Happy Dance

My design made it!!!!!  I am now in the next round of designing with McCall's Quilt Design Star 2012.

Thank you to all who voted  this round
in stitches
Annette
I just wanted to add that my wip is........ waiting on the mail  for the fabric that is to be a part of the Challenge 2 of the McCall's Quilt Design Star 2012. It will be my focus for the next little while. I will have until the 5 th of August to complete the next quilt top.
Sew in the mean time I will try and work out a few ideas sew that when it arrives I can jump into it. I will pull other fabrics from my stash and then pick up a few more ( we always need just one more it seams)  Then the playing will begin.
I am linking with The Needle and Thread Network
Thanks for letting me share my news
in stitches again
Annette

the waiting has begun

My McCall's Quilt Design Star banner
hanging in my front yard

I will have to wait until the end of the business day tomorrow to find out who all goes on with the McCall's Quilting Quilt Design Star 2012. As well as finding out what the next challenge will be.
Thank you to all who have taken the time to cast votes for my quilt.
It is with folks like you out there that make me think that I can do this or at least give it a good try.

This is what I have been up to while I wait for the results.

boxes of scraps waiting to become something

Hitting my scraps and making crazy blocks and filling the basket with stuffing for the puppies bed I make with them. Not much goes to waste here.

11 x 12 in blocks....
just a start I know that there are a
 lot more in those boxes

the scraps from the scraps = doggie bed stuffing

We had a great time at the camper this weekend a little fishing a little tubing and a boat ride up the lake to visit hubbies sister . A day and a half sure fly by fast.

I did get my first fish of the season last weekend I forgot to post it ( not the most attractive pic but here it is anyway) a good old Jack fish  (Northern Pike)
Off to get the laundry on the line to dry.
sew have a great day
in stitches
Annette

last weekend to vote

Yep this is the last weekend to vote in the McCall's Quilting Quilt Design Star 2012 Challenge, challenge #1.
The link on the side bar will take you to the voting page. If you use the slide show or gallery you can view all the quilts in the storm at sea challenge. Please remember to cast your  votes this weekend.
On the 10th we find out who will go on to the next challenge.
Thank you to all who have supported me in this challenge ........ I can hardly wait for Tuesday to see if I will get to go forward with the challenges.

We will be off to the campsite after I am done work on Saturday ... boating fishing and tubing will be the order of the day with the 30c temps on the way.
Well I am off to get a few things done around the house sew that we can go this weekend
in stitches
 Annette

Windy Wednesday

Not much happening here the last couple of days. Wind Wind and more wind with power outages that lasted of and on for almost 24 hours. They say a tornado touched down just outside of town.
Not our normal weather this summer , but maybe this is what normal may turn out to be.
 ( We are all fine ...... no one was hurt by the winds last night :)  )

I did sign up to do Bowls with Borders next month with Sew We Quilt. on a blog hop. It should be fun to see what we all do with the pattern and what types of bowl we make.

I am off to see what they have in store to the Red White and Blue blog hop that is going on right now...while I have power that is..... see you later
in stitches
Annette

Prairie Patchwork

.......... a Quilt show we had here in Watrous for the last month featuring a few of our quilters in the area and some of my students. I have been asking different ladies to show thier talent off a little and a few agreed to do sew.....

nicely done ladies I am sew glad that you shared  your beautiful quilts with us all. I am looking forward to another show next year sew get your needles ready , I'll be calling.

in stitches
Annette

FMQ Challenge and WIP'S

I have been stitching out this months FMQ challenge and playing with it a little. It has been kind of fun just doodling with thread, and filling your spaces with many different designs. I have found that I need to use a better contrast of fabric to thread for it to show up nicely in a picture. This is what I have come up with this month.

I think I can practice this one more on some smaller quilts and loosen up my spacing. I find that I was wanting to stitch very tight and small, sew more practice will be required on my part to get this where I think it should be.

Thanks to SewCalGal for hosting this FMQ Challenge and to Cindy Needham for teaching us this month and showing us a different way to look at our quilting. I am always open to new ideas for my quilting,/playing. By learning/playing with our FMQ skills we will always be improving upon what we can do for ourselves and our sense of accomplishment grows......just watch that pile of quilt tops become quilts......

Now for my WIP's I have my Square in a Square quilt ready for the hand work part of the binding.

The doll has a little bra ( I may redesign that ) and I have started on her clothes. I just have to figure out how much embellishments will be done to them. I have tweak the top/jacket pattern by changing up the hem line and the sleeves, as well as adding darts to help give it shape.I do not remember if she had her hair last week but I know she has a do now. I may bead up some jewelry.

She's looking a little better now ....... just some fine tuning and hemming to do...

printed on fabric to make a garden flag

I am also making a garden flag to let folks know that I am participating in the McCall's QDS Challenge. I want to let people know that this is going on and for them to see what everyone in the challenge has created and to vote for their favorite.
 If you use my link to pop over to the voting you can use the slide show or gallery to view all the quilts in the professional category and then go to McCall's Quilting to find your way to the amateur category.

I will be linking up with SewCalGal`s FMQ June Challenge

as well asThe Needle and thread Network      ( a little later today I'm a ready a bit to early to post )
have a great day
In stitches
Annette

W.I.P. Wednesdays

Sew  now that the voting is in full swing on the McCall's Quilting site, I have some time to catch up on projects started.
I have most of the quilting done on my Square in a Square quilt from the conference

I love doing the candy ribbon in the small border      

I put a bust line on the doll from the conference as well now I can work on the clothes and then her hair sew she will not look like and alien.

ready to design some clothes and a hair do

I have Guide Me Safely Home all ready to machine quilt as well. That's the nice part about this competition the first two rounds it is a quilt top only that has to be completed and the last round it is a finished quilt.Quilt Design Star 2012 home page. Check out the site and read up about the participants on the Editors blog.
If you would like to vote for me I have a voting link on my side bar.

I also will be linking up with The Needle and Thread Network,
 check in there to see what everyone else has been up to this week . Here is a link to help you find your way      The Needle and Thread Network
 I also want to say thank you to Flo for the little package I received yesterday in the mail..... a prize for the correct answers to her name that tune post cards.

thanks Flo

I'm  sure we all will be stopping in to check out the new to us shop
and all those threads you have in store

and another goes to Creative House .... they sent out some lovely threads with Monika when she taught a thread painting class here.  they also gave us each a spool of thread and a coupon for their shop..... a little late but thank you just the same.

thinking of new projects to try out with these goodies

And lastly Thank you to McCall's and all their sponsors for the QDS.  The box of goodies will take some time to fully enjoy ( a lovely selection of fat quarters from different companies as well as some other great  quilting items) The McCall's site has a better shot of the goodies.

And of course I want to thank you all out there that are supporting me with your votes.
In stitches
Annette