There's Fun, and Then There's FUN

One of the fun things about living in a small town... you get quaint little  Carnivals that come in once a year. You just don't see them this small anymore!

But how cute is that? It reminds me of when our boys were pre-teen age and we took them to the big Fresno Fair (nearest large town to us).  We dipped into the large container of "spare change" & they filled up their pockets and off we went. It of course made me a wreck... so easy to loose someone in large crowds... I kept counting heads... 1, 2, 3... 4, 5. Ok, breathe. 1, 2, 3,4... where is 5? ... ok, 5, breathe.

Anyway, they were on one of those large basket rides that spin. It stops to let more kids on, starts, stops... the boys are at the top... and then all of a sudden all you can hear is tink, tink, clang, tink.  They are up there, upside down and their pockets of change are emptying out... it was remaining money... everywhere!

Speaking of spinning things... here are my Hex-a-gon Along blocks. They are all sewn, 

 now.. on to the next step!

But I could get diverted... I got my copy of Quilt Sampler!!!

Now that is my idea of fun... perusing the pages, seeing the projects and then

going back over them to read how large each shop is and how many bolts of fabric they have, then I do in depth looks at each of the store samples! Ymmm! Fun!

I never miss an issue and this one has got to be my favorite. Lots of goodness inside!

In Between Stitches in Livermore CA.

And this wonderful little shop, ok, not so little, but has lots of Quilt Soup samples...

including a project by Barbara Jones herself!

Lots of FUN!

May: Full Steam Ahead!

I have some catching up to do! I wanted to show you the bag I won from Quiltin' Like Crazy! I got it in the mail on Friday... isn't it so cute? Thank you Heather! I am lovin' those polka dots!

I never posted about my finished projects for the Charming Guys and Girls Club: April Edition!

See Kelly... I did make some progress...

• I sewed this 4-patch- coin together
• I made my Schnibbles
• I made my Fig Tree purse (a store sample)

 

I made some progress on my Dresden Plate quilt...I know, it's not a finish... but I am lovin' the progress!

Note: purse is made with Bar Harbor vinyl and cotton. If I did it again, and I think I will, I would just use cotton for this pattern.

I used the Kona Cotton grey for the background... and the polka dots are inspired by

Material Obsession.

I had to run back to Bear Paw to get a photo of the purse/sample.

While I was there I thought I would take a photo of their quilt

for the Heart of the Valley Shop Hop.

I love the setting and the border! There are 13 quilt shops participating in this shop hop.

 All from the Central Valley, CA. From Bakersfield up to Ceres and Turlock. 

3 of our Schnibbles featured quilt shops are in it!

Quilter's Paradise, Cottage Quilts and Bear Paw Quilts.

If you are interested in going on this hop... it's from May 14-16.  You should have lots of fun!

Also while I was at Bear Paw, Donna had her McKenna Ryan BOM to show! 

This is my favorite McKenna BOM yet! 

Now, I think I have caught up... well, with what I wanted to say. I am glad that we have a breather with the Charming Guys and Girls Club for the next two months... maybe I can get caught up with the rest of those things that didn't get done on my list by July!

Did I hear you laugh???

Tagalong Parade of Winners!

As I write this I am anxiously awaiting news on how my son Teague did at the Orange County Marathon that he is racing in this morning!

I heard that there are 1400 people in the race... could be more. It's a beautiful day down there... I wish I was there to enjoy it all! It's in Newport Beach. Not a bad place to go run or even watch! But I'm thinking that anyone who even enters the 26 mile race is a winner! Seriously!

I  hope everyone got to see all the Tagalongs over at Sherri's blog!

That was a wonderful parade!

You guys are great!

Now lets pick some winners and see what they get!!!

To start off with... Carrie has picked two winners:

And they will receive a copy... did I say copy? I mean SIGNED COPY of Schnibbles Times Two!

*still to be announced*

edited: Carrie has chosen!

The winner from Sherri's parade of Schnibbles is... Mary,  at Needled Mom blog

and Carrie's pick from my Tagalong parade is... Andee of A Modern Diary blog!

Congratulations!

Carolyn over at Cottage Quilts is giving a $25 gift certificate to a winner:

and now... the winner is Pam W.! Congratulations!

Corrie at Quilt Taffy is giving at $10 gift certificate to a lucky winner!

and the Quilt Taffy winner is... Sandi at Crazy 'Bout Quilts!

Fat Quarter Shop is giving a $50 mini shopping spree to one of our winners:

and the winner is... Carol from Brown Quilts!

The girls from Quilters Paradise is giving a $25 gift certificate to a Schnibbles winner:

and the winner is... Lisa at Candle Lite Quilter!

