Friday Book Love

When I am not sewing... my other favorite place to be 

is in my kitchen!

I was asked to give a little book review for you

by Martingale Publishers.

Kitchen Stitches has 13 contributors and they put together

an super fun book!  I am pretty sure you know

all of them because they are wonderfully inspiring

bloggers!

I really enjoyed all the projects in this book...

 they have a modern fun look.

It would be great for making gifts too. 

I know my daughter in law would love the book...

and better yet, she would love for me to make her 

some of the fun things in it!

So, it's a great book to keep handy for gift giving!

Don't you love these place mats?

And this set of place mats with table runner is super cute!

I personally love... and need these pot handles. 

They call them "Too Hot To Handle Potholders".

I would love to make this and a coordinating one for my mini crock pot...

wouldn't that be cute?

Check this project out...

Adorable napkins and picnic blanket! 

I love the rick rack... and the round napkins!

And look at this!

This is a coupon holder... but I would need that second one

to be a little summer bag for me too!

Look at this one that was made from the pattern!

You need to check out the Martingale blog to see more and to watch the 

cute videos they have put together for this book and it's projects!

Bee Keeping

I have been in the Bees Knees Sewing Bee for

two years now. A few of the members changed 

this year... but it has still been a fun group

to see with!

This was my project from last year.

I had a project in mind for these... and last week Thelma reminded me of it

when I read her blog. So I got them out and am making a commitment

to getting them completed!

 Starry Eyed was my Bee project for this year...

and I got all the blocks back already!

I had requested the group to make the star blocks and

I would make the alternate blocks.

Since I didn't really have the yardages the 

pattern called for to begin with... 

I used every bit of my scraps to pull

this one together!

You can see that I made nine-patches for the centers of

the alternate blocks in some... but I had a few larger scraps and I

went ahead and used them for the center of some of the blocks also.

(the pattern called for 4-patches for the centers)

I am working on sewing the rows together now!

I certainly would have liked to have used the fabric

in the original pattern... I like the black in it.

But this fabric is cute... it just doesn't have that contrast that the black 

gives. What do you think? 

Everyone loves a winner!

I enjoyed each and every Schnibbles Quilt in the parade!

It was so fun to see all the different patterns that were picked!

And now it's time to pick a few winners...

(randomly chosen)

Karen at Moose Bay Muses from Sherri's parade

is the winner of 2 layer cakes from Carrie/Miss Rosie's Quilt Co.

From my parade, the winner of

2 layer cakes from Carrie is

Lynn!

Congratulation to you Lynn!

Also, Fat Quarter Shop  is offering a layer cake of 

Wishes by Sweetwater for a parade giveaway prize today!

The winner of the layer cake is:

Peggy!

Congratulations!!!

Sherri has a couple of  mini charm packs to give away...

and the winner is:

Carol! 

Congratulations!!!

I want to thank everyone for participating in AYOS...

you are a wonderful group of inspiring people...

you rock!!! 

(am I to old to say that)?

**** send me your addresses right away so

your goodies can be mailed out to you****

I hope you all will join us again next month!

It's Parade Day! Yeah!

eDiTed to sHow yOu:

 The one I missed!

This is Michelle's Plan C quilt!

Michelle is new to the AYOS group this month..

and is a friend of JoAnne's aka the Patriotic Quilter.

Michelle's gorgeous quilt is made with KT fabrics...

doesn't it looks so warm and cozy.. quite the opposite of

it's backdrop!

Another Schnibbles was sent to me today! 

It is by Judy who is also playing along with us!

This one is an OMG cute! I love the orange in her version of Dulcinea!

You can see more at Judy's blog Shade Tree Quilting!

It's a rainy day parade for us!

This was a short month... so I am 

happily surprised to see a nice turn out 

for the parade!

I don't know if you noticed but I have changed 

the order that I make my AYOS quilts in.

I use to make mine a month ahead  and show you at the parade

so you could see 

what the next project pattern will be and what mine looks like...

but a few months ago I started just making my AYOS quilt

right along with you and that actually makes it more fun for me!

I like being in the parade with you!

The next AYOS parade on April 1st is going to be

HOOK!

