This was the most snow that we have seen in years!  We got 3-4 inches on Feb. 23!

New Charm Candy purse pattern!

We have had some lessons on the new machine, quilt frame and the PCQ!!  I am really enjoying it!

I have also been sewing a little.  I’m working on my first Yellow Brick Road!!  I have chosen to use Western Themed fabrics!  I’ll  post some photos soon!

I hope that everyone has a good evening!

Jacky O

This is from Thursday, it’s as close to snow as we got!  It was like ice pellets!

These are the border fabrics for my Neptune quilt!

I took advantage of the half price plus extra 10 % off at JoAnns, I really needed some quilting thread!

I also got another one of these cases to keep my current projects organized, lets face it I need all the help I can get in that department!

These are my “Floating Squares” from my Nest Layer Cake.  I really love this fabric!

Of course the boys wanted to say Hello!

I  hope that everyone had a great Valentines Day!

Have a great week!

Jacky O

I hope everyone had a great Valentines Day!  I got my surprise when I got home from work this morning!

I have never had a musical card before!  This one has lights to!

This is my road!  I now drive to the right of it, lol! 

Here are my two babies, 7 weeks old now!

Lots of fun!

I started this Neptune project on Wednesday when I got home from work.  What was I thinking?  Do I really need another project?  What can I say, lol!  My number of UFO’s has increased!

This little guy and gal were born the week before Christmas, aren’t they cute?

This is my Christmas present.  Grace frame and Juki machine!  We have played with it a little bit

This is Pika helping me to organize my fabric stash!

Isn’t he adorabale!

He also likes to help me sew!

Lately I have been working on some new projects!  I have two of these “Floating Squares” quilts in the works.  I cut into a Nest Layer Cake to make one of them.  It was my first actual Nest project.  I fell in love with all the fun fabrics in the layer cake, I guess thats the best part of a layer cake, jelly roll or charm pack…getting to fall in love with the entire line of fabric!!  I love Tula Pink and all her beautiful designs  

This is a “Floating Square” quilt that I am working on out of Moda’s Posh I can’t decide if I should make it bigger, at the current size I have already added to the length and the width.  It still needs two more borders if I follow the pattern, (it’s from the Piece of Pie book I used last spring).

As you can see Pika approves

This is another quilt that I recently started.  It is currently just sewn into strips.  It is made from my collection of Amy Butler fabrics and some fat quarters of her new line “Love”.  My friend Angie and I split our fabrics, she recently bought a pack of “Love” fat quarters and well I have been collecting for a while!  I cut out all the bricks using Amy’s Lotus Brick Pattern.  I’ve always I wanted to make one of these!!

Snack time!  This is the only photo that I could take of Blondie, (aka Sissy) she is too afraid of the camera

Mur, relaxing with my husband on my first quilt, “Wolfies”.

One of my favorite photos, I took this last month when we ordered Pizza Rolls….

inspection at the puppy gate!

I’ll leave you with this adorable face…..

Thanks for stopping by!

Jacky O

  This is the apron pattern that I got at Its a Stitch last weekend.  I think that I will work on it when I get the baby and birthday quilts finished!

Pika and his chewy!

Blondie, looking worried!

Mur taunting Blondie, poor girl!  

 I still need to learn how to compress the photos    I ended watching the rest of Friends Season 2 and have started Season 3.  I am glad that I got a little sewing accomplished!  I also purchased an office type chair for my sewing room   I am so thankful, because I have had no furniture in there at all!

 Well I better go for now!

 Happy Sewing!

 Jacky O

  Monday was my birthday   My mom got me this beautiful and delicious cake.  I sampled it just before I left for work, (night shift).  I share my birthday with my new blog friend from Kentucky, Kristie, the Cowgirl Quilter.

 Of course Mur had a sample of cake as well!

 I got the top put together for Christie’s birthday quilt, I’m just not ceratin when I will be able to get it finished.  My mom came and worked on it a little last night.

 A few more disappearing nine patch blocks before they are cut apart.  I just found out another co-worker has a baby on the way, thats two more after we finish the two we can’t seem to finish…4 plus the one that one that actually was given to the new mom…a total of 5!  Wow thats a lot of babies!!

 Check out this little guy, its a chain ripper.  It’s just a tiny seam ripper stuck into a small base.  It works really well!!  I don’t think that this would be to difficult to duplicate at home!  It was apparently all the rage at the big quilt retreat, (that I did not attend).

  I was able to do a little sewing on my Flea Market Fancy, (crazy mom quilts).  I also have all the white cut out.  I even started sewing more of the Ashleys Journey blocks for another quilt, hopefully this one will be for me !

