Chevrons, Baby!

My sister wants a Chevron quilt for Christmas. So with the help of Crystal, she designed a pattern for me. I decided to make a "practice" quilt before I tackled a large queen sized one! Problem was that I'm not too bright and I read it wrong and cut all the wrong sizes of each strip of fabric. So I then had to add another row and play around with it a bit. 

After I was about 1/2 way through it I found out one of my husband's cousins is having a baby girl and her shower was in a week. So I cranked it out and got it mailed to her in time. Ended up working out perfect! 

A Quilt of Valor...Spreading the word for a fellow quilter...

Would you like to make a block or two for a good cause? Here's your chance!

Please read this post. I plan on sending a few blocks myself!

Looks like she needs blocks for the red,white, and blue quilt for the Quilt of Valor and also some blocks for quilts for his girls!  

http://www.scrappythreads.blogspot.com/2013/09/quilt-of-valor.html

One Panel done!

I finished and hung one of my curtain panels. I was going to make 4 but now I'm only thinking two because if I hang all four on this one wall I'm afraid too much of the window will be covered and we will lose all the great light. 

Anyway, here's the one finished and I love it. My husband loves it too. He said it looks like Stained Glass. 

Pasta!

I am by no means some wonderful cook/chef.

But when I come across a recipe that is REALLY good, I like to share it! 

This is one of those.

One Pot Tomato, Basil Pasta. Recipe found here.

My only alterations were that I added more basil (fresh from my garden, I might add!) and 1-2 cups of grape tomatoes cut in half lengthwise (in addition to the can of stewed tomatoes). Actually, the recipe may call for diced tomatoes but all I had were stewed so I broke them up a little when I added them to the pot. Oh and I used linguini for the pasta. 

Topped it with some shaved parmesan.....DIVINE! 

Almost one with one panel

12" to go on the bottom and panel #1 of 4 will be done! 

I'm loving these! Can't wait to get them up in the house!

What I'm working on

Curtain Panels! 

This is 1/3 of one panel and I need to make FOUR! I'm using the Bojagi Method and Crystal has a great tutorial found here.

I am in LOVE with this so far. It's a lot of work, but I know in the end it will be so worth it! 

Long Overdue!

I've had this quilt done for a while. I even mailed it and it was received a while ago! 

I love these colors and I'll be working with them again someday. My youngest wants one "just like it".

I attempted the "Dogwood Quilting Pattern". It turned out pretty bad, but thankfully after a wash and dry it wasn't too noticeable. I need way more practice, but it was fun trying something new. 

I moved successfully from Newport, RI to Southern, CA. I'm still getting settled and have a few more boxes to go. But my next big project is 4 panels of Bojagi curtains for our family room!  Mine will be in big blocks. I can't wait to get started on these! School starts the end of August and I'll have more time with both kiddos in school. YAY!!