Highlights of A Wedding

The Big Day!

the boys...

the girls...

the moms...

the bride (and the veil)...

being World Cup week... and a majority of the guys being soccer players or just huge fans,

the "yellow cards" were a big hit!

 (it means a foul: used here for bad dancing moves, jokes,

and other random situations!)

the Groom & Mrs. Groom!

the cake...

A wonderful day with good friends & those close to our hearts.

(stay tuned: more photos to come of the fun and decorations.)

Short Post & A Short Story (Get It?)

This little post is to show that I am trying to catch up with my quilt along with Kelly
I am making progress with my 16 patches and 4 patches... and will be putting them in rows a.s.a.p.!

Today is also the day when I need to show my plan for the Schnibble along
at Charming Chatter for the contest.
I plan to do Short Story. I wanted to do the larger version, but since I am so behind,
and just bringing up the rear on the other project
(the rest of them are already on to quilting!)
I thought it best to stay with the small quilt of Short Story. But if I do get a chance I just might do the larger version anyway out of Martinique by 3 Sisters.
For now though, I need to finish cutting this out!*#@!*

I also still needed to show my prize package from Miss Jaybird!

From Jaybird Quilts of course.

I won this from her anniversary giveaway on her blog!

(thank you so much Julie!)

It came in the mail just as I was going full steam ahead on the wedding, so I didn't get to

do much other than open the box and pet the fabric a little!

I am absolutely thrilled with the project from the cover, Julie's own design,

and I can't wait to try out the Easy Circle Cut ruler!

Will the fun ever stop? ... I ask you!

A Little Inspiration & Some Big Winners

Happy Independence Day!

Happy birthday America!

I found this photo while visiting over at The Inspired Room. I thought is was inspiring and the funny thing is- it looks just like my front porch, minus the banner... but I can fix that, right!?! Even better is that I have those pompoms in my hall closet right now... that we ended up not using for the wedding- woohoo!

I found this great tutorial recently on making patriotic placemats and thought I would share that with you! I love this table setting... it's from Something Sweet Designs blog. I haven't had time to whip any up yet... but I would love to! There is one with stars and 3 with the strips- too cute!

and then I also found this at Cheep Chic Home... I thought it was a fun idea!

Now let's pick some winners!

I loved the parade and the variety of Schnibbles we had this month! I was really surprised to see the fun variety of fabrics used... I think that State Fair is just a happy kind of quilt!

Carrie has picked one winner from each blog  randomly. Each of them will receive

 a layer cake of 12 Days of Christmas!

from Sherri's parade we have.... Regena of Quilt & Quilt Things blog.

from my parade the other winner is.... Di, from Quilting is Blissful.

Kim at Lake Havasu Quilts is offering a $25 gift certificate to one lucky winner...

and the winner is-- Paulette! (no blog)

Carol at Cottage Quilts is offering a $25 gift certificate to be used at her shop...

and the winner is: Denise from My Life in Quilts blog.

From Quilt Taffy, Corrie is giving away a $10 gift certificate to her wonderful on-line store...

and the winner is: Lucy!

The Fat Quarter Shop is offering a $50 gift certificate to their shop...

and the winner of their gift certificate is: Cathi at Shakerwood Quilts blog.

The girls at Quilters Paradise are giving a $25 gift certificate to one of our parade participants.

And the winner is: Nicole from Sister's Choice blog!!!

One Moda Scrap Bag will go to a winner from Donna at Bear Paw Quilts & more...

and the winner is: Andee from Modern Diary blog.

Congratulations to all of you!!! ... thank you to all of the shops who donated prizes!!!

And thank you all for another wonderful Parade of Schnibbles!

Sherri, Carrie and I have really had fun with it each month

 and I am really excited to see what you all do with Joy Luck!

Have a spectacular 4th of July celebration!

Welcome To Our State Fair!

What a whirlwind I have been in!

 Lots of hustle and bustle while preparing for the wedding of our son!

Isn't that so fun that Sherri & I both had weddings on the same day?

So so much I want to share...

But more on that latter... we have a Schnibbles Parade today!!!

 The Schnibbles assignment for the month was State Fair,

 and all of the little quiltlettes turned out so cute and fun... and be sure to look for the secondary pattern

 in the quilt of the little pinwheels!

But before the Year of Schnibbles parade starts...

I wanted to show you our project for July's parade!

I love this little pattern and I think you will have fun doing it too! It's Joy Luck!

 Named by Carrie after one of her favorite movies: "The Joy Luck Club".

 To me, it kind of looks like small Chinese Lanterns, let me know what you think!

So here it is the unveiling of Joy Luck:

This is Carrie's pattern cover. The patterns are barely back from the printer and photographer right now, so there will be a little delay in being able to order it... but don't worry, we are going to extend this month's Schnibble and give you some time to be able to get the pattern in your hot little hands and get 'er done!

We will plan on the next Year of Schnibbles parade to be on Monday August 5th.

What you will need is:

2 charm packs

1 1/3 yard of background fabric

1/3 yard for the binding

I made mine out of my small but sweet collection of vintage sheets. My main source for vintage sheets is from Becky (who is as sweet as can be) at Sweet Cottage Dreams. The inner border fabrics are from Quilt Soup.

Since I just whipped this up yesterday, I haven't quilted it yet, but I will soon!

Here is our State Fair Parade!

Look at how fun! This one is from Angela at Country Scrap Quilts.

This makes a great summertime quilt doesn't it?

This one looks so rich!

It was made by Edith at Red Door Quilting.

Here is Cindy's State Fair! I fell in love with this one at first sight! It's just happy!

She has more photos of it on her blog: Hyacinth Quilt Designs.

This one here just looks like summer! It's made by Cathi at Shakerwood Quilts! See what I mean about the small pinwheels in the secondary pattern? They are so cute.

 

This little Schnibbles was made by Cara at Cara Quilts and it already has a home and is being loved by a sweet little baby!

This sweet little Schnibble was made out of "Attitude Girls" by Carol of Carol's Craft Creations! Mary did the quilting on it and she is just a master of that!

This one is from Quilting is Blissful. I love Di's State Fair with the pink borders! It just makes it look so fun!

This one was made by Bea from France. I just love the look of this one in these color tones. Mail to France seems to be a bit slow... so she is still waiting for her border fabric!

This one was made by My Life in Quilts,  Denise, out of Wonderland fabrics by Momo.

Here is State Fair done in fall colors by Jo's Country Junction. She has more pictures on her blog and one of them showing the fun quilting she did on it. Love the white picket fence too!

Darlene from Quilting Daze made her State Fair and added an inner flange border "peeping out" in red!

Here we have State Fair by Judith, Smokey from the Netherlands. I love her color palate with the blue greens and browns.

Here is Karen K's. State Fair in a sweet little setting with her dolls! She used an older 3 Sisters line of Mistletoe Manor!

Heather, Quilt or Stitch blog. I seriously love this fabric line!

Andee from Modern Diary blog. Looks like she just got a jump start on Christmas!

This one is made out of Mary E. fabrics by Kim from Kim's Big Quilting Adventure!

Here is Cindy's State Fair table runner, 31 x 82, for her dinning table. She has more photos of it on her blog

SewCindy.

Now you need to go see the rest of the parade over at Sherri's blog, A Quilting Life, I'm going over there right now myself!

oh, and Happy Canada Day!

It's Canada's 143rd birthday!!!