I must be crazy...

How else can I explain my current quilting spree???

I have been workign like crazy and have been on top of all my housework!!! I even had an "empty-laundry-basket" moment last week!!! Though it lasted a mere 18 minutes before somebody threw a towel into one of these...

So, the blogland is abundant with Lone star Quilts recently... First it was Elizabeth whose quilt inspired Allison to complete hers... I got lost wandering around the blogland and my fantasy flight through the Lonely galaxy landed me here! And I found what I needed...

An EASY way to do things!!!

And I started on my job...

I used the Silver Spoon Spot On FQ Bundle by Robert Kaufman that I had ordered from Fat Quarter Shop some time back (I guess about 6 months back!)

It looked PERFECT together!!!

And for the neutral - I had the perfect denim-y grey!!!

From my recent trip to Pune.

Here's what I bought on that trip...

Its about 30 yards of fabric... And what was the cost??? 35$!!!
It has 4 dishtowels and 11 twin (and slightly larger) sheets!!!

So, back to the point, see that denim-y grey solid there??? I used that as the neutral... By evening the quilt was basted, ready to be quilted. The binding was ready...

 
And my sewing room looked like a bomb had gone off!!!

Come morning and I managed to get everything in control... And finished the quilt by afternoon!!!

So here's my Lone Star Quilt!!!

I absolutely enjoyed making this one!!!

And the backing is so beautiful!!!! So is the binding, of course!!!
 

And here's how much thread I used to make it!!! I quilted it with Aurifil #4660 (12 wt) with #2425 (50 wt) in the bobbin!!! PERFECT for the color combination! I just loosened the top thread tension so that it sewed beautifully!!! I must mention here that the thread broke ONLY ONCE between (almost) 2 spools worth of quilting! See how little of the thread is on those spools!!!

Now the big question??? What next???

Well, for once I have a plan!!!

It involves this...

some this...

a lot of

and an

with a lot of sweetness and sewing!!!

Any guesses what I'm up to???

And what are you up to???

When Emily sinks...

Oh no, not my friend Emily... and not in water...

I was talking about my machine Emily sinking into the table!



For two days, an old pair of carpenters have been working on my sewing table...

Here's what they finished today!!!

And so my Emily has now sunk in!

It will now be a lot easier on my back!

Do you see the amount of space I have? And just in time to quilt my new quilt... :)
I have some super ambitious plans for it!

Stay tuned!!!

Sometimes...

Sometimes, a little something,
 is all you want...
even if you're surrounded by everything you might possibly need...

Sometimes a little someone,
is all you miss...
even when you've got people who adore you!

Sometimes a little further...
you need to go...
To know what you're capable of...

Sometimes a little excitement,
is all you need...
To bring life into your days!


Just a random thought I needed to share...
Just tell the people who care...
Just want you all to know...

Something exciting is happening...
Even though its not, yet...
I am sure it will!

Because I believe in us!

Everyone wish us luck! With your wishes, we'll make our dreams come true!

Look what I made!

I have known Emily for almost my entire blogging & quilting life!

So it was quite a surprise to reach a tutorial on her blog while wandering on Pinterest!

But that was where I found it!

Easy Glasses Case Tutorial!

And Easy it is!




I made 10 of these! For the craft fair, of course!

They were super easy to make. Em, I think you should add the word "Super" to the title!

I think, right from pouring out my scrap bins (which were sorted according to color!) - No, I did not put them back in, they're still on my floor... - to clicking photos of the finished ones, it took me a full 2 hours to make 10!!! Yay!

Chain piecing rocks!

Here are my favorite ones! The yellow corduroy I ordered  from Wrapped in Fabric. She has them in unbelievable colors!

Others are random scraps from my bins...

I REALLY need to put my scraps back together, but I'm having the craft fair next weekend. I'm absolutely excited about that. I really want to make my stall look special. Any ideas?

Also, I am having a small sew-in at my place next week. A few IMQG members dropping by, staying over for some quilty fun! I'm so looking forward to that too!

To top it all, I'm kicking off the "Know thy Machine" Blog Hop next Friday! Stay tuned! Next week is going to rock! (P.S. There are prizes worth $450 to be won!!!)

What are your plans for the next week?

Inspiration!!!

I was going through my blog archives for the past few days... (Now you know what I was up to)
And I came across my Bella Solids posts...

I realized that it was a lot of fun, wasn't it?



The old posts are so inspiring... They gave me a lot of new ideas...

This is what I'm thinking of right now...

2012 Bella Solids Bundle

Do the colors call you???

They sure are luring me...

Want to have some more fun???

Gear up for having a blast once again!!!

Get your cameras serviced.... And this time, your quotes book too... (I'll soon tell you why...)

Get ready for a blast of colors this spring!

Cheers!!!