Ritva's Summer Dreams block

Here is the block I worked on for Ritva in our Summer Dreams RR. What fun I had with this one! Buttons and flowers in bright colours!

Shrink Buttons!

Today I had a little fun introducing my son to Shrink Art! I printed out a couple sheets of what I will be using as buttons for Crazy Quilting, cut them out and just said, "Watch!" as I put them in the oven. It took a minute but then I was able to say, "There they go!" After the first batch my son helped me put the holes in the second batch and even wanted to see what would happen to the bit that was bunched out.

I now have 2 dozen buttons in my collection of Shrink Buttons for my Crazy Quilting projects... some of these I have plans for and some will be used for a button swap I'm in. I'll soon be making more!

Here are some pictures of the before and afters of today's fun. :)

birds before

birds after

fairies before

fairies after

Click on the pics to be able to see larger versions :)

SRE Stash Enhancement!

Today I recieved an order I made just before Christmas of Silk Ribbon to use in my Crazy Quilting! Along with a few buttons. Here is a pic of my stash enhancement!

CQed Lap Quilt for my SS Karen

Yesterday I finished off this quilt for my Secret Sister and got it in the mail. I hope to hear from her this coming week to see what she thinks of her final gift. This is for a group where we have one gal to spoil for 3 months at a time. :)On this quilt I lovingly stitched one and a half dozen buttons from the 3 tins of buttons I inherited from my grandmother's home after she passed away.

I should also point out that it's laying across my double bed and almost reaches each side. It's a square lap quilt approximately 48".