I made the basket block last Saturday morning before my power went out due to the snowstorm. This snowstorm in October mind you is just so odd! wrecked havoc in our town. The heavy wet snow took down so many trees, limbs, power lines, etc it was and still is an incredible sight to see as you walk around . The town is littered with trees and branches on so many peoples property including ours. It will be weeks before this is all cleaned up. Most of the town lost power and there are still people without power here. We have a tree company coming this week with a crane to take care of some of the trees , so with just that image you can imagine how bad it is.....
I really try to keep my blog all about quilts and quilting related materials, but losing power for almost a week again in less then 2 months I am so behind in answering comments and visiting your blogs. At this point I decided to just move forward I will be starting fresh , I hope you don't mind. I love getting comments and do try and answer everyone of them. this week I just need to be in my sewing room sewing away! I will get back on track from this post on! Again thanks for your comments I love hearing from you.

I had prepped the tulip block, I drew myself from a block in this book and yesterday I drew and prepped the next block to make as well. I am not much of a drawer/artist but I got out the freezer paper drew some shapes took the scissors and started cutting. If I didn't like it I just trimmed and cut until I did. My next block was inspired by this block, and I do think I may have to make another one using the leaves in the block as well....ok I admit it is was fun and freeing to draw the blocks myself and just cut the templates until I was happy. This quilt will be blocks from this book Album quilts of Ohio Miami Valley. This book is a treasure trove of quilt blocks and album quilts. My plan is just to keep making blocks I like using the solid fabrics and this great word fabric as the background.


A few new books I bought recently...oh my what fun I will have making a few of these Schnibble quilts from Carrie Nelsons new book another bit of Schnibbles
here is the first quilt I want to make from this book (are you seeing a trend here???? solids I NEED to collect solids!!!) I love this quilt the fabrics just sparkle in mho, great quilt I can't wait to make it.

The Reasons for Quilt book by Edyta Sitar is a must buy book for anyone who loves antique quilts, oh my there are some amazing antique quilts in this book, lots of patterns. Not all the quilts in the book has patterns but I don't care, I am so thrilled to see these quilts. So are you surprised I bought the Quilt a new Christmas by the Piece of Cake ladies? oh this book is just so fun, I have been a fan of their work for years. When I saw the preview for this book I thought omg this is just so whimsical and right now I need a little whimsy in my life, I need to collect some brights and happy fabrics and polka dots, just look at this page doesn't it just make you smile?????

and do I ever wish I would have had the bindings on all these little quilts this week I could have sewn them all down! Another pile of little quilts I had machine quilted by my friend with her long arm machine, I will show you them again after I bind them!
I am thrilled with the results....

I can't wait to hang a few more on my wall of quilts and probably send a few more to blog friends and friends as just a RAK
isn't it fun getting a package in the mail?
Have a great weekend, take some time to quilt and lets hope the power stays on!