Trade Winds, Toaster Cover, BOM, ahhh......

I'm back! I am sooo excited because I got a present in the mail today! TradeWinds Blue by Lily Ashbury for Moda!!! from Sew Mama Sew, one of my fav blogs and shops! Check it out!

Isn't it so yummy!

 The colors are so beautiful and rich, it fells like India!

Yeah, go ahead and drool, I already have!

Cannot wait to make our bed quilt out of this!

Ok, so I was totally bored yesterday and decided to make a toaster cover for my new toaster oven we got for a wedding present.

I had this beautiful Block I made and did not know what to do with it.

Total credit for this block goes to Erin @ Two More Seconds. 

Just Love that blog!

So, Here is the little nugget you all have been waiting for.......

So, this is also the first time I free motion quilted too! 

Sew adorable! ;)

Last and not least I have the next installment of In Color Order's Block of the Month! May that is. 

As you all may know I love batiks, so I am using all the batiks I have and I am using tone on tone white for the background for a little texture.

I have decided that this will be the quilt I enter into The Friendship Knots Quilter's Guilds, my guild, Quilt Show next March! Yea!! So A big Thanks to Jeni at In Color Order for this BOM!!

So now I must go, but I want to thank you so much for stopping by!

You don't know what it means to me!

If your feelin' a little frisky go ahead an leave a comment, it helps me see how the site is doing and any suggestion is greatly appreciated.

"Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings."
Salvador Dali

~Namaste

Pink Padme Designs: Charmed, I'm Sure! ;)

Pink Padme Designs: Charmed, I'm Sure! ;): I am so very excited to announce a new project!! I will be making each project out of Lesley Chaisson's " Charmed, I'm Sure" book, it's pe...

Charmed, I'm Sure! ;)

I am so very excited to announce a new project!! I will be making each project out of Lesley Chaisson's " Charmed, I'm Sure" book, it's perfect to use up your charm squares. Lesley is graciously allowing me to help a sista out! I get to make and show you guys all her awesome ideas and hopefully you will check out her Etsy site Candy Corner Quilting!  The projects range from quilts, to table runners, and even a sweet little bag! 

 I wanted to do a project that would challenge me to actually finish something in a month. So, I picked up Lesley's book at my Quilt Guild a few months ago, actually I swiped it, I was the first one to use it!! I still have it!! Ha! So this is the First Project: Luvaduv, and you all know I Love Hearts, so it's my Favorite one!!

Made with all Batik's and even a special one (blue & in the middle) that was hand dyed and stamped in Key West, had to do a lil' beggin' for that one!!

  I love Florida, but of course it's my home ;)!

I still have work to do on it. So, I will try to finish before the week is up, but soon.

Thank You Lesley!

By the way, Yoshimi Loves it!!!

In Color Order BOM, April Block & The Wedding!!!

So, today Jeni posted the April block of the In Color Order BOM ! Every block is made of HST's.

Isn't it awesome!! This is a great chance to work on a project while watching others do the same pattern in different fabrics. You can check out and join the Flicker group and follow the designs!

Here are all 4 of my blocks so far. This quilt is going to be sooo pretty!!

New York Beauty Quilt Along....

Although I am very behind, I started the New York Beauty Quilt Along this week. This is Week 1, Block 0 of the project. It is paper piecing, which I am beginning to love!

If you would like to try this, jump right in!!The Quilt Along is being hosted from 10 wonderful blogs. Begin here at Sew Sweetness.

There is step by step instructions, print outs for paper piecing, & beautiful pictures.

Also, post your squares and join the Flicker Group! 

I will be updating with each square as soon as I catch up....

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Dalai Lama

Pink Padme Designs: Sweet Hoop Decoration Tutorial

Pink Padme Designs: Sweet Hoop Decoration Tutorial: So, I had this idea to make decorations for our up coming wedding, and since I am a Modern Sewist I thought how mach fabric can I use at ...

Sweet Hoop Decoration Tutorial

So, I had this idea to make decorations for our up coming wedding, and since I am a Modern Sewist I thought how mach fabric can I use at my own wedding? A lot! There is going to be fabric everywhere since the wedding in in the the woods. I needed something to hang from the trees..... Well, for the first decoration I grabbed an old embroidery hoop and stuck some fabric in it... too boring. I decided to spruce it up and starting sewing pieces of fabric together. This is what I came up with, and here is a quick tutorial on how to do it...

First grab some scraps. For the one above I cut strips from 3" to 1" and sewed them together.

Next I grabbed my embroidery hoop and lined up the bottom hoop with the fabric in the spot I wanted to display.

I then attached the top of the hoop and tightened. Not too much though, you can stretch the fabric or it will pucker.

 Next, flip over and trim off excess...

Voila! Finished product!

Now see what you can do! There are so many cute mini blocks that can be made into decorations or use a little embroidery!

 Namaste!