Design Wall Monday 11-11-13

I'm participating in the Quilty Fun Sew Along hosted by Lori Holt.  The finishing instructions for block 2 were posted this morning at Nana Company.  Amy's blocks are super cute!  You gotta check out her blog!  Lots of inspiration!  After receiving my book last week(hubby surprised me and order it, what a sweetheart)  I decided to go super duper scrappy and use anything and everything in this quilt.  Lori wrote about how her Grandmother used whatever fabric she had on hand to make quilts.  So that's what I'm doing.  There's two stars made from shirts, can you guess which two?  

Bet you're wondering how I finished them so quickly.  By working ahead of schedule and making the blocks before the setting instructions come out on Mondays.  All my little stars were made last week but I hadn't sewn them together as a set until this morning.  It took more time to set up for this photo than it did to finish sewing them together.  

That's all folks!  I'm quilting and not designing this week.  So if you need more inspiration I've link up with Judy over at Patchwork Times, hop on over and be inspired by all the design walls.  I'm always in awe of what quilters are stitching up!

~Lea Anne~

(if your still wondering which two are shirtings its the orange and the navy blue)

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Quilty Fun Sew Along Block One

Due to the powers that be not wanting me to quilt yesterday, I made these instead.  Block one of the Quilty Fun Sew Along.

 It only took 6 hours!  Not because they were hard to make. Going with the flow yesterday was all I could do.  It was like bobbing for apples on a white water rafting trip.  Honestly at the time I didn't realize how long or how much I bounced around from the studio, phone, and garage.  Shew!  So glad to get passed the riffles and back to calmer waters.  

 Here's the tools you should never see in a quilting studio.  My "Dolly" wasn't feeling well yesterday.  I tried my best to fix her without any assistance but it was out of my control.  After splicing in a different "on" button and new wire I had to call in the professionals.  My husband and the Manufacturer.  The manufacturer is sending a new part, and hubby brought home a temporary button until the new part arrives later in the week.  

 I bet you think these are hubby's tools don't you?  Nope, all mine.  I've my own stand up tool box full of tools.  Years of living on my own, I learned to fix and do a lot of things for myself.  The only reason I went to the garage was to look for a new "on" button and to find my wire strippers, which were later found behind the seat in my truck. 

~Lea Anne~

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Quilty fun giveaway!

I just wanted to pop in and share a giveaway going on over at 44th Street Fabric.  Bev is giving away Quilty Fun by Lori Holt!      Maybe we'll both win!  She has more than one copy to give away. Bev also has a great Etsy fabric shop were you can buy it if you just can't wait to see if your the winner.

Of course the fun doesn't stop there.  There's a fun quilt along starting soon over at Bee In My Bonnett using this book by none other than Lori Holt herself.  You can get all the details here about this super cute quilt below.  And...yes there's more excitement!  Lori's giving away a mystery gift!  Check it out!  

picture from BeeInMyBonnett blog

See you all there!
~Lea Anne~

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