Frenzied Fridays

I decided I am going to start something new....every Friday I will be posting a block from a current quilt I am working on....with a house full of 6 kids by the time it gets to Friday ita definitely frenzied around here.  So this weeks block is a paper pieced block....well the whole quilt is paper pieced.   I found this great blog wombat quilts and fell in love with her red and teal stars so I set out to raid my stash and start one of my own.  So here is block 1
Unit next time
Tisha

Back at it

I find myself back in blog land.  I truly have missed blogging and need to make more time for it.  I have been working on lots of projects and finished quite a few quilts.  Life here in Florida isn't as grand as we had hoped for so I find solace in my quilts and projects.    Here are a few of my recent quilts.  I also joined a guild and have donated a few quilts to the love quilt project.   Until next time.
Tisha

Hst madness

All day yesterday I made half square triangles,  red and neutral hst....I think I am seeing these in my sleep now. Just how many did I make 600!!!!! Yep you read that correctly 600 2 inch little red and white hst. This scrappy quilt is definitely testing my patience in cutting and pressing....I feel like that's all I have done, cut press cut again and then when you think your done cut some more. I am very excited to put this together though as I am seeing the blocks come together.
Until next time
Tisha

Strings

Here is what I am working with today! !!! Neutral strings all different sizes. My goal this year is to use stash and as a result I am making lots of scrappy quilts.  This is actually quite freeing for me as I tend to make what I call controlled scrappy I fuss and fret and certain fabrics touching.  Well I am just giving up with this latest scrappy,  whatever I pull out of the bin goes in that block.   Check back soon to see my scrappy all put together I am really loving how its turning out and it feels great to know I didn't purchase a single piece of fabric its all from my stash

Jingle BOM

I am so excited to join this BOM this year you can find all the blocks as she post them over here http://erinrussek.typepad.com/ and there is also a flikr group.  I wanted to make mine the same as her colors so i dug in my stash of fabric and found the colors i wanted and off i went with block number 1...its complete and ahead of schedule,  lets hope i can keep it that way and not putter off and not end up with a completed top at the right time.
Enjoy the pictures

Fresh Start

New year, new me!!! well thats the plan.  Ever since we moved here to Florida i have just been in a rutt,  I lost my creative juices and just didnt want to do anything.  Well i actually looked at tons of pictures on pinterest and blogs and they were all awesome but nothing seemed to get me out of the rutt.  One day i just decided i had put stuff off for way to long and i just pulled out a project and started working on it,  until it was completed and thats what i took.  I finished a bunny hill applique top called vintage christmas and I got that spark back that euphoria of putting a piece of work together.  So this year my goal is to use more stash and finish up all the ufo's i have sitting around.  I already finished a handquilted lap quilt that just needed the biniding put on...its a christmas lap quilt so i finished it after christmas but hey at least its all ready for next year...i am ahead of the game for next year is how i choose to look at it.
I will be regularly posting again on my blog and posting pictures of my completed works or works in progress.
Happy new year ( a little late) and here is to new beginings
Blessings
Tisha

Hawaiian Heritage

I was born in Hawaii and lived there until i was 12.  My father is a native Hawaiian and I grew up learning about many of the foods and culture of native Hawaii.  I have always loved the hawaiin quilts and have plans to make one for my bed but before i made one for the bed i wanted to try a small sample so here is what i came up with.  The pattern is hawaiian breadfruit,  i quilted 1/2 spacing
Blessings Tisha

Lost in confusion!!!

Well i have been mia for awhile now and I have much to update.  Somehow in all of the confusion of my husband retiring and us moving to Florida my blogging life just got lost...not to mention my laptop mistakenly got let in alabama at our friends house and wasnt able to get it back until we went and picked up our dogs 2 weeks ago...so i think the confusion is finally starting to slow down and life is mellowing out!!! Ha if thats even possible with a family of 8 and 2 dogs and a cat!!! So i will be back to posting regular post and pictures    
again.
Blessings
Tisha

Firemans t-shirt quilt

This quilt was a trade with a friend who just happens to be a amazing photographer you can see her work here http://www.clairedrummondphotography.com/ ,  she took pictures of my twins and also will be taking family pictures soon for us.
I feel very honored to work on this quilt,  i mean this isnt just fabric that i can replace.  Its Claire's husbands shirts and if something went wrong i could never replace them.  I enjoy t shirt quilts just for the simple fact that it makes you think about person who wore the shirts and the job they do,  how many times has her husband saved a life,  it made me think about the job firefighters have to do and also what Claire has to go through as her husband works several days in a row without coming home,  as a military wife i can relate.   t shirt quilts hold someones blood sweat and tears.

