Tree Of Life - Wisconsin Quilt Blocks on Barns, Block of the Week

Wow, this block was a whoosh to put together. I love how it turned out!!

Block #26 – Tree of Life – Walworth County
Pattern is here - Tree of Life























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Twirling Mosaic - Wisconsin Quilt Blocks on Barns, Block of the Week

Yes - you should notice if you are following along, I missed last week's block. Well I finally had the time to get it done tonight. All I have to blame is work on the delay.

But it was such a fun, fast block to put together. I love the colors!

Block #25 – Twirling Mosaic – Racine County
Pattern is here - Twirling Mosaic























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He's HOME!!

Stewie has survived his first evening here.. and I think that hubby is in love too!!!

This was Stew on his 2.5 hr ride home tonight.

Happy Father's Day!!

Bear Paw - Wisconsin Quilt Blocks on Barns, Block of the Week

WOW, talk about time consuming for a block! But I enjoyed every little piece and every piece of paper I tore off! I love the results on this block - since Im a sucker for bear paws. :)

Block #24 – Bear Paw – Walworth County
Pattern is here - Bear Paw























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Stewie @ 6 weeks

I was feeling down last week, and I asked my sister to send me a picture of Stewie. Isnt he the CUTEST!! Here he is @ 5 weeks & 2 days
















Here he is @ 6 weeks. Two weeks till we bring him home!! CANT WAIT!!

Italian Tile - Wisconsin Quilt Blocks on Barns, Block of the Week

Just got my butt whooped by a 6.5" quilt block. Dang, only spent the last 4hrs on it. And it didnt turn out the way I wanted it too. Oh well.. Its not perfect, and nor am I!

WOW! Im grateful to have learned Y seams - actually, I enjoyed doing them. But my block didnt seem to show the affects of the enjoyment I had making this block. Cause honestly, it pissed me off in the end. LOL So, I got out my little seam ripper, and well, performed minor surgery in the middle. And.. dang it, I should have left it the way it was. Which is my own darn fault.

But, as they say - you always have to start somewhere, and the Y seams werent that hard to do.

Im almost embarassed to show the block... here it goes... it wont hurt my feelings if no one leaves a comment.. LOL

Block #23– Italian Tile – Green County
Pattern is here - Italian Tile























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Stewie - One month (as of June 2) OLD!

This past Monday (Memorial Day) thru Wednesday, I went downstate to visit my family, and our new puppy, Stewie.

My niece Natalie was a "flower girl" in the Memorial Day parade. I wanted to see her partake in the ceremony & parade. So, I arrived down there just in time for the parade to start. We went to the cemetery to watch the Memorial ceremony. After, we stopped for lunch, and off we went to the pet store to get the goods, for this little guy.

Stewie was 4 weeks & one - two days old when these pictures were taken. He is growing like a weed!

Star Tile - Wisconsin Quilt Blocks on Barns, Block of the Week

As you can see there was alittle delay in the making of this block. I had gotten home around 5pm on Wednesday night, and I was in bed by 7pm. So, today was the first day I could actually sit down and work on it.

The middle gaps will disappear when I sew these blocks to another. (Thank goodness!)

Block #22 – Star Tile – Green County
Pattern is here - Star Tile























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Stewie - 25 days old

My sister sent some pictures of our puppy - Stewie! He was born on May 2, 2010. He is a purebread Pug. You can see the picture of the rest of the clan - here

The plan is to bring Stewie home the weekend of June 12-13th. Brian's bday is June 12 - so I already got my birthday present for Brian.

Stewie was named after Stewie from Family Guy - and if you watch the show... whats the name of the dog... Brian. So.. Brian wanted to name the puppy Stewie. So, Stewie it is.

4H - Wisconsin Quilt Blocks on Barns, Block of the Week

I really enjoyed putting this block together!! Reminds me of the days of 4H, when I was younger... a long, long time ago.

Block #21 – 4-H – Walworth County
Pattern is here - 4-H























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Aint that the pits...

Seems like I missed my FIFTH blogversary. Wow, lots has happens, since! How time has changed me.

