Grab Bag Sucker!

They always saw me coming. My love of the grab bag became a running family joke. The bigger the better. This time however, my 6 year old heart was truly happy with what arrived in my Nancy's Notion's Grab Bag. For $9.99, even if it had nothing but the Olfa .45mm 2 pack rotary blades I'd have figured, okay that's fair. But it had much more than that! A yard of some really lovely linen, a yard of interfacing, a fabric pen, 2 packs of embroidery floss, a really nice spiral bound book all about quilt borders, a Silhouette's skirt pattern that I actually like. Embroidery lace design pack, a children's book, some really cute buttons, and Madiera Cotton Embroidery thread, some quilt patterns and more.
Yes I do love Nancy's Notions. I don't order from there as much as I used to, but she has some really cool stuff. I got some embroidery designs and a dresden plate ruler that weren't in the package.


Okay so here is the second quilting attempt:

Oh I would be arrested by the Quilt Police, and the Quilt Judge would sentence me to life for this quilt top!! It's really quite awful, but there is no turning back. One block is particularly nasty, because I thought it would be a good idea to try a different machine/foot for the one block. Dumb idea, as the seams weren't true 1/4".  Then I got really dumb and sort of stretched it a bit.  Oh My did I break the rules.  But I managed to get the thing squared, and will go ahead and finish it.
Not having enough fabric for the back or the binding from the small 6 pack of not quite fat quarters, I made a trip to Fabric Krazy and thankfully they had just what I needed. So the binding will be done in the darkest fabric which is also in the quilt, and the backing from the lighter. 

I'm also planning on embroidering "In Loving Memory Of...", on the backing, as this little quilt is for my sister in memory of her friend who died of Ovarian Cancer. This fabric is by Blank Quilting, called Inspirations III.  If you buy any of these fabrics, they will donate money to the cause. It's really quite lovely teal fabric.  It looks great combined with not just white, but a touch of yellow too.  Wish I'd have seen that earlier, cause I would have gotten some.  

If you make a 12" block and send it in, they will put it with other blocks and auction off big quilts. If you make a mini quilt, they will auction those too, and all those proceeds go to the cause as well. Since my sis has already made a huge donation to the cause, I'm making this little wall hanging quilt for her and she'll probably also share it with the girls Mom. I think I will have enough scraps left to make another. 
I was hoping to have it done for next weekend's visit to see Sis and attend the Houston Rodeo.  But that doesn't seem possible now.  Instead of quilting, I'm sitting here waiting for the season finale of the Batchelor to start.  Now that is really dumb and not at all like me.  I have no idea how I got sucked into that!!