Hexagon Placemat

Here's the finished Hexagon placemat. It is just six 60 degree triangles sewn together. I love the look of it with the striped fabric though. I think it turned out pretty cute. I'm not showing a great picture of the middle because somehow...all the stripes lined up except for the very center...go figure.

I quilted it with my new walking foot along the stripes in the fabric. How have I lived this long without a walking foot? I LOVED it! You'll be seeing more little quilty projects from me since it's so easy to quilt them on my machine now!

A little closer angle...

Happy Halloween!

Mary's Sewing Space

I thought it might be fun to see everyone's sewing space. You know...see where the magic happens!?! I sew at my dining room table with my assortment of sewing boxes, containers, bags, piles, etc. right beside me. We are planning on setting up a little sewing space in the basement, but for now...this is it. My "stash" is upstairs in our extra bedroom. One day I'd like to arrange it all in lovely little bundles and sort it by colors...doesn't that sound wonderful?

And look what I made here.... Kelly, I'm so excited to see how all of these beautiful fabrics play together in your finished quilt!

If you don't want to post to the blog, you can always email me a picture of your sewing space and I'll post it for you.

The Haunted Hop

Last week I went on a local quilt shop "Haunted Hop." Did you hear about this? I'm on the Pieceful Hearts newsletter and heard about it there. Anyway...it was a ton of FUN to see the quilt shops in the area. 

Here are the spoils of my quilt tour:

I started at Roberts Sewing Center/A Quilter's Paradise in Crest Hill. The shop is HUGE and full of fabric and sample quilts. I really think it might be the biggest quilt shop in the area. I had the boys with me, so I didn't go upstairs, but there are two levels of excitement I tell you - TWO! I picked up a funny little video game fabric here.

Then we headed out to Lockport to visit Thimbles. This shop is adorable! And the staff is so stinkin' friendly. They even offered to hold Kent for me while I shopped. Another plus...they had a superhero fabric. So I picked up a yard of Batman symbols and a fabric bundle of ruby slippers.

We then traveled up to Willowbrook to visit quiltfabric.com. This shop is a mess and not very stroller friendly, but it has a lot of fabric. My favorite part was the boxes of fabric strips. Each strip is only $0.50. I see a scrappy, strippy quilt in my future. They had a few other bargains which was nice too. I picked up the orange floral and the orange/yellow print here.

After a quick stop at The Patio for lunch, the boys and I drove out to The Quilt Basket in Downers Grove. This is another SUPER cute shop with a very friendly staff. I picked up the two Halloween fabrics as part of a kit...I'll show you what I made with them a little later...after I give it to Kelli for her birthday!! The sample quilts they had hanging around the shop were simply AMAZING. Honestly...check out the animal quilts behind the register. If you have $300.00 or so just laying around...pick me up the elephant. It's beyond words.

I had to take the boys home after that stop. They were not happy to be out shopping for fabric any longer. So when Jason got home, I hopped on over to Lisle to visit my last stop, Pieceful Heart. This is the shop that I usually go to since it is closest to my house. It's a nice little place with helpful people. And they almost always come through with some superheroes. I picked up the awesome Marvel fabric and the crazy Batman one.

There were two other stops on the tour, but time wouldn't allow. The other stops were Prairie Shop Quilts in Batavia and Prairie Stitches Quilt Shoppe in Oswego. Have you been to one of these shops?

Thank you from Mary!

A huge thank you to all of you who have helped me on my quilt! I'll be posting pictures after Christmas. It's going to look AWESOME though! I hope you enjoyed working on it as much as I enjoyed receiving your blocks!

October's Quilt

October's quilt will have you thinking SPRING!! Kelli has just mailed out the fabric and you should be receiving it in your mailboxes very soon. Here's a little sneak peek at some of the beautiful fabrics...

I know I'm excited! I don't get to work with pinks too often! :)