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Just A Little Stitchin’

Have fun!!!

~RACHEL~

PS!!! Since I am LAME and couldn’t follow the directions, please see March 15th on this blog for six little Easter eggs which will be turned into a quilted wall hanging!!

For the record, I have changed my SAL “rules” to whatever I am stitching…lol, instead of a large ongoing project. It keeps me stitching and that’s the point

OK, so on Friday I started this piece and I simply couldn’t stop. I love it!
It was stitched on Prairie Cloth (made by Moda) which seems to be 26 count. I have seen it described like this, ” It’s a wonderful, slightly coarse cloth that looks like linen and runs about half the price. It is 100% cotton and comes in many colors.” I would add that it has a fuller body to the fabric than linen and is softer to work with. I have never stitched on linen or evenweave, so trying this was totally out of my box. SO glad I stepped out! It was a fun stitch, I love the results and I love the fabric!

This piece is  Ye Olde Woolery Shoppe and it designed by Plum Street Samplers

I did change a few things, almost all of the colors used were a change. I left the little bell hanging from the sheep’s neck off  (I just see that and think cow, not sheep, LOL) and I added the “ED” to “establish”.

~RACHEL~

Definitely bending the rules today. Y’all are shocked, right?

These 6 little eggs are pieces from another free pattern that I found (hopefully I will refind it to add a link the next time I show this project).

EDIT: Here is the link

The plan is to do the large design and surround it with these smaller ones on a quilt. So, I am breaking the “finishes” up into segments, because there is NO way I could complete the entire thing in a week!

So, we have the first part, finished!

6 little eggs…

Those of you who know me know that I am easily distracted. Scary easy. So, I was having fun stitching eggs…and thought about this other rather rustic project I really wanted to do…on a fabric I found that is not designed for cross stitch…and soon I found myself starting another project…here is what I have since starting at around 9:00 this morning…I am smitten. I am also deliberately not showing what the finish will look like Hopefully I will have it done soon!

Phew, I made it on Friday this week (everyone clapping?).

~RACHEL~

Yipeeee! I finished my Irish Sampler and I am super happy about it!

I learned a few thing attaching the sampler to the quilt in this way. Wash the quilt first. Add the sampler after. The quilt will shrink. The sampler won’t. Just saying. Fortunately no damage was done. I still love it. I just know for next time

So, here she is (the pictures were taken at night, so they aren’t that great, LOL)…

I just free motion quilted, on my regular sewing machine, very loosely around the shamrocks in the batik fabric I used…

I did use a double layer of batting as I wanted a fairly full look to this!

Thanks for stopping by!

~RACHEL~

So, really, for me….This SAL is supposed to keep me motivated and keep me stitching. Right? I am going to post the up date for Halloween Rules and the other piece I am working on and then I am putting Rules away for a while. I just don’t feel like stitching it right now. I want to do the other projects I am thinking about while I try to make myself stitch one more row on Rules. I still plan to hold myself “accountable” weekly (mostly, LOL).

Here is where I got to before I put it away:

Now, for what I have been working on (and finished, LOL!)…
I found this pattern for free at http://www.ant-of-sweden.com/9/free_charts/m-ant-129/1

Please note two things…#1- I also saw the pattern at two different site for sale. It is my understanding that the designer (Pelin Tezer) at one time sold the pattern, but has since made it available as a free download.

#2-Pretty important, there is an error in the pattern. A very small one, but it is there!

I can’t begin to tell you how much fun it was to stitch this! I absolutely LOVED it!

My current plan (HA!) is to return tomorrow for FOF with this piece in it’s finished form. I have my fingers crossed!!

Here are a couple of close ups, just because I can

This was just so fun. I seriously can’t believe how easy the flow was for this piece!

~RACHEL~

Well, I kind of forgot to post! Probably because there wasn’t much to show. Since the idea behind this is to have 52 finishes in 2013, I will be working hard today to come up with two for this Friday. Life just got in the way

I also failed to update my SAL progress. I will be back to that on Wednesday!

Rachel

Well ladies, welcome to my Spring De-Stash! I am linking up with Fingertip shopping (Sew Cal Gal)  for this fabulous event. Go check out the other things there too!

First off, many thanks to Sew Cal Gal for hosting this!

Here are my guidelines…

Shipping will be to the USA only. Shipping will be paid by the buyer. I am pretty good at stuffing things into a small space and will combine as much as I possibly can.

International has to be shipped from the Post Office. I don’t live near one. It could be a full week (or more) before I am near one. To say nothing of the costs involved! Sorry International gals. If there is something an International gal really MUST have, email me and we will see if we can work something out.

While I am open to trades, I much more inclined to selling it outright. In the not so distant future we will be moving and I am trying very hard not to move anything “extra”. I am also more inclined to trading for cross stitching items.

