String Quilt

this is my String Quilt, or as I like to call it, "My Rainy Day Quilt".

I have been working on this one for several weeks, during all the rainy days here. This has been the rainiest Spring/Early Summer here in Utah that I can EVER remember!! This has been the perfect project to pass the rainy hours!

I think this quilt will be a favorite, I just love the scrappy feel it has!

big betty, big betty, BIG BETTY...

that's just plain fun to say...

and make!!!

2 new bags for the old Etsy shop:

mermaids, sea horses, and more...

I finished my 'mermaid' quilt top!
this fabric line is so fun, it's called 'mendocino' by Heather Ross and it has sea creatures of all sorts!!





















I wish I liked to clean as much as I like to quilt, then maybe my house would look better :)

this girl is...

BUSY!!!!!!!!!

Holy cow May is a crazy busy month!!

Grace especially is BUSY!!! In one week she did the following:

*Danced in another all day Dance Competition:






















Her group took 1st place in Hip Hop, Lyrical, and Show. And 2nd place in Jazz!!! Pretty darn good!! :) I am so proud, she has worked so hard and really progressed a lot this year!!

for her it's all about the trophy!!!




















She also had Softball Practice and 2 Softball Games:

At school she had Crazy Hair Day, this is as CRAZY as she would go:

Not very crazy, but for her this was out there:

She also had her 4th grade program where she was a Native American, she had a big speaking part and said every word perfectly!!!

This was a BUSY week and Grace did so good!!

Now we are looking forward to Summer Break so we can all take it easy!!!

random, quilty goodness

I have been sewing for fun-
lots of quilty goodness!!!

I got my Flea Market Fancy coin quilt back from the quilter yesterday and I love how it turned out! I will be binding it this weekend!

I started a fun new 'string' quilt project and have been working on these scrappy blocks:

and today I will be working on this fun new scrappy nine patch quilt-a-long that I joined--

here is the start of that one:

bag theme for today is...

SCOOTERS!!! vespa scooters!
I love this Japanese Import fabric, it is the yummiest blend of cotton and lined and it features scooters, dots and stripes.

so the bags for today are:

The Big Betty bag in 2 colors of

Scooter fabric:

and of course I had to make matching Zippy Pouches from the scraps :)

new bags for Spring...

I decided to make another new bag style to celebrate SPRING!!
It is Spring, right? I think Mother Nature is MAD about something this year.
I would love to see the sun, flowers, and such but sadly it's been cold, windy and rainy around here. So, I pulled out some bright, happy fabric and made some Spring-y bags!!

This bag is the CAROLINE bag:
sunny, flowery, and oh so pretty -made up in beautiful fabric by designer Heather Bailey