2 finished

I finished quilting the picnic quilt. And put the binding on. I love how it turned out....

Here is a sideways view of it hanging from our fence. Thank you to all my sew connected 3 group for making the blocks for me. I can't wait to use it to go on picnics with my family.

Today... I finished my mini "Be Creative" quilt. ( wall hanging ). People have asked where to get the pattern. It is a Lizzie B Crea8ive pattern. They have a lot of really cute patterns... your going to go crazy over them. I think I will probably end up hanging this one over my fireplace in our living room. My husband and I are both artsy creative people.

My 2 children are pretty artsy and creative too. They both LOVE to draw.

up and running

With a lot of help from other bloggers and the manual, my husband and I finally got the grace frame and machine up and running.... Oh my goodness it's a lot of work to get the quilt on the frame, but once it's on, it is pretty fun quilting.

Here are some of my first stitches, don't look too close... I am still learning and practicing, but this is just a picnic quilt that is going to be lying on the ground one day anyway. I can't wait to unroll the quilt from the rod to see what the whole thing will look like.

winnings and top finished

Thank you to Elizabeth of ' Oh Fransson '. She was having a give away on her blog ( love her blog). It was for these coin cuts of Heather Ross fabric. And I won them!!!!

I just love Heather Ross fabric and most of them you just can't find anymore. So now I have a little cut of most of them. One day I hope to make a stacked coin quilt out of them. So.. thank you so much Elizabeth. You just don't know how happy this makes me.

I finished my picnic quilt top.... now, all these squares came for other quilters around the world. Mostly in the U.S. I think I want to put there names and where they live on each block so I can remember them.

It just needs to be sandwiched and quilted now. I just don't know if I am going to do it myself or have a long armer quilt it for me. If I do quilt it myself it will be the biggest quilt I have ever quilted. It's not the funnest part for me. And it might take awhile.

so while I decide there are other things to sew. :o)

Today

Today I worked on my black sashing a bit. This is my picnic quilt from my 'sewconnected 3' group. ( all the blocks were done by different people around the world.) I am hoping to get it done soon so Jonah and i can take it to the park and have picnics on it.

And in the mail today came my new Heather Ross fabric. I am drooling. I going got a 1/4 cut of each because that's all I can afford. But I still can feel it, and look at it and come up with all kinds of things to do with it.

My favorite is the princess and the pea one, then the snail one. One day I will add to the collection and get some unicorns and other color ways. :o)