Quilt for a doggie

This is my neighbor Bailey saying hi to Kalli-cat through the door (ignore my feet).  Everyday when I come home Bailey greets me enthusiastically through his door with Hershey chiming in.  Bailey was a rescue dog that my neighbor Denise adopted and has worked with to calm his fears.  He still shakes near me some and does not like most men.  I was organizing my stash and found a fatqurter pack of dog prints from Joanns some one had given me as a gift.  As I dont have a dog(see Kalli above)  the fabric really isnt me.  So I decided to make this

a doggie quilt with extra batting layers. 

 I rubbed it all over my body to help make Bailey less scared of me(LOL).

Here is Hershey jumping right on it. 

Bailey was a little more tentative.

But once he sniffed it a bit he felt right at home.

keep dreaming..Colleen



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Sept Let's Bee Together block



September Bee block

I finished my block for the Block Swap Adventure Bee.  Samantha said she was up for any block in soft pinks, blues and ivory.  There was a little bit of pressure on as I was her first swap partner and in a sense would be setting the tone for the following blocks.  I looked at my more traditional fabrics as I notcied when I stalked her block she was more tradional with her fabrics.  Then I thought wait...she had not dislikes...and part of this swap is about expressing ourselves. 

 So I picked a Kaffe Fasset, Moda Sugar Pop, a couple others from my stash with an ivory.  Then I pulled out my iphone so I could use this great app

Quick and Easy Quilt block tool is $3.99 and one of the most used apps on my phone!  it has over 100 blocks listed in its index

But what I really like is it shows you how to make the blocks in different sizes, giving quick cutting directions for the segments of the blocks.  I love this for when Im designing I can look up picecs that fit my design and see the measurements to quick cut them.

I highly reccomend this tool.  I choose to do the Dutchman's puzzle for Samantha. 

I love flying geese and there isnt any waste with this cutting method.

I hope she likes it!

keep dreaming...Colleen

This is what I thinking for my DS Quilts mini quilt swap.  Red dots inner border, ash outer, green square and blue flower and scrappy back.

90's Fabric Destash!!

I've really decided to destash my 90's fabrics.  I want to have more space for my newer stash and let those I am not using (or never will) go to good homes.   

So with out further ado...

#1

This charm pack is actually a current collection called Big Beautiful Bugs.

$6SOLD

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#2

5 yards of this batik

$25

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#3

1 yard of this sewing print

Selvedge reads "Antique Etching"  Hoffman international fabrics

$6

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#4

1 yard of this blue and tan buttons print

Selvedge reads classic cottons FCI 1996 Ted Bear

$5

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#5

2 yards of the border print.  1 yard of the coordinating print.

Selvedges read "Sew Cozy Notion" Daisy Kingdom 1997 printed with pride in

the USA.

$15

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If you are interested in any of the fabric please email me.  I would prefer if you have a paypal account so I can invoice you. Include your paypal accounts email in your message. The shipping is $2 per item. If you buy more then one it is $1 per item extra.

keep dreaming...Colleen



I took this picture at last years Flaunt! arts and crafts show.
I want to make this throw sized quilt!





Foto Finish-Look up

I love to look up and see the way the light shines through leaves.  These were taken from the porch of the cabin we stayed in on Gull Lake in Ontario, Canada.  I was looking up into the trees.

keep dreaming...Colleen

Drama queen catches the big one this summer. 

A vintage treasure

I just wanted to share the top of the old quilt I bought in Hillsville, VA at the Flea Market.  I love these giant pinwheels in old fabrics!  Dont these look like som of Denyse Schimidts?

 I finsihed cutting all the ties and the thread on the binding which was the edge of the backing turned to the front.  The backing is intact and is large pieces of hand dyed fabric with a few prints and fertilizer sacks.  The quilt inside is extremely deteriorated.  I just carefully bundled everything up and put them away to play with another time.

keep dreaming...Colleen



This was the haiku mug rug I made for Living My Sweet Life.