New year resolution

So last year i had good intentions of getting my blog off and running but it just didnt happen...so my resolution this year is to be more active on my blog ,  i dont have alot of quilting friends around here but i do so love to share my craft with others and especially those who also share my passion.  i also want to post updates on quilts in am working on so i can keep myself on target.
Last year i finished 17 quilts and a few little projects like mug rugs and such...so i am pretty darn proud of myself.  I also entered quilts in the fair for the first time and i am so proud to say i won 2 second place ribbons a third place ribbon and a best of fair first place ribbon for applique....after all applique is my true passion...i just love anything applique  it draws me in like no other quilts.
Here is the project i am currently working on,  its for a swap and i do hope she loves it.

i love the way its turning out and there are a few more blocks to go with it...it will be a table runner.  i am also working on this same block in another color way which i will post tommrow
have a wonderful day and happy quilting

Some Halloween Fun

So my daughter wanted to work on a project and i had the perfect thing for her...since i was busy getting 5 quilts ready for the fair i let her make my october  calendar quilt for my little quilt rack....she did everything except the fmq in the center and the french knots for the spider eyes....i just showed her what to do and off she went.  I am so proud of her and the job she did.

Something to pass the time

So here is one of my current projects....yes i said current...seems i always have multiple projects going at the same time.  I am handquilting this with quilters dream cotton and YLI thread...i love that thread.

Here is is my mod christmas tree

So i finished up the wallhanging today but i couldnt get a great picture bc its been horribly gray outside today with lots and lots of rain from tropical storm Lee...so i am just going to post the picture from yesterday before i had the binding complete and the threads trimmed....i did the binding with the left over charms so its scrappy.  I did the fmq myself and lets just say i really do not like doing fmq at all....and i really love to send my stuff out until i get my own long arm machine...but i also am impatient when it comes to christmas stuff lol...i just love christmas....so here are the pictures

I started another project today and will post pictures of that soon as its finished except for the binding which i am working on tonight...while i was sitting in my sewing room.....its actually our formal dinning room that we never use for formal dinners....i was listening to the kids playing in the living room...they made a fort with just about every blanket and quilt in the house....well i hear them giggling and playing in the fort then i hear Aiden my 4 year old say " lets tell smooky stories"  lol i just giggled to myself how cute is that smooky stories...he is such a little ham.
Hope everyone had a blessed labor day
Tisha

2 packs of Nature's Gifts charms...

Well i am not gonna show you the whole thing yet...you will have to come back tommorow...i just need to do the binding tonight then its all done.  But here is a little teaser of what i am working on....this project has piecing and needle turn applique in it

Labor day fun....

Well usually every Labor Day we have a big cook out and have people over,  well this year since my hushand isnt here i am just not going to do all that by myself. So i decided i am going to have my own party....a sewing party.  I am going to sew all weekend how fun is that?  I have some christmas charm packs that are just sitting here at they keep telling me to make something with them so thats what i will be doing,  be sure to stop back later this weekend to see pictures of what i am making.
Hope each and every one of you have a blessed Labor Day weekend
Blessings Tisha

A Beautiful Finish

Here i am again back to blogging...i really am going to try and keep up this time.  So my Oasis quilt is finally quilted.  I call it my Oasis Chain and its from a moda bake shop pattern found here http://www.modabakeshop.com/2011/03/chain-of-faith.html I absolutely love how it turned out and My long armer Charisma did a fabulous job.  Her talent is amazing and she always makes my quilts shine.  I am planning to enter this quilt in our local fair,  i have never entered anything so wish me luck.  All thats left to do on it is binding.  Hope you enjoy the pictures.  

Thanks for stopping by my blog

Blessings Tisha