denim scrappy goodness

The wonderful thing about having multiple projects going at once is that you can (almost always) find something to finish in a short time frame. We had company over for most of the holiday weekend, but I did find a few minutes to finish up this pillow cover anyway. It's made from denim and tiny scraps that I just couldn't bear to part with. I love how it turned out!!!!

I used an envelope backing, so the cover is removable and washable. Envelope backings are so easy! I like to make my own pillow forms so that they are filled to my liking. I might be a little particular about my pillows. Hahaha! The pillow cover and the pillow form are both about 24" square. This is scrap project #187!

(The backing is good neighbors fabric, which happens to be on sale! :))

I had a few leftovers after making the pillow top, so I turned them into a thread catcher! It was better than throwing the leftovers away, or finding a place to store them. This is scrap project #188!  

I do love a good two-for-one project, don't you?

Happy Monday to you!

getting cozy!

Welcome to finish it up Friday! I hope you are having a happy Thanksgiving week!

I finished another pair of socks! These were knit especially for my friend Mary. The yarn is from Lush Knit, and the colorway is called "Life on Mars?" They were delightful to knit up. This is my 19th pair of hand made socks that I have finished to date!

I don't usually post home projects here (probably because I don't do a lot of home projects anymore---hahaha!) but this one was so satisfying! Several weeks ago my husband and I went to IKEA and we purchased these shelves (Knoppang picture ledges) with the intention of organizing my spices, but life got busy and the shelves sat in the corner behind the door. Normally, my husband would be the installer, but this task has never got very high on his list. (I can't blame him!) This week I decided to install them myself. I am glad that I was successful! This was formerly dead space behind my laundry room door, but now it's a lovely spice tower. It was SO NICE to have this done before cooking Thanksgiving dinner!!!

Since we hosted Thanksgiving this year, I made sure to have plenty of projects to work on while visiting with family. (Between rounds of cooking, that is!) In progress: crochet rag rug, crochet dishcloth, Maine morning mitts, and my "dot your i's quilt" (hand quilting in progress).

 

And everything seemed extra cozy because of our beautiful snowfall this week. I spent a lot of time staring out my window!

I hope those of you who celebrated Thanksgiving yesterday had a lovely and safe holiday!

Now, it's your turn! Please link up your finishes for the week. Thank you for joining me for finish it up Friday!

finish it up Friday, 11/25/16

1.	Eva-Bambi-Johansson	39.	Jess @ Quilty Habit
2.	Jan Cocoa Quilts	40.	Lucy ~ Charm About You
3.	Tanya Quilts in CO	41.	Snowcatcher
4.	Quilting is more fun than Housework	42.	Nikki
5.	Lorna @ Sew Fresh Quilts	43.	Kim-Lily Patch Quilts
6.	Brenda@scraps and strings	44.	Applique Drawstring Gift Bag
7.	Johnna @ Yellow Bird Stitches	45.	alidiza
8.	Quilter Kathy	46.	Pink Doxies Vintage Depression Quilts
9.	Petra @ Sapphire's Stitching Stanza	47.	Herringbone Baby Quilt - Christine
10.	Cynthia Brunz Designs	48.	Sewn by Leila: HST Baby Blanket
11.	The Colorful Fabriholic	49.	Dresden Quilter
12.	Shannon@The Flemings Nine	50.	PackRat With A Plan
13.	Sew Preeti Quilts - Best Gift Ever!!!	51.	Ann@FretNotYourself
14.	Needle and Foot	52.	Angela A @ betterndogbiscuits brownie
15.	Exploring American Folk Art Museum	53.	Angie in SoCal
16.	Bernie@Needle and Foot	54.	Texas Quilting
17.	Winter Mini-Quilt Swap	55.	Mary @ Fleur de Lis Quilts
18.	Quilt Design: Playing With Colour/Fabric	56.	Tanya Quilts in CO #2
19.	Val's Batik Finish'	57.	Quilting Gail
20.	Cotton Cuts - What's In The Box?	58.	Amanda @ fabric engineer
21.	Gretchen's Little Corner	59.	Terri Faust Quilts
22.	Kat & Cat Quilts	60.	Julia Graber
23.	Brooke@SillyMamaQuilts	61.	scrappy zip pouch
24.	Go-Go Kim	62.	Kelly Cline Quilting
25.	Baby quilt finished | vvv quilts	63.	Janice Holton
26.	Chris @ The Art of Making Blog	64.	Dhia @ Peach Patch Quilts
27.	Cheryl @ Meadow Mist Designs	65.	Navigating to Pluto | Quilted Blooms
28.	Friday finishes	66.	Butterfly bag - the lilac cat
29.	lindasquiltmania	67.	charlotte@GrammieQ's
30.	Handwrought Quilts - Black Tea	68.	Karen
31.	Ruth @Stitching Impresisons	69.	Maryline
32.	Flower Sugar Quilt	70.	3 Mini Quilt Finishes!!!
33.	Ombre Trip Around the World	71.	Debora
34.	Katy @ KatyQuilts	72.	Janice@singreadsew
35.	Market Basket Tutorial	73.	margaret @ life as posted two
36.	Debbie @ A Quilter's Table	74.	DonnaleeQ-Christmas Socks Done
37.	Lavendar Sachet	75.	a Christmas finish
38.	Janeen@Quilt Art Designs

