visiting out of state quilt shops and projects I am working on...

We were in the Phoenix area and we visited 2 shops...
The first one is In Stitches and their website is here
My SIL found a pattern that a lot of people in her area are making....

 So I got the pattern but they didn't have the ruler there...
But I found the ruler at the 3 Dudes Quilting...
Their website is here

They had a really neat display with the Glamping fabric by Moda....

There is a photo on their website under What's New...
They served coffee and cookies...very friendly people...

My SIL has made 3 of the spiral table runners...
Now...I will wait on making my spiral table runner....as I have a lot of other projects to do!!

Some of the projects I am working on this week are:

• scrappy trips layout....got the block placement decided and ready to sew together...

• traffic jam...I have been cutting out squares.....Pat Sloan pattern...
• Brambleberry Friends BOM by Pat Sloan...
• Rancher's Daughter Quilt Along blocks....
• recycled men's dress shirts project with my Tuesday group...
• Craftsy reversible tote.....

 

I will link up with Pat Sloan's Show and Tell

Smiles and hugs....Caryl

Pink & Zebra Mug Rug with a Stamped Flower

 I really like little mug rugs but I haven't made one in a long time until this week....
I used some scraps from a quilt I made and a flower (CL375) I had stamped on fabric and stitched with batting behind it...

 I started with the left top side and the bottom right first...
I liked the larger zebra stripe under the flower and decided to balance it with a square on the bottom left corner......

I did a small #4 stitch around the flower outside and around the inside circle...
To put this together I layed down the back fabric wrong side up...
then I used fleece and then the mug rug top....
I brought the backing fabric to the front for a self binding and used #332 stitch....
I had used that stitch in a mug rug Dec 2010 and it worked for that one...
But for this one I think it would have looked better if I had chosen a stitch that stayed on top of the binding....
I used Smooch sassy pink for the flower but it is not waterproof....
Soooo next time I make one I will probably use paintstix after stitching the design....

There are a lot of mug rugs on the internet on pinterest, flickr, etc....
I just joined a group on flickr called Scrappy Mug Rug Gallery...
they have 859 members and over 5,000 photos...
Be sure and check it out for a LOT of inspiration!

I finally have a finish to link to finish it Friday and Link a Finish Friday...
Smiles and hugs....Caryl

Brambleberry Friends Sew Along and creative journal play

Here is a photo of what I ordered from Pat Sloan.....
I decided to join in the Sew Along and the Brambleberry Friends BOM is in this book....
to find out about the May BOM check her blog post  here

I am also sharing a page from my creative journal that I started last Sunday....
Inspiration from Jessica Sporn pinned on my creative journal pinterest board....

Happy Nurses Week to all my nurse friends......and a happy Mother's Day to all....
Smiles and hugs....Caryl

some projects today and one with stamped fabric

 I haven't been able to do anything creative since the weekend...
I usually do something creative every day......
Sooooo today I wanted to do some sewing...
I decided to make a mug rug and started cutting and sewing fabric...
not finished yet....photos are pieces layed out.....

 I stitched a flower I had stamped on fabric...it is Hero Arts CL375...

 I used a sharpie marker for the black parts and I am using Smooch sassy pink on the petals.....

ALSO.....today I was cutting some squares for making a Traffic Jam quilt....
Pat Sloan has a free pattern on her blog and I have been wanting to make it...

I will use gray for the 4.5" squares and the 2.5" squares will be scrappy....
For some of the blocks I will use Pat's Nikki fabrics that I purchased many years ago...
I am going to stop saving my fabrics and USE them.....

Life is short....get busy and do the things now you have been planning for someday....
That is just what I am doing....

I am linking to Pat Sloan Show and Tell....

Smiles and hugs....Caryl