Category: H2H

H2H · http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post · WIP Wednesday

WIP Wednesday

renegadequilter4 Comments
first some finishes from this past weekend of my mini quilt camp that i had at my house.

this was an i.o.u. quilt from this past Christmas for my dad. he is very happy to have it & he loves it. i was going to make it for a baby boy but since no one i know is having a boy my dad got it since he loves trucks & tractors as well.

i quilted & bound my 1st Hands 2 Help quilt.
this is a funny. Denise sewed right through the top of a flower pin. didn’t even break the needle.
this is the back of my 2nd Hands 2 Help quilt.
this one i sewed the top together, quilted it & bound it all in this past weekend. i also quilted & bound this quilt that i showed in the Blogger’s Quilt Festival over at Amy’s Creative Side.

i also worked on my flying geese. whew they are done now.

i laid them all out in rows.

now i am working on sewing those rows together.

i also laid out my tumblers for a quilt top to be sewin together.

but, at the top of the list is this project.

my block for the quilt block challenge at Sister’s.

“Would you not like to be sitting on top of the world with your legs hanging free”

charity · H2H · http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post · WIP Wednesday

WIP Wednesday

renegadequilter9 Comments
its nice to finally (sort of) be back into the swing of things with regards to sewing. i have gotten a few things done this past week.


i wanted/needed (what the difference?) an instant gratification project. so i made this nice large tote. its an Atkinson Designs pattern from their Big Bags, Little Bags book. i am not sure how to describe the fabric that i made it out of but i found it at Joann’s & it was only $2.99/yard. it the type of material that the reusable grocery bags are made out of only tougher.

this really isn’t a WIP item. it might be someday but as of now i prefer to call it a weak moment. i randomly check the Missouri Star Quilt Company’s Daily Deal page to see what they have on special. needless to say one day it was a Sherbet Pips jelly roll & of course it was on sale so it found its way to my house.

not sure what i will make with it but it is yummy.
i finished my 1st quilt top for the H2H Challenge. i didn’t follow a pattern. my goal was to use any much of the fat quarter’s that i was given as possible. i have 2 small pieces left & they will be pieced into the back of the quilt.
my other sewing accomplishment this past week was finishing up these star blocks for my Opening Day quilt. i got the last few finished last night & laid them out on the floor. i still have some tweaking to do with the layout but overall i am pleased.

what project are you sewing on? i would love to hear about it

“It soars inside my soul because of you. All that innocence that you inspire”

giveaways · H2H · http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post

Happy Mail

renegadequilter4 Comments
i know that we all love getting ‘happy mail’ you know the mail that comes in larger envelopes that sometimes is squishy. last week was a great ‘happy mail’ week for me. it seemed like almost everyday there was something waiting for me in my mail box.

i don’t remember the order that it all came in but here is what i got.


these lovely fat quarters arrived from the Fat Quarter Shop. no i didn’t order anything from there but my H2H partner Larissa did. Larissa lives in Australia so it was more cost effective for her to order fabric in the US and have it sent right to me.

i won this lovely slipper pattern from Mauby’s along with 2 half yard cuts of fabric of my choice from Above All Fabrics.

then this lovely DS fabric showed up from Sarah over at Confessions of a Fabric Addict. i won one of her giveaways from the H2H Challenge. i wanted some of this DS fabric but just hadn’t made the trip to JoAnn’s yet to get any. thanks Sarah for saving me the trip.


another wonderful little package showed up last week & in it was this great little jewelry pouch from Talin’s Corner. it was part of Pay It Forward 2011 so stay tuned for my part of Paying It Forward.


then in yesterday’s mail came this AMAZING prize that i won from Candi over at Raccoon Creek Quilts. Candi is part of the PMQG & they had Cherri there as a guest speaker at a meeting. i have had my eye on this book for sometime & i am so happy that I won it.


its even signed & everything. i know that i will be making several of the projects out of this book. i also go a charm pack of bright colored solids & my mind is spinning with ideas for that.

so that’s my ‘happy mail’ for the past week or so. i spent a lot of time in the sewing cave this past weekend so come back tomorrow to see what i got done.