I'm here! The machine is on!

Hello!  I'm guessing there are not many people out there checking out the blog since I have not posted all summer.  I have slowly started up the machine and have a tabletop quilt to share.  This was my first project using the cotton/linen blend fabric and I quite like it.  It stretches more than regular cotton and that takes some getting used to.  Anyway, better get back to summer...

This item will be for sale at Mama's Happy this weekend!

Can I just say...

...that we will be back to our regularly scheduled blogging after Labor day?  This summer is going so fast and I'm excited to say that I am enjoying the time outside and with my family.  We are staying busy with all their activities and when I get a few minutes I am out on my bike or at the coffee shop with a book.  These next few weeks are our official "family vacation" with my husband taking some time off and we are all really excited about that.

Sewing has started and halted again.  Enough to make a few of these...

I will be selling them at Mama's Happy, a local occasional store.  Downtown Mound for you Minneapolis folks!

I hope to update the blog a bit this week and maybe get a few photos of our summer posted soon.

Next Tuesday evening is our monthly Modern Quilt Guild meeting, again, if you are local, come and join us!!!

Perfect day...

• Cool weather
• Outing with my kids and my Dad to the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum.
• Relaxing afternoon with the cool breeze and sunshine through the window
• Playing with photos and Photoshop Elements

What sewing machine???

For the first time since I started quilting almost three years ago I feel like taking a little break from sewing.  So I have been.  In the last month I have made a camera strap and that is about it.  I haven't been blogging either.  Nothing personal, just trying to settle into summer, traveling a bit and making the most of some family time.  

Here are a few photos of Whister, BC, some cutie-pie cousins, and some incredible weather here in Minnesota.  

I'd like to say that I'll get back to sewing soon and that I'll post some pictures of my progress.  On the other hand I might take my kiddos swimming tomorrow...we'll see what feels right. :)  Happy Summer!

Lovin' Summer

Two weeks of summer vacation so far and we are making the most of it.  Blog posts will be hit or miss for a bit while we travel and see our family.

I had to share my new favorites...

Weekends by Erin McMorris for Free Spirit

I am a huge bike/cycle/spin enthusiast and these are so awesome!

I had been waiting for this fabric to spend a birthday gift certificate from a few months ago...thanks Janet and Michelle!

May in Photos

What is your favorite fabric ever?

The month of May was crazy good.  and just plain crazy.  Here what happening in my sewing world.  I started a string quilt.  I am using the paper piecing tutorial found on Film in the Fridge.  So far, so good.  I did switch to using my walking foot to keep a smoother seam.  I will tear out the paper at the end.  I'd like to make this quilt pretty large so it will probably take me all summer.  I am using a lot of Sandi Henderson's Meadowsweet fabric and a few random pieces from my stash.

So I realized that I have a favorite fabric.  One that I have used in so many projects I've lost count.  Here it is:

This is from Park Slope by Erin McMorris.  It is the perfect shade of light, bright green.  It seems to match everything I buy and I love the leaves, the circles, everything.  I have purchased it countless times and if I ever find it again I'll get more since I am not sick of it yet.

This might be my next favorite though...

So I would love to know...what is your go to fabric?  Do you have a fabric that you reach for in almost every project????