Bitty Booties are done!  They are so very cute and easy to make.  I think they probably took me a max of 1 hour from start to finish.  You can find the pattern at Heather Bailey under Bitty Booties.

I had a fun supper for Tony tonight.  I made his grandma’s corn fritters and loaded baked potato soup!  Wow, was it scrumptious!!

Here’s the fritter recipe from Grandma Max.

-mix 2 eggs, 3/4 c milk, 1 tbsp oil

-sift together 1 3/4 c flour, 1 tbsp sugar, 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder, 1/2 tsp. salt

-combine wet and dry ingredients and add one 12 oz can of whole kernal corn (I used some of my freezer corn…eye balled the amount)

Heat oil in a fry daddy, or whatever you have, and drop batter by the spoonful when the oil is good and hot.

Goes down really good with butter, syrup, or HONEY!

The soup recipe came from a magazine I just discovered called Cook’s Country.     

(I have not mastered beautiful pictures of food yet, but you get the point.)

So much beautiful fabric and I’m just not sure what to make with it.  I have to have the perfect project to use it in.  Oh, the pressure! 

Check out this cute tablerunner.  I have some of this fabric and I love what Kristina did with it. 

If you need a little inspiration check out Needle Little Inspiration. 

I’m thinking I might need to make a pair of these Bitty Booties by Heather Bailey soon!

This is a quilt I just finished up on Sunday.  The fabric is Aviary by Joel Dewberry.  It’s an older line, but I wasn’t able to track down any of the fabric until recently.  I made up the pattern using a plain block alternating with what I call a “chaser” block.  You can tell how I quilted it by looking at the close up.  Tony really liked the look–thought it was very modern looking.

One of my favorite parts of the whole quilting process is pulling out the finished quilt from the dryer.  I wait to wash my fabric when I am completely done with a quilt, because it shrinks up so beautifully giving it a very cozy/aged look.  (WARNING:  This is only a good idea if you buy quality fabric!!!!)

Here is quilt number 2 from Sunday.  I showed this quilt to you before but now it is complete.  It’s very different–my thinking with the pattern is to show how you can make a quilt very simple and show off some of the wonderful large scale prints.  This fabric is from Heather Bailey.  I added a ruffle for a touch of whimsy.  Tony is not sure how he feels about the ruffle…

I have discovered that I am a production quilter instead of a process quilter.  I quilt for the finished product, not so much for the process of doing it.  I love the beginning and the end–picking out fabric and pulling the quilt out of the dryer!

One of the first spring storms rolled through the area today, so while Tony was out chasing, I had some wonderful rainy time in the sewing room.  This is a quilt I have been wanting to do for some time now–I wanted to do a modern style quilt that utilizes a large scale fabric.  I just made it up as I went…laying the fabric out to see what it would look like and then cutting.  It’s a lap size that I will use for myself and for show and tell at speaking engagements.  My inspiration was Denyse Schmidt quilts and how little piecing she does in her quilts. 

The main fabric in this is from Heather Bailey’s newest line.

I also did a ruffle along the top of the squares just to add some texture and interest.  Sort of the unexpected.

See how easy quilting can be!  It is as easy as sewing chunks of fabric together!  See what you can do.

I spent some good quality time in my sewing room today.  I have a bad habit of telling myself that I can do whatever I want on the weekends.  That means housework and other tiresome duties get neglected.  This is a new table runner I made with some Heather Bailey scraps.  Really no quilting knowledge needed here.  You simply sew pieces of fabric together and trim it to the size you want.  This is a fun change for the most dearly anticipated spring season.  (I heard you can decorate for spring after Valentine’s Day.  Yippee!) 

Here’s a box of fat quarters (fabric cut 18″x21″=quarter of a yard).  It’s so fun to go through fabric and see what you have in your stash.  I always think I should use up what I have, but then I go shopping and just can’t resist picking up something new.  Many quilters have boxes and boxes of unused fabric!  I’m not there yet…I hope I never am.  In the background you can see one of my favorite hand dyed balls of yarn.  I have yet to think of the perfect project for that. 

Happy President’s Day!