October Parade....Bear's Paw a Quilt

Well aren't I the bad blogger!  Well actually been sick this month with whatever this virus thing is that is going around but I think I am finally getting back to normal.  We have had such beautiful entries this month I must say I couldn't pick even one as a favorite!  They are ALL my favorite!  Kudos to everyone for sending photos of such pretty Bear paws!

So for next month I have chosen the next project from Kathleen Tracy's book Prairie Children and their Quilts.  You can find it on page 55, Prairie Baskets Quilt!  I chose this because around this time of year I think of baskets of Harvest....and I feel so blessed to live in a nation where we can celebrate the bounty of plentiful food.  We truly are blessed!  Here is a photo of the quilt.

And now for the Parade!  This is my flimsy but working on getting it quilted. I find with small projects I want to hand quilt it....we'll see, but I just couldn't resist using these fun Halloween prints! 

First up we have a lovely display and beautifully done earth tones by Denise! Great quilting too!

Laurie used warm Browns , so soothing and I like that she did each block in one color.  Well done! Another example of excellent quilting.

Mindy in the UK used such pretty country colors, and that display is awesome! I like the big boarder being eliminated...nice take.

Mickey's little quilt is so stunning using that cheddar boarder!  Tha black really makes it pop.

Robin set the tones with a scrappy look of country colors....nice take with the blue frame!

Sandy out did herself with this beautiful version, I am really digging the brown boarders!  

Sue did a great job with her scrappy look!  Love the brown border, and that scenery is gorgeous too!

And last but not least is Terri's, I like it on the chair!  Great idea and wonderful colors!

So now you can see what I mean that they all turned out so lovely!  Great job ladies!  Can't wait to see what you come up with next month!  

I just wanted to give you a heads up......we have about 2 more small quilts we will be doing out of this book for October and November.....we will Take December off and resume in January using

101 Fabulous Small Quilts by That Patchwork Place....perhaps Santa just may put that under your tree?  Hope your all still in!  just let me know! 

September 1st School house Parade!

Welcome to Fall Everyone and the September Parade!  Sorry for the delay but I didn't remember that the 1st would be Labor Day and was going to be out of town!  So very sorry, so lets just jump right in!  So I asked last month if you wanted to continue or discontinue the Quilt Along and I received an overwhelming response to continue!!!  And so I did think long and hard about it and decided to continue!  and sooooooooooo, October's Quilt will be on page 25 Bear's Paw Quilt!  I thought an easy one would be the recipe for this month with the kick off of fall and all that ensues with school starting!  Remember to upload a photo with your name to me at Tildagirl@ msn dot com by September 31st for the parade October 1st!!! 

So without further adu, lets begin the parade!  First up is Laurie's School house quilt, I just love what she did with the border!  So clever and my heart always swoons with Red, White and Blue!

Mindy's is so stunning with matching houses and that red, oh so beautiful!

I love , love , love the soothing colors Robin used in her quilt, very nice Robin!

Sue did an awesome job on hers and the colors are so striking, so very pretty and I love the back drop, really nice!

Last but certainly not least We have Terri's quilt, another beautiful choice of fabrics and great backdrop!

Now I know your wondering what happened to mine, well I was just about done with it when unexpectedly I found myself taking care of my 90 year old neighbor who was failing fast and was so very hard to watch.  She really couldn't do anything for herself much anymore, my heart was breaking and so we called her family.  They came  and we helped them move to her grandsons home in a neighboring state.....today is the first day I have had to even breath and I am hoping my heart heals soon , I really loved that ole gal, we spent many a days talking and sitting out on the porch for the past 8 years, I am really going to miss her  ....I will add mine to the parade in a couple of days......oh yea, I need to recharge the battery in my camera as well, used it all yesterday.....boy am I glad its fall and the routine is back to normal.  See you all soon! Glad we are going to continue!

So for now, have a wonderful day and see you real soon!!!!!

Been finding treasures!

