http://www.rosecottagequilts.com/Blog feed for Rose Cottage QuiltsCopyright 2012 Rose Cottage Quiltshttp://www.rosecottagequilts.com/articles/view/?article=50Lots of busyness this week, quilt related, just not much on my wall.  I did get to work on a new little wool project that will be offered as a guild workshop.  It is a little Needle Nest.  As you can see, I'm almost finished with the front.  Then I will stitch a piece of coordinating fabric to the inside to cover the stitches.  It will also include a pocket.  There will also be two padded pages for storing needles.  I use one for my applique and just love it.&n…Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:10:29 GMThttp://www.rosecottagequilts.com/articles/view/?article=49Quilt Camp is so much fun and a great way to spend a concentrated amont of time to make great progress on a project.  I finally got to work on my Paper Pieced Sampler and I'm so happy with the way it is coming along.  I'm hoping to teach classes on this in the near future.  The blocks are from Alex Anderson's book.     Then I had great fun picking fabrics for my Bali Wedding Star.  I cut 46 pieces of fabric to go with at least 50 of my own for this project.&nbs…Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:10:29 GMThttp://www.rosecottagequilts.com/articles/view/?article=48Hello and Happy Stitches to you.  There for a bit I thought I wouldn't have anything to show this week.  Then I found some time and got to get the binding finished on a graduation quilt for my neice.  Just in the nick of time too.  She graduates the 25th of January.  I used the Fire Escape pattern, it is so fun and easy.  Her room colors now are black and white, so I had lots of fun with this one.  See what you think.     Then I got time and insp…Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:10:29 GMThttp://www.rosecottagequilts.com/articles/view/?article=47I know I'm a week late in wishing all a Happy New Year.  I totally missed posting last week.  But I'm back this week and am excited about what this New Year, 2012, has in store.  Lots of creative projects in the works along with the promises of many blessings from the Lord.    I spent a couple days last week putting together my Pralines and Cream quilt.  I still have outer borders to finish, but it's exciting to be this close to finished.     It's …Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:10:29 GMThttp://www.rosecottagequilts.com/articles/view/?article=46You'll be amazed at what I've accomplished this week.  So am I!!!  School's out so there is more time.  Such fun!!!  First I fiinished up my Turtle block then stitched another block for my Autumn/Winter version of my Simply Delightful pattern.  This pattern has my Spring & Summer blooms.  They are both lots of fun with the hand-dyed felted wools by Woolylady.  They stitch up so quick and easy and have such lovely, vibrant colors.  Here they are. &nbsp…Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:10:29 GMThttp://www.rosecottagequilts.com/articles/view/?article=45I've made great progress this week on my BOM.  I finished my Bee Hive block and am close to finished with my Terra Cotta Turtle Planter.  First I'll show you my Bee Hive and where the design came from.  I purchased this cute little measuring cup set at an antique store.  I belong to the Eudora Quilting Bees Guild and thought this was a must have.  The little bees are handles.  The top is 1/4th cup, then 1/3rd cup, 1/2 cup and the base is 1 cup.  Don't you …Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:10:29 GMThttp://www.rosecottagequilts.com/articles/view/?article=44It's a wonderful new day after a very blessed weekend.  I hope blessings are abounding for each of you as well.    I have finished the second block of my new BOM, "How Great Thou Art."  Amy's Bunny is a special blessing for me as it is a wool applique version of the cutest Bunny Milk Pitcher.  My lovely daughter Amy, now in Heaven, used her hard earned money, at 13 years old, to buy this bunny for me for Mother's Day.  It was also a kind of housewarming gift …Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:10:29 GMThttp://www.rosecottagequilts.com/articles/view/?article=43Hello all.  I'm late getting to this today because I'm finding with my new PC  I have to set up some things before I can actually load pictures to my blog.  Always such a fun task to get all transferred and working on a new PC.  Praise God, we're making progress!   So, here's what's happening on my design wall.  I will be teaching a simple technique class at Quilting Bits & Pieces in Eudora after the first of the year and had to make a sample.  I've just …Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:10:29 GMThttp://www.rosecottagequilts.com/articles/view/?article=42 Hello all!  I hope you had the most wonderful of Thanksgivings.  We had 32 for dinner.  It was so fun with so many family and friends gathered to share our many blessings.  I didn't get as much done this week as I had hoped because of travel and waiting for ordered threads and wools to arrive in the mail.  All is here now and I'm ready to go.  I'm so excited about my new Block of the Month, How Great Thou Art.   In the meantime I did finish up a Candle M…Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:10:29 GMThttp://www.rosecottagequilts.com/articles/view/?article=41 Good Morning Girls!  I've just returned from a blessed time with my family in California.  We shared an early Thanksgiving.  God is truly marvelous in His orchestration of times and events.  He made it possible for all of us to be free and able to meet in California from Kansas, Nevada and Oregon.  I am so thankful to Him for bringing us together and for my family who so honors and prefers each other and our most wonderful Saviour, Jesus!!!  This is a blessed seas…Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:10:29 GMT