Blame it on the Japanese Prints. Sunday Sewing Stats...a tad late...

I was very busy today attending an Apple Festival and sewing!!!  Haha, yes I sewed.  I have just finished quilting my 100 Quilts for Kids Quilt (which really needs a name...any suggestions?) and now I just have to snip my bits of quilting thread and bind it.  I am going to do a fold-over binding which I have never done before so any advice is appreciated.  Photos later this week when it is nice enough to take pics!

Sunday Sewing Stats

I think I did fairly well with last week's goals.  Although, I am disappointed that I didn't do more with the Across the Sea Quilt...but I have gotten so far with the 100 Quilts for Kids that I really have to be proud of myself!  I'm just not thrilled with back of Across the Sea Quilt so I am thinking I might take a lesson from a few of you and revisit it in my own way...I like the crosses but maybe a different orientation and not 6 of them?  We shall see...


Sewing Goals for the Week of September 25, 2011
- Across the Sea QAL: FINISH BACK & QUILT (deadline is Oct 3rd am I really going to make that?)
- 100 Quilts for Kids: Bind (deadline is Sept 28th I think I can do it)
- Tumbling Blocks: Sew a Row.  Period.  If I don't I will NEVER get this done before Christmas!  Helen you are on.
- Finish Autumn Tunic
- Pretty {little} Pouch Swap: Gather supplies (glue, interfacing, decide on pattern, research tutorials)
- Hummingbirds & Hexagons: Won't touch until something more is done with TBs.  Must prioritize.
- Everything else on hold [Botanika, Fall/Spring, Spinning Stars, Secret Project, Eureka]

Other Goals
- Quilt Show - ATTENDED.  Need to draft a post and show you some pics!



And because I cannot write a post without some sort of imagery I am going to leave you with my fabric pull for my Pretty {little} Pouch Swap partner.  I am so freaking excited for this swap and was really lucky to have been assigned a partner with taste that I can completely relate to.  As usual, I only have about 1,000 ideas that I'd love to execute and am having trouble narrowing them down.  With every "Yup, that's it, that is what I'm going with..." I end up thinking up something even BETTER a few hours later.  Where does this leave me?  Well, expect to see a few pouches coming through over the next few weeks...if I have spares I am sure I can find someone who will be interested in them.  Hee hee...

Echino Madrigal Peach, Echino Ornament Raspberry, Kokka Woodland Biology, Loluca Rose Garden

What are your goals this week?  Planning anything big?

- rebecca lynne

Mosaic for my PLPS Partner

1. P1050521, 2. Frame Purse, 3. Echino Beehive, 4. My Text Fabric - Pride & Prejudice, 5. neutral strings, 6. Inside Pocket of my Pretty {little} Pouch, 7. Sunday Stash #87, 8. Off the Grid (2011), 9. Pretty {little} pouch swap ~ Send!~, 10. Almost Bento, 11. Bride's Rescue Kit, 12. Ruby Star Spring 241 Tote, 13. Super Dollfie Canvas Bag, 14. P.I.F for Shannon, 15. "Trees" green, 16. coin purse

I am really digging text, polka dots, and japanese prints right now. My favorite designer is Anna Maria Horner and I love solid (such as canvas) background to make printed pattern details pop. I hope for something big enough to hold cellphone (5"x3") but not a requirement!

- rebecca lynne

Pretty {little} Pouch Swap Sign Up

After talking to a few of you more experienced swapper & bloggers out there I became Flickr Stalker.  And waited with bated breath when I signed up for the Pretty {Little} Pouch Swap...

Look what I just received via Flickr Mail!!!

WHEW HEW!!!

We all know the stress of what I am going to create and for whom will completely overwhelm me later.  In fact, all the cool pouch ideas I was brainstorming have literally just fled from my brain.  Oops.  But, for now, I am just going to enjoy the thrill of being accepted!  Mwah hahahahaaa (evil laugh)!

If you haven't and want to check out the Pretty {little} Pouch Swap to sign up NOW!

- rebecca lynne