  I also have to go back and compress my photos so that they do not take so long to load.  That is why I haven’t been blogging.

  Well I better go for now!

 Happy Sewing

 Jacky O

While I was in Houston I went to Painted Pony and Quilts.  I found this book, Piece of Pie …Layer Friendly Quilt Patterns (by Brenda Bailey and Bonnie Bailey).  I especially love the one on the cover of the book, it’s called Ashley’s Journey. 

 I just started one!  It’s for my friend Christie, her birthday is March 12th,  If I don’ t have  it ready by then,I will certainly have it finished before her Spring Break Holiday! 

 I also like this quilt that is featured on the back of the book, it is called Links to the Past.  The book also features a pie or other sweet recipe with each quilt! 

  This is Blondie, (aka Sissy).  Blondie is very camera shy.  When she sees the camera come out she acts like she is in trouble.  Blondie is never in trouble she is the best girl ever!  Blondie came free with purchase of cows 6 years ago.  My in-laws kept her until we got a yard of our own.  Blondie is believed to be half Golden Retriever ad half Border Collie.

 Pika and Mur wanted to say hi!

 Well I better go for now!

 Happy Quilting!

 Jacky O

I also decided to give one of these guys a try, a Bobbin Saver!  This will be a good way to keep these little guys together!

Yesterday while I was Lonestar Quiltworks, I tripped on a large wooden box filled with fat quarters that sticking out from under a table.  I was so embarrassed! My knee is still really swollen! While I was limping around I decided to purchase the Basic Grey Sultry kit, (it was 15 % off!).  I just love the colors!

I also got a few small pieces for my Mad Cow project!  I will add photos of these later!  While I was Jo Ann’s tonight, the reason that I went there, I purchased some of the plastic template sheets.  I need one for Mad Cow.  I am trying to convince my husband that he is a better “tracer” then me…so far it hasn’t worked but its still early!

Clear template plastic

I think Mur has the right idea…lets go back to bed!

the Gentle art of Domesticity… Stitching, Baking, Nature and the Comforts of Home by Jane Brocket

A Cozy Quilted Christmas, 90 Designs, 17 Projects to Decorate Your Home by Kim Schaefer

Pretty Little Patchwork from Lark Books

These are some recent additions to my library.

A quilt sandwich  has begun!  Baby Boy quilt # 1

A couple of weeks ago I was at Barnes and Noble and I came across the Gentle Art of Domesticity.  Its a cool book filled with inspiration!  A Cozy Quilted Christmas was purchased from Lonestar Quiltworks.  The owner told me that a customer had brought the book in and she decided that she had to order it for the store.  I can actually see myself making some of these quilts, the appliqués in this book don’t frighten me!  Last but not least Pretty Little Patchwork.  I purchased this tonight while I was at JoAnns,  (I love their coupons)! It has many cute small projects and gift ideas!

I cut out more 5″ squares for Baby Boy Quilt #2 and began to group together some of the “Nine Patches”.  I need to press my white fabric for the back to both of the quilts.  The funny thing is that an actual 4th baby is on the way at work.  A new employees wife is expecting…I guess thats a bunch more “Nine Patches” that I need!!  It shouldn’t be to difficult.  Maybe thats what I should work on when I go out of town for my training.  I will be in a hotel room all by myself Sunday evening so I figured that I would sew.  My husband may come up Monday night.  I’m not certain that he is aware that I have figured out that I am less than 20 miles from  4 Hancock Fabric stores!! Can you belive it , 4 ?  Everyone in my community misses our store:(   Why did they close our store?

What can I say? I think “Mad Cow” says it all. I am not much into a lot of crafts but when I saw this cow I just had to have it. I really want to make some up and name them after my cows!! The Melly and Me patterns are from Australia. They have so many cute patterns!! I also like the monkey and a little bug!!

Its kinda hard for me to imagine that I purchased fabric for the monkey but not for the cow!! Maybe I will stop by the quilt shop tomorrow…of course only after looking through my stash first darn stash!

I got a kit for a boot quilt for Christmas that has boots, hearts and stars. I saw this pattern made up at the quilt shop and decided that I may see if it is possible to make the boots like the ones in this pattern. The fabric for all the boots is already cut out, and I mean the pieces are tiny! I think I can make it work, but if not I will just sash them together like the quilt that I fell in love with from the Sundance catalog years ago

Ok, I think that I am getting a lot better at this blog thing!! I am totally addicted to several out there!! Like Amanda Jean and the quilting cowgirl!!

Have a great night! Happy Sewing!!

Jacky O