A fun one... and I know you can not only do it...

it is going to be a fantastic quilt to make!

Do you do this too? 

whenever I hear Hook, I think of the movie of

Peter Pan when the lost boys all start chanting 

Hook, Hook Hook!!!

So this pattern reminds me of the constellations... where you will see the

 first start to the left... that's where Neverland is!

okay,,, back to the parade!

I am going to start the parade with Bungalow!

Somehow I missed this pattern of Miss Rosie's.

It is a fun one for sure!

This one was created by Peg at Stitchin' with Peg blog.

Doesn't it have a whole lot of personality?!?

Next, is Hook by Michele at Island Life Quilts blog.

Isn't her quilt adorable? It's like her stars are dancing!

This little beauty was created by Polly at Aunt Polly's Porch blog. 

It's Mon Ami! And as sweet as can be.

I love the different photos Polly has on her blog with it.

Patti J in Michigan made Paganini. It is just beautiful...

and beautifully quilted too! Isn't that border 

fantastic?

Now, take a moment just to stop and stare at Patty's quilt here.

Isn't it amazing? This is a Little Bites pattern called Mite.

I love the color order she carefully chose but the spiral quilting

is awesome. Just awesome. You will want to hop on over

to see more pics on her blog, A Stitch In Time also!

This is a sweet one called Chicken Feed made

by Paulette! I love her bright and colorful 

version of this pattern. My eye just keeps moving around

the quilt! 

Satu made a beautiful contemporary version of George!

It is very striking! I wonder which came first... the 

pincushion or the quilt?

Tilda made her Jersey Girl quilt just after we posted the last parade, so I promised that

I would show it in our Free Choice parade!

I love the red white and blue theme she sent with!

This is a sweet entry from Vivian. This is State Fair that was

actually a gift to her, so she is sharing it with us this parade...

and hopes to join us next month herself!

This is a very special gift from her guild friend.

 Susan made a gorgeous version of Chicken Feed here!

She super sized the pattern... because bigger is better!

I obviously was thinking the same thing!

I love the tractor... the blue is perfect!

Awe, Roadshow!
A sweet vintage Schnibbles!
This one is from Mary C.
I love this block... it's just beautiful!

Here is a gorgeous Roundabout made by Lynn in NZ!

The colors are beautiful... this is always such a nice pattern!

Here is a beautiful quilt using Potluck fabrics made by Tilda!

(yes, this time she made it in plenty of time for the parade, he he)

The Chicken Feed pattern and those fabrics are a perfect match!

The fabric even has little chicks in some of the prints! How cute is that!!!

This one was created by Wendy! She did an amazing job with

this pattern! I just love it! She used her Civil War prints for this beauty!

You can see more of her quilt and Sue's (below) on her blog...

It Is What It Is.

This one was made by Wendy's friend Sue. 

She made Open Season from the Schnibbles Times Two book. 

She specifically wanted to make a fall quilt /wallhanging

 for her home... she has a few other Schnibbles that she rotates out there

 and needed to make a fall wallhanging to display there.

She used Portabello from her fabric stash! It is a perfect  combination!

Nancy made Nash fusing fabrics from her stash basket!
They are a beautiful combination of bright colors!
This will be perfect for a little one... and it just so happens that
her 3 month old grand daughter will be receiving it!
Sweet!
n my scrap basket to make the Nash Schnibbles pattern. It is for my 3 month old granddaughter

Here is a stunning version of Clover made by Linda at the Quilted  Pineapple!
She used a variety of reproduction fabrics. They all play so
perfectly together don't they?

Here is my quilt! I had to make Chicken Feed... it seemed like it would be the 

perfect picnic quilt! I knew I wanted to make the larger version of 

the pattern... but then I had leftover pieces... so it got even larger!

I guess I will just have to invite more people to my picnic! ha!

If you haven't seen the other half of the parade yet... 

hop on over to Sherri's at A Quilting Life blog

to see more beautiful Schnibbles there! 

Don't forget to leave a comment! 

We really appreciate every one's hard work and love

these wonderful parades that just wouldn't be without you!

And of course a shout out to Carrie for keeping us in stitches!

The follow up post with parade prize winners will be on Monday!

Have a wonderful weekend!