Innocent Crush Sighting

I received an email this morning from Quilt Home--one of my all time favorite online fabric stores.

And what did they tell me was in stock?

Well, from the title of this post I'll bet you guessed!

That's right--

The wonderful new fabric line from Anna Maria Horner

INNOCENT CRUSH

I'm not sure if I'm allowed to post pictures of her fabric so just follow the link to see this wonderful new fabric -- but don't buy it all save some for me!!!

Fall in FL

Since so many of you will soon be posting pictures of changing leaves,

I thought I'd share my Fall pics.

This is what Fall in Florida is like for those of us on the east coast----

The tourists are gone

The kids are back in school

The temperature is starting to cool-off

And there are long stretches of empty beach,

just perfect for an evening walk.

National Flip Flop Day

They are the only shoes a Beach-Girl needs--

The Quilt is Finished!!!

After procrastinating for a few weeks, worried that it would be "too hard", I finally just did it!

I laid out and taped the backing to the floor--

I spread out the batting--

I laid out the quilt top over the backing and batting-

And I pinned it all together--

I machine quilted it-

And here IT is finished---

The front--

And the back--

Although it's not perfect--it is my "1st Quilt Ever"--I'm happy with it.

I LOVE the colors

and most importantly

I learned alot!

I've already started on another quilt!!!

For the Birds---

Looks like there's a new "kid" on the block--

I heard "him" chirping this morning while I was enjoying my coffee on the patio.

As I took a closer look I saw--

A brother or sister-

They look so cute.

Noticed some more movement and then there were--

Three!!

Momma was getting worried--

So I left her alone to tend to her babies-
And I went back to my coffee.

The mail came!

I love getting packages in the mail.

This is from my blogging friend, Lisa, at

 My Life of Domestic Bliss.

She was having a giveaway and I won.

Love the colors!

What is it?
It's a beautiful scarf---

That she knitted herself.
The pictures do not do it justice.
I wish you could see how beautiful it is---and oh-so-soft!

Thank-you Lisa

I LOVE IT!!!

Stop by and visit her.
And while you're there take a tour of her Folly--
Don't know what a folly is-
Then you need to visit and find out.

Sewing Something Sweet

As I said in my previous post, we were invaded by lovebugs last week. It was so bad I couldn't get outside to work in the yard.

So I decided to sit at the sewing machine and make a shirred dress for my little granddaughter. I got the pattern from Whimsy Couture Boutique. She has the cutest patterns and very good instructions.

I had never shirred anything before--it took me almost 4 hours to get the hang of it-


And as you can see--

Several practice swatches--

The first one didn't really shirr at all--

I started to get the hang of it--

Finally I got the elastic thread wound correctly on the bobbin.

And my practice swatch looked like it was suppose to--

Now here is the dress--

This is the front--

 And this is the back---

It's a little blurry. But it is adorable.

I'll be mailing it off to Georgia-

I can't wait to see it on her.