Oh have we been having lots of fun!  Hubby and I have always had a lot of fun yard saleing, picking, treasure hunting or whatever you prefer to call it, but we do have fun.  Or girls are troopers and love digging to find things so it's really a family affair!  We spend lots of Saturdays hunting down finds.  So I thought I would share our latest treasures......

A couple of weeks ago we found lots of fun crocks, redwing bowls, cookie jar and some yellow ware
I really love these and never knew redwing made these kinds of things,....did you?

Next up is a fun find, not antique by any stretch but it was really cute....what I loved was what it really was....a trash bin!

This next item is a shelf thingy and I knew the second I saw it I had to own it....I bought it for only $5. Everything on it I have found at yardsales with exception to the candles and the crow pillow....it's cute don't you think?

Next up are a couple of pottery items...one is a modern crock and the other a yellow ware bowl, but the find is that long wooden plank bowl....it's for either French bread or thin loaf bread, estimated age is 100 years! Have you ever seen one of theses?

Okay now we have found a few crocks but this butter churn is missing it's lid and stick, it's a number 3 if you have one that you are wanting to sell.....let me know!

Lastly for this weekend was this dough bowl, I have several but this one is a beauty!  I wish it could tell me the stories of days past, it's over 100 years old....I love it.  

Isn't it gorgeous!?!?!?  Until next time.......

Its a Signature Quilt Parade!!!!

First I have to tell you about this place before we hit the parade!  We moved from Brooklyn, New York to the small town of Spring Hill, Florida when I was 8 years old.  And when I say small, I mean small! There was a place called The little Red Schoolhouse ........ This place was the gathering place for anything crafty and also the town library.  It was very cute inside and I can remember walking into the building the air conditioning would welcome you in with a blast.  Florida is HOT and I mean HOT!  I beelined outta there when I turned 21 for a job in Denver, Colorado with Frontier Airlines.  But I have the fondest memories of the Lil' Red School House, every Tuesday evening my mother and sisters and I would go and do ceramics, that was the big craft back then (think 70's)..... to the left of this building is the community baseball field I used to play on growing up.  I belonged to the city league Suncoast Ecologists.  To the right of the building was the community center where they held wedding receptions and meetings and the annual Chicken Pluckin Contest.....yep you read that right, check out that link....I am even in that photo of everyone on the stage, I am the little girl all the way on the right on the ground up against the stage with my hand on my hip! hahahaha!    I scrapped this page back in 2008 and posted it on my other blog of whose password I can't remember nor would BlogSpot release so I had to start this blog....oh well....its mainly scrapbooking stuff....browse around if you so feel inclined. Okay funny story over....

ANYWAY, knowing my LOVE for this place of fond memories when I was browsing the pages of Kathleens book that we are working out of I spotted this little quilt and thought YEP!!!  Its next!

So here you go for next Quilt Along for August!   SO HERE IT IS!!!! AUGUST QUILT ALONG!!!!

Little Red Schoolhouse!  Page 62 Yippee!!!

 Please Please, In the comment section of this post let me know if you want to go on with more littles in September on or not .... this was going to be our last quilt and we were going to resume with Sinta and Sherry's Quilt alongs.  

As always color is YOUR choice!  Have fun and remember to send me an email with your photo and link to your blog if you so choose On or before August 31 for the September 1st Parade.

And now onto the Parade!!  I just love ALL the entries!!!! They are all sweet looking!!!  So sit back and enjoy the show!

First up Sue, loving the Rich colors and antique feel of the boarder!

Mandy, I look at this and think Laura Ingalls!

  Love the choice here of flowers 

Mickey, oh the pinks and browns!  Need I say more?  Great color combo!

Terri, this one has hilarious sayings from her Grandmother!  Click on the photo and see if you can read them....love it and the use of Hearty Good Wishes fabrics by Janet Clare, her Grandmother lived at the beach hence the use of fabrics!  Great tribute!

Robin used lovely prints, loving the civil war feel to this, she also sent in  a close up shot so you can read the quotes!

