WIP Wednesday

Oh man. I'm almost finished with the Cat in the Hat quilt. I'm just waiting on the binding to arrive. But here is a sneak peak!

While I was waiting, I decided to make a matching pillow case with some of the leftover fabric, since Diva will be using this for nap time at school. 

Unfortunately, because of my deadline for the Cat in the Hat quilt, I haven't had much time to finish my blocks for the Beginners QAL, but here are the blocks so far. 

Don't forget, there is still time to enter my giveaway here!

Linking up with Freshly Pieced today.

And now for the sprinkles...

It's been a while since I've posted anything cake related. What with having a new baby around, and working on some of my other (more pressing) projects I haven't had much time to putz around with caking for pleasure. That being said, however, Little Loo is going to be Baptized the second weekend of September and for some ludicrous reason decided that I would do the cake for the big day.

As with most of my cakes, I needed to start on the details weeks in advance. In this particular case, I need to finish the baby, the roses, and the bow so that they have time to set and harden before I place them on the cake. Here's what I have so far...

This will go on the top tier of the cake. The roses still need to be colored (I started the middle one already), but I think I may leave the butterfly on the baby's back white. The other tier will also have the roses on it, provided they don't overwhelm the cake. And yes, everything in that photo is edible.

Don't forget to check out my giveaway post for the Blog Hop Party sponsored by the Quilting Gallery. The giveaway is open until September 3rd, and each visitor has 2 chances to win! Good luck.

Thanks for stopping by!

Blog Hop Party and Giveaway

I figure its about time I hosted my first giveaway. And what better time than in conjunction with the Blog Hop Party over at Quilting Gallery. I am super excited to be giving away a Seam-Fix. It's a great little tool.

For those of you who haven't seen it before, it's a seam ripper that picks up all those annoying little threads that get left behind with a swipe of the white rubbery tip. Now, being fairly new to quilting, I do my fair share of ripping out seams. It works great, much better than picking out the threads with my fingers....

So, if you are interested in winning this lovely pink lady, all you need to do is check out another post or page on my blog and come back here and leave a comment. For a second entry, be or become a follower of my blog and leave a second comment letting me know.

This giveaway will be open until September 3 at which point some lucky participant will be chosen at random. This giveaway is open to international participants. 

Good Luck!

Cat in the Hat Sneak Peak

So, I have been feverishly working on a Cat in the Hat quilt for Diva. It's due date is a hard and fast first day of school, which up here means I still have 2 weeks to go. All of the blocks but one are done, the backing is finished, and then the top needs to get put together and I need to quilt the hell out of it in a hurry.

So, here are some photos of where I am right now.

This will be the quilt top

Here is a close up of one of the blocks

And here is the backing.

Wish me luck on finishing this bad boy in time. 

Linking up with Quilter in the Closet and Freshly Pieced today.

My new friend, Betsy

So yesterday I do what I always do at least once a week. I checked my local craigslist for anything quilting related.. and something just a few towns over caught my eye. There was a garage sale that had a Grace frame for sale. I've been thinking about getting some sort of machine quilting frame for a while so I jumped into my car and headed off. When I got there I discovered that the Grace frame mentioned in the ad was for hand sewing and I was sorely disappointed... until I saw this beauty. It is a 99k13 Singer vintage sewing machine from 1928. Now, I realize these are no big deal. I mean, its not a Featherweight or anything. But just look at her. She is so pretty. And she purrrrrrrrs. I had to have her. So after a quick test to make sure she did in fact work, I loaded her up in my car and brought her home. Being relatively new to this whole sewing and quilting world I've never used a vintage machine. But I keep hearing such wonderful things...

Unfortunately, Betsy here (didn't I mention that I named her Betsy?) is missing her accessories. She came with her cord, her lid and key, her knee lever, a needle, a foot, and a really really old tube of lube. I know she originally had a number of other accessories so now I'm on the hunt to find them. If anyone can give me a lead that would be great!

Anyway, here are some more photos of Betsy. Apparently she was a floor sample. I wish I knew where! Once I have a chance to try her out I will let you know how it went.

 Also, for anyone who is interested, Plum and June is sponsoring a great giveaway. Check out Plum and June for more information on how to win a half-yard bundle of Apple of My Eye by Riley Blake.