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compass bag

I'm not normally a bag maker, but I do love carrying a handmade bag, so once in awhile I make an exception. :) This pattern is called the Compass Bag, by the amazing and talented Anna of Noodlehead. It's a very detailed and well written pattern--I was impressed! I started the bag on Saturday, took Sunday off, and finished it on Monday.

There was a lot of cutting right off the bat, and there are a lot of steps involved in the construction, but it's broken down into bite sized pieces, which makes it much less intimidating.  It was my first time using rivets, which add a nice finish to the exterior pockets. I pulled out a lot of tools for this one! It was fun!

I love the finished details on this bag. All the hardware (not to mention the zippered pocket) make it look so polished!

The pattern has a lot of room for customization: two size options, two strap options and two exterior pocket options. This is the large size with an adjustable strap and slip pockets.

The exterior print is a Japanese fabric I picked up on clearance at Bear Patch Quilting about a year ago. The accent and interior fabric is Sketch Screen by Timeless Treasures. Hardware was purchased at Hobby Lobby.

I can see this bag getting a LOT of use!

pincushion pattern winners

Thanks for all your lovely comments on the pincushion pattern giveaway. I loved reading about your quilting friends! The winners are: Nicole, Jackie Papallo, Judi, and artsycraftsyivy. Check your email inboxes. :) Thanks to everyone for playing along!

pincushions!

Welcome to finish it up Friday!

It's been another busy week, but I have some small finishes to share today. Small, but pretty darn cute!

I made these pincushions as samples for my local quilt shop. All 4 of these designs are in my pattern Plenty of Pincushions, Volume 1. I had to make new pincushions because I couldn't bear to part with the originals. Turns out these won't be easy to part with, either, even if it is only for a time! :) These are scrap project #186!

I decided yesterday that I'm going to try to make an entire quilt out of those little sailboats (top left). It's going on my bucket list!!! Each little individual square finishes at 1". It'll probably take me a lifetime to make the quilt....or, it'll end up as a mini or pillow cover. Hahaha! But seriously, can you imagine??? It's going to be epic!

One more finish....this may only be exciting to me, but I finally have my pincushion patterns in print! (Thus the need for the shop samples.) These are only available as wholesale right now, for local quilt shops to purchase, but getting a pattern to this point takes a long time, so it's definitely worth celebrating! Woohoo!

Because I think EVERYONE needs more pincushions in their life, I'd like to do a little giveaway. This giveaway will be for you AND a friend. Each of you will win a copy of the pattern! If you would like to be entered in the drawing, please leave a comment in this post. I'd love to hear a little bit about your friend/friendship and why you chose them for the drawing. I'll pick a winner in a few days! Please, leave your email address in the comment, so I have a way of contacting you.

edited to add: the giveaway is now closed. winners have been notified via email.

