New Projects for June

I have been reading the blog posts that you have been sharing with me on

my Big Day Give Away post. It has been so fun to read them!

There is still time to enter... the giveaway winner will be picked tomorrow!

I did think of a couple of posts that I found funny and thought 

they were worth sharing again. I actually think I shared one of them before...

but here they are.

I Even Amaze Myself and

Have You Had Your Quilters Vaccine Yet

There are a couple of new projects on my list this month:

One is the Beck-Ad the Halls Quilt.

It's the Fat Quarter Shops Anniversary!

So they came up with a great idea...

Fat Quarter Shop

10 years. 10 blocks. 10 fabrics

The patterns are free... and better yet, they are cute.
I have mine on it's way!

So hopefully my kit will arrive by tomorrow so that I can start playing

right away. I have been seeing the 3 Wise Gingerbread Men blocks

(the first month project) on Pinterest and there is a Flikr group too.  

I just had to have some Gingerbread men of my own!

You can use your own stash...
but a kit is kind of handy, so I opted

for that. 

The other project on my list for this month is...

Coastal Lily.

Have you seen Thelma's?

I have been wanting to make this one forever... so it seemed to be the perfect

time. I am still waiting for my pattern but I started on the flying geese...

The pattern calls for 180. I have 166 made so far!

Woo hoo!

A Quilting Life Book Tour

Today is the A Quilting Life blog book tour.

I am excited to be a part of Sherri's book debut! 

Her book has several fun projects... they are for beginner or
intermediate quilters.
They are projects that can be whipped up pretty quickly...
perfect for a gift. I love the table runners and pillow patterns!

My friend Donna, who is the owner of my LQS

made up one of the quilts in Sherri's book out of Glamping 

fabrics... for a summer time picnic quilt!

I wanted to share that with you today...

it's Pinwheel Picnic!

Doesn't it make the cutest picnic or camping quilt?

Sherri asked us to share a little something about ourselves on the book tour that

had to do with a quilting life. Of course!

So I wanted to share my quiche recipe with you!

My family and friends always request this for special get togethers.
I love quick because it's good for breakfast, lunch, or dinner...
indoors or outdoors! I haven't given this secret recipe out until now!
for 2 Quiche pies:
You can make the crust or buy deep dish  pie crust like
I sometimes do.

Custard:

4 eggs
3/4 cup milk
3/4 cup heavy cream
2 tsp. melted butter
1 Tb. flour
pinch of salt, nutmeg, cayenne pepper

Fillings:
grated cheese (Monterey Jack & cheddar)
1 can of sliced artichoke hearts
sliced mushrooms
sliced tomatoes
4 strips bacon
chopped yellow onions
I mix and match ingredients... and throw in asparagus or whatever else
I find in the fridge.
Bake at 375 for 45-55 minutes

Another thing, that I feel adds to my Quilting Life/home life is that I love cloth napkins.

I have a pet peeve about paper napkins... you will almost never find them at my house.

I don't really need formal napkins... but I do love cloth napkins for the table

and for picnics too!

Don't get me wrong... I'm really not a formal kind of person;

we have had plenty of good napkin fights at the end of a meal!
It helps that we have no less than 8 at our family gatherings.

Paper napkins could never work for that!

Picnics are also a good time to use cloth napkins too...

they don't blow away!

A cute napkin tutorial is from Alidiza blog. 

These would look so cute made to match a table runner from Sherri's book.

Please leave a comment and tell me, do you use paper or cloth?
to enter the drawing for a copy 

of A Quilting Life book!

(a pdf version will be sent to anyone who wins outside of the U.S.)

Be sure to go visit each blog on the tour... 
you have lots of chances to win!
Winners will be announced on 6/14!

