Garden Maze

Pin It The Bloggers Quilt Festival Spring 2013 put on by Amy over at Amy's Creative Side is going on and I almost missed it! I am entering my Garden Maze in the Applique Quilt category.

The flowers were all free motion appliqued on my vintage 15-91 Singer sewing machine. some of the petals and leaves are made using my Sizzix Big Shot and others were hand cut by me.

The quilt measures 50 x 72 and I originally posted about it here. It wasn't that long ago.....March but if you would like to see it outside in the snow check out the post.

I also free motion quilted it on my vintage 15-91 Singer sewing machine.

The background of the flowers are string pieced blocks. I have plans to get a pattern together for this after I make a few changes.

Thank you for taking a look at my quilt and be sure and check out all the other quilts!

Linky Tuesday

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Today is Linky Tuesday!
Sorry the code didn't work earlier......it helps if I put the right date. I've got it right now.

Last week Kimberly from Birdie Girl Quilts showed her beautiful quilted pillow, what a neat design! Thanks for sharing Kimberly and feel free to grab a Featured button if you would like!

Every Tuesday you will find a linky party here at Freemotion by the River.

I always enjoy the new things I see and new blogs I find at linky parties around the web and hope you will take part in mine and also visit many new blogs and make some new friends!

What kind of links can you add? Anything you would like to share.

• Quilting, fabrics - work in progress or finishes
• Scrap-booking - that is what I originally was doing when I started this blog
• Recipes - I don't cook much but Builder Bob is also Chef Bob and loves to cook
• Crafts of any kind - Counted cross-stitch, Primitives, etc.
• Giveaways, DIY - Do it yourself projects
• Tutorials and more

Join and have fun!

• Please use the direct link to the specific post - not your main blog - need help? Click here if you need help.
• Please take the time to visit other links, everyone loves new visitors and comments!
• If you follow me, let me know and I'll follow you too
• Grab my button or add a text link to your post or blog if you would like

If you would like to add a button to your blog you can copy the code which is below my buttons and add it as a gadget on the layout page of your blog. Here is a tutorial on how to do it.

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Gentle Art Schnibble

Pin It Gentle Art is finished. I really, really like working on small quilts and projects.....instant gratification! Are you taking part in Another Year of Schnibbles - this is really a lot of fun.

If you are looking for the pattern just drop over to La Vie en Rosie to visit a fun blog and then visit Miss Rosie's Quilt Co. for Gentle Art or other neat things.

Each month a new Schnibbles pattern will be posted on A Quilting Life and Pink Pincushion blogs.

I used a charm pack of Dogwood Trail by Sentimental Studios for Moda and I also had a couple fat quarters that matched and I used the green for the binding.

It has been one of those days again.....internet just won't work and we are supposed to get another severe thunder storm this afternoon. I thought I would get this post up around 8 am.....it is now 1 pm.

I have going through my UFOs and yesterday I pieced together these blocks. I made this quilt once before but gave it to my daughter. I'm trying to decide if I want to add one more row to the width and possible length.......or quilt it now.....I'll have to see if I have enough of the light batik I am using as the background as it is the same one I'm using on my barns for that QAL. Linking with Judy at Patchwork Times

Easy Street

Pin It Here is my Easy Street quilt and I am entering it in the Blogger's Quilt Festival in the Bed Quilts Category. You will be able to vote for your favorite quilts and read more about them here.

 It is a big one! 96 x 96 inches.  If you missed my post showing how I quilted Easy Street you can find it here.

It is always fun to show a quilt outside.

This is one big quilt and there are a gazillion pieces in it! This was a mystery quilt that Bonnie Hunter did last November. Each year she does one and they are so much fun! I am also doing her new one that is in Quiltmaker magazine called Lazy Sunday Mystery - you can see what I've done so far by clicking on the link.

What a perfect quilt for summer!

Here you can see the quilting on the front and on the back.

In January I finished my first Easy Street quilt that I called Tangerine Easy Street. I really like it in both colors and you can see this one is smaller. In the post I have a picture of it laying on my bed....it was a lot easier to quilt! This quilt is down on the shore on the ice.........we still have a flooded river and no shore right now.