Frienzie Sewing

I made a lot of progress yesterday on the project I was working on. You will just have to trust me on this, as the project is something of a secret, and I can't say much more than this about it. I will give you the numbers, though: the pattern required 31 of something, and I made about 15 of them. So there.

I am good at keeping secrets. *wink*

What I can show you is more leftover loveliness from the sewing machine of Sherrie. Remember, she took all the cut-away triangles from Kaitlin's bridal quilt and made this sweet table topper.

She opted to use the lighter blues in the table topper, leaving a nice variety of darker blues available for something else. Take a look at the wonderful "something else" - made from scraps that many of us just throw in the waste basket.

Isn't this a gorgeous pillow? It is 16" square and will compliment the quilt and table topper beautifully.

And we had a special treat in the afternoon. Sharon P. could not be with us to sew because she was babysitting her grandsons, Reilly and Flynn. She stopped by with them to pick up pieces of the sewing that she could do at home.

How would you like to spend some time with these handsome boys?

Rye is a good big brother for Flynn, and seems to dote on him just a bit. I wanted so badly to get my hands on the baby, but he would have nothing to do with me. I've not been around him at all, so I was just some scary lady, I suppose. Aren't they a good-looking pair?

Happy Quilting, Friends!

Welcome to April

No April Fool's jokes here, friends. I was never very good at playing pranks on people. And, I am rather gullible, so I have had a few played on me.

What's going on in my little quilting world? Well, there is going to be a Frienzie wedding in July, and we all got together today at Sherrie's house to begin a quilt for bride-to-be Kaitlin.

Blue and yellow are the requested colors. We have a wide assortment, and a pattern, as well. It is Lincoln by Miss Rosie's Quilt Company.

We have 2 fabric lines going here: Summer Breeze, which is our main grouping, and Nature's Notebook, which I had in my stash, and brought along just in case.

We did not get as much done on it as you would think, with so many hands available for work. We had a considerable discussion on what fabrics to use for the star blocks. We are making it bigger than the pattern in the book so that took some time to consider. Sharon went straight to work stitching the piano key borders.

Have you ever heard of the border being completed before the quilt was figured out???

Here are a couple of shots of what we accomplished.

We are meeting again on the 15th to try to finish it. Having a day with these girls was a wonderful start to the month!

Happy Quilting, Friends!