Good Fortune

Another top has mad its way out of my to do pile and is now completed.  This fabric is from the Good Fortune line from moda ,  i just love the bright colors against the crisp white.  All this fabric was sitting in my studio and i was supposed to be packing this week but thursday morning i decided I just had to put this quilt together. I started this quilt thursday morning and finished it friday afternoon,  i would of had it done friday morning but well lets just say i cant talk on the phone and sew, kind of like walking and chewing gum.  I ended up sewing the same block on wrong 3 dang times ugh. Oh well that happens and its all fixed now.  This quilt top is being sent off to Charisma  well actually her son Bryce is going to quilt it to me,  he does a fabulous job with the design i want on this quilt.  Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed weekend and a happy fathers day
blessings Tisha

Pumpkin pie anyone??

I finished up my pumpkin pie quilt,  yay i am so happy with how it turned out and am excited to send it off to Charisma  I know she will do something fabulous with it.  The pattern came from http://www.bunnyhilldesigns.com/  one of my favorite designers.  This quilt just reminds me so much of fall and crisp leaves,  hot apple cider,  thanksgivng,  it brings up fond memories of childhood and laughing with my siblings.  Isnt it funny how a simple whimsical quilt can bring up such memories,   I can even smell the warm pumpkin pie fresh out of the oven thanksgiving morning.  I will be sending this quilt off this week and when it returns home we will be in a new house.  All needle turn applique and hand embroidery
Thanks for stopping by enjoy

Where have I been????

Where have I been these last few months....well I like to tell my kids that I am going crazy when they ask where I have been.  So that's where I have been, to crazy !!! I haven't made it back yet.  My husband had surgery and well like most men was a big old baby and I had to wait on him hand and foot.  We are getting ready to move in just a few short weeks and my husband wants to move ourselves.  I can't say I am overjoyed about that,  I would much rather the movers come and deal with it.  Oh and in 2 weeks my husband is having his retirement ceremony,  and we have family coming from all over.  I stress about the house being tip top shape when we have visitors but it just isn't happening this time. Well with all that has been going on I did manage to fit quilting in.  I finished a rag quilt for a customer with all Amy butler fabrics...it's divine!!! Finished a scrappy quilt for Charisma,  worked on some applique,  finished a king size for my neighbor,  finished the cross quilt for a gift...oh did I mention I did some applique? I love love love bunnyhill patterns so that's what I am working on.  Well with out further ado here are some.pictures
Blessings Tisha

Graduation Gift

well i am on a roll this week binding and piecing and sewing away...ahhh i love the sound of my machine whirring away....so i put this top together for my sisters graduation, how is it possible that she is almost out of high school,  i still remember the days when i was 16 and she was a toddler running around with her little mischevious smile...well she still has that mischevious smile but has grown into a beautiful young lady.  So this will be for her graduation,  i so would like to go to it but i am not sure if life will allow us as we will be moving this summer and my husband will be having a retirement ceremony the same month.  This is a fairly simple quilt and i just did it in sections and it came together really fast,  the beauty of this quilt will be the quilting that will have scripture and many biblical references  I cant wait to gift it to her.  And if you dont like to pin your work then this is not the quilt for you it def requires lots of pinning....and i have to say alot of times i dont pin and sometimes you can get away with it but not on this one so be warned hehe

Pink and brown baby quilt

I dont know what my deal is since i have been back from california but i have been running non stop and  havent had a chance to sit down and do anything.  I get up every morning and I think about what project i will work on and then before you know it I am running kids here getting groceries and doing laundry,  but i think i am finally caught up and now can get back into the groove of things and work on projects.  A few weeks ago i made this darling baby quilt for a friends baby and sent it off to my long armer you can find her here herwork is amazing and i never have to worry that i will have a fabulous work of art when my quilt comes home.  So i sent her the baby quilt and gave her creative freedom,  because well thats what she does best.  Well it came home on friday and I finished up the binding,  back is minkie and super soft  but wow oh wow was if ever heavy on my lap.

it turned out beautiful and I cant wait to give it to my friend,  well now i am off to work on a project.

Time Away

Well how did it happen?  Feb.  is almost over and i have hardly worked on any sewing projects at all. Where does the time go.  Well my time for the past 10 days has been in california,  i went to visit my best friend and we had a wonderful visit together,  i also got to visit with two of my brothers and also my beautiful nieces.
So no sewing pictures today but i will share some of the pictures from my trip,  i do have to say it was really strange to not do any quilting or sewing the whole vacation.  I found myself alot of times thinking about what project i would work on when i got home,  and i have been home for 3 days now and have i touched anything sewing wise,  nope nothing, nada,  but i am hoping to change that today.

thanks for stopping by and i hope you will stop back soon