Block exchange!...

Here are the blocks that we exchanged yesterday at Clothesline Club...they are all 8 inch finished blocks...

This last one of course is the one that I made...we still have a few more to exchange.

I think that they are all really fun blocks and will make an adorable "friendship sampler"

quilt....

I'll have to decide how I will set them...probably sometime after the holidays:)

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving everyone!

Hangin with my girlers...

I love to get together with my quilty friends and have a nice long sew day....

On this day we are at my friend Suzanne's house...her turn to host what we call our "Girlers Group"...

All of us "girlers" brought our own projects to work on while we visited and had a nice lunch.

This is Suzanne ironing in her cute kitchen...

And Jackie...working on some applique...

And my friend Judi....smiling for the camera...in between projects:)

And Rae Ann tracing her pattern for applique...

This is what I worked on...my spool blocks for our Clothesline Club exchange that we will be doing today.

We were supossed to exchange our blocks last month but we decided that we needed an extra month to complete all 30 of them!

I took my applique to Suzann's house in a cute little vintage sewing box that I found this summer while Mr. Honey and I were browsing (aka me loading up my basket) in an Antiques Mall when we were on our anniversary trip.

I think this sewing basket is Cute with a capital "C"!

The graphics on the top of the basket are so vintagey sweet...and the basket is just the right size for applique...love it!

I promise to take pictures of all 30 blocks that I get in the quilty exchange for my spool blocks and I will show them to you tommorrow!

Have a great day everyone...my wish for you is a good long "sew day" with your girlers!

Sew Nite With Kassidy...Owl Purse

Last week I brought home this magazine and showed it to my 11 year old daughter Kassidy.
I knew that as soon as she saw the cute little owl purse on the cover that she would want to make one on our next "sew nite"...and that's just what we did!

I had this fabric on my counter that I got at Quilted Works while I was in St. George.

Kass thought it would be perfect for the lining.

I got out my stash of 1 1/2" strips and asked Kassidy to choose 7 different fabrics for the purse front and back using the lining print to match up the colors.

This is what she chose. She did good, don't you think? The brown polka dot is for the beak.

I chose the brown with larger polka dots for the binding and handles.

Kassidy looked at the pattern and laid out the strips in the order that she wanted to sew them.

I cut the lining and batting for her....here she is pinning before she sews....

...what a good little seamstress!

I put the zipper in for her but I asked her to watch me every step of the way...for future reference!

Here's what an owl looks like when he's winking at you!...lol

Ready for binding....

And now Kassidy has a cute little owl purse.

It's just the right size to carry just what she needs ...like... her ipod & earbuds, her library card, a coin purse, a hanky, a few pieces of bubblegum and also some lip gloss of course!

And if you would like to make one for yourself...I highly recommend it! It was fast easy and fun.

The purse was designed by Terry Atkinson and is called "In Cahoots"...thanks Terry for the adorable project!...you helped to make it another fun "sew nite with Kass"!