Strawberry Lemonade

Come on in quilters, have a seat while I serve you up a big ole glass of refreshing Strawberry Lemonade.  Oh no this isn't the store bought Lemonade, it's homemade...YUMMY!

Freshly squeezed lemons with big ole chunks of macerated strawberries.  Nothing says warmer weather any better than lemonade.   Add a little strawberry liquor and the world is much better place, well in my world anyway.  It's so nice to finally have this quilt finished.  I love everything about it.  The buttery yellow and tickle me pinks feel so springy and girly.  I learned something new while quilting this one.  Normally when quilting I do tons of ruler work which takes forever.  This one has very little ruler work and quilted up super fast.  I think I might have found a new love....NO RULER WORK!

Over the past few months I've been talking to another quilter about our ever growing fabric stash and what will become of it when we're gone.  Well I don't want to leave this world with a ton of stash hoarded away that no one will love as much as I do.  So I've been very carefully watching what I buy.  Most frame quilters would rather have one solid piece of backing fabric.  Sure that's ideal, but why not use up what we have?   Since this is a scrappy quilt, why not  make it 100% scrappy with a scrappy backing.  It didn't take long to find what I needed in  my stash.

The 100% poly batting helps to show off the quilting.  And unlike cotton batting this quilt will keep you warm.  It's a win win in my book.

Once again I used a super tiny quarter inch binding to finish off the quilt.  The binding fabrics were cut from the excess backing needed when quilting on a frame.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed the lemonade!  You can find a quick recipe for this quilt here.

~ Lea Anne ~

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Pink Progress

 Last week I decided to take my sewing machine along with me to mamma's.  Between her upset stomach and Doctor appointments I managed to make a few blocks with my scrappy pinks.

After making a few of the blocks above I thought it might be a good idea to make a test block of the alternating block.

The best part was seeing how it was going to look with both blocks together.  I'm Lovin' It!

There's no time for a proper tutorial.  It's such an easy pattern I'm sure most of you don't need a tutorial.  So I'm going to give you the basics.

The pinks are scrappy so there's no way I can give yardage for them. 

3 yards of pale yellow background.

1 yard for the binding

5.5 yards for the backing

The quilt will finish at 72.50 x 84

Below is how many of each you will need to cut.

Linking up with the following blogs.  Click on the links below for quilting inspiration around the world.  Don't forget that most Linky Parties allow you to link from several types of Social Media.   So you don't need a blog to strut your stuff or find new online quilting friends!

Cynthia@Quiltingismorefunthanhousework for Oh Scrap!

Beth@CookingupQuilts for Main Crush Monday

Judy@PatchworkTimes for Design Wall Monday

~ Lea Anne ~

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Done and Gone!

This was finished  and given to a breast cancer survivor.  I'm pleased with it even though its not perfect.

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Sneak peek

 Here's what I got on the frame this week.  Made of scraps, except for the border and about a yard of white on white(I ran out while piecing, gave me a good reason to go shopping!). 

 

 

 

 

I read somewhere to quilt out of your skill level and you won't be sorry and so far they are right.  I'm loving this!

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