Would you look at this….

All crinkled and soft.  I so really like this now.  The batting I was testing was Simply Bamboo from Fiberco.  The batting sample started out 18″ square, and once washed and dried it finished 16″ square.   So it did shrink quite a bit.  To be fair, the directions tell you to machine wash and dry on the delicate cycle.  I used the regular cycles in both machines. 

Now the back,

Oh these pictures can’t even begin to give you any idea how soft this little quilt is.  I have several quilts with cotton batting ...

Crazy Train,  Fragments,  Hoarders anonymous or Patriotic Confetti were all titles I  thought would be great for this post.  This small quilt came about as left over triangles from the quilt laying underneath it.  I picked up a bamboo batting sample at market and wanted to test it out.  In talking with Amanda about another project this one emerged. 

So here is what I did.  First I cut a piece of white fabric the size of the batting (18″x18″), then while I was following doctors orders and elevating my leg.  I used a run of the mill Elmers glue ...

The batteries were the problem with the camera.  So today with a functioning camera I was able to take some pics of my goodies from spring market.

The first one is a baby quilt from here.  I can’t wait to get started on this one.  You might be able to find these pretty kits at a quilt shop near you.

The second photo has the rest of the fabric goodies I picked up.  In the lower left are a couple of CANDY BARS from Moda.  Next are 3 charm packs, one is a Darlene Zimmerman PAPER DOLLS  and the ...

So yesterday I attending the international spring quilt market.  I took a guest along.  It managed to recharge my quilting batteries.  So many ideas and such great fabric to see and NO PICTURES.  I tried to take a pic yesterday morning and the camera didn’t work.  AAAUUUUGH!!!!  So I am recharging those batteries to see if that was the issue.

My blog follower know I have been having trouble with my leg.  2 1/2 years and it still is not healed.  This is what it looked like last week when the camera was working.

WARNING DON’T ENLARGE ...

I have been posting some quilty stuff over HERE.

A friend of mine sent me this in an email.   Just some fun jokes this morning.  They made me laugh and lightened my spirits, I hope they do the same for you.  Now it is time to get some work done. Enjoy!

MEN!?!

 One day a housework-challenged husband decided to wash his Sweatshirt. Seconds after he stepped into the laundry room, he shouted to his wife, ‘What setting do I use on the washing machine?’ ‘It depends,’ she replied. What does it say on your shirt?’ He yelled back, ‘OHIO STATE!’ And they say blondes are dumb….

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 A couple is ...

Inspired by Sew Cal Gal’s Christmas quilt virtual tour, I pulled out last years UFO Christmas quilt.  Well  I could cover two birds with one quilt.  I finished it so it also became a finish for this challenge. I ventured outside in bitter bitter cold yesterday for a good picture. Well I got the picture but it wasn’t the best.  So I put it on my antique sleigh bed this morning and took another picture.  The quilt is flannel back and front, and quilted with a snowflake panto which I will probably never use again.  Now that I ...

I REALLY NEED YOU ALL TO POST WORDS IN THE COMMENTS, even if it is just one word.   I added some pictures of the quilting  at the end of the post.  I have two of these QOV’s to quilt today.  For the non-quilters joining me today a QOV is a quilt of valor, donated to those wounded while serving our great nation. 

I volunteer to quilt these for Amanda.  I have an idea for quilting these with words.  the words are what I need your help on.  So comment away my friends.  What comes to mind when you think ...

Last week Friday I blogged about a new quilt along that was starting.  I went there today to see their first block.  I have done that block, I am not a beginner, it is time to come up with my own design and challenge myself. 

I have this bag of fabric that has been calling me.

The bag contains these fabrics

These were most of the fabrics I had planned to use in the quilt along.  Well I am still going to use them for a quilt along.  Just one that I am going to do on my other blog ...

http://www.blockpartyquilting.com/2009/11/quilt-along-kick-off-giveaway.html

I will be playing along,  I think this will be great to be able to use my Amy Butler and Anna Maria Horner fabrics.  I can’t wait to start.