Ok, now it's your turn! Please link up your finishes for the week. Thank you for joining me for finish it up Friday!

finish it up Friday, 11/18/16

1.	Karen	54.	Tanya Quilts in CO
2.	Star Value Quilt	55.	Herringbone Baby Quilt - Christine
3.	Q-Bits	56.	Kokaquilts
4.	Gail in Ontario, Canada	57.	3 small finishes
5.	Eva-Bambi-Johansson	58.	Ann@FretNotYourself
6.	Baby boy quilt top | vvv quilts	59.	Kim @PersimonDreams
7.	Carie @ Space for the Butterflies	60.	Petra @ Sapphire's Stitching Stanze
8.	Kat & Cat Quilts	61.	Janeen@Quilt Art Designs
9.	Bernie @ Needle and Foot	62.	charlotte@GrammieQ's
10.	Celtic Thistle Stitches	63.	Kelly @ My Quilt Infatuation
11.	Colleen	64.	PackRat With A Plan
12.	KatyQuilts	65.	Mary @ Fleur de Lis Quilts: LSU
13.	Ombre Rainbow Trip Around the World	66.	Linda @ Sew Happily Ever After
14.	Apple Hill Farm Baby Quilt	67.	Angela A @betterndogbiscuits itty bitty
15.	Brooke@SillyMamaQuilts	68.	Happy Cottage Quilter
16.	2 Table Toppers From Jelly Roll Strips	69.	Wendy's Quilts and More
17.	Cathy - A Quilting Chick	70.	Treadlestitches Shop the Stash
18.	Leanne @ Devoted Quilter	71.	Customieze
19.	Jan Altomare	72.	triangle quilt by blockMquilts
20.	Luna Lovequilts - Crosscut quilt	73.	Blossoms @ QuiltFabrication
21.	Heidi @ Buttons & Butterflies	74.	Dreamscape Block Blog Hop + Giveaway
22.	Alison @ Little Bunny Quilts	75.	Fabric Shopping in Barcelona
23.	Em's Scrapbag	76.	The Very Hungry Caterpillar Quilt
24.	Scrap Dance Waltz Quilt Along	77.	Stacey @SLOstudio - Rifle Paper wallet
25.	Paula Louceiro	78.	tubakk Norway
26.	Fall Night Socks	79.	Lucy ~ Charm About You
27.	Needle Book Tutorial	80.	Go-Go Kim Pincushions
28.	DonnaleeQ-Christmas Stockings	81.	Pink Doxies Tiki Beads
29.	Quilt and pillow free pattern	82.	Santa Garden Flag
30.	Stoffbreite	83.	Dresden Quilter
31.	Farm Friends @ Sew Fresh Quilts	84.	Lyndsey - advent calendar
32.	Handwrought Quilts	85.	Cloudburst - the lilac cat
33.	Smiles from Kate	86.	Arabesque Scissors
34.	Quilting is more fun than Housework	87.	M&M Christmas Quilt
35.	Janine @ The Sweetest Dreams	88.	SS Bluebird Quilt
36.	Elaine from Emily's Cupboard	89.	Scrappy Cotton and Steel Tinsel Mug Rug
37.	maggie	90.	JulieBagamaryArt- ChristmasStarOrnaments
38.	Mini Quilt Show	91.	JulieBagamaryArt-RedCardinalOrnaments
39.	Improv baby quilt	92.	Snowman Ornaments
40.	One Of A Kind..Screened and Ice Dyed	93.	FO: Elephant Abstraction at dittencraft
41.	Cheryl @ Meadow Mist Designs	94.	Jane in KS
42.	Cynthia Brunz Designs	95.	Kelly Cline Quilting
43.	Firefly baby quilt @ The Amateur Librarian	96.	margaret @ life as posted two
44.	Anita at Daydreams of Quilts	97.	Mary @ Fleur de Lis Quilts: puppy bed
45.	Crystal	98.	Chris @ The Art of Making Blog
46.	Shannon @ The Flemings Nine	99.	Terri Faust Quilts
47.	Creatin' in the Sticks -Garden Blocks	100.	Steffi: Kaleidoskop
48.	Snowcatcher	101.	Pomada
49.	Debora @ Studio Dragonfly	102.	Texas Quilting
50.	The little sister	103.	Allison - a mantle piece runner
51.	improv - Elm Street Quilts	104.	Batiks, Bears & Boxes
52.	Drawstring Backpack tutorial	105.	Jen@prettyintheport
53.	Swirl a Twirl +Tutorial	106.	Yanicka Hachez

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WIP Wednesday

There are never a shortage of projects to work on around here, but I guess that's a good thing. I will never be bored....like, ever again. Ha!

