Scrap Basket Sunday

I am linking up with Kim for another Scrap Basket Sunday!

I missed last Sunday because it was Mother's Day.  We celebrated all weekend, which made it really special.  Every once in a while I would sneek in into my quilting studio to dig through my tubs of scraps to find enough dark fabric prints  to be able to cut (2) 6 1/2" squares for a workshop I was taking.   You can see my post about it here.    What I thought would take a little bit of time here and there, ended up taking me more time that I expected.  Cutting quilts from scraps takes a lot of time, but in the end it's worth it.

You can see my stack of 6 1/2" squares I was able to find in my fabric cutting frenzy  here.  You will see fabrics I use in every scrap quilt I make.  Maybe it will give you an idea when you make scrap quilts.

Heidi had a Friday Night Sew-In that she does on the third Friday night of the month.  My Friday night was spent appliqueing the seeds on the watermelons that I have been making during Scrap Basket Sundays.   Saturday, I sewed rows together in between working in my flower beds.

It's looking pretty!

Well, maybe not!

This is what happens when your husband keeps asking you when you are going to mow the back yard you get excited about almost getting a project completed.  

This are the blocks I completed in the workshop I took on Thursday.  

I have never used a variety of little prints for backgrounds.  There are shirtings, little flowers, stripes, and I love the polka dots!  

I am looking forward to seeing what everyone has been working on in Scrap Basket Sunday.

Have a great day!

Amanda

Friday Night Sew-In Part 2

I was able to appliqué the rest of my watermelon blocks.  

I attempted to sew the borders on a quilt top, but, with it being a solid black fabric that looks the same on both sides, I sewed it on inside out.    I didn't want to spend my Friday night ripping out a seam.  

I then decided to sew together the half square triangles needed to make the scrap quilt I am putting together. 

I will be spending my Saturday squaring up half-squares, and ripping out the border.  

I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone else worked on during the Friday Night Sew-In.  

Have a quilty weekend!  

Friday Night Sew-In

Heidi and Bobbie are  hosting another Friday Night Sew-In!

I have several things to work on, such as attaching the binding to a quilt.  I also have watermelon seeds to finish appliqueing on a cute little watermelon wall-hanging I have been sewing on from time to time.
And I will be sewing blocks for the scrap quilt class that I participated in yesterday.

Heidi and Bobbi would love it if you joined all of us,  too!  Sign ups are here.

To coffee is brewing and I'm ready to sew!

Fabric Cutting Frenzy

I have been on a fabric cutting frenzy for the past week.  Last week I showed you how I keep my scraps organized, for the time being.

As I said before, I needed 56 sets (2), 6 1/2" squares of the same fabric, but I didn't have matching sets in my 6 1/2" squares collection.  So, I went through each larger tote,  and I  found dark fabrics that had pieces large enough for me to be able to have (2) 6 1/2" squares.  

For a few days it looked like I had a fabric explosion!  It was fun, though, looking through fabrics from past projects.  It's amazing how fabrics bring back memories of fabric shopping with friends, fabric shopping at quilt shows, and even fabrics from people that are no longer with me, such as my mother.  

This piece of fabric was from a dress my mother made me.  I use a piece of it in every scrap quilt I make. 

This piece was also in mom's fabric stash, and it, too, is in every scrap quilt.  

I bought this piece of fabric in, you guessed it... the year 2000.  Although it is passed the year 2000, I still think it works for any scrap quilt made in this century, or at least while I am around in this century!  

As you can see, I used dark blues, dark reds, dark browns, dark and dark/medium greens, purples, blacks, dark pinks, and a few dark golds.   What I didn't find dark in my scraps, I did have to search through fat quarters.  And I used a couple of dark Civil War prints that I bought to specifically add to my stash just in case I needed some dark fabrics for a project. 

I took the class on Thursday, and I am anxious to show you the blocks I made on Sunday on Scrap Basket Sunday.  

Have a great day!  

Chocolate Chip Cookies

My mother's day weekend has already started.  My kids (ages 28,25,and 19) asked me to bake chocolate chip cookies.  

So, I did.    

I have to do whatever I can to keep up my "best ever mom" status.  

I have baked chocolate chip cookies ever since Steve and I got married 32 years ago.  He loved them; his friends loved them; my friends loved them; both of our  family members loved them. 

 I remember thinking how fun it would be to have children who loved them, too. 

And that is what I have.  

The recipe is the same recipe on the back of the Toll House Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chip package.  I use a round baking stone from pampered chef here:  http://www.pamperedchef.biz/jens.  (My laptop is with the Geek Squad getting a little check-up.  This is the first time I have blogged from my phone, and I'm not sure how to create links.)  I follow the directions that are on the package.  Mine turn out chewy and not hard.  I think it may be the baking stone.  

This was a great way to start the mother's day weekend.  We ate cookies and talked until 1:30 am.  

Have a great weekend!