Bear Creek Row Robin

When I saw this invite on Bear Creek Quilting Co..

 

 

I jumped at the chance to participate in a row robin...

 

Our rows will be travelling all around the United States 

and

one stop in Canada...My HOUSE!!!

 

getting an addition of one row at each stop.

 

Each row will be approx. 9"x52"

 

I have decided to go 'Halloween'!!  

 

This fabric have been in my stash for some years now...

 

I think it's time to get this party started!!

 

Can't wait to see how my quilt grows in the next couple of months!!

 

 

 

Shari at Bear Creek Quilting Co. is heading up this adventure.

 

She made a label for each of our quilts so each person can sign it....

 

There is also a journal that travels with your quilt to document the making of each row!!

 

I am going to include a little 'something ' in my box for each quilter

 

 as

 

 a THANK YOU for their contribution to my quilt

 

Using my handy Block Tool, I decided to go with 4" pin wheels....

 

 

This is my row for this project

 

These quilts are going to get some air miles!!

 

 

Christa

 





Jaxen's Quilt

And what about that Mega Millions Lottery we did not win??? My son heard that we had a better chance of getting struck by lightning 500 times or being born a conjoined twin than we did winning that lottery. But a girl's got to try!

Speaking of being born....



Jaxen Kenneth Cullum -March 23rd,2012



This week I worked on a baby quilt.  Brady(my cousin) and Amy Cullum had their first baby, a little boy, on March 23rd,2012. They named him Jaxen Kenneth. This was a very special day as it was my mom's birthday and Amy's birthday. She was hoping to have it on her birthday and she got her wish!

I had purchased this set of panels last year, on our 1st annual Montana Shophop in 2011. It's called Newton All Year for Clothworks. Aren't they cute?



My BFF, Terry gave me this Quick and Easy Block Tool as a gift so I thought it would be a great time to give it a try. I have to say it was great with all the varying options of sizes and the vast array of blocks. I used it for the center block and the windmills as the cornerstones. I think I will be using it alot more.

 



Center block with Block Tool

I added some applique for his name down one side and stitched it with the blanket stitch.

For the label on the back I drew out one of the little birds from the panel and appliqued it and stitched the label. I definately need to work on my freehand writing with my machine!! That is some bad freestyle writing!

This quilt was small enough so I quilted it on my own machine. I stretched it and used 505 spray to hold it together. For small projects, I think it works great!

Jaxen's quilt stretched

So with it quilted AND bound I will get it in the mail to the new baby this week!! Not bad timeline.... the baby will only be 2 weeks old! Not like I had 9 months to get to this or anything! 

On a different note -

I discovered this piano/cello players  called  The Piano Guys while surfing the net the other night. I think it is so worth the 4 minutes out of your day to listen to. It makes me want to go put my toes in the ocean and sand right now!! Only 10 MONTHS till the cruise.......

Click on the link below and take a few minutes for yourself ..........



Doesn't it just make you want to go to the beach??

Not so WARM but very sunny skies,

Christa