This is a project I've been working on in little bits over the past few weeks. It's going to be a pillow cover. I combined the strips of scraps with strips of denim. I love the contrast and how the colors pop against the dark background. The dark background is also practical for a house with kids. :)

This quilt has been basted for weeks and I'm finally starting to quilt it. This one has high texture potential. The background is Essex Linen (in Flax) and the solids are Oakshott cottons. I love the combination. The squared off stippling is out of my box (hahaha!) so I have to really concentrate when I'm quilting it. (My shoulders are pretty sore, but I know that it will be worth it!) This is a twin size, so I'll break up the quilting over a few days.

I'm making progress on hand quilting my "dot your i's" quilt, too. I'm on the last step, which is quilting just inside each of the circles. I've already quilted the entire background (I stitched in the ditch) and the binding is already done, too. I hope to make good progress on the hand quilting over the holidays. It will be soooo great to have this one complete!

 

How about you? What are you working on this week? I'd love to hear about your projects!

brushstrokes quilt complete

Welcome to finish it up Friday!

I managed to finish my brushstrokes quilt this week, which means that I'm back down to 10 WIPs. Hurray! I'm trying to keep that number down, even though I want to start ALL the things, ALL the time!

Loopy quilting was an easy and quick choice for this quilt. Since I quilted my last quilt with this same pattern, it was super easy--I was still in the groove! I made the loops nice and big so there is uniform quilting throughout the entire quilt. I did mark lines (with my wonderful hera marker) half way through each line of patchwork to keep me on track. It worked like a charm!

I've been enjoying using solids on the backs of my quilts lately. There is no repeat to line up (yay!) and the quilting is very visible. I love that! For this backing I used two different bright pinks from my stash (although they are so similar to one another that you really can't tell) along with a strip of leftover fabrics from the front. Making do with what you have on hand is always satisfying. At least it is to me. :)

I finished off the quilt with a gray good neighbors print for binding.

I love how it turned out! It measures about 56" x 72" and it's my 18th quilt finish for the year! This one will be headed to A Mother's Hope program.

Now, it's your turn! Please link up your finishes for the week. Thanks, as always, for joining me for finish it up Friday!

finish it up Friday, 11/11/16

1.	Petra @ Sapphire's Stitching Stanza	50.	Smart Phone Quilt
2.	Em's Scrapbag giveaway	51.	Castle Dreams in Honey Honey
3.	Kristin	52.	Batik Lap Quilt
4.	Eva-Bambi-Johansson	53.	Christmas gift ideas @ Creatin'
5.	Jess @ Sewjess - Captain America Pattern	54.	Little Bunny Quilts: Midnight Mystery
6.	Two Finished Aprons	55.	Treadlestitches Sew and Rip
7.	Cheryl @ Meadow Mist Designs	56.	Whim challenged
8.	Gretchen's Little Corner	57.	Wendy's quilts and more
9.	Katy @katyQuilts	58.	Sarah @ Confessions of a Fabric Addict
10.	little stars @ pursuing joy	59.	Scrappy Fussy Cut Heart Mug Rug
11.	Quilting is more fun than Housework	60.	tubakk - Norway
12.	Jelly Roll Market Bag	61.	Bobbi @ Snowy Days Quilting
13.	Elena - Cosiendo Sueños	62.	Herringbone Baby Quilt - Christine
14.	Red Ecru Quilt Along	63.	Julie Bagamary - Green Batik Playtime
15.	Cathy - A Quilting Chick	64.	Julie Bagamary - Well Again /Knitting
16.	Epic English Paper Pieced Quilt Finish	65.	Rainbow Batiks @ Quilt Or Dare
17.	DonnaleeQ	66.	FlashinScissors - Two Tiny Finishes
18.	Debbie @ A Quilter's Table	67.	Sew Binding Kit - Elm Street Quilts
19.	Jes@sewjess - Finishing WiP's	68.	A bag finish
20.	Karen	69.	Beth @ Cooking Up Quilts
21.	Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl	70.	Lorna @ Sew Fresh Quilts
22.	Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl Finish 2	71.	Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
23.	Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl Finish 3	72.	Kinda Quilty
24.	Garden Flag Turkey	73.	Terri Faust Quilts
25.	Needle & Foot	74.	kate @ katiemaequilts
26.	Brooke@SillyMamaQuilts	75.	cathy@blueberrypatch
27.	Kat & Cat Quilts	76.	Gail
28.	Yanicka Hachez	77.	Afton @ Quilting Mod
29.	Giveaway! from Northshorequilter	78.	charlotte@GrammieQ's
30.	Yanicka Hachez	79.	beth@lovelaughquilt
31.	The Colorful Fabriholic	80.	Lyndsey @ Sew Many Yarns
32.	maggie	81.	The Inside Stori
33.	Carol Quilts Sometimes - His Team Quilt	82.	Rachel
34.	Log Cabin Baby Quilt	83.	Patch the Giraffe
35.	Round Robin Improv Red & White	84.	Johnna @ Yellow Bird Stitches
36.	Yarn Swift Storage Bag	85.	Mary @ Fleur de Lis Quilts
37.	Izzy @ Dizzy Quilts	86.	Kelly Cline Quilting
38.	Michelle @ From Bolt to Beauty	87.	Tanya Quilts in CO
39.	Snowcatcher	88.	It's a Small Quilting World
40.	Match you quilt | vvv quilts	89.	Judy @ Sew Some Sunshine
41.	Stitch ALL The Things - Hippo Hobo Bag	90.	Allison: using two layers of batting
42.	Broderie Perse Placemats Tutorial	91.	T-Shirt Quilts I've Made
43.	Happy Quilt	92.	Stacey @SLOstudio - Quilts for Fort Mac
44.	Paula Louceiro	93.	Sacred Spirits
45.	Double Jumble Turtles @ QuiltFabrication	94.	Susan's Quilt Creations
46.	Double Jumble Butterfly	95.	Chezvies - Best compliment
47.	Angela A @ betterndogbiscuits zig	96.	bee - Buzzing Around
48.	Gail	97.	Customieze
49.	Christmas Table Runner | Quilted Blooms

