Finish It Up Friday

The heavens declare the glory of God;

the skies proclaim the work of His hands.

Psalm 19:1

I've decided to join the "Finish It Up Friday!" group in the hopes that it will stir me on to finishing up more of my UFOs. This week was extremely unusual in that I actually finished 4 quilts. And yes, they are all small ones. But they're finished! Yeah! The first you've seen before:  "Boo" is 12 inches square. See yesterday's post to see how cute he looks on the fireplace mantel.

The quilt below is called "Glimmers" and is actually composed of little 9-patches. It's about 15 inches square.

The quilt above is has 4 Dear Jane blocks made with Thimblerries fabrics. It's about 14 inches square. The quilt below is Yankee Doodle, a Jo Morton pattern, finishes about 30 inches square.

Hopefully hurricane Sandy will wait until Monday so I can get some sewing in on Saturday and Sunday! Till next time, keep stitchin!

Mary

Fall Decorating

I had to start with this darling pumpkin photo, courtesy of bhg.com. Is this not the cutest pumpkin for someone who loves to sew? I'm on the hunt now for a bunch of black buttons. In the meantime, come see some of my fall decorating!

I love fall! And I love to get in the spirit of the season with a little fall decorating. My front door wreath (above) has a wooden leaf pick that gets swapped out in December for a folk art santa. I also add a few green picks with red berries, and my front door is covered for 2 seasons! The little welcome plaque (above) sports pumpkins in the fall, they'll also get a quick change-out in December.

I have a small island in the kitchen, and my Pat Sloan pumpkin runner sits on it. One of my newest quilts (below) is Glimmers, a Jo Morton pattern. Each little square finishes at .5 inches. The candle is called "sugar cookie", and is more yellow/gold than the photo shows. Don't you love the perky polka-dot bow!

Three shots of my fireplace. The photo above shows the top shelf with my patterned dishes and my 3 Jim Shore angels.

Here's "Boo" on the wire frame finally! I ran into A C Moore this morning and all the fall silk flowers were marked way down...I love that! So I decided to change out the summer spray in my blue crock and add the fall color. I need to find one more ear of Indian corn, though! The other quilt is from "Country Threads Goes to Charm School." Each block has 4 trees in it.

Okay, I'm off to my sewing room to finish up a few more small quilts.

Till next time, keep stitchin'!

Mary

Little Women

I thank my God every time I remember you. 
Philippians 1:3

 Here are a few more pictures of our Little Women group that met Oct. 13. The above photo is our group "Just Rosie" photo. Photo below is Pam's Just Rosie.

 Above, Celestia and her Just Rosie,
below is Fannie and her Just Rosie.

 Above, Mary's Just Rosie, and
below, our group Transferware photo

 Above, Pam's Transferware.
Below, Celestia's Transferware.

And above, my Transferware.

And to conclude this post, here is a fab picture of Charlott'es completed Eagle quilt:

I still have a few misc. quilt photos to post from our show and tell. Stay tuned for one more "Little Women" post.

Till next time, keep stitchin'!

Mary