Spelling Bee Sew Along: the letter X

Good morning!
Today is my stop on the

 Spelling Bee Sew Along with Fat Quarter Shop!

I hope you have been following along!

If you haven't,
 it's not too late to start! 

Today is week 31 and my letter is Capitol X...

like Xylophone! 
Or X marks the spot!!

Scraps

Yes, it's so true... scrap happens!

I have been up to my ears in a messy sewing room...

I was left no choice but to stop and do some deep cleaning!

In order to organize... or re-organize, I had to really 

pull everything out of the "swing closet" and 

decide what must go and what could stay.

Which, on the bright side, led to some fun discoveries.

On the not so bright side... was that those discoveries often

were unfinished projects! Ug!

Luckily this book came out in the neck of time!

Do you have a copy yet?

I love love love the cover quilt!

I was inspired to take some 

"saved scraps" of half-square-triangles

from my Lella Boutique Open Heart Quilt

and turned those quickly into a mini!

It didn't take long at all!

Here is the Open Heart quilt. 

These sweet little basket blocks were another "find".

I had some sashing fabrics handy and whipped 

this into a cute mini... 

it made me feel better that I didn't just toss them out.

Okay, excuse the non edited photo... 

but this is a mixture of not 1 not 2, but 3

unfinished (in various stages) projects!

Coincidentally I used Lori Holt fabric in all three projects.

It was actually a happy coincidence...

because when I put them all together and started to 

arrange them... they played well together!

I am adding a border around the smaller blocks now, then

I just need to sew the rows

 together and I have one finish! 

I hope to get back to this one soon...

I took a class from the sweetest 

blogger/Instagram friend...

Cindy at Live a Colorful Life!

This is her pattern: My Swedish X.

This is a great introduction into using solid fabrics.

And it's great to pull scraps from your stash~

I am having fun with it! I have about 68 blocks to go...

but it will come together in its own time.

Anyway... back to Lissa's book...

There are lots of super cute projects in it and I can't wait

to make them!

These will be #1 and #2!

(photos by Brent Kane)

(adorable little one here)

You can find the book at Martingale Publishers here.

Thanks for stopping by!

I'm Thinking Cake!

I don't think I have shared this quilt yet.

I think I made it in January.

I just sent it to my LAQ  along with  

another quilt...

Both of these quilts were made using the 

tablet of specially marked papers

by Miss Rosie's Quilt Company

and 

this book by It's So Emma.

I really enjoyed making my quilt for the

 quilt along using those batik fabrics!

I'm kind of in a lull right now, deciding what 

to make next...

and I did purchase a couple of new Layer Cakes...

so I thought...

"perfect"!

There isn't a pattern in this book that I don't like...

I'm sure you have seen 

the sweetest quilt along by Fat Quarter Shop

where a dozen or more bloggers have shared their quilts...

Here are a few of my favorites!

This is one of the tablets you can choose from

to make these quilts...

You can see more of the quilts at Jolly Jabber

#cakemixquiltalong

You can find all the links at this post of mine.

If you click on the link above

you can find the fabulous blogs 

where you will see these quilts...

I couldn't even begin to put these in order of

favorites.

Do you love these as much as me?

Anyway, I was about to order another 

tablet or two and thought I would share

today's obsession with you!

Let me know if you have made one of these quilts from 

the Cake Mix Book or tell me which one you like, 

to help me decide!

Enjoy your day!

Love is in the Air

I started this quilt if February... 

but somehow I set it aside and neglected to put the blocks 

together... even though they were all finished!

Something else had been put on top of the blocks...

so I forgot all about them!

It happens, right?

So, anyway, 

here we are at the end of March...

which has really lived up to the title

"March Madness"!

(we have no less than 8 birthdays in our family

between children and grand littles in March). 

Fortunately, a new arrival scheduled for March 9th

arrived happy and healthy on February 26th!

A sweet little girl.

Kennadi Ray

who went from this...

to this in one month!

Such a sweet... and possibly surprised, baby!

I have a new little project in the works...

I used my 2 !/2" strip bundle of Cluck Cluck Sew fabric...

which I have been hording. 

But I think it is going to turn out cute...

much cuter than looking at that bundle sitting

on my shelf anyway! ha

I have been making  a bunch of little houses too...

and now I am ready to fussy cut some doors

for the last bunch!

So looking at these photos, I need to ask the question...

I can't seem to find a photo editor I like...

do you have one you recommend? 

Is it better to use one you pay for opposed to the free options?

Thanks so much for your comments!