May Day & Our First Vintage Schnibbles Parade!

Here we are!

The first parade of AYOS Vintage Schnibbles...

and it's May Day too!

May Day is a holiday that seems to be nearly extinct... so I am extra glad

that we can have a Hat Trick parade of quilts

to celebrate!

But before the parade begins...

I'll bet you would like to know what the next Vintage Schnibbles quilt will be...

It's a Schnibbles pattern called Gentle Art.

I made mine out of scrap fabrics... the Mama Said Sew

group from Sweetwater. 

You can go here to see what you need to get started.

 This was from my photo shoot yesterday...

remember my curious friends?

Sherri and I have a lot of quilts to show you, so I hope you have 

a some time to sit back and enjoy the parade of Hat Trick.

I am amazed at all of you that are participating in AYOS this year!

It's going to be so much fun!

Hat Trick was the first Schnibbles pattern/kit I ever bought.

I am glad that we are starting this year with 

this fun pattern.

I hope you enjoy it and leave a comment... and don't forget to hop over 

to see the other half of the parade at A Quilting Life.

Okay, let's begin...

Edited May 5: I have a lost Hat Trick to share...

this little Schnibbles went into hidding and I missed putting it in the parade!

Paulette (no blog) had sent her little Hat Trick to me weeks ago.

She had reached into her bag of scraps and whipped 

her Schnibbles  parade entry up in one MORNING!

It is so cute... I would love to see what else she can whip up out of 

her bag of scraps!

 Bea from France emailed me her Hat Trick just days

after we announced it as the Vintage Schnibbles project!

I think she is liking these sweet

 nine-patch blocks... I see more on her blog!

 Lesley from the blog: Cuddle Quilter

is showing us her version with a little twist!

She had some orphan blocks and mixed them in!

I love the look of this one!

 Lisa from the blog Stashmaster made a stunning

version here in rich colors from the Edyta Sitar (Laundry Basket Quilts) 

fabric collection and a bit of Jo Morton for backgrounds!

This is a pretty little Hat Trick made by Mary

at Quilt Hollow! I love the border 

and the quilting in those squares too!

Mary C in Michigan... a AYOS newbie! She made her 

Hat Trick out of Audra's Iris Garden and went a tad bit bigger using

2.5".. .hmmm, now why didn't I think of that?

This one is from Mary On Lake Pulaski. She went with 

beautiful bright fabrics called It's A Hoot by MoMo. 

 Nancy (no blog) made a beautiful version of Hat Trick here. Nancy is

new to AYOS this year... I am so glad that she is playing along!

She used French General Rural Jardin fabrics from her stash!

Nancy is new to AYOS this year but has been wanting to play along...

this year was the year! Yeah!

She liked her Hat Trick table topper so much that

she thought she should have a runner too! 

I love how the blocks looks as a runner!

Nicole from Sister's Choice made a happy table topper from Sweetwater 

fabric.... and grew flowers to match!

 Patti from Quilting is My Passion used Chelsea Boutique by Blackbird Designs.

You can never go wrong with Blackbird fabrics! Welcome to the group!

 Here is a sweet Hat Trick from Polly at Aunt Polly's Porch. She used Honey Honey collection by Kate Spain. Fun colors and a surprise fabric on the back... so it can be used reversable!

 Sandie at Crazy Bout Quilts made a slightly smaller version of Hat Trick...

it's 13.5 x 18.5 and better yet it's made from hand me down scraps!

It's just perfect for a side table!

 Sandy F (no blog) made this Hat Trick

and it's doing double duty, going as a donation for a high school rodeo fundraiser.

Perfect!

 Satu from Quilt Tails blog made a gorgeous version of HT with attention to color placement!

I love the cornerstones!

 Shannon from Nunus Quilt World blog made her version in

beautiful, bright and bold colors! Love that inner border fabric too!

 Thelma from Cupcakes n Daisies blog made a 

festive version of Hat Trick... that says Spring!

 Marti from Aunt Marti blog
 made up a fun variation of Hat Trick here!

She used her 1930's repro scraps! Very sweet!

Patty at A Stitch in Time blog made a pretty version in

Red, Black and Grey... the Mama Said Sew fabric group...

so of course she named her quilt: Sew Fun!

Love it!

Here is a sweet version called Top Hat that was made by Pati!

What a great idea for the holiday's coming up! She used Flag Day Farm and 

some other Minick and Simpson fabric groups.

