Liberty of London Hexies

I received a package of pre-cut Liberty of London fabric hexagons for English paper piecing, and have since been stitching away with wild abandon!

And I love them all. Every. Single. One.

I'm going to be turning these into a table runner for my dining room. Probably some hand stitched quilting...yummmmm

What're y'all working on?

Happy stitching!

Kelly

Scrabble Tile Coaster Tutorial

Scrabble tile coasters are all over Pinterest these days, and I just had to make a set for a friend of mine as a wedding gift. Although I was not quite clever enough to make the letters work in all possible directions, I hid several words in each coaster for couple to find: their names, wedding-related words, etc. Some of them wrap the corner, some are diagonal, but whatevs. Hopefully the Scrabble police won't come after me!

These are pretty simple to make—just wooden Scrabble tiles, brush-on Super Glue, and adhesive felt furniture glides. 

Lay out the tiles in 4 rows of 4 tiles. 

Brush a thin layer of Super Glue along an adjoining edge.

Place the tiles together flat on a surface while allowing the glue to dry. Glue tiles together in rows, then glue rows together.

Once the coaster is dry, brush a thin layer of glue over the back of the coaster for additional security.

Stick 4 furniture glides to the back of each coaster.

Make as many as you'd like!

Bundle 'em up and give to someone special.

Happy crafting!

Kelly

Swoon Block #9

It's the last and final block in this one - woohoo!!!!


Here's Block #9 (of 9) of the Swoon Quilt (pattern by Camille Roskelley):

I think this is my least favorite fabric combo, but when I laid them all out, it worked well with the others, so I'm going to let it go...

Now to sash, quilt and bind . . . !!!  

Happy stitching,

Kelly

AQS Quilt Show in Paducah!!!

Yes folks, you heard it right . . . I was in Paducah this year for the American Quilter's Society Annual Quilt Show. It's difficult to put this into words, but the show is HUGE! Hundreds of award winning quilts are hung throughout multiple venues, including 2 floors of the Paducah Convention Center, an adjacent "bubble" building, and various other spaces throughout Paducah. Even the restaurants and hotels are decorated to the gills with staff quilts!

And there might be vendors selling boatloads of fabric, notions, tools and patterns for, well, let's call it a deep discount . . . .

 It is definitely quilter's DisneyLand!

I'm not allowed to post photos of the quilts, but here are some of my shots of beautiful downtown Paducah, as well as a few other highlights.... It's a great town, and it was certainly an inspiring place to be for a few days!

I had no idea, but the strawberry shortcake (sold by the Boy Scouts in what appeared to be truckloads!) was definitely as famous as Hancocks!

Who's going with me next year?


Happy Stitching!

Kelly

Swoon Block #8

Here's Block #8 (of 9) of the Swoon Quilt (pattern by Camille Roskelley):

I loooooove that green snowflake fabric. Love.  Lovity love love.

One more to go!!!!!!

And thank you for all of your nice, encouraging comments on these Swoon posts. They've really kept me trucking along on this quilt!  :-)

Happy stitching,

Kelly

Swoon Block #7

Here's Block #7 (of 9) of the Swoon Quilt (pattern by Camille Roskelley):

Just two to go!

Happy stitching,

Kelly

Swoon Block #6

Are you sick of these Swoon blocks yet? Cuz I'm not!!!!


Here's Block #6 (of 9) of the Swoon Quilt (pattern by Camille Roskelley):

Happy Stitching!


Kelly

International Quilt Festival Part 2

Here are a few more of my favorite quilts from the International Quilt Festival in Cincinnati! Very inspirational—all I want to do is quilt right now...!

Just Because Revisited (by Kristin J. Vierra)

Baskets Made With Love (by Connie J. Watkins)

Spinning Out, Spinning in 4 (by Helen Remick)

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Folk Art (by Seema R. Desai, quilted by Jane Plisga)

The Quilt Show (by Carole L. Corder)

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Spinning Out, Spinning In 1 (by Helen Remick)

Bright Stars (by Margaret Curley)

Deep Within My Heart Lies a Melody: A Memory of Texas (by Polly Mello, Illona Hull)

The 8th Wonder of the World (by Martha P. DeLeonardis)

"Yeee-ha" It's the Texas State Fair (by Karen Harting)

Road to Home (by Cheryl Sleboda)

Artist Village

Springtime in the Garden (by Mary T. Schneider)

Spring Blossoms (by Terry Aske)

Airing the Quilts (by Donnah G. Burke)

Tiny Town (by karen Eckneier)

Windblown (by Maria Elkins)

Galaxy (by Kayoka Hata)

O Happy Day (by Timna Tarr)

Autumn Hydrangea (by Chieko Shiraishi)

Doodle 2 (by Jane Plisga)

Alpha Quilt (by Becky A. Grover)

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Electric Faerie of the Getty Garden (by Sheila Frampton-Cooper)

Dixie Dingo Dreaming (by Susan E. Carlson)

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Blossom (by Amanda Onchulenko)

Back to the Beginning (by Erica Spinks)

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Barcelona Crow's Nest (by Pat Delaney)

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Happy stitching,

Kelly