Simple needlecase

I was up early this morning as I can't sleep :( I decided what I needed was to get up and make something. While I was thinking about what I wanted to make I relized that I don't have a needlebook . I found the pattern for these over at knitting-and.com . I will post pic's of the one I made later on today or tomorow. I'm off to go raid my stash :) - you can find the step by step pattern here :

http://www.knitting-and.com/embroidery/needlecase.htm

Sally Post Floral Sampler

For any of you who missed these free patterns Sentimental Stitches is posting all of them for free from today through the 9th. Here is the link :

http://sentimentalstitches.net/free-stuff/block-of-the-month-quilt-designs/sally-rides-civil-war-sampler/

Rowdy & Opal

Boy isn't Rowdy getting huge ! He is 5 months old now. Cheyenne and Delwin gave Opal and Rowdy baths yesterday, these are the before pic's , I'll post some bath pic's in a couple of days. Not much going on in the quilting front as this week has been just crazy , however I did get my BOW block done and I'll post pic's of it tonight. I am working on a gift for one of my coworkers grandkids but I'll post pic's of that project as soon as it's delivered to her as she reads my blog and I don't want to ruin the surprise!

Music on my Blog

I have been busy this morning. I have added some music to my blog, it was really pretty easy once I got the hang of it :) Hope ya'll enjoy - let me know what you think .

PIF

I will send a handmade gift to the first 3 people who leave a comment on my blog requesting to join the PIF exchange. I'm not sure what the gift will be yet and you may not receive it tomorrow or next week, but you will receive it within 60 days that is my promise! Now, what you have to do in return is Pay It Forward by making the same promise on your blog for the first 3 people to sign up!

BOW Block 3

It is time again for the Block of the Week. I am having so much fun with this :) Our next block is one of my all time favirotes it's called Old Maids Puzzle. This block is pretty simple to put together and is a very pretty block. Here is the link. Rember to find past blocks please click on the tag Block of the Week in my side bar :) Here is the link :

http://www.quilterscache.com/O/OldMaidsPuzzleBlock.html

A stuffed pig to make !

I found this this little guy while I was surfing the web this morning ! Isn't he just way to cute. I think I'll be making one for Wade's B-day at the end of this month. Here is a link to the pattern -

http://www.silverseams.com/opensource/felt-pig-pattern.html

Stash Busting Report

Well it is Sunday yet again, boy this week flew by !! I had a large list of things that I wanted to get done this week and did pretty good. Here was my list.

1. Of course the Block of the Week block (done)

2. Finish quilting Isis's Grandmother's Fan quilt. (almost )

3. Sew up all the ornies for the ornie exchange (2 of 5 done )

4. Quilt 2 more blocks of the Sampler quilt. (nope )

5. Add a couple of more rows to the Bowtie quilt. ( 2 more added)

6. Do a little bit more on the orphan quilt ( done )

So overall not bad considering that I worked 63 hours this week. Even without the school work life tends to get in the way :( Here is my list for this upcomming week :

1. Block of the Week

2. A little more on the Orphan Block Quilt

3. stitch 2 more ornies

4. 1 Bowtie Row

5. unpick the mess up I made on Isis's quilt

6. Try not to stress over quilting the Sampler Quilt

7. Put together a trade block

Hope I do better this week than I did last week !

A mushroom to make

I have a fasination for mushrooms LOL . I found this pattern today and thought that it would make a very interesting pincushion and as I also just love pincushions I though this might be a neat thing to share with ya'll. I found this over at LuckyKate Crafts Blog and there are also wonderful step by step photo's with this project. Alas for me it will be awhile before I can tackle it as I have a couple of things to get out of the way first. You can find the pattern here :

http://lucykatecrafts.blogspot.com/2008/04/toadstool-tutorial.html