Here we have a hat Trick from Michele at Island Life Quilts...

this one started out with the intention of being a "low volume" quilt.

It had a mind of it's own and a voice to be heard!

Here is a happy little Hat Trick made by Sue at Just Sew Sue blog...

quilted and all!

This is from Lily Patch blog... from Kim.

You just have to keep looking at it for a minute and

you see different patterns develop... at least I do.

I love this one!

from Krisp Quilts blog we have Hat Trick made by

May Kristin in bright and  happy colors!

She has lots of fun photos of this quilt on her blog today.

This is a pretty one made by Nancy! What a great border...

and fun to see Hat Trick made up in two tones too!

Looks like she had fun making her Vintage Schnibbles!

Ramona at Westchester's Belle blog made 

this pretty version of Hat Trick... 

beautifully rich and elegant! She decided to make

 her version using Carrie's 

"extra" directions that are on her website/cooking school.

You should go read about it on Ramon's blog.

This beauty was made by Sandy R.. Gorgeous colors...

and a low volume style makes for a very sweet Hat Trick.

Susan  has made up her version of the pattern by making it

into a table runner and using only 1 charm pack of April Cornell

fabrics. I really like the table runner idea!

Tana made her lovely version of HT out of Audra's Iris Garden.

I love the colors, especially the purples!

Vickie from A Creative Notion blog made her version of 

Hat Trick using Double Chocolat by 3 Sisters. She has it

auditioning for her dining room table, 

where it will live after it's quilted!

Tami from Sea Me Sparkle blog made a very sweet version of

this Vintage Schnibbles Hat Trick pattern.

I love all the photos on her blog of the quilt in "progress".

Tilda at Hawthorne Berries blog made a 

gorgeous version of the pattern... using Warmth by Moda.

She manage to fit the AYOS group into her busy schedule...

and we are glad she did!

Sherry from Blessings from Our Nest blog made her

Hat Trick version out of my most favorite fabric...

California Girl. She got this done weeks ago..

in just a weekend! Easie peasie!

One more to go...
this is from  Cindy at Sew Cindy blog.
lovely fabrics and such a gorgeous Hat Trick.

There are so many new bloggers in our AYOS group this time...

I am excited to have them all playing along!

Thank you all... and come by tomorrow to see the 

randomly picked parade winners!

We have a few prizes to give away!

So, what did you think of the parade?

*** I still have a few more blog names to add on my sidebar for our AYOS group***

hope to have it done soon. xxoo

I've Got My Ducks In A Row

This is what the upstairs railing looks

 like in my house the last few days.

 I am 72 hours away from setting up for the 

local quilt show and I am happy to say that 

I have my quilts ready to go.

I just thought I would show you what it is looking like.

I had a few last Schnibbles quilts to bind over the weekend.

I had taken a terrible fall earlier last week and landed on my left hand,

which braced me... however, my hand (among other parts) is terribly bruised

and I wasn't able to sew until Sunday. 

Fortunately, I have everything done and I am no worse for the wear.

I went to the lake for lunch, and these guys agreed...

I do have my ducks in a row!

Half Dozen of One or Six of Another

I suppose I should try to post on Sunday for Scrap Basket Sunday

hosted by Kim.

But this time... I can't show you my "scrap project"

until Wednesday. 

I can however tell you that my project is using the

scraps I had leftover from making this quilt.

It's from the Mama Said Sew collection from Sweetwater.

What I did do was get things started for another Scrap Basket

Sunday project.

From the book: Scrap Basket Beauties...

I was going to try out a couple of patterns in the book

so I cut out a couple of blocks .

 Well, actually,

a couple more than a couple.

After I got started...

I thought...

that it might be fun to make

a sampler quilt from the blocks in the book!

And then I would decide what quilts I wanted to make from the 

book after that. 

So, I either have 6 blocks ready for a sampler quilt...

or I have the start of 6 quilts!

See you Wednesday!

Clueless, As Usual

Am I the last one to listen to Pat Sloan Radio Show?

I am now "dialed in" so to speak! 

It's really fun to listen to the interviews she has with 

designers and better yet with fellow bloggers!

I listened to Sherri's interview and was 

thrilled to listen to what she had to say.

I got to hear Nanette from Frieda's Hive...

it was so fun to put a voice to a name!

There are other interviews like Kim Diehl, Aneela Hoey,

some others that are my Bees Knees bee group friends:

Shari Butler, Amy Ellis, Amy Smart...

gosh, the list goes on and on!

Seriously, am I the last one to know?