more blocks zebra and pink

I wanted some variety in the blocks for the baby quilt....

I also changed the size of the blocks... I cut them down smaller.... and added some different pinks....

I finished the blocks today and sewed all the blocks together tonight.... I still need to add borders... will probably have a narrow zebra print first... then pink outer border in one of the pink fabrics... this is soooo much fun.... Smiles and hugs....Caryl

2012 Golden Quilter Awards

"> Only a few days left to vote.... go over to Sew Cal Gal blog and vote for your favorites.... Smiles and hugs....Caryl

zebra and pink

Some of the blocks look like this..... will have more photos later today.... yesterday I looked for pink dots or similar... couldn't find all the fabric I wanted... the striped fabric in the previous post just doesn't look good with the zebra stripes!! so leaving it out for now... maybe use it for the binding??.... Smiles and hugs....Caryl

fabrics for zebra and pink baby quilt

Yesterday I bought some zebra fabric in two different sizes... some pink stripes... also a zebra print for the back....

today I went through my stash and found some black with frosted dots... some pinks.....one is too light and the other is too dark... a small piece of white with pink dots.... I still would like to find a different pink... the quilt will be a simple design....either all squares... or rectangles with strips around... I would also like to find a different back in flannel... maybe in pink or pink with dots... I have been getting lots of help from my friends in the quilting world in places to look for fabrics... this is so much fun!!! Smiles and hugs....Caryl

March FMQ Challenge

This month's tutorial is by Ann Fahl... Such fun....loop and twist, stars, hearts, spirals and flowers.... this is really a lot of fun to do....

go check out SewCalGal and see what everyone is doing in the FMQ Challenge!! Smiles and hugs....Caryl

possibility for my swap blocks

I got the idea to try a panel with my swap blocks from Pat on her blog... these blocks are from Pat Sloan's Mashup group swap.... I have had this panel for several years.... my design wall is a sheet on my patio with my blocks on top :)... I have other projects to do....so will give this more thought!! Smiles and hugs....Caryl

QuiltMashup Swap

Today I received my blocks.....yipppeee... we had a swap on Pat Sloan's forum..... see all those signatures!!!...love it!!... I put a photo on flickr of the blocks I sent for the swap... http://www.flickr.com/photos/38219638@N07/6795456330/in/photostream ~~~~~~~~~~~ We even surprised Pat with blocks for her...so much fun!! Smiles and hugs....Caryl

let's talk about recipes...

Pinterest has a lot of yummy looking recipes.... the latest one I tried was crock pot chicken parmesan...

very simple...breaded chicken on the bottom...

add the cheese....

mix the mushrooms with the mushrooms with the spaghetti sauce...

I made some whole wheat spaghetti... and a loaf of artisan bread from the dough in the frig.... very delicious..... check it out on my recipes board on pinterest.... http://pinterest.com/carylwilson/recipes/ .............. Smiles and hugs....Caryl

February FMQ Challenge

Hands over my face and hoping nobody looks too closely!!!.... This is my first attempt at the FMQ that I did at the beginning of this month.... I was not even going to photo it and was definitely not going to show it!!... BUT since it is the ONLY practice sample I did...(it has been a very different kind of month!!)... I definitely wanted to share my attempts for this month!! Smiles and hugs....Caryl

a week later

I took these two photos on Feb 15 with the plan to do a blog post that day.... my husband postop from gallbladder surgery developed problems... more about that below... this is one of the blocks for a santa swap at Pat Sloan's quiltmashup forum... most everyone else is done with their blocks and I am now far behind....

here is the photo of a simple Valentine card to my sweetie... I used the stars and swirls embossing folder.... I cut out the hearts with my AccuQuilt GO!.... then stitched them with zigzag stitch... added some worn lipstick distress ink in spots... Smiles and hugs....Caryl ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~husband medical update....~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dave had the gallbladder surgery on Feb 9 and this was due to stones they discovered last Sept when he had severe pancreatitis. The surgeon was waiting for some pseudocysts to decrease in size before doing the gallbladder surgery and they did decrease. THEN on the am of Feb 15 he had sudden severe abdominal pain and we went to ER and he was admitted to the hospital and he was there for a week. He had an abdominal (hospital) infection and bile leaking from somewhere in the abdomen. So he was on IV antibiotics and they inserted a drain in his abdomen to drain the bile. He is home now with the drain and oral antibiotics....hopefully the bile leak will stop on its own! Still on a wait and see basis.....

Happy Valentine's Day

another practice Ohio star

I just had to do another practice Ohio star using a different method... I used the X method of sewing on each side of the line and cutting along the drawn lines... I like this method MUCH better than sewing each triangle separately... BUT I had trouble again in putting the rows together.... I didn't get the match very good on the top left intersection... very bulky with all the layers of seams... BUT swap partners.....heads up here....I am working on the blocks for the swap... I used frosted dots by Lakehouse for my practice blocks... I am using Kona white for the swap blocks and Christmas colors... Smiles and hugs....Caryl