Monday June 3^rd Nanette at Freda’s Hive http://fredashive.blogspot.com/
Tuesday June 4^th Sinta from Pink Pincushion http://pinkpincushion.blogspot.com/
Wednesday June 5^th Jodi from Pleasant Home http://www.pleasant-home.com/
Thursday June 6^th Judi from Green Fairy Quilts http://greenfairyquilts.blogspot.com/
Friday June 7^th Lissa of ModaLissa http://modalissa.blogspot.com/
Saturday June 8^th Amanda of AmandaMurphyDesignhttp://amandamurphydesign.blogspot.com/
Sunday June 9^th Anna of Thimbleanna http://thimbleanna.com/
Monday June 10^th Amy Smart of Diary of a Quilter http://www.diaryofaquilter.com/
Tuesday June 11^th Kristyne of Pretty by Hand http://prettybyhand.com/
Wednesday June 12^th Sherri of A Quilting Life http://www.aquiltinglife.com

AYOS Prizes and Big Day Give Away!

Vintage Schnibbles winners are here...

but that's not all!

I am celebrating my 600th post today too!

First let's find out who won the AYOS Vintage Schnibbles

Parade of Gentle Art.

 (by random generated number).

Two prizes from Carrie, Miss Rosie's Quilt Co. and Schnibbles Queen extraordinaire!

Carrie is whipping up a little bit of special qiulty goodness, and you 

know that nobody can do that better than her!

From my blog....

the prize goes to Sherri!

from A Quilting Life blog...

the prize goes to Lisa!

I will also give a prize of  a mystery layer cake

and the prize goes to...

Karen!

Sherri has a special prize also...

a specially picked layer cake...

and the prize goes to 

Jackie!

Congratulations everyone!

If you would like to help me celebrate...please enter my 

600th Post Big-Day-Give-Away!

I have a special friend joining me in the celebration...

Cheryl! She is from Meadow Mist...

no, she doesn't have a blog... she has an Etsy shop and

she is sponsoring my big-day give-away!

Yeah!

If you read my post last week, I shared a couple of new additions to my

sewing room... 

a cute little pincushion and a thread catcher... 

but if you missed that, here are a few other examples of Cheryl's creations...

 and... she designs patterns too!

Please let me introduce Cheryl to you,

I have been married for ten years and have a 6 year old son and a 3 year old daughter. I found the hobby of quilting as a way of having a creative outlet to counteract all of the cleaning, dishes, and laundry never ending cycle that we mothers seem to constantly do but never get finished with.

In my professional life, I am a chemical engineer that works at a specialty textile/chemical company writing patent applications 3 days a week. With my engineering background, I love precision and accuracy and this carries over to my sewing where I strive for exact cutting and piecing as well as a love for creating new quilt patterns as well as fun sewing accessories.

I will pick 3 winners!

The first will get a custom sewing accessories set 

(thread catcher, pincushion, and needle book) 

designed especially for them, 

the second will get their choice of any pincushion in the store, 

and the third will get digital versions of her two latest patterns 

Charming and the Quilt in the Hat!

Just leave a comment on this post. 

I will pick the winners on Friday 6/7.

I was originally going to post my "favorite post" from my blog...

but, I am going to ask you to give me a link to your favorite post

from YOUR blog! 

That way I get to visit you!
Or you could become a follower.

But wait! That's not all!

Everyone will get a 15 percent discount at

Cheryl's shop through 6/15 when you enter the code
pinkpincushion! 

It's a Win Win Big Day Give Away! Hurrah!

Vintage Schnibbles Parade Today!

It's Vintage Schnibbles Parade Day today!
Can you believe that it's June 1st already?

I love seeing all the quilts that came in for this parade...
but I am also excited to show you the next Vintage Schniblbes pattern!
I think it just screams SUMMER!
Before we start the parade...
Sherri and I want to let you know, in order to be more efficient
putting together our parades post, Sherri is keeping the names that start with A-L on
her parades and I will stay with K-Z for my parades. That way
you will know where to send your Schnibbles and we won't (hopefully) miss
people while we are sending emails back and forth to each other.
I hope that keeps it simpler for you too.
I also will be putting a photo along with the name of the
person when we have our winners post. I am hoping to make that less
confusing. And it will be nice to see the quilt again as well!


So, before you see the Gentle Art Parade...
here is your project for next month...
DULCINEA

Carrie , Miss Rosie's Quilt Company,
has made another wonderful pattern. I hope you enjoy it!
Click on the link above to see what fabrics you need to get started.

One more little announcement...
Mary from Quilt Hallow is wonderful on any given day...
but today she is more than wonderful.
She is offering a rare discount on her long arm service for Gentle Art!
Hop over to her blog and read more about it.

