Hobo Bag for a Science Geek...

What you can't see is that the inside is a light grey flannel with pictures of mice, lab equipment, atomic symbol, jars, frogs etc.  It is so cute and she loved it!

Just Started a New Scrappy Quilt in Blues....

I decided it was time to use up my blue scraps.....it was also time to make my 6 yr old nephew a quilt.
There will be sixty-four 10" blocks, each block will be different.  Here are the first 3

I Can't Leave Well-Enough Alone....

If you have been reading my blog then you probably know that my quilts have lots of 'character'.  Sometimes I leave all the little 'characters' and other times I just have to fix them as best as I can.

With this one I was frustrated that it did not come close to 12 1/2 square. 
Well I realized that my new machine has a positionable needle and that is was all the way to the left!  So my seam allowances were not 1/4 inch.

 I took the whole thing apart and resewed all the seams.  It came out square, however it was only 11 inches!!  When that happens I simply border, and this time I did a scrappy border that I really like.

So block # 3 is truly finished.....I think.......

Block # 3......

Blazing Star....I really like it even though it is far from perfect!  I do have to border it though since it did not come out at 12 1/2....