"SNAP OUT OF IT!!!"

Do you remember that movie Moonstruck?  The one where Cher smacks

Nicolas Cage across the face and screams to him to

"SNAP OUT OF IT!"

LOL

That's what I'm trying to do….just snap out of this 'slug' mentality I've had lately.  Even though I've been quiet on the blogging scene, I HAVE been busy…..well, sort of…..at a snail's pace.

Here's some of what's been hanging around on my various make shift design walls upstairs.

Determined to use from my stash I finally chose some dots and stripes to piece together a backing for the quilt top laying there on the ironing board.  Maybe I'll just cut a bunch of big squares and sew them together.

This is my "taking forever and ever" log cabin.  It IS all sewn together… BUT…yep...there's that BUT... there's ALWAYS a BUT with me!  I decided it needed one more row, you know, just to make me TRULY happy with it.

Yesterday I sewed more blocks and all I need is 5 more to have enough.

Here and there with blocks of time I have put together these free pieced little cuties.  I have planned this for a 'real live little cutie'…….hhmmm, I hope she doesn't turn into a 'big' cutie before I get this finished.  I'm constantly mulling over how I want it all to come together.

NO pattern here…..just me and my constant brain churning…..sigh.

Of course my MAIN project for the past year has been my FRIENDS OF BALTIMORE hand appliqué blocks…Sue Garman's pattern.  I thumb tacked some flannel up in the hallway so I could admire them as I pass through.  Red bird on the bottom is the current 'in process' one I'm stitching on.

Only 9 more blocks…AND 4 most tedious borders to go.

Speaking of birds, you should go Here and see Lynne's oh so creative birds and quilt
she has sewn.  Yes, go NOW…I'll wait.

A-N-D

T-H-E-N

I succumbed to THIS TEMPTATION!!

Can you guess which one it is?

Darn it…..I'm so weak and easy…..sigh.

 …..and my little helper who's always close by...IS NEVER impressed.

Now that we're all caught up it's time for me to get back to the sewing machine.  I think I've

'snapped out of it' for a while and I'm quite amazed I could still spell all these words.

p.s.  If you live in Canada you should go HERE and check out this NEW quilting book Brenda is
giving away. It's Julie Sefton's new Build A Barn book….good stuff!

Nancy is having a giveaway too!

Hearts, Flowers & Song

I hope everyone is having a nice Valentines Day!

This is one of my completed blocks from my Friends of Baltimore appliqué quilt and I thought it fit in perfectly with the day.   So far I have finished 5 blocks of the 16 and I'm

close to finishing number 6.

I had "lofty" ambitions when I started this project last March.  My plan was to finish one block

per month…..LOL…..well, I accomplished "half" of that goal….

But I'm determined!!!

Life has had priority lately and I've worked on a few UFO projects in between this appliqué

project.  One needs a break from the "tiny" pieces involved on this quilt.

LOTS of Log Cabin paper piecing on a UFO I'm trying to get completed.

I decided today I needed one more row to add to the length and then I'm calling it quits.

11 blocks per row will take me a bit to get sewn up BUT it's nice

 to know I'm so close to a finish on a project I started

YEARS AGO!

Time to stop standing and staring and get to it….right?

Log Cabin

My friend Terry just finished her wonderful wonky log cabin quilt.  You can see it HERE.

As I watched her progress I was inspired to find my half finished one I started W-A-Y back when.  This was a Melly and Me project years ago when I first started blogging.  I think I cleaned my studio when company was coming and put it away and eventually was forgotten.  You know how that goes, forgotten and replaced by a "shiny and new" quilt project you saw in blogland.

These are NOT sewn together yet and I haven't decided how I will piece it all together

when I get enough blocks made.

The quilt on the left has been hanging around for a while too.  Made from all men's shirting fabrics has had it's blocks moved and changed and completely re-arranged A MILLION times.  Should I make MORE flying geese?  Should I make another different type of block?

You know how that ROUTINE goes!!

Just haven't had any inspiration on how I want to complete it.

SOOOO, thanks Terry for making me 'get the lead out' and make an effort to get MY log cabin finished!!!

My Friend Jenny's Log Cabin

Isn't this scrappy log cabin quilt just w-a-y too cute!! I think Jenny (no blog) did a fabulous job! CLICK ON PHOTO to enlarge. Jenny was my very first blogland swap partner. We swapped scraps with each other. Melly and Me Blog hosted this swap and provided the tutorial for this pattern back in the spring of 2008. Wow...was it THAT long ago!! Hhhmmm.....I guess Jenny is more on the ball than I am. I hang my head as I reveal that my blocks are still laying in one of my project boxes.

Here is a close up.....you can see some of the quilting designs. I like that she made smaller log cabins to use as part of her border.

I love this little diamond/square design she added in the sashing between her blocks.

I think I 'spy' some of my scraps in this photo.

Here is her simple white yet elegant back. Her label is w-a-y down in the bottom right hand corner.....LOL...behind the caladium.

A close up of her floral binding.

And a wonderful finish with a great label. Thank you so much Jenny for sending me these photos so I could share!!!

EDIT:>>>ATTENTION>>>>>THIS IS NOT My Quilt.....it belongs to my friend JENNY>>>>>>