"Hard-waring" O' the Green and a Quilt!

I was looking for a green quilt photo this morning.  I remembered that my brother Marty and I dressed in green for the St. Patty's Day Parade in Fox Lake, Wisconsin representing JoDan's Pro Hardware, our family business.  I was 16 and Marty was 8. Of course I made my skirt and apron.  O' the good old days! Happy St. Patty's Day to all!


I did find a quilt too.  I made it in 2010 using the Easy to Sew Quilt Pattern and  Quilts by Barb's hand dyed fabrics.  The quilt colors were built around a green dyed fabric that was part of quilt challenge from Barb's Retreat.  I chose a multi-colored dyed fabric with black leaves for the focus fabric.

This quilt was also featured in the first You Tube Video that I created about Ribbon Quilting.  The quilting machine is too noisy and I learned alot about what not to do!  I guess you have to start somewhere....

May for Me!

My blog friend Tonya at Hillbilly Handiworks and I are going to start a promotion called May for Me!  We emailed back and forth about it and decided that we needed to take time for ourselves.  We need to rejuvenate. We need to create and work on the quilts that we keep putting on the back burner, because we never take time for ourselves.  We are going to blog about ideas on how to take time for yourself and not feel guilty about it.  How to get all the projects gathered and ready to start when May gets here.  I also will be posting about taking Minutes for Me  - for you too!  

So leave a comment if you would like to join us. You will be able to grab the link and photo too.  Please Link back to both Tonya and I if you post about May for Me.  Let's get it rolling!    Start making May for Me happen!

Grab the May for Me Link and photo in the sidebar --->

Hodgepodge Patchwork Tuesday !

This denim rag quilt was made from reclaimed denim shirts and denim jumpers.  I made this quilt about 8 years ago.  I was teaching some classes on denim raggy quilts. I used a poly batting and quilted it on my long arm quilting machine.  I stitched some free style flowers and loops.


This is my favorite cuddle quilt for watching TV or more recently for writing blog posts and reading blogs on Google Reader!


I created a Flicker group where you may add quilts of your own designs.  It is called Crafty Sewing Hodgepodge Patchwork