And now...presenting... Gentle Art...

This is a vintage Schnibbles for sure! 

I love the dreamy Bunny Hill fabrics that Sandy F used here.

(note to self: use more BH)

Sherri from Blessings from our Nest blog
made her Gentle Art out of these gorgeous 3 Sisters fabrics.
Beautiful colors!

Team work!

Wendy and Sue's Gentle Art post can be seen here. They make there
AYOS projects together and have created their own little mini group... now
adding a sister to the mix!

Tilda made this Gentle Art quilt here...this is such a beautiful photo!

May Kristin made a wonderfully sweet vintage Schnibbles here
well, that looks vintage-y sweet!

Linda at Katy Rose blog created this fun version of Gentle Art.
My favorite color combo. I love the polka dots and chevron pattern too!

Mary C in Michigan (no blog) used California Girl to create a
beautiful little Schnibbles here. Her Gentle Art is going to be
so cute in her sewing room.

Mary at Quilt Hallow made a beautiful Gentle Art in her version.
Please go over to her blog and
see the wonderful quilting she did on her quilt up close!
Remember she is having a special on her LAQ for
our AYOS group!

Sandra R (no blog) has made a gorgeous Gentle Art here.
I love the way the background fabrics give the quilt an extra
punch of movement.

Polly from Aunt Polly's Porch, is the queen of fun! Her
Gentle Art quilt is so bright and happy... and, Fun with a capitol F.

Sandy at Crazy Bout Quilts blog got extra creative
 and made herself a Gentle Art sewing machine cover.
With a little bit of re-sizing and using another pattern for the
cover part... a little tweaking here and there... and she had it!
Love the red spools!

Michelle at Island Life Quilts  used a variety of fabric groups from Bonnie and Camille
to make her cute little spool quilt here, including Happy Go Lucky...
and the quilt does look happy doesn't it?

 I have two quilts to show you here.

Paulette's Schnibbles quilt got  missed from the last parade, so I thought it
only fair to give it a spotlight this month.
Paulette is using her scraps for Vintage Schnibbles... last month and
still from the same scrap bag this month! They coordinate so well...
I think it would be a good start to a wall of Schnibbles!

Satu from Quilt Tales blog is nearly done with her Gentle Art.
She decided that it MUST have crochet borders... so she
is working on that while the temperatures are rising high!
I can't wait to see this sweet quilt with the addition of lace!

Karen at Moose Bay Muses made her quilt using Bees Knees fabric
scraps from another project...

I just had to borrow this photo from her blog to show you close up.
Cute, cute, cute.

Nicole at Sister's Choice blog is so smart to take an opportunity to
make a two colored quilt! I love the red and white spools.

Patti Quilting is my Passion also used a two colored background on
her beautiful quilt. I love the way it looks vintage-y romantic.

Karen at Seems to an End used a beautiful color scheme here for
her Gentle Art quilt. Love it.

Sue B Jersey Scrapper, used the  Mama Said Sew fabric
group for her quilt... beautiful!

Sue at Cozy Little Quilts made a two color quilt here too!
Looks like Nicole is in good company with the idea of two and three color quilts
choices. I love the graphic look of this... and it's so elegant too.

Marti used the Ladies Stitch Club fabric for her Gentle Art Schnibbles.
It's as cute as can be!

Patty at A Stitch in Time used Honey Honey for her little spool quilt.
It is just adorable, isn't it? Love the way it's quilted too.

Ramona at Westchester Belle blog. used really fun summery fabrics
for her Gentle Art quilt. Yummy!!!

Nancy A. used her left over Thimble Blossoms
fabrics from her large Spool quilt.How cute is that?

Shannon from Nunsworld blog made a super sweet Gentle Art quilt here.
I love her choice of fabrics here too.

Here is Chocolate Covered Cherries by Susan

Sorry the photo is dark... must be dark chocolate..

I'm sure you can still see how cute it is!.

I hope you enjoyed the parade this month!
Have you been over to A Quilting Life yet for
the other half of the parade?

Tomorrow I will post randomly picked winners!

But that's not all!
It will be my 600th post...
so I thought I would have a little celebration!
Come back to enter my giveaway!