Another First.....

First attempt at a mug mat..... 

The pattern is from The Teacher's Pet called "Coffee, Tea, or ?" from their Simple Pleasures line.  

I picked up some soft Fall color fabric at last year's shop hop and just was not sure what I was going to do with it.... When I saw this pattern - I knew this fabric would be PERFECT....  

Plus I really really wanted to work on binding... and again this is just perfect.  

So I need to work on "squaring up" and binding.... but I think these little guys are just the thing to help me build up those skills. 

So I am off to work on some of these mug mats.....  maybe they will be good enough for Christmas presents. 

If so - I will be ticking another goal off my summer list.  

Sew and sway.... Sway and sew

Still working - slowly - but working away at projects..... goals still include quilting all the tops have made to date, Christmas presents, and among all of them I am still working the Block of the Month - Secret Garden by Marti Michell  hosted by my favorite Quilt Shop.

Usually when I am sewing or working on any project, I listen to Pandora - either Billie Holiday or MercyMe station...  When I was piecing this month's block.... instead of listening to my normal stations - I decided to listen to my my iPod music...  (I think this had a lot to do with wanting to get my Swon Brothers fix.....  The Voice was over and I was missing their music.)  

So I hit the shuffle button and first up was Bruno Mars, then Harry Connick, Jr., Jamie Cullum, Robin Thicke.....  I thought to myself, "Wow, there is some fun, sexy music playing right now and all at once.... but I like it."  So I would sew and sway, sway and sew......

My mind got to whirling, thinking about as many things as stitches that were being sewn.  This time it so happened that I was thinking (a) haven't posted anything in my blog in a long time, (b) need to get a picture of this block when I am done for the blog, and (c) what fun little tidbit can I write to go with the block.....  So, of course, I needed to know the name of the block... so while Robin Thicke was singing "Dreamworld" and I was swaying back and forth (as much as my sewing machine would let me) I discovered that the name of this block is.........

Ladies Sashay.......  

How appropriate.....  sew and sway.... sway and sew....  

Slow and Steady......

Slowly the Urban Cowgirl Quilt top is getting finished.....  Just a couple more borders (and ripping out the one I put on backwards) and this one will be ready to sandwich and quilt.....  My goal for this summer is to finish all the quilt tops so they become bona fide quilts!  

I am happy so far - but it had a lot of little extra steps - but so worth it.  I have been working on the back too.... little different for me - not just one big piece....  wanted to use up some of the extra triangles.  

Slow and steady.  

Gone in a flash......

Well May was a bust where blogging was concerned.  

I so wanted to participate in May for Me - but I was attending to so many other things that "me" got lost somewhere.  But that is alright.  We are here to serve and that is probably what I do best.... serve.  

I want to quilt though. I want to sew. I want to quit my job....  hahahahaha.... probably a good thing that May was a bust or I just might have quit that day job....  

Hope all is well with you and yours.  I promise to be a better blogger in the future!  

Keep creating!