On to step two…….

String blocks in the morning and I spy blocks in the afternoon! I am now able to move on to step two and start to make rows of all my blocks.
This picture shows just some of the fun fabrics I have been working with; last count I have over 130 squares! That will make a wonderful size quilt.

I could not have done this without the help of so many you, so once again, Thank You, Thank You for all your help with my I Spy Quilt.

The Only Dilema

THE ONLY DILEMA

"Everything made out of love takes place beyond 

good and evil"

- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)

"There is no right and no wrong, 
what matters is what you do"
- Godfellas
Futurama season 4 episode 8

"Every man dies, not every man really lives"
 - William Wallace (1270-1305)






"Life is a Zoo in a jungle"
- Peter de Vires (1910-1993)

"We make a living by what we get, we make life 
by what we give"
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)





"God is the ultimate and superior continuous weaving network of all the existence, in all of its levels,  
within all of its souls"

"Love is the difficult realization that something else than oneself is real"
- Iris Murdoch (1919-1999)

"Evil bring man together"
- Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC)

"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from a religious conviction"
- Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) 

"It is bitter to lose a friend to evil, before one 
loses him to death"
- Mary Renault
The Praise Singer, 1978





"No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death"
- Plato (427 BC-347 BC)

"At any rate, Im convinced that He (God) does not play dice"
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
 In a letter to Max Born, 1926

I just cannot stop!!

Really it is like a bag of chips, once you start you cannot stop.

What you ask?

String blocks!



I sent a pile of 20 to our bee Mama and will receive 20 different ones in return.



BUT.......

That is not enough for a quilt…….

I know, I know I told you I was going to make blocks with my new dot fabrics; however, I had these piles of scraps calling for me to make more string blocks.







What’s a girl to do?

So, sorry that is what I am doing this weekend. And I better get to work!





Happy Sewing Everyone!

Giveaway!!

A HUGE GIVEAWAY

over at

The sponsors (I am one) are donating items for one huge, big, large, humongous, giveaway!!

Head over, sign up.

Go!!

Now!!

Really!!

I am seeing dots before my eyes……

And I mean dots!!!

Eight new dot fabrics are now in my

eBay Store

I also could not resist these cuties.....

And this retro kitchen print

Stop by, take a peek!!!

Only in my
eBay Store!!

Shhh….
I am going to use some of these dots for a pinwheel quilt!!
I will show you some blocks a little later in the week.

I am one lucky gal!!!!!

When Sew We Quilt@Stash Manicure first started, I became a sponsor. I did this simply because I wanted to!! I have been a sponsor ever since.
Much to my delight I won a cuppa’ cozie from Madame Samm!!
How did she know I love pink?

What do you mean the whole world knows?

Am I that transparent?

Please look at this wonderful cozie.

Pink, Pink and more pink.

I just love it so much!!

Do you see the darling fabric she used?

I know you cannot feel it, but, oh my, it is so soft!!

And what girl could not love a ruffle, pink of course!

I am a coffee nut, believe me, this will be used and used a lot!!

Madame Samm has only been quilting for 9 months and I will tell you her work is amazing.
I also joined her Mug Rug Fun. It was the first one I ever made but because it was just for fun and it was for me, there was no pressure involved. I may even make another!
So, here is my Mug Rug and my Cuppa’ Cozie all set up by my sewing machine!
I am delighted to be a sponsor and thrilled to have received this work of art from Madame Samm
Thank you, thank you Madame Samm.

Enjoy your weekend everyone!

String Blocks…

I love to make string blocks! They are such fun, work up quickly and give a fun modern scrappy look. I am involved in a one time swap for string blocks. Make as many as you like, send them in and receive the same amount back all mixed up!

I decided to make twenty.
It is fun and fast! I put all my scraps in a box, reach down grab one and try very hard not to be matchie, matchie! I work on paper although I know many work on muslin. I have never done it without paper. I hand quilt so I thought it would be easier to quilt with just one layer of fabric.

Here are my first four (paper still on) blocks.

Off to make more!