in between those rows... we'll see how this one develops. There's no real plan.

Here is one that I started and left behind at some point. This one gets put back into the loop. I love the blocks... I'm not sure why I lost interest in it.
I hope to get a couple other things finished also... but this is all I am really committing to!

Enjoy your day!

Winners & Prizes

The Year of Schnibbles Parade was so much fun yesterday!

I actually think that that was my favorite pattern so far.

It was fun, easy and looked great in all the different fabric groups.

I also loved the table runner size, the extra large size, the sashing variation, the ric rac...

it was so fun to see all the creativity!

So, let's have some more fun and pick some winners!!!

(names are picked randomly)

From Bear Paw Quilts & more

2 charm packs and coordinating panel of Cherish Nature by Deb Strain:

(photo above) and the winner is:

Andee

From Quilt Taffy

Schnibbles Pattern and Moda charm pack:

the winner is:

Sashi

From Quilters' Paradise $25 gift certificate:

the winner is:

Ariane

From Missouri Star Quilt Co. 1 charm pack of Make Life

for 2 winners:

the winners are:

Mel and Marianne

From the Fat Quarter Shop

$50 gift certificate
the winner is:

Darlene

From Lake Havasu Quilt Shop

$25 gift certificate
the winner is:

Sandy (Sandy's Show & Tell)

From Cottage Quilts

$25 gift certificate

the winner is:

Trish

Carrie has also randomly picked two winners.

She will be giving a Primerose Inn Jelly Roll (photo near top) to each of these Schnibblers:

From Sherrie's Parade:

Edith

From My Parade:

Angela

Our Year of Schibbles -Easter Parade!

When I was little I was referred to as a Tag Along. It wasn't then, and still isn't something you want to be. But being a younger sister... that was my place.
But now let me introduce you to a Tagalong that is
a wonderful thing:

Tagalong... Our April Schnibbles pattern choice...

And just so you can start planning and figuring out what you need...
here are the materials list for tagalong:
84 charm squares
* 31 need to be matching pairs
1 fat quarter of inner border

And now....
Here is our Year of schnibbles Parade for April!

I am thinking Easter eggs here... do you see any influences? This Roundabout was made by Trish at TLC Stitches. How fun is that!

This Roundabout was made by Trish. Her blog is Quilt Tails and Cat Tails. I am not sure which line of fabrics this is but it's so nice with the red and green theme!

This would be a perfect quilt for Breast Cancer Awareness. However it is going to a friends new baby... #6 and I'm sure it will be loved as much as all the love that was put into it!
pretty in pink... this Roundabout was made by An Encourager.
Edit: Here is our first Schnibbles that got turned in but somehow got missed in the parade. So very sorry! Here is Angela's Roundabout... from Country Scrap Quilts blog. This is going to look great hanging up during the summer!

Here is Roundabout made by Lisa B at Candlelite Quilter blog.

This is Suzie's Roundabout made with a cool palatte! Beautiful.

Stina is calling her Roundabout... Turnabout. She used her beautiful Porcelain fabrics. She added sashing to the blocks and made the whole quilt larger/lap size.

Simone made her Roundabout with such cheerful fabrics... including polka dots! Love 'em!

Sigrid made her Roundabout for her husband.

Shelley at Red Quilts Blog
Another great Red White & Blue version!

and here is Roundabout by Sashi from Sashi's blog.

This is Sandy's Roundabout from Sandy's Show & Tell. She made not one but two... so you have to hop over to her blog to see the other one!

This Roundabout was made by Sandy F.
I think Sandy went for a not quilt so scrappy look. It has a nice flow to it.

Another wonderful version of Roundabout by Sandi at Crazy 'bout Quilts

Done by Robin at RSISANDLANDCRAFTS

Regena at Quilt and Quilt Things
Both of the quilts above have a big color impact... they look stunning and festive!

This sweet Roundabout was made by Polly from Aunt Polly's Porch.

The group was Aviary. She has more pictures on her blog... I'm not sure you can see how really cute it is from this picture.

Paulette's Roundabout done in Aster Manor, no blog, sorry. I love Astor Manor and it looks great in Roundabout here too!

I love the way this quilt looks so calm. It was made by Mary... Needled Mom.

Here is Roundabout made by the infamous Mary over at the blog

Quilt Hollow.

I believe this Roundabout was made from American Primer. It was made by Marianne at the blog: D is for Dovey. Red, white and blue is always a favorite of mine!

You can see more of the parade over at A Quilting Life.

There are a lot more to see!!!

Sherri and I want to thank everyone for participating once again and making A Year of Schnibbles so much fun! Everyone's Roundabouts turned out fantastic. It makes me love this pattern even more... it also makes me want to copy some of yours! Great job!!!