If you are interested in something please comment on it, I will email you. You can also email me at barndreaming at gmail dot com, but I will do a first come, first served by the time stamp on the comments.

ALL items are PLUS shipping. I will ship at the lowest cost possible.

OK, here we go…

Hobbico sealing iron. New, with box. Great for applique or keeping a small iron next to you when piecing. I ended up with two, so one has to go. $15.00

Hexagon ruler, again, ended up with two. New, sticky paper still on it. Darlene Zimmerman, 1 to 5 inch hexagons. $3.00

SOLD

Log Cabin ruler and book, new/still in plastic. Both Marti Michell. $15.00 (for both)

SOLD

Now for some fabrics…

SOLD

The above is 1 yard of each for a total of 4 yards. It is Terrain by Kate Spain for Moda. $20.00

The above is 2 yards of Soliel/Little House by Annette Tatum for Freespirit. $10.00

The above is a total of 4 yards (2 each) from Joanns. $12.00

SOLD

The above is all Debbie Mumm for Joanns, the far left is 2 yards, 6 inches. The middle is 1.5 yards. The far right is 1.5 yards. $18.00

SOLD

The above is DS Quilt Collections for Fabric Traditions (Denise Schmidt) from 2011. On the left (Dark blue) there is a total of 5 yards (2 cut, one is 3 yard, one is 2 yard). Next one 3 yard cut. Next is a 3 yard, 26 inch cut. On the far right is a 3 yard cut.

So, the total yardage is 14 yards, 26 inches.

To be honest I did not realize there was this much of it.

All together $70.00 (That is less than $5.00 per yard. If this one does not sell after a few days I will be splitting it up. The price will not change, I will just split it into four different things for sale. I am just too lazy to retake pictures right now).

SOLD

The above is all from Fandango by Kate Spain for Moda. From left to right they are 1 yard 10 inches, 1 yard, 1 yard, 1 yard and 1 yard, 27 inches. This is a total of a tiny bit over 6 yards. $30.00

The above is by Fabric Traditions (2007).  The left piece is 6 yards. The right is 2 yards, 28 inches. That is a total of 8 yards and 28 inches. $25.00

The above is by Debbie Mumm. On the left there are two pieces. One is 1.5 yards, the other is 26 inches. In the middle is a single cut of 1 yard, 29 inches. On the right there are two pieces. One is 1 yard 29 inches,the other is 1 yard 34 inches. The total yardage is just over 7.5 yards.$30.00.

OK, that is what I have for now.

Hope everyone has a great day!

~RACHEL~

OK, seriously. I feel the burning desire to tell y’all…this is NOT all I did this week. LOL
However, it is my official FOF since it is all that got completed! How sad is that?

For the record, I know it is kinda wonky…but I love it. I tried a self binding (which I normally do really well with…). I also used flannel (2 thick)  for the batting and an additional piece of flannel for backing and binding. So, it was, um, a tiny bit on the thick side.

Well, y’all can cheer and clap and have a general party. This is the LAST (yes, very last!) scrap of my favorite “tree fabric” Yes, I have named it…sadly I do not recall where or when I purchased it and there is no pertinent info on the selvage (y’all can sigh in relief, because yes, I was going to try to hunt more down, LOL). Sigh.

Since I made the larger mug rug I decided I probably needed a smaller one for just my coffee mug. It will sit right next to my sewing machine.

Yes.

I have my coffee with me.

At my machine.

Don’t call the quilting police

~RACHEL~

Hello everyone!
I participated in another round robin! Michele over at Quilts From My Crayon Box organized it!

I ended up volunteering to round out a group, so I participated in two groups this time!

I decided to do a little experiment and sent the exact same starter block to both groups…

Group one came up with this:

The gals from group one are

Michele quiltsfrommycrayonbox.blogspot.com

Rahcel claddaghsquiltsandstars.blogspot.com

Ann orange-crumpled-napkin.blogspot.com

Group four came up with this:

The gals from group four are

Vicky vickykcreating.blogspot.ca

Megan spartanbabe.blogspot.com

Renae, who doesn’t have a blog, but I believe her reveal will be at www.yourcrayonbox.blogspot.com

I had a fabulous time doing this and I loved the results!

While participating in these round robins I have become of fan (some call it stalker, whatever.) of Sam. When Sam posted about what she was doing with her QUBM mini, I commented, we got to talking about the situation a bit. Not my story to tell, but the bottom line is that she has a family in need of quilty love. In the end I decided that Sam would do these tops justice and they would end up as loved quilts vs WIP’s on a shelf with me. So I have sent her off the mini quilts and the extra fabric I had from making the centers. I can’t wait to see what she comes up with and I am SO happy that they will both end up hugging someone who will love (and USE) them! Thank you to all of the ladies who worked on my blocks. You all went above and beyond and I can truly say I was floored!

Thanks everyone!!

~RACHEL~