This Little Piggy...

My favorite thing with the kids when they were little...  Wee, wee, all the way home...  So cute.

And so are these piggy blocks.  I just LOVE them.  I think I may need a whole quilt of pigs instead of just a wall hanging.

I am linking up to Let's Bee Social on Sew Fresh Quilts.

Christmas Wall Hanging

Every Christmas I have to make something Christmas-y.  It usually happens pretty late in the game.  Its a bonus that the Christmas fabrics are on sale... No, seriously that has happened way too many times so now I clearly have enough Christmas in my stash.  Time to use it up.  If only I could find the quilt I want to make with it...  Sigh.  I actually did find it then lost it.  Crap.

Anyway this year, I made this.  They are 1 1/2 inch squares.  For the HST (half square triangles) I used the same squares and sewed a seam diagonally down the middle.  Cut one end off and that was that.  I love it.  I kind of want to make an all year one too to hang in my sewing/crafting/family computing room.

My Block for Quilts Story Block Party

Here is my block for the block party!

I used yo yo's to sew in the bubblegum machine.  When I bought these Kona solids, I was just creating a solid stash.  I thought, will I use these super bright colors?  Oh boy, did I.  I actually had no gray and was really bummed to have to go to the store just to get a tiny bit of gray for the center.  Then I thought I should just look through my scraps, just in case.  There was this 3 by 3 piece of gray.  I do not remember using it for anything, clothes, crafts or whatever.  I was very grateful to have found it.  It saved me some cash and some time.

I did a Log Cabin design for the bottom portion.  For the top I did large Drunkard's Path pieces. The yo yo's give the circles a little dome, which adds to the feeling of gum balls. I couldn't be more happier on how this turned out.  I always feel like the "Jill of all trades, Master of None".  For once I had to take a step back and say hey, this came out pretty good.    I am pleased.  And  it was really, really, fun to boot !

Just wanted to let you know about the cool block party.  I heard about it on Twin Fibers. If you click the button below it will link you directly to Quilt Story for all the details.  Believe me you don't want to miss out if you love fabric.  Head on over there to check out the details.  I am pretty excited to see everyone's blocks.