Behind the Umbrella

Can you guess who's behind the umbrella?

Here's a hint (someone convinced me to buy these shoes today)

Ta Dah!  It's Candace of Squash House Quilts and me.



Mr. Creations and Mr. Squash are being very good sports.



Good advice

Last year the Creations met the Squashes in person for the very first time and we hatched a plan to get together again this year.  This photo is taken at Bob's Red Mill where we ate lunch.

Mr. Creations and I started our trip in Anacortes and Whidbey Island, Washington.  Now we're in America's bicycle capital.  Oregon!  Candace and I are giddy over going to Sample Spree tonight then spending all day together at Quilt Market tomorrow.    

~Piecefully, Stephanie

Leaving on a jet plane...

don't know when I'll be back again.

I'm not going home, I'm not going home.

A room with a view

Wanna get away?

We saw some of these roaming around.  Please come back and I'll show you what else we saw.

Do you know where we are?

~Piecefully, Stephanie

A Finish

 I started this in January.  Half Double Crochet alternating in the front and back loops.

I'm still very much a novice when it comes to crochet and sometimes I  can't tell which is the front and which is the back!  But it's a dishcloth so does it really matter?  They make nice gifts.

~Piecefully, Stephanie

Pattern Play

I'm over the polka dotted moon because of THIS.  I heart Fat Quarter Shop.

Sparkle Plenty is a fun quilt and a manageable size at 48" square.

However, you can make it smaller by changing the size of your squares.  Of course, this will alter the yardage requirements.  Christmas Sparkles measures 24" square.

And if you really like to work with small pieces, Mini Sparkles is the sweetest little 12" square.  Now if you want to go big or go home, just increase the size of your squares.

Be sure to visit Fat Quarter Shop's Pattern Play blog post HERE.

Hoping your day Sparkles Plenty!

~Piecefully, Stephanie

Pretty Month of May

 May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii. 

 Garlands of Flowers Everywhere.  

This is a song that I learned while teaching pre-school at Hawaii Child Center in Lani Kai.  I don't know of any other places that celebrate flowers quite like Hawaii and Japan.  Two places I've been very fortunate to live.  Hawaii holds a special place in my heart because Daughter Creations was born in Hawaii in the month of May.

I found the sweetest pair of handmade pillowcases yesterday.  They remind me of May baskets, Mother's Day and the pretty flowers Mr. Creations brought home to celebrate our 31st Wedding Anniversary, on May 1. 

~Piecefully, Stephanie

Projects in Progress

  *Soul Blossoms Scrappy Kaleidoscope blocks paired with a lemony-lime

*Twelve blocks set 3 x 4 

*Finished block measures 11 1/4"

  A very nice lap quilt and a manageable size for me to machine quilt, one day.

Perhaps you remember the old quilt I cut apart?  I shared the start of this project HERE.  This little quilt just needed the outer border.  I used quilt pieces and Essex linen/cotton for the 9-patches.  The blue is also a cotton/linen blend.  The red and white stripe came from Mom's stash.  I will quilt this myself as well. 

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I learned something new to me.  Etsy now has instant download for PDF patterns.  You just shop, purchase, click.  So I uploaded my PDFs in my Etsy shop HERE.

Company's coming.

~Piecefully, Stephanie

What are you reading?

 When  pretty feedsacks have been made into  pillowcases it's best to leave them that way, don't you think?

I have no "obligated" sewing so I'm in the mood to get lost in my stack of unread books.  I think I'll start with this one.  If you've read a book you've really enjoyed will you tell me?

Wishing you a relaxing weekend.

~Piecefully, Stephanie