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brushstrokes quilt top

Welcome to finish it up Friday!

I managed to complete another quilt top this week! Hurray!

I selected this bundle of fabric several weeks ago as a part of my mighty lucky challenge on effective fabric selection. I will admit, it's an unlikely combination of fabrics. It's definitely out of my box. I was anxious to cut it up and sew it all back together, just to see what would happen.

Once I got into the project, I was pleased to see that all the colors and patterns worked well together. I was especially delighted with the pops of yellow in the mix. In fact, I ended up cutting additional yellow squares a few different times, because I really liked what they added.

Yesterday when I completed the quilt top, I held it up and I thought, "geez, this quilt is really long!" After some calculating, I realized that I had made the quilt 18 rows long rather than 15 rows long.  Doh! My quilt top was 12" too long!!!

To fix it, I decided to add two more columns to the quilt, one on each side. Math mishaps happen. Haha! I just had to laugh at myself!!! It's a good thing I had plenty of extra fabric to round things out. :)

Now the quilt top measures 56" x 72", which is much more proportionate! I'm looking forward to quilting this one up!

 

(Fabrics are Brushstrokes by Holly DeGroot for Cloud 9, plus an assortment of fabrics from my stash.)

 

How about you? Do you have a finish to share this week? If so, please link up your finishes for the week. Thank you, as always, for joining me for finish it up Friday!

