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Sunday, February 25, 2018

Again and Again


The international on-line community of quilters
never ceases to astound me.

Bernie's 'Spread the Love' campaign
has been an amazing success,
and I have no doubt that Amy is 
overwhelmed with doll quilts to augment 'A Doll Like Me'.
For stats and an update,
please take a moment to visit Bernie's latest post.
I think you'll be astounded, too!

I am proud to be a participant,
and, as I declared in my New Year's post,
my intentions are to use my scraps as I generate them,
so I see this as a perpetual project.

From my scrappy Tilda Fabric corners,
after making Sweet Reminiscence
for the blog hop, I fashioned this sweet pinwheel quilt.




I included some of the larger scraps for doll clothes,
and slipped it into yesterday's mail to 

On my recent visit to North Texas,
my quilter friend generously donated some already made 3" blocks
that she had acquired from the estate of another quilter.




Since I couldn't wait to get my hands on them,
I whipped up a second doll quilt that would be suitable
to accompany a boy doll.


A peek at the backing.

Again and again,
when the word gets out,
quilter's respond!
Amy of A Doll Like Me should be all set for awhile!
Way to go, Bernie!!!
~
I'd like to take this opportunity to congratulate the winners
of my little give away from my blog hop post.
The random number generator chose:

Carol S.
Lee
CalicoJoan
& Ioleen

to each receive a Fondle Your Fabric decal.
They have been contacted by email,
and their decals will be sent out in Monday's mail!

If you'd like a Fondle Your Fabric decal,
please contact me by email.
The Etsy shop is out of stock at the moment,
but that doesn't mean we can't take care of you!
They make great gifts, are easy and inexpensive to mail
(just slip them into a card),
and look great on mugs and water bottles, too.


Enjoy your day!

Thanks for visiting,
karen


Posted by KaHolly at 2:28 PM 29 comments

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

A Very Special Delivery


Mission accomplished!
My daughter and I delivered doggie quilts, etc.
to Second Chance Farm in Granbury, Texas
on Saturday afternoon.
Second Chance Farm has a storefront,
so we weren't actually able to 'go to the farm'.

We met up with the lovely Valerie,
and after telling our story,
began showing her what we brought
starting with the smaller items.


Here is a wallhanging,
donated by a sweet woman from Calgary, Alberta, Canada,
(no blog) called "Raining Cats and Dogs".

Valerie was beside herself.
But wait!


My daughter then pulled out sets of placemats,


and she couldn't believe it!


Next, we unveiled a wall hanging donated by sweet Tish
and she couldn't believe her eyes!


Out came a quilt.
Valerie was floored!


Here she is checking out the back.


Finally, the last quilt for today.
Valerie said, "Now, let me get this straight.
These doggies were made by people all over the world?"
She couldn't believe the generosity
of all you quilters!

A very special thank you to everyone who made this possible.
We couldn't have done it without you!

Thank you to my Quilty friend, Jill, for the use of her machine,
and to my other Quilty friend, Miss Susie,
for the opportunity to have a photo shoot on her beautiful property.
I spent one week with each of them.
We used to teach school together 27 years ago!
I moved away 20 years ago,
(my how time flies)
yet we still remain close.
I'm a lucky girl!

I have been working on doggie blocks
since the first week in December
and I'm ready for a break.
Time for a new project!

xo,
karen

Posted by KaHolly at 9:31 PM 34 comments

Thursday, February 8, 2018

My Day to Put a Little Love in Your Quilt!



Welcome to my stop on the 
Put a Little Love in your Quilt blog hop!  If you’re new here, 
just a little about myself.  I am a snowbird, dividing my time between Texas and Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.  
I have the best of both worlds!  
It seems as though I’ve been quilting all of my life, 
yet I learn something new 
every day.

I have had a lot of fun preparing for this special day 
and I am glad you are here to share it with me.  
I don’t often participate in blog hops, but every once in awhile, 
one comes along and grabs me!  Such was the case with this one.

Last winter, I acquired a new pattern 
from Loft Creations called PaperDolls, 
but I knew I wasn’t going to have time to make it.  
I did, however, piece two dolls to test the pattern 
to see if it was as fun as it looked. 


Oh, yeah!  
I knew I’d revisit the pattern in the near future.  
The thought of paper dolls evoked 
such pleasant memories from my childhood.

Right about that same time, there was a call 
so I whipped a few up and sent them off.  
I knew immediately that I wanted to combine the Paper Dolls 
with the heart blocks one day.

When Carol asked for hoppers, 
I couldn’t resist seeing this as my opportunity
to combine these two blocks somehow.  
Now, I’ve always had a fascination for Row quilts.  
I even collect them on a Pinterest board for that 'someday' that seldom seems to come along 
because there are just too many patterns and blocks and designs, 
and I want to make them all.  
Ahh, yes, another perfect opportunity!

At the same time, I won a fat quarter bundle
of Tilda Fabrics 
from Red Pepper Quilts, 
and when they arrived
in the mail,
everything fell into place.  
Don’t you love it when a plan comes together?

So, with a nod from Stephanie (it’s always nice to ask), I set to work.

Voila!  Introducing Sweet Reminiscence!










To thank you for visiting my blog today,
I do have a little give away.

I will use the Random Number Generator
to select four comments to win
"fondle your fabric" vinyl decals.

(As shown on The Scrapmaster's sewing machine!)

Being quick and easy to slip into the mail,
these allow me to open up the give away to international visitors
without having to be concerned about the rising costs of postage.
(I won't be choosing winners
until I return from a two week visit with friends
on February 19th.)

Please be sure to visit the other talented blog hoppers
on today's schedule, the last day of the hop,
as listed below.
I'm sure you'll be in for some great surprises!

A great big thank you to Carol
of Just Let Me Quilt
for a wonderful job setting this all up!


February 8



Enjoy your day!
Thanks for stopping by!
XO,
Karen
Posted by KaHolly at 12:01 AM 87 comments

Friday, February 2, 2018

Put a Little Love in Your Quilt Blog Hop


I have completed my second Dog Gone Cute quilt!


Measuring in at 46" x 54",
it will make a good lap quilt.


A little glimpse of the backing,


and the binding.

The third flimsy will travel to North Texas with me tomorrow
and will be FMQ'd on my friend's machine.
I grew a little weary of straight line quilting with a generic walking foot
on a teeny weeny little and old portable Singer,
although it's done me well!

It's already layered, and the binding is prepped and ready!
There's a lot of negative space,
but I'll keep the quilting pretty simple.
I'm going to try a binding with a flange on this last one.
I can't wait to present all these dog gone goodies
to the pet rescue later this month!
I hope they do well at auction.

In the meantime,
I've also been preparing for the blog hop!
That quilt will be quilted at my friend's, too,
and like the other,
is all prepped and ready to go.
My day is February 8!

Here's the line up for the whole week!



February 5


February 6


February 7


February 8

Just Let Me Quilt

 Lastly, I want to share a bird picture with you!
I know, I know!  It's been a while!

This is a pair of Crested Caracaras.
I've been trying to get a decent picture 
of them for years,
but they are always either too far away,
or fly off just as I'm ready to click.

In the US, they are only found in 
Arizona, Texas, and Florida.
Described as a tropical falcon version of the vulture,
they like the open country.
They are about 20" long,
with a wingspan of almost 50".

Oops, I almost forgot!
Thanks to Anja
I've found the perfect photo editor!
Ribbet!
It's Kaholly Approved!
Thanks, Anja!

See you at the hop,
next week!

xo,
karen


Posted by KaHolly at 2:32 PM 26 comments
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