If you are reading this... Thank you!

So, we went fishing....

... for the first time this year!

Machine Applique Class

On Friday last week, while at work, a coworker and I were talking about quilting. She said that she had signed up for a class @ Karen's Quilt Corner (in Eagle River, WI), but she couldn't go. So, some how all, of a sudden I had the supply list for the class.

The class was yesterday. Was a 10am - 3pm class, and boy did it fly by! We were taught 5 versions of machine applique techniques. I mostly already knew how to do fusible, so that was easy for me, but I have always been alittle shy around the actual machine applique of it all.

So.. 5 samples later, I was happy with all that went on during the class. But at times I felt like I was getting alittle too intimate with my Brother since I was so close to it - watching it stitch..LOL I did have some problems with the blanket stitch... switched out the needle. But I did play with the tension, and that help - ALOT.

Here are my samples -
Applique with interfacing - (Ahh - and I just noticed I didn't finish the butterfly with the antennas.. Opps)


















Applique with satin stitching -


















Blanket Stitch - I had to bring this home to finish it up on the stitching. Love how it turned out!! Going to finish it off, and display it in the bathroom. :)


















Free Motion - I just went at it... and the teacher & other students were impressed. Sorry if I like to play outside the box..LOL And the little red dots were suppose to be berries... naww - looked like ladybugs to me!


















And, Im going back tomorrow to Karen's.... awesome sale of Fat Quarters - 10 for $10!! SWEET!!!

Hen and Chicks - Wisconsin Quilt Blocks on Barns, Block of the Week

Almost didn't get around to making this block tonight - but it wouldn't be Wednesday if I didn't get it done. So its done, and went together very fast! I love the bright colors in it. The original block was green with the HST & center, but I like it with the black better!

Block #20 – Hen and Chicks – Green County
Pattern is here - Hen and Chicks























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Flying Frontier - Wisconsin Quilt Blocks on Barns, Block of the Week

Ahh.. its done! It wasnt the block that caused that "ahh", but it was the Brother. I swear I had to do alot of sweet talking to get the sewing machine to atleast stitch a decent line. I spent alot of time ripping out the loose stitch.

Block #19 – Flying Frontier – Green County
Pattern is here - Flying Frontier





















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The Firefighter's Quilt

As many of you know, I come from a firefighting family. Its in our blood. So, I have been slowly collecting firefighting fabrics, over the years. And then it came time... to do something with it all.

I asked my SIL (who is a firefighter, & married to the Fire Chief {my brother}), if she would be interested in me making them a Firefighting quilt for their couch - since their living room is done in firefighting. Guess what her reply was!?!

I cut out the fabrics into 5" squares, and I did the tumbler cut again. And I L.O.V.E. the results!!!! I just finished up on the hand stitching of the binding today, and was soon outside dodging rain drops to get a few pics.

I pieced and quilted it with the Brother.

Cedar Bend Star - Wisconsin Quilt Blocks on Barns, Block of the Week

Boy this block was whipped up in no time! It took less than an hour. The Brother was playing really nice today, and I'm happy with the results of the block! And if you know me.. I'm a sucker for patriotic type blocks. So, I love the colors in this block, no doubt!

Block #18 – Cedar Bend Star – Walworth County
Pattern is here - Cedar Bend Star




















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Presenting..... our Puppy

Super excited!! Our Pug puppy was born this evening!! Cant wait to meet our little guy this weekend, and see the rest of the clan! Congrats to Mr & Mrs. Doodle, the proud Pug parents!!

One of these cuties is coming home to live with us, around the end of June.

Here are Princess with her puppies. 3 boys, 2 girls and 1 boy went to live in Heaven with Grandpa.

Growing a Christmas Tree...

...is hard work!

Its slowing growing (and getting stitched), but its starting to take form. This is an update on Cabin in The Woods. That dark blob you see is the truck and base of the Christmas tree. Seems like a lot of darker colors right now. Hopefully I will be stitching more greens.

Cabin has been taking a back seat to getting stitched on... been working on hand stitching a binding on a quilt... so its slowly growing. :)