finish it up Friday, 11/4/16

1.	Carie @ Space for the Butterflies	50.	9yr Entrepreneur
2.	Kat & Cat Quilts	51.	Lucy ~ Charm About You
3.	Eva.Bambi,Johansson	52.	The Inside Stori
4.	Needle & Foot	53.	Hudson Valley Quilts
5.	Alycia Quilts	54.	Wendy@PiecefulThoughts
6.	Janine @ The Sweetest Dreams	55.	Autumn Garden Flag
7.	Pattern Release @ Devoted Quilter	56.	Ruth @Stitching Impresisons
8.	Michelle @ From Bolt to Beauty	57.	Michelle's Romantic Tangle
9.	RV Quilting	58.	charlotte@GrammieQ's
10.	A Quilt for Erica	59.	My Imperfect Life
11.	Gail aka the Cozy Quilter	60.	Weekend Traveler Bag
12.	Nancy	61.	Ooooh...Lucious Gorgeous Velvet
13.	Katy@KatyQuilts	62.	Karen @ runsewfun
14.	Gypsy Quilter Designs	63.	making lotion
15.	Jess @Quilty Habit	64.	Second Tier Princess Mini-Quilt
16.	Laura White	65.	urban meets masculin
17.	kate @ katiemaequilts	66.	Christmas robin - the lilac cat
18.	DonnaleeQ-Pumpkins	67.	Gretchen's Little Corner
19.	Kathi Riemer	68.	Gail
20.	Fun zipper bags	69.	Anja @ Anja Quilts
21.	Cathy in Ontario Canada	70.	Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
22.	Pomada	71.	Julie @ Pink Doxies
23.	Happy Quilting	72.	Wendy's Quilts and More
24.	shannon @ theflemingsnine	73.	Chris @ The Art of Making Blog
25.	Sewing Space finished | veni vidi vicky	74.	Kris@SewSunshine
26.	Cathy - A Quilting Chick	75.	Sarah @ Confessions of a Fabric Addict
27.	Alternate Ending Quilt	76.	Amanda @ fabric engineer
28.	Brooke@SillyMamaQuilts	77.	Ann@FretNotYourself
29.	Batik Custom Quilting @ Busy Hands Quilts	78.	Rebecca @Oneweebird
30.	Snowcatcher	79.	Sarah
31.	Canvas Grocery Bags @ Suck It Up, Buttercup	80.	Star mini quilt
32.	Cindy@LiveaColorfulLife	81.	Mary @ Fleur de Lis Quilts ~~ Les Bâtons
33.	Quilting is more fun than Housework	82.	Terri Faust Quilts
34.	tubakk - Norway	83.	Table Runner - Beths
35.	Peppie's Giveaway	84.	Stoffbreite
36.	Izzy @ Dizzy Quilts	85.	Luna Lovequilts : Improv' mini quilt
37.	Elaine from Emily's Cupboard	86.	Angela A @betterndogbiscuits scrappy
38.	Lizzie Lenard Vintage Sewing	87.	Jasmine @ Quilt Kisses
39.	Crystal	88.	Chezvies
40.	Paula Louceiro	89.	Susan's Quilt Creations
41.	Tammy at travelinSewl	90.	Allison - I Spy Quilt
42.	Yanicka Hachez	91.	Margaret - #bravequilter
43.	Smiles from Kate	92.	Jasmine @ Quilt Kisses #2
44.	Pencil Roll Tutorial @ Elm Street Quilts	93.	Kathy@KayakQuilting
45.	Miss Alissa	94.	15 minute project for a Christmas Present
46.	Herringbone Quilt @Stitchified	95.	Angie in SoCal
47.	Go-Go Kim	96.	Shelley @The Carpenters Daughter
48.	JulieBagamaryArt-Real Leaf Collage	97.	Dori @ Hobbies Up To Here
49.	JulieBagamaryArt-Blue Bird Collage

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inspired by fall

We've been having a beautiful fall in Minnesota. Most of the photos I take fail to capture even a portion of the brilliance all around me, but it doesn't keep me from trying. :)

I'm sure that it will come as no surprise that those brilliant colors inspired me to pull out some scraps to match....

I've been wanting to play with about a thousand different combinations of solids lately, but this one got first place, for obvious reasons.

This is the quilt top that came out of that pile of scraps! I wasn't planning on using a creamy background (Kona snow) in this quilt at all, but once the blocks were up on my design wall, I knew that was the perfect addition. I love this one so much, it just might make it's way into my permanent collection! The quilt top measures about 51" x 67".

 

Thanks so much for all of your kind comments on my post yesterday! I appreciate each and every one!

effective fabric selection

Happy November! It's my month for the mighty lucky quilting club! My challenge is all about effective fabric selection. (Try saying that 5 times fast!) To me, one of the best parts about quilting is playing with beautiful fabric! Wouldn't you agree?

This fabric stack is something that I pulled together for the challenge....now I'm ready to chop it up into a bunch of pieces and turn it into a quilt. This is a bit out of my normal color range, so I'm anxious to see how it comes together and how much editing will need to happen along the way. It's always an adventure!

For those of you participating in the club, I can't wait to see what you come up with for the challenge! 

A few weeks ago, Sandi and I chatted all about scraps, fabric design, blogging and my mighty lucky challenge. You can listen to the podcast here, if you care to. Sandi is lovely and I really enjoyed visiting with her. I actually listened to the podcast myself, and it was by far the most scary part of my Halloween. (It's not scary at all, I'm just extremely self-conscious. Hahaha!)

Because it's always fun to hear from you, do you love picking out fabrics or do you dread that part? I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on the subject!

Also, tomorrow is my 10 year blog birthday. Craziness! I'm not sure how to celebrate it, but I've been thinking about how things have changed and how it's grown into something I never would have dreamed of. I'm so thankful to you for reading!!!