and CRUSH STAR:


These two quilts compliment each other like ice cream and sunglasses.


Summer Fact 1: We eat ice cream on a designated ice cream day... each week... the whole summer!


I love the extra sprinkle of quilting on this quilt.  I picked a red thread and on each of the red blocks I added  some curly vines that mimicked the background quilting.  Just darling.  


The extra sprinkle of quilting is subtle but in person adds that special pop :)


Summer Fact 2: We have camped the same place each summer for the last six years. It is pretty Sweet.


Summer Fact 3: My hubby is a fireman and he is very busy the FOURTH of JULY putting out fires.  Psst... He loves it!  US fire wives get together and still have a really good firework show :)



In the picture above take a peek at the binding.  I used ombre fabric for my binding and couldn't love it more.  I also cut a few of the hexies from the same fabric.  Such a fun pattern and I hoped you enjoy getting a closer peek.


Before you know it Summer will be over and so here is hoping that it won't go too fast.  And then I will be ready to soak up the fall and all the great things that fall into our lap during that season of the year.  I feel like it is a lifetime away at this point.  However, skip just a bit ahead with me with my Halloweener patterns.  The other two that I released at Market are HAUNT:



and WEB STAR:


I just can't get over how cool the Web Star quilt turned out!  I want to make it in red and blue for the Fourth of July too because it isn't just simply a Halloween Quilt... however, it is just darling in the spider web fabrics.  Sometimes a quilt just works!!  Wouldn't this be so cute in a million different fabrics/colorways/etc!?!?!


Summer Fact 4: Working from home with the kids here for the summer my productivity suffers.  It is a good thing though because I enjoy producing a little less at the expense of spending time with the kids.  I still make little work goals that I want to accomplish for the week and try my best to at least fit a bit of work in so I can check those goals off.  


I love stitching.  Did I mention that?  It is so relaxing for me and I try to fit the stitching in at baseball/softball games and other events where I know I am going to be sitting for a bit where I can multi-task with some stitching.


I added a little sprinkle of quilting on the Web quilt too.  I stitched on top of the background quilting and then free-handed a spider.


Speaking of quilting, I used my favorite filler cowboy feathers.  Did you know that you can watch a fabulous quilting class available on QNNtv.com on my fun cowboy feathers?  Just saying, lol.


This is the second time that I made a Pineapple Quilt.  They are so fun!

Summer Fact 5: Pineapple is best in the SUMMER!  You know what I am talking about :)