Christmas Shimmer Quilting

 I am quilting my

Christmas Shimmer Quilt

for the

Snowflake Shimmer Quilt-Along

I had just enough of this striped Christmas fabric in my stash for the backing.

Of course, Katniss has been helpful sandwiching this quilt.

Hope to have my quilt done for the final link-up.

Wish me luck!

:) 

Christmas Shimmer Photo Op

It is sunny and breezy here today,

so I took my 

Christmas Shimmer

outside for a photo shoot

in hope of getting better pictures 

for the ... 

Snowflake Shimmer Quilt Along Linky Party

Best I could do.

My limited camera ability just does not do these fabrics justice.

I have found some striped Christmas fabric in my stash closet for a backing 

and plan to quilt this one soon.

I love this quilt!

:) 

Christmas in August ~ Part 2

Katniss and I have been busy.

Snowflake Shimmer Quilt Along

By the time I got the rows pieced into the flimsy,

most of the light was gone on this rather gray day.

The beautiful lustre of these fabrics are lost in this photo.

I shall have to take it outside for a better photo

when I have the quilting done.

I really love this design and will sew it again.

Maybe in fairy frost.

My hubby loves this fabric line.

Maybe scrappy in blue and white snowflake fabrics.

I have a lot of these in my stash from a swap a few years back. 

Maybe in a very different theme.

This pattern is well written and goes together perfectly.

The only sewing change was to cut 8.5" squares of the background fabric and sew the corners into a four block unit and then cut a double row wide piece to fit between.

Time for September's projects.

September is going to be 

Farm Girl Month!

Christmas in August

Here are my pieced blocks for the  ...

Snowflake Shimmer Quilt Along




I started this quilt Here withe these three fabric selections,
 with plans to use the red for the binding.

When it came time to cut, though, I decided to make a personal design choice
to add a fourth fabric to this quilt.

I really love the way the red and light green play together.

I also changed the center square fabric for the corner blocks.

This quiltalong is designed by

Yvonne @ Quilting Jetgirl

and she has a great

Square in a Square Tutorial

for making these blocks.

I saved the block trimming for this morning when my eyes were good.

Katniss helped. 

Katniss was not pleased when I slid the last of the blocks out from under her

where she was curled and comfy.

Katniss says, "These are MY blocks."

Katniss and I are linking up today with the

Step 3 Linky Party

We are ready for the next step!

:-)

Another Wonderful Quilt Along is Starting!

Snowflake Shimmer Quit Along

@

Quilting JetGirl

This looks like sew much fun!

Fabric Selection and Requirements Here

There is an inspiring 

Link-Up Party

happening now.

I really would like to sew this one.

Hmmmmm.

So many quilts ... sew little time.

I do hear some fabric in my quilty closet calling very loudly,

"Pick Me!!!!"
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.
.

after

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some

.

(serious)
.

(stash)
.

(spelunking)

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.
.

Here they are!

My Showflake Shimmer fabrics!

This photo does not do these beautiful embossed gold metallics justice.

They are

Holiday Flourish from Robert Kaufmann

I really , really want to make this quilt.

Time will tell if I can fit this one into my schedule.

Here's hoping!  

:-)