Sunday, August 9, 2009

TWO, yes TWO for Me!!!!

Yesterday the sweat box was humming! Do you remember all the whining, complaining, bitching that I did over the *%@& snowballs, WELL, I have changed my tune!! Yes, I have done a complete 360-I now refer to them as those divine snowballs, those lovely snowballs, those gorgeous snowballs....NEVER again will I ever refer to them as the #$%#^ snowballs! A valuable lesson was learned yesterday....never judge a quilt until it is finished (or something like that...?) Anyways, the important thing about all this is, that I would have NEVER finished this quilt. I would have tossed in the snowballs had it not been for Kim's Challenge! I now have a quilt top that I LOVE and that may look a little TOO good for our 5th wheel! This quilt is going to be hand quilted by my Hand Quilting group-won't that be lovely!!





I HAD to snap a close-up so that you can see how lovely the fabric is.....YIKES!... I did say that, didn't I?





So did you notice in the title that I said -that's "TWO for me"- after finishing off the above quilt, I was flipping through a fall quilting magazine and spotted an oak leaf which triggered a memory of a fall wool table topper that I started last fall..... so I got out my felt bins and found it. Sad little thing still needed two leaves and the acorns plus the blanket stitching around the edges. So that's what I did last night while I watched a little TV. DONE! Now I can't wait for fall-in fact this little felt table topper is on top of the kitchen table right now, waiting....I have this fear that if I put it away in my cupboard I won't remember to bring it out until Valentine's Day! I do that a lot!






It's waiting and waiting and waiting.....for fall that is...not dinner!

Remember how I said that my car stops at all garage sales, that I had NO control over it what-so-ever!!! Well, yesterday morning, on the way to the grocery store, my car veered off the road and took me down a country lane (every lane is a country lane where I live....but it sounds better!) to a garage sale that blew my socks off. I don't want to swamp you with the gory details about everything that I bought... so I will gradually share my bargoooons with you!!

I hope the pictures do this tablecloth justice, as it is just exquisite! It is all hand appliqued on a soft off white cotton-the stitches are so fine I had to turn it over to inspect the work and sure enough it is all hand done. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the little brown pansies. It is huge....which made me wonder if the person who appliqued it was calling them @%$#^@ pansies while she was stitching it up. I think not.....Hmmmmm..... I might cut it up and put it into a quilt of some kind....I know, I know, I can hear the groans in blogland right now.....but I have a VISION....



My camera skills are sadly lacking as the colours are much richer and darker in 'real life'.




My sad attempt at a close-up......but you get the idea. Oh, I forgot to mention that I paid $4 for it!! SCORE!!!

As for today, I am onto PROJECT # 3 for Kim's Challenge....Now which unfinished project will I choose.....? Eeeny, meeeny, miiiiny, moooooe.....

13 comments:

  1. The snowballs are soooo pretty! The finished product was definiely worth all the work :o) And the mat is adorable. Congrats on 2 finishes!

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  2. $4!!! SCORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As you finish projects I seem to keep starting. I love Fall because that also equals football season!

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  3. Not only the fabrics but also the perfect match of the blocks deserve a closeup. Your snowball quilt makes me want to try making one myself!

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  4. You're right, those snowballs are very pretty and worth each and every swear word you uttered! LOL

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  5. The snowball quilt is so pretty. I love the colors!! And the tablecloth...awesome!!

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  6. The Snowball quilt top is beautiful! I knew it would be! Love the table topper too! Good job getting two things done! :0)

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  7. Those fabrics are beautiful. Now you only have to choose a great quilting design for it. Good old Kim - what a great challenge you have taken on. Nice table-topper too and I can't wait for your vision on the table cloth.

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  8. fantastic achievement. Well done. And what a find! both your table topper and the new tablecloth. You go girl!

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  9. So glad your happy with the snowball quilt now...it was worth sticking with it to the end!
    $4...for all that needle turn...now that was the best buy ever!
    Julia ♥

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  10. Oh darn it - stamping foot - and I was going to volunteer to take that snowball quilt off your hands. As a gesture of friendship you understand.

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  11. Well done on getting them all done
    Hugs Janice

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  12. 4$ is a bargain, you sure had to buy it. What can you see out of the window on the picture, is it a lake? Your snowballs are great :)

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  13. Your snow ball quilt looks wonderful. I'm definitely going to have to make something like that.

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