Peggy did a lovely version of this quilt and its already displayed and on the counter!  Way to go Peggy! digging the red white and blue!

Next up is  Mindy's she did what I thought about doing and now I wish I had adding extra blocks! great job and I love the fabric used for the borders!  

Laurie did a beautiful job Stitching her sayings which read

Live simply, Care deeply, Love generously, Speak kindly, & From simple things... come simple joy.

Wonderful!

Sandy did a lovely version I really like how soft it looks.

Tania did a great job too!  Love the flower border...sooooo pretty!

And then there is mine, just a flimsy but I will be adding a red border and it will pop...

.I just love all the versions this month and thank each and everyone of you for participating!  Enjoy the next months quilt along and remember to let me know if you want to continue beyond this quilt for September by telling me in the remarks!   Enjoy everyone and meet you back here soon!

Hiroshima Needles......

Well I caved!   I have been hearing all about these needles and how wonderful they are.....how you will sew like "butter".   I had to know for myself and so I purchased #9 quilting needles and #9 embroidery needles.

They are packaged real cute !

And when you open them they come like this"...........

DARLING!  But they better be, they were a bit spendy....$7.99 for 8 needles.

The needle goes through more then 30 processes to make sure they are safe and high quality. They are known for  smooth fabric piercing and flexibility.

So I will let you know how they are!  Hopefully they will be smooth as butter!

Mini Cherry quilt Parade!

Well I have to say this was a favorite of mine....this was by far a very easy quilt and the directions were so simple...easy to follow!   I only received one entry which is fine but I would encourage you to try your hand at this mini!

Joann over at Fig tree Quilts said we could feature this quilt and so it goes.  It may be a small parade, but it's a great parade!  If you haven't tried yours yet, go ahead and make it, it only took me two hours!

Mindy made this great interpretation of the mini.  I like the way she turned half the other direction and added the cornerstones...very nice job Mindy!

And mine....I am going to bind it in a really cute red gingham print...will post it when it's complete!  If you finish yours , send me a photo and I would be happy to post it.  

Stay tuned......

Having a hard time uploading today, please stay tuned for the cherry quilt parade....I will post it as soon as my computer cooperates.  So sorry......

QUILT ALONG PARADE!!!!

Yeah Its finally here and I must say before we get started, each and everyone of them are BEAUTIFUL!!!!!  Everyone did an amazing job!   Now I know your wanting to know what next so I won't let you wait anymore!!!!  Turn to page 16!!  Signature quilt!

I have ALWAYS wanted to make one of these....for like years!  Do you know what your going to put
in the writing part?  I might....definitely thinking on it!



Okay so here we go with the parade! Here is mine, I chose reproduction Civil War Prints.  My décor is Colonial so this just fits right in.

Next up we have Carol , she doesn't have a blog but check out the awesome way she displayed her quilt!

Sue did an awesome job and I just love the colors, and those stars! WOW

Terri did a marvelous job and displayed hers on a crib her GREAT grandfather made for her when she was a little girl, it fits perfectly.

Sandy did a lovely job on her quilt and I really like the red border, really pops this quilt.

Mandy from the UK  made this lovely log cabin, loving the cheddar color!!

Mickey found us on Kathleen Kelly's board and decided to join us!  Her little quilt is special as she had just completed a large sized log cabin for her son an had enough scraps to make this for his room.  Its always a plus when we can use up our scraps AND coordinated it with something else!

Robin is just about finished with hers and I think the colors are pretty!

Tania's' lovely log cabin pretty, pretty!

And last but not least is Lauries use of an array of pinks, I just love this!

Great job ladies!  Here is to next month! Can't wait to see next months signature quilts!!!!I am also hosting a  Mid month BONUS quilt along with parade with a Mini quilt by Joanna Figueroa from Fig Tree QUilts as well its the mini Cherries, it is  darling!!!!....Check out this post ( below this one) to jump on board..the parade will be mid month in July.....I think it would make a great summer table display!  Hope you sweet ladies play along!