Random Acts of Sewing......and Cooking....

Well this has been a February of random proportions!

I have gone through some of my unfinished projects, and........finished them!
(The tops at least!)  (Or almost!)

First, I want to let everyone know that my version of Bonnie Hunter's "Blue Ridge Beauty" is back from my wonderful quilting friend Dar of Dar's Patchwork Garden!  She did a beautiful job on it, and binding will begin on it as soon as I get back from working this week.

 Here are a couple of shots of her on the frame.

And as most of you probably know, I get a lot of inspiration from looking at quilting books and magazines while I am flying.  Take for instance.......

"Apple Crisp" by designer Jan Ragaller

American Patchwork and Quilting October 2010

Had someone not shared this magazine with me that would have otherwise been thrown out, I would have never been inspired to create this.....

I love how scrappy this turned out!

Tons of neutrals, reds, and a few browns combined to make this a great quilt.

This would be wonderful made in various other colors as well!

The backing and binding are selected, and this one is ready to be quilted!
Thanks Bev for helping me with those snowballs!

And here comes another Bonnie finish.........or almost.........

I proudly present to you my version of Bonnie's Pattern/tutorial

"Geese on a String"

I still need to add a gold 2.5" border all the way around.

Wait until you all see what I have in store for this one......heh heh heh

While in the process of finishing the aforementioned tops, my iron went south!

SOUTH TO THE FLOOR!

I don't know how many times I dropped that iron, and she still worked, but, not this last time!

While I was at the store selecting a new iron, I went all out and got me a wider ironing board!

I LOVE BOTH of these new purchases!

I may or may not have become addicted to paper piecing half square triangles???

How many of you use either Thangles or Triangles on a Roll?

My fast growing crush on Edyta Sitar of Laundry Basket Quilts may be to blame?

If you haven't seen or heard of the way Edyta got her start with quilting,

press the play button above and enjoy this wonderful interview.

Her scrap quilts are truly amazing, and I am falling for her......I mean her quilts!

She's MARRIED folks! LOL

I was surprised to learn that I had won the Superbowl raffle at

Homestead Hearth!!!!  Tons of fabric and goodies in here!

I truly felt I had won the Superbowl....but, no desire to go to Disney here!

Thanks to my friend Ann of Attic Threads & Quilts

who gave me this bundle of patriotic fabrics from a recent teaching engagement!

Several of her students brought fabrics to be used in Quilts of Valor!

And this is a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG overdue shout out to a very sweet lady by

the name of Judy in Alton, Illinois who sent in a TON of pillowcases for the QOV block 

drive quilts from last spring!  I was looking through some of my older posts, and found I had neglected to thank her here on the blog!  That's what happens when you are a 40+ year old 14 year veteran flight attendant that loses brain cells daily on an aircraft due to lack of oxygen!

THANK YOU JUDY!!!!!!!!

Speaking of the 40+ club.......my friend Matt recently turned 40!

His wife requested I make his birthday cake.  She wanted a carrot cake for the party,

and it just so happens that I love carrot cake and have a wonderful recipe for it!

You can have it too if you follow this LINK.

Here's hoping your February is random as well!

Thanks for all of the encouragement!
Kevin the Quilter