As we arrive at the end of the last week of the Old Red Barn Quilt-along, I'll show you my finished quilt! I still have a larger one to quilt but haven't decided yet upon a border or whether I even need a border on it.



On this quilt, I did an all-over design in the center and a modified feather in the border with some "fill-in" quilting. It was fun, but certainly not fast! It was probably "over-kill" but I think it looks good so I'm happy!


I had a really difficult time trying to get a good photo of this quilt. I tried it outside in the sun and in the shade and then in the house hanging over the railing. None of these photos show the quilts' true beauty! Photography is like that sometimes, at least for me.

Take a look at all the progress at the Flickr group and there's still a chance to win the Janome 6600 sewing machine if you go here and comment today! Drawing is tonight - Monday, July 6, 2009 at 6:00pm EDST US. Good luck!

Finally...my blocks for Week NINE of the one-a-day quilt-along at Crazy Mom Quilts. Only a week late! :)



Now to get to work on week 10 so I can get caught up. Week 10 may be our last week for making these blocks as we will have the required 70 blocks made. Then it's time to sew the quilt top together and get busy quilting it.

Which means picking a sashing fabric. The original quilt by Crazy Mom Quilts uses white sashing and I like the look of it very much, but I think I want to preview some other fabrics before I decide. I'm going to try Wanda's method where she photographs each background fabric with the blocks before making her decision as to which one to use. It's always interesting watching her process.

Week one, two, three four, five, six, seven, and eight. Follow everyone's progress on the Flickr quilt-along pool.

This weeks' sale is 20% OFF all in-stock Bali-Pops by Hoffman, 7/2 - 7/8/09! These are gorgeous!

Here are my blocks for Week EIGHT of the one-a-day quilt-along at Crazy Mom Quilts. It's actually week 10, but I'm behind. I hope to be caught up with the blocks for week 9 by Friday and week 10 by Sunday.



Week one, two, three four, five, six, and seven. Follow everyone's progress on the Flickr quilt-along pool.

I've been unable to create new posts on my blog today. Apparently, there is a problem on blogger.com as I've discovered that I'm not the only one this is happening to. There is supposed to be a work-around by using email so that's what I'm trying right now. Let's see if it works.

I didn't have anything quilt, sewing, fabric, or knitting related today but I do have some photos of the corn and mustard fields just down the hill from our house.


Corn and mustard as far as the eye can see and beautiful too! I was so tempted by the ears of corn. I love corn-on-the-cob and it's so much better when it's fresh right off the stalk.



These lillies were nearer our home and were backlit by the sun as we were driving by. I just couldn't resist and had to stop the car so I could take some photos. They were so gorgeous and there were so many of them.






Hopefully, blogger will be working perfectly tomorrow and I'll be able to post again in the normal fashion. If you don't see me here in the next couple of days, it's only because it's still not working.

I loved making this Rail Fence quilt and I didn't care very much for the color red when I made it. But it was gorgeous when it was finished...so rich and so red! It taught me an important lesson - every color can be beautiful!


The Rail Fence pattern is a very easy one and it's fun. It's a great pattern for learning to combine fabrics.

Have a wonderful weekend. I'm certainly going to since this past week has been so hectic!

Here's the sale for this week. We haven't had patterns on sale for a very long time so let's do it now. 15% OFF all in-stock patterns 6/25 through 7/1/09!

You must head on over to Canton Village Quilt Works where Jackie is having a wonderful giveaway in honor of her birthday!

Make sure you visit her website too and take a look at the gallery of quilts she has quilted for customers. She does absolutely stunning work, as you will see!

I won't say too much more here other than that her giveaway is very generous. I'll let you find out the details for yourself! :)

Good luck!

I was looking through old photographs the other day and came across a photo of my mother that I forgotten about. She worked in a drug store in her hometown when she was quite young and in that photo she was wearing a really cute apron. An apron that would be quite popular today. It's funny how patterns and ideas really don't ever go out of style. They just get recycled with newer fabrics and trims.

Easy Apron
Clean Sweep Apron
Carryall Apron
Shimmy, Shake & Bake Apron
Valentine Ruffle Apron
Keeping it Real Sewing Apron
Paisley Apron
Scalloped Apron PDF
Marie Apron
Catty Apron

These are just a few of the many, many free apron patterns available on the web.


And, here's a wonderful website where you can customize an apron using your own photos, memories and phrases!

How fun! If you make an apron I would love to hear about it!