Creative Homemaker

As if I didn't have enough on my plate...(that must be the understatement of the year)I'm jumping in. I was just going to sit back and watch the clues unfold. But I've gotten sucked in! I'm doing this. I love Bonnie Hunter's quilts. They are everything that appeals to me, colorful, scrappy, frugal with lots of great details. I love her motto about "ugly" fabrics, "If it's still ugly, you just didn't cut it small enough!" Once the first clue came out I knew I had to play along. I love green and pink together. It is all over my house in different shades and combinations. My poor husband has to sleep in a froo-froo bedroom. Which he does willingly to keep my happy. (The first time I saw him, he was wearing a pink Izod button down shirt.) [swoon!] Yet, I digress. So, I'll post my progress here. I'll put up a picture as soon as step one is completed. Ok, I'm excited now! Eating is overrated, isn't it? "It's Campbell...

I'm so far behind! I just finished the last month of this beautiful BOM. I was making three sets of them however so it took me a while with each step. I'm making the light colorway for me and an "army" colorway for my husband and a "marine" colorway for a dear friend of the family. This weekend I have sequestered myself in my sewing room and worked on UFO's. It has felt very good to get lots of little nagging things done. Here's my Thimbleberries so far...

Hi everyone, I thought I would share my latest finish. I've completed the second in a 3-part series of quilts for my three boys. They all share a room that is decorated in red, white, blue, Americana prints with a healthy dose of bears, trains and boats thrown in. I made their curtains and some crib accessories when they were younger and I've saved every scrap. (Thank you, Bonnie Hunter of Quiltville!) My first quilt was for my youngest, this one is for the middle boy and there is one more in the works for my 8 yr old son, the oldest of the littles. Robbie, my middle boy, loves Thomas the Tank Engine so his quilt is mostly blues with sunny Sodor Railway yellows thrown in. Robbie looked at it and found the letter "J" in the middle. (His middle initial.) I may have to add some alphabet blocks to the back. I love making wonky log cabins and using up every crumb in these quilts. This one is just a flimsy right now. I have about 20 extra blocks that will go...