Helping the Economy and Other Matters

Since I can't see worth a "you know what" to sew anything, I decided I would help the economy and spend money. But before I show you what I have been up to, I want to show you this.

This is one reason I never lose any weight. Aud whips up these pecan pies from scratch with Texas Pecans and they are always so good. Of course she puts twice as many pecans as the recipe calls for. DEE-licious!!!

My neighbor's redbud tree. Isn't it gorgeous?

This is the Maypole Fat Quarter bundle I ordered from The Fat Quarter Shop. Love, love, love this fabric.

And this is the pattern that I am going to make out of it. Both of these lovely items arrived from The Fat Quarter Shop this week.

My favorite book store, Amazon, delivered these two to me this week. Not real impressed with either one of them, but there are some interesting things in both. Hmm, that doesn't make much sense, but we quilters will know what we mean, right?

This is the backing for my Kaffe Fassett quilt. I ordered it from The Fat Quarter Shop a couple of days ago and lo and behold, of course, it is already here!

Here is my Kaffe Fassett quilt, ready to go to the quilter's. I was waiting on the backing. I think I can sew it together, that shouldn't be rocket science, right?


Here are some batiks I ordered from Stich-n-Frame just because they were the Thursday Sale items and I didn't think I had them. Out of the 7 I only had 2, not too bad, lol.

Isn't this a pretty pattern? I picked this up at The Savage Quilter. This is a new quilt store in Oklahoma City and it is very nice and inviting. The owner's name is Debby and she is very helpful. I couldn't resist this pattern, and it scares me...I think I am being drawn into 30's fabric!!! But there is no room in the inn for that kind of fabric! Hmmm...may have to do something to clear some room out. I also got the prarie paisley fabric there that I have a picture of further down.

This is the fq bundle of Sweet Romance that I got from Sharon. I have always regretted not buying this when it came out, so now I just have to decide what pattern to use to make it.

This is Prairie Paisley, of course. I am going to make that little patttern down in the corner. It is a neat pattern. You can buy it at The Fat Quarter Shop.
And this is my pincushion pattern I got at Oklahoma Quiltworks. It is made with tiny log cabin blocks and is paper pieced, which is not my favorite thing to do, but I love this pattern, and I want another homemade pincushion, lol. I am drooling for one. Now to find the time to make it.

Ok, that's all for now, folks. I am busting stash again, it jusn't isn't mine, lol.

New Fabric

Like a lot of other quilters, I try very hard not to buy a lot of fabric because I have so much I will probably never finish all of the quilts I have fabric for. But, hope springs eternal, and I always assume I will find time to make them all, so it won't hurt me to buy one more collection to make a quilt from.

I love to shop at Fat Quarter Shop because I can get the whole fq bundle, and scrap quilts are my thing. Plus, Kimberly ships really fast, and I can get the fabric in, decide what I am going to do with it, and then buy the fabric for the borders, backing and binding while she still has it. I haven't fully convinced her to buy every collection I want (don't understand why shes says no, lol) so I have to resort to other places once in a while.

My other favorite online store is The Cotton Club, which carries fabric that Fat Quarter Shop doesn't. Cotton Club carries Fossil Ferns, Aurifil thread, and "different" fabrics you don't find very many places. One of these is Serenity. I have the Serenity II collection, a few pieces of the first one, don't know how I missed the third one, but number 4 is in now and I have to have it. The new size to buy seems to be 9 x 11 pieces, and they have IV in this size bundle. Now we just need someone to come out with some patterns for these. Pattern makers, are you listening? If you like neutrals, you might want to check it out. Just gorgeous fabric.

I got my Grey's Anatomy and Ugly Betty fix for the week, so I think I might get some sewing done tomorrow if I am lucky. Of course Aud (my mother) is making "we need to go grocery shopping" noises, which is another chore I detest, so I may not get much done at all. Here is that eternal hope springing up again, lol.

I am going to a sew-in on Saturday with a small quilt guild I belong to that meets in Minco, about 45 minutes from here. We are suppose to bring a dish and spend the day sewing and eating. I am taking a quilt I have cut out and intend to try to get all of the blocks put together. Also am going to take a Road to Oklahoma I started making a year ago in red, white, and blue and try to get some more of those blocks sewn together. It is one of those almost big enough to go on the wall to see what I want to do. I am making 100 10" blocks for it and want to put setting triangles on the side. This requires me seeing it on the wall.


I don't remember what this fabric is, I just picked up some fqs one day at the lqs and saw this pattern and decided I wanted to make it. It took me several months to find the right batiks for the setting fabrics and I have a wonderful piece of batik I found for the back. This pattern is from Humble Bee Quiltworks and it says it is good for beginners. I can handle those!