Happy Birthday Pastimes Online (267)

Happy Birthday to you...Happy Birthday to yooouuuu....Haaaapppy Birthdaaaayyy dear Pastimes Onliiiinnnneeee. Happy Birthday to YOU!!

(photo curtesy of Google/SweetBeeBuzzings Blog)

Well another year has passed and boy has it been fun - 4 block of the months done

Journey of a Quilter

A Kittens Tale

HocusPocusVille

{still have one kit left if you're interested}

TrulyScumptious

Many countries have received goodies from our store

Japan

USA

Canada

Austria

Australia

New Zealand

Denmark

Germany

United Kingdom

{just to name a few}

And totally looking forward to another year...THANK YOU all for following my block, signing up for my newsletter and keeping me inspired with your creations. Here's to YOU!!

Review: Vignette Issue 2 (243)

Sew for Issue 2 you're in luck as it's pretty much just as great as Issue 1 with more recipes, tantalizing photos, and inspiration..She's gone and done it - made an awesome magazine...

Here's your preview, thread that looks like you could just take it off the page...

This Raspberry Crumble makes my mouth water..yummy!

More inspiring photos...this octagonal english paper piecing looks like an awesome project...ooooh I must remember to save a copy for myself this round :)

Until next time, stay happy, make a good recipe and be creative...Valerie

Review: Vignette Issue 1 (242)

As promised, here's my review of the Vignette Magazine by Leanne Beasley (remember she designed Journey of a Quilter)...I'm in LUV! I LUV the pictures, the colour saturation in the photos, the PHOTOS are amazing, the recipes, the full colours stitchery images, all of the projects and inspiration...here's my review and your preview. I've sold out of all of my copies so far so good as they say...more en route because YOU just can't get enough:)

How about curling up in this chair to do your stitching - looks perfectly comfortable for me and Tig!

this just says how I feel each and every day

Last but not least or should I say the main part of this mag is this incredible 16 part block of the month project starting from Issue 1. See Kathy's start in this recent blog post, Show off YOUR Stuff, she may just inspire you.

If you've read this magazine I'd love to hear your review and if you've started the block of the month, please send me some pics...I haven't decided if I want to start this now or next year Yikes...not sure what to do here as I can't possibly add another block of the month to my existing 5!!! Until next time stay happy, dry, and creative! Valerie

Finished Quilting Project - Journey of a Quilter (235)

Sew remember my Journey of a Quilter bom from last year - it's completely finished, and quilted by moi...as some of you might remember I took a class from Ana Buzzalino in Jan and have put my lesson to the test for both Journey and A Kittens Tale...here's some inspiration, I hope for all of you:)

Best pics of the quilting are from the back...

Okay, Journey club members, how are your's coming along...I've seen a few but would LOVE to see more finished tops:) Send me pics ladies...

And here it is at Heritage Park, Festival of Quilts this year...I'm super happy with how it was displayed...how many of you put their quilts into Heritage Park this year?

Journey of a Quilter getting Finished (223)

My Friend Kathy and I made a pact that we would have our Journey of a Quilter tops finished by the Heritage Park Show (end of May) that being said, we had a quilt guild meeting in between and our Quilt Show in Chestermere (please stop by and say hi) is May 7 so our dates of completion have been cut by 3 weeks YIKES!! Well I thought I would get a move on this finishing thing..since I have to finish A Kittens Tale also...

cut the batting - check!

the back was pieced last year and just waiting patiently to be used - check!

crawling around on the carpet adding a million basting pins, sore knees - check! Thanks to Jen who stopped by for some stitching that day - good motivation to get pinning!

Practicing my free motion quilting from Ana's class (which I learnt so much). I only used my free motion quilting foot on this project what a learning curve but I think I'm getting it finally.

I'm thinking this pebbling filler stitch is my new favourite!! I'm not kidding it's super easy to get into a groove with this stitch, I'm in LOVE! What do you think? Liking it aren't you?

I have more pics to take and show you, I've done quite a bit more since these were taken so I'll get more pics here to show y'all.

Until next time, stay happy and creative, get your quilt tops pinned and layered and it won't seem like such a daunting task to start the quilting process:)