Donna at Bear Paw Quilts is giving a Moda Scrap Bag to one of our winners:

and the winner is Edith! From Red Door Quilting blog!!!

Kim at Lake Havasu Quilts is offering a Schnibbles Times Two book.

The winner is... Sandy (no blog)!

Thank you all for being a part of A Year of Schnibbles!
We have great participation from all of our Schibblers as well as wonderful suppport from our featured quilt shops! Thank you for making this month, once again, so much fun!

I hope you have fun picking a project for next month...

I can't wait to see what you decide on...

so many fun choices!

Don't forget to go over to Carrie's blog and check out the Schnibbles Contest rules!

Ya know what they say: You can't win if you don't play!

FOOTNOTE:

MY SON GOT 10TH PLACE IN HIS AGE GROUP AND 69TH PLACE

 OVERALL IN THE MARATHON! CONGRATULATIONS TEAGUE!!!

Schnibbles May Day Parade

I have been delaying this morning because Sherri has been out of town and won't be able to post her part of the A Year of Schnibbles Parade until later today.

I can't believe that it's A Year of Schnibbles Parade Day already!

I don't feel like I have gotten much done at all this month...

but by the looks of it, we still have lots of Schnibbles to share in our little parade!

I have to confess that my date last weekend with my new book:

Schnibbles Times Two

was a fun time! I will be spending a lot of time with this book in the future!

Here is my project that I made from the book, it's called McGuffy.

Since I had a chance to make a "large" Schnibbles... I took the opportunity!

And if you are wondering what the Schnibbles project for May is...

it will be a "SCHNIBBLES FREE CHOICE".

 That's right. You can use one of your Schnibbles patterns from your stash. Or you can make a Schnibbles from the new book or you can make the larger version from the book... it's up to you!

I am pretty excited to see what everyone comes up with!

And it could be an opportunity to make your Schnibbles and enter it into one of the contests going on near you! For more information about the contest, please go to Carrie's blog LaVie En Rosie and read about it. Then contact one of the participating Quilt Shops in your area!!!

Another separate contest right now is from Fat Quarter Shop. Go see what they are doing to celebrate Carrie's new book!

Our first quilt is from...

An Encourager! She made this fun Tagalaong... she calls it Cotton Candy! I am loving' it.

This one is from Andee, A Modern Diary, I love how the red boldly accents those fun blocks!

This one is from our wonderful Bea, using her hand dyed fabrics. I like the accent touch in the outer border.

Here is a bold statement by Cindy of Hyacinth Designs. Great contrast in colors & the border fabric is just perfect with it!

This Tagalong is by Marilyn at D is for Dovey. I always love quilts done with the soft palate range.

 

Karen made her Schnibbles Tagalong from another 3 Sisters group of fabrics! She has been making all of her Schnibbles strictly from 3 Sisters groups! How fun is that! I wish I would have thought of it!

We have a lot of creative minds this month with these Schnibbles!

This one above is from Kim of Kim's Big Quilt Adventures.

It looks great with the alternate blocks in background fabrics. That's a good way to make it bigger too!

Tagalong, and all quilted too! This is one by Heather from Quilt or Stitch.

This one just looks cozy!

Our next Schnibbles Tagalong is by Angela from the blog Country Scrap Quilts.

She had this one done in a heartbeat, I swear!

And here is my favorite guy with his favorite new Schnibble, Tagalong, by Carol L

from Carol's Craft Creations. Boy I can really see the other patterns in this quilt stand out! Very fun!

This one is from Carol at Brown Quilts. I think this fabric group is so fun! It is so pretty!!!

and this little Tagalong is from Darlene at Quilting Daze blog. We are loving our 3 Sisters fabrics!

Do you think Darlene and Carol worked on theirs together???

Great minds...!

Here is Cara's sweet little 30's print Tagalong! Go check out her blog you guys... Cara Quilts, she has a wonderful surprise... if you didn't already know...

she was featured on Moda Bake Shop!

Her project is really fun and cute ta' boot!

Here is a patriotic Tagalong from Judi from the blog Smokey from the Netherlands.

It almost looks like it could be a ship flag, doesn't it?

!

Here is Edith's version of Tagalong in blues and browns. That makes a great combo.

Edith's blog is Red Door Quilting.

This happy little Tagalong here, getting in just under the wire  is from Pam W.

The last but not least entry is...

Tagalong by Gran! aka Knot-y Embroidery Lady!

Beautiful! And so is the quilting... done by Mary at Quilt Hollow!

That's my part of the May Day Parade!

Don't forget to hop right on over to see the rest of the parade at Sherri's blog, A Quilting Life!