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vintage hexies!!

I made these sweet mini 3/4 inch hexies from the vintage feedsack squares I had found at one of the antique shops in Iowa.  I love how they all look together!

Now to decide what to make with them.  What do you think...a pillow, mini wallhanging, or maybe stitch them together and put them on a canvas board to hang?

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Pillows, oh yes, cheek pinchingly cute pillows! 

These adorable pillows I received from the last two Pillow Talk Swaps!  Aren't they so cute, and they look like they were made to go together!!

Little Red Riding Hood's Victorian house.  Kylie created this adorable paper piecing and turned it into the sweetest pillow.  I love the sweet fussy cuts and the lovely floral and polka dot linen!!  It is a work of art!

Amanda and I had done a little side swap for my other X and + pillow from the last round of the Pillow Talk Swap.  This is the sweet pillow she sent me.  I just adore the LRRH embroidery and the cute patchwork border!  So cute!

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strawberry picking with my family!

This last week-end we went strawberry picking!  It was the last week-end the strawberry u-pick was open so it was a must!

Though, I think the kiddos ate more strawberries than they picked!  :)

We ended up picking 2 large bowls of over 20 lbs of strawberries.  Most of them have already been made into freezer jam.  YUM!  :)

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 the beach!

After strawberry picking we headed to the beach in Sequim and had lots of fun!  It was such a pretty day and was perfect for the beach! 

We did a little hike down to the beach to the Dungeness Spit.  The Dungeness Spit is a large sand bar that goes 5 miles and at the end is a light house.  We got there too late in the day to hike it so would love to go back soon.

It was quite a fun filled week-end and couldn't have been better...hand stitching, strawberries and the beach!!    I've also been working more on my diamond star hexagons too, so hopefully this week I can make some more progress to show you.  I'm also hoping to get back to sewing a few Farmers Wife blocks.  Have you seen Kristyne's?  Oh my...it makes me want to get mine done now!

strawberry~licious!

This past week I was busy as a bee getting ready for my daughters oh so sweet strawberry party that was on Saturday!  I hope you don't mind a bunch of pictures of the things I enjoyed making.  :) 

A cute little strawberry arrangement!  I love coming up with different arrangements.  :)

I up-cycled a frame and then hung a little happy birthday sign I created from a ribbon.  The other frame is of Tasha's sweet Little Miss Strawberry.

A strawberry~licious bunting!  I added some Riley Blake elastic crochet lace to the edges.  I love how it gives it a vintage delicate feel.  The best part was the elastic lace was really easy to work with.

oh so pretty!

Adorable little fabric strawberries.  Tasha had made some like these ones awhile back and thought they looked so simple and sweet.  I thought they'd make the perfect little strawberry project for the girls to sew up.   It was the first time most of them had done any sewing so it was fun to introduce them to it with a fun and simple project.   A couple of the girls made 7 of them since they were having so much fun sewing.  :)  I used this pattern and this cute strawberry ribbon.

A couple large strawberry pillows I stitched up for the party to use as decoration, and of course would be great for a couple summer pillows.  :)   I followed a lovely tutorial by The Purl Bee.  The kiddos love how soft and puffy they are!!  They are quite the novelty and have already been carried around the house lots already!  

 

They even look cute on my garden chair.  :)  I used Lecien's polka dot fabric an Old New 30's floral and some Moda Bella Solids in Robins Egg.

A quick little snapshot of some of the goodies.  Strawberry cake pops, cheesecake stuffed strawberries, and pretty cupcakes.

My hubby had the girls all help make homemade strawberry ice cream.   It was really yummy too!  :)

Some little goodie bags

 and cute strawberry boxes we made from this pattern.

As you can see was had a strawberry~licous time!  ;)   

Hugs,

pinwheels in the park~ quilt top!

I finally finished the pinwheels in the park quilt top!  Almost a year later, but better late then never, right!?!  And I just adore it, so it makes me wonder why it took me that long to finish it.  I guess life just gets too busy sometimes!! 

It is a pretty large quilt being 71” x 54 ½”  I think it is my largest lap size I've done.   Hopefully I won't have too much trouble with the quilting.  I've never stippled anything that large.

It is fun to see some of my favorite fabrics in such a large block, like Annie Farm Stand, Old New 30's, Cath Kidston, and Sugar & Spice.  Such a lovely combination.  :)

I think this is my favorite one!

I love the pretty wildflowers that are in my back forest.   Nature sure has it's beauty, and flowers are pure bliss!!

I hope you are having a lovely week!   We are sure enjoying our summer!!   We are celebrating my daughters birthday this week-end so I need to get going on making a few things for that.  She is having a strawberry party so am excited to see how I can pull it together.  :)

happy 4th of july!

To all my US friends, I hope you are having a lovely 4th of July!  We are enjoying a few days in California for the 4th.  This morning we enjoyed a parade and then a picnic lunch at the park.  I really love this time of year!

 A few pictures of us at the parade. 

 I loved this pretty red building with the little window.

 I even got to stop in at a quilt shop.  :)

 I'm so grateful for this wonderful country I get to live in!  We truly are blessed!

 

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all done~ a patchwork mothers dream pillow!

This morning I finished the patchwork mother dream pillow!  Yippee!  It really turned out sweeter than I imagined and the black is now one of my favorite parts!!   I never thought I'd love black in a pillow, but really the seed catalogue is a favorite no matter what color.  :)  I hope my partner loves it too.   It will be winging it way to it's new home today or tomorrow.

The pillow with my vintage rustic blooming chair, and polka dot pot my hubby planted for me!  Some sweet new additions to our yard.  :)

I added a border of seed catalogue, and then the binding is Annie's Farm Stand, Strawberry Toss...another favorite!

I love the sweet pillow with the pretty flowers!

And some little extras so the pillow doesn't have to travel alone.  :)  Some Flower Sugar and a vintage embroidered hand towel.

Here are a couple of the other vintage embroidered hand towels that I had found recenty on Etsy.  Aren't they so cute!!

gardening puppy dogs!

I added some new Astuko fabrics to the shop and thought you may want to know.  :)  Strawberries and polka dots!

  

Large and Tiny Cherries

Cherries and Flowers

I hope everyone is having a lovely week!  With my kiddos now out of school this week, we have been enjoying more days out in the sun!  :)