1870's Dresdan Plate C.Q.

I thought that I would share this antique CQ with ya'll. I think this design is very interesting. I could see a mordern version of this being quite neat - I may have to try to do one - someday :)

Another mouse pinchushion

These little guys are just way to cute !! They are just as easy as the last mouse pincushions but with a totaly diffrent look. I will post the ones that I made from this pattern soon, have to find the ditial camera again LOL :) I'm always misplacing that darn thing. Here is the pattern ( rember to look in the tag Things to Make for other neat patterns I've found )

http://nuno-runo.blogspot.com/2007/11/mouse-pincushion.html

A Really Cute Quilt

While cruising around blogland this morning I have found the cutest little quilt. It's over on Linda's blog and it's called the Olive Garden Quilt . Here is a link if you would like to take a peek -

http://kuhlquilter.blogspot.com/

Phoenix's Ducks

These are Phoenix's babies. He got them as payment for working for a friend of ours. They are supposed to be some fancy purebred breed - can't remember the name now though , crested something or another. Anywho Phoenix is so proud of these little buggers, guess we are now in the duck raising business. He will be entering these guys in the local fair in October.

Stash Challenge Fabric & A Block

Here are the fabric's that I choose for the Challenges. I just love these fabrics !! So my colours. And below is the first Periwinkle block that I had made. I will get the other 2 posted this eveing or first thing in the morning. This block looked like it was going to be easy when I first saw it but those darn set - in seams are giving me fits !! I will be working on the 4th block today.

Insanly Busy Around Here

Wow life is going nuts at the moment ! Cleo is in heat and has been placed with Junior. Demon Dog is in heat and has been placed with Rookie.And it's looking like there is not end in sight to the extra long work hours :( Yesterday I got a call from my bank letting me know that my paycheck had bounced - my account was in the negative so bad because of the bounced paycheck. Thankfuly my boss made good on the bad check and the NSF fee's but I was in panic mode for awhile !
What else - Oh yeah , I've been able to finish 3 of my little Periwinkle blocks for the Stash Challenge/ 5 Finish Challenge. Slow going but I'm loving how they are comming out ! I can get 1 done a day - wish I could get 2 or 3 done a day but the block is just to hard and I'm a very slow at hand sewing. At this rate it will be awhile before I have all 12 blocks done ! Then the sashing and boders.I plan on going to the LNS Saterday to pick out boder fabric for it. If I get really lucky I'll be able to post pic's of the blocks soon, the camera is acting up and doesn't want to upload my pic's to the computer but I'll try to get that all sorted out today.If you get a chance hop on over to Marlene's blog - stitching by the lake ( link in my sidebar) - and see how much she has finished this week. Marlene has been one very busy lady !!

Expecting puppies

I am so excited to annouce that Angel is expecting babies :) I am 75% sure that she has taken though it'll be a few more weeks before I can be 100% sure. Angel has been bred to my little chocolate male Chance. I am hoping for some chocolate merle puppies with this litter. Angel is the daughter of Junior and Cleo,I am so excited for this litter :)

Antique String Quilt

I just love this quilt, I saw it a few months back on Ebay. Sadly I wasn't able to win it. One day though I would like to try to reproduce it. It might even be really neat to do a crazy quilted version of it :) So many projects , so little time LOL :)

Stash Challenge / 5 Finishes Challenge

Well I have picked out some of the fabrics that I will be useing for this challenge, I am going to try to pair it with the 5 Finishes by July Challenge. My plan is to make and finish 5 mini quilt tops by the end of July - very do-able I think :) I will post pic's of the fabric's and my little bit of progress on top 1 later on today, I have another 14 hour shift today so I should be able to get a good bit done.
For the first mini quilt I will be making the Periwinkle blocks. I was going to use them for the upcomming mini block swap but have decided that the block just takes to long. Yesterday it took me almost 2 hours to cut the pieces and to get the block sewn together. I have also relized that I am horrible at hand sewing and that I really don't enjoy hand sewing as much as I thought I would !! The set-in seams on this block are a real booger, I hope the blocks that I do today go quicker than the first one LOL :)
I found a cool 3 in star block for the swap though - it's paper pieced here is a link to it :
http://www.forestquilting.com/freepatterns/freepatternspage2.html

They have a couple other patterns on this site that I would like to do for the challenges but I'll think about that after I get the first top done. I think I am going to really like doing mini's