Block Party!

First up is one of the 2 blocks for this month in the Sew
Bee Blissful Bee.
It is a Garden fence block.  The border looks purple on my screen,
but is is actually grey!

Garden Fence block # 2.  This was a easy block and went
together very quickly.
I hope that Christine likes them :0)
You can check out her photos here on Flickr I would share her
blog,but sadly,I don't know if she has one or not!

Next up are my first 4 blocks for the,sew.happy.quilt QAL
hosted by Jenna over at SewHappyGeek  In reverse order.

The above block,QST Pinwheel,is block # 4
This is such a hard block for me to get sewn together correctly.
This is the block that Jenna also picked for her month in the
Sew Bee Blissful bee.

I quit counting after the 4th time of ripping things out!  Don't
get me wrong,I love how the finished block looks,just not the
total hair pulling out,tantrum throwing,cussing a blue streak,
part! 

Block # 3 is called Friendship Star.
This block went together quite nicely,and fairly quickly too.
Out of the 4 blocks we have done so far this is my favorite,hands
down :)
Not only because it was easy,but also because I really love
the fabrics I chose to use for this one.

Block # 2
SnowBall

This block was easy peasy!
I am not sure however if I like the fabrics I picked for this one.
I am thinking that it is just Way Too Busy,so I might re-do it
with solids for the center and outside corners.
We shall see.

Lastly,or Firstly,however you want to look at it
The Woven block.
This was Super Easy,overall I am happy with it.
I am considering putting a solid color sashing around the
blocks.
What do you peep's think?  Yes/No and if so white,or another
solid like,a matching pink,teal/aqua,red.....

Not too long ago Gil asked me to make him a quilt.
Although I searched High and Low for the fabric he
requested,it was not to be found :(
So,I decided that while continuing the search in hopes of
eventually finding some,I would go ahead and start with some
Patriotic fabric in my stash.
(with Gil's approval,of course)

I put the MARPAT (Marine Patrol) fabric under  the
 blocks,because the white blended in with my sewing
table.
These 2 blocks are wonky stars.  I am still considering
how many of each block to make.

While I was at Joann's on vacation Gil picked out the
Woodland print MARPAT fabric.  Even tho as he said,it isn't
the "Real/Official" stuff,it is close enough for a quilt.

He is going to send me a pair of his camos that he ripped and
doesn't wear anymore.
When he does I will incorporate the salvageable fabric into the
quilt.

The last block from my "block party"
weekend.
I had to tweak the two garden fence blocks
to get them the 12 1/2 inch size that I needed.

They don't look bad tho!

Vacation Pictures

As promised a few photos from vacation.
Looking at the entrance of IU,where Jolene
took us for a tour.

The Theater building.
A bus was just unloading when we were here.

Isn't this just the coolest clock?  These are in different locations
around the IU campus.

The architecture on campus is so stunningly beautiful.

Right after we picked up Gil from the airport in Indianapolis
we went to check out the War Memorial.

It is Amazing!

We didn't spend much time here tho,as Gil was starving.

So after I snapped a few quick shots we were off to find a
Cracker Barrel Restaurant.
Which Gil greatly appreciated :)

One afternoon Jolene took us all to a place not far from
where she lives.

Sorry,I can't remember the name of the place!
Anyway it is the largest Waterfall in Indiana.

The color of the water is just Gorgeous!

There is also a covered bridge.
Here are Gil and I goofing off :)

Hope you enjoyed the photos!

I'm back (finally!)

Did you guys/gals miss me?
Sorry for not getting a post up sooner,this was a busy week.
What with Gil home until yesterday,I just had other priorities
this week.

There were a couple of nights when Gil and Mr. P were playing
video games,so I took advantage of that and snuck off to get
in a little sewing time!

The above photo is my week # 2 project for the After Christmas
Sew Along over at Sew Much 2 Luv 

Here is a photo of my inspiration for this project.
Back in October/November I had purchased 2 different Fast
& Furious books.
This project is called "Lucky Charms",because you use charm
squares to make it.

The center inside of the white is the original pattern.  I decided
that it was to small and needed something more.  My first idea
was just to add the  prairie  points,but that made it way to busy,
so I added the white border to break it up a little.

The quilting is just straight lines with a zig zag around the outer
edge,which I think ties in with the prairie points.

Vacation was Great and Short too!  Well not really short,but it
felt like it ;)
Will post some more vacation photos soon :)

Can't see the forest for the Trees

My first project for the after Christmas Sew Along is trees! Yep,the Christmas kind.

 I purchased six cones sometime before the Holiday madness started.  The plan was to get them made and use them as name holders...

 That did not happen!  So when I saw that Karen over at Sew Much 2 Luv was having an after Christmas Link party,for all the things we wanted to make for Christmas,but didn't have time too.  I jumped on the band wagon(so to speak)!

All 6 of my cone trees.

 Also on my list were these super cute little yoyo trees. I also made 6 of them,although there are only 4 in the above photo.

  These are a great hand sewing project that can be done in the car,while traveling :)

 You can leave them like this,and just use them as a shelf or table decoration/place setting.

You could also add a hanger to the back at or near the  top and make an ornament out of them.

Here are all my trees,or my very own forest!
If you want to get in on the fun,you can still join!

Happy New Year to everyone in Blog Land!
This is a Old Historic Church about 7 miles west of Gorham
and a mile of two off of I70 on the way through Kansas.
   

  Here is a close-up of the same shot.

  Looking from the road that goes in front of the Church.

We stayed the night in Blue Springs Mo.  Had a quick breakfast
of Belgian waffles and headed out on the road again

This and the shot above is the sun coming up.

The arch at St.Louis MO.
I took over driving again shortly after this,so that was it for pictures
for the day.

This morning we went to Bloomington IN,after having breakfast at
the Runcible spoon,we went on a tour of the Indiana State University,
where Jolene does her under graduate work.

  I will  post some photos of the university in the next day or so.

Hope everyone is having a wonderful start to The New Year :)