Carol's Holiday Gift Challenge

Carol Doak posted a challenge on her Yahoo group. We were to make a gift using one of her blocks in it. I decided to make a lunch bag. It was a REAL CHALLENGE because I didn't have a pattern. I put fusible fleece on one piece of fabric to give it some body. I made the block from the 4500 member block using colors from the main fabric for the bag. I decide to use the block to make a pocket on the bag. I backed it with the light purple fabric like that in the center of the block. I used velcro for closing the bag. It folds over and catches onto the other piece of velcro. I am quite please with how it turned out. I love butterflies!

Table runner

Here is a table runner I just finished. I made it for a challenge. Here is a better picture. We had to use at least one block of Carol Doak's and make a tablerunner. I like the way it turned out.

A little bit of this and that......

Hello my dear friends! So sorry it has been soooooooo long....... I started part time work right after I got back from Wis on September 6th. It is just seasonal work at Michaels again....my third season:-) I did a few things during this crazy time. Crazy because my body doesn't want to do much while working part time. Let's see...... I made a tissue holder as a challenge using a crayon pattern of Carol Doaks.

I made another fleece blanket.... throw, or whatever one wants to call it. It is a wedding gift for my dear niece and her soon to be husband. I'll let you guess what state they live in. lol

And had fun with the grandkids and my girls carving foam pumpkins. Raven made bannana pancakes to fill our bellies before the pumpkin carving.

And no, I'm not spending my whole paycheck at Michaels. I knew you were wondering about that. I do enjoy seeing all the creative projects customers come up with.

That's it for now. Have a great week!

It is finally finished.....

YAHOO!!! It is finally finished.....I am so glad I didn't rush to put borders on. As I've mentioned before, I find it very helpful to audition fabrics and don't rush the process. I made a letter out of bright red and that just didn't do. If I would have used it, all you would have focused on was the word SUDOKU. I enjoy doing sudoku puzzles, so this quilt was lots of fun. I took a puzzle I finished to use as a guide to place the picture squares. Cute, cute, cute. As I've said before, the patterns are from Carol Doak's Foundation Factory CD.

June and July BOM

Yeah, I finished the June and July BOM for Carol's Group. Now to work on the August BOM. Then the September block and we will be done.....well, except for putting it all together ect. lol

Mystery solved

Well, I finally put together the mystery quilt I was working on. I love the pattern, but feel my choices of color could have been better.....but then, that is why it's a mystery. You don't know what the final layout will look like until the end. Now it's on to catching up on the block of the month from Carol.

mystery step 5

Here is step 5 of Carol Doaks Anniversary mystery. It is the last step and now I am putting the quilt together.

Step 4 of Mystery

4th part of mystery......

Step 3 of mystery

Step 3 of Carol Doaks mystery pattern. One more block then the layout. It's still not too late to start your mystery:-)

It's a mystery.......

Carol Doak is presenting us with a Mystery quilt to celebrate her 3rd year on Yahoo Groups. The first two pictures are of the first 2 steps. It's never too late to start. The quilt above was her last mystery, so you know this one is going to be Beau-ti-ful! Now, my colors could have been a better choice.....two oranges are too close in color. One should have been lighter. I chose colors for a child and stuck with material I have, so what I have is what I get....lol The last mystery I did use material I had also. We shall see.......after all, It is a mystery as to how it will turn out:-) I hope you'll join in the fun.

New Background and Header & a mystery

My friend Michelle has a beautiful background and header on her blog and I've always wanted one of that style. I went to the sight ( DebsCraft)where she got hers and found this real cute one. I put my own lettering by using a program I have.....the lettering isn't real good, but it will do.

I've had a busy week doing outside stuff. I still have lots to do, but little by little I will get it done. I have also been working on the Sudoku quilt.....I know, I should have been done a long time ago, but.....I have all the paper off and inside border on....does that count? lol I have also started a mystery quilt with the Carol Doak internet group. If you are looking to do a mystery, swaps and recieving lots of new patterns, this is the group for you. It is a paper piecing group that has alot going on. As soon as we hit 5000 members, about 15 to go, Carol will be giving us a new block to celebrate.
I hope to post pictures soon.
Have a good day/evening.
Kathy

9 Patch Block

I made the Wisconsin block found in Carol Doak's Simply Sensational 9-Patch Stars. I used violets in it because they are Wisconsin's state flower. I hope to make a block for each state I've lived in.

May BOM designed by Carol Doak

Here is the May BOM. It turned out alittle more "busy" than I had thought it would.

April BOM

Spring is trying to make an appearance...... kinda hard with weather in the 60's-70's then in the 20's and 30's plus snow. This is the April BOM from the Carol Doak internet group. So much fun and easy. If you want to learn the basics of paper piecing, this is the group to join. Now I have to wait to the next month....sigh.
Have a wonderful Spring!

Sudoku 1/9th of quilt

I'm working on too many projects at one time, so I don't have the Sudoku quilt done yet. I hope to finish attaching the rows today, but who knows:-) Life just seems to get in the way at times.
The picture above shows each block and is 1/9th of the quilt. The patterns are from Carol Doak's Foundation Factory 2 CD.
Thanks for stopping by.....
Kathy

March BOM

I thought I'd better upload something new for you all to look at:-) It is the March BOM from Carol Doak's designs. I wanted to use my shamrock fabric since St. Patrick's Day is this month.
It was a challenge. lol I had to undo part of it and redo it. I'm happy with how it turned out. I want to be able to look at the block and tell what month it is made for. This is block number 6, so that means I have six more to go.
Have a nice St. Patrick's Day!......I know, I'm early....again:-)
Kathy

Sudoku anyone?

click on picture to enlarge..... I decided to post part of the Sudoku quilt I am assembling. I finished all 81 blocks and have put together 27 of them. I'm a sudoku lover.....I love the challenge of this game, so I'm really excited about this quilt. It is all paper pieced 4 inch blocks. I started the blocks a few years ago and decided I really wanted to finish this quilt. It's kinda good that I've set it down for a while because I've gotten a lot more practice in paper piecing through the years. Waiting has made the more complicated blocks easier to put together. The bocks are from Carol Doak's collection of patterns. I have a number of her CDs that I took them from. So, what do you think? I'll post a picture of the finished quilt when I get it done.
Hope you are having a Super Day and thanks for stopping by............
Kathy

February BOM

At last, it is February 1st. Carol Doak had uploaded the pattern for the Feb. BOM about 2 weeks ago. I made it up right away and felt I couldn't post it until the 1st. of Feb.....it seemed like forever! It is here and here's my block. Yeah....I think it came out rather cute:-) Now I have a whole month to wait for the March block:-(

Carol's 4500 Member Celebration Block

WOW Carol Doak's internet group has reached 4500 and is still growing. It's not a surprise, since she is such a talented designer and wonderful person. She is very generous with sharing her talent. This is yet another wonderful block she designed for us.....I re-drew it in EQ5 (quilting program),resized and planned the layout (using 4 of the blocks)only to find out that Carol had already suggested the layout with the block. Oh, well, I hadn't peeked before I came up with a plan. LOL I chose my fabrics for the block by picking out colors from the border fabric I wanted to use.

November BOM

Here is my November BOM designed by Carol Doak. This is going to be a cute BOM series. They consist of scenic blocks set on point.