My Hole in Won quilt

The inspiration and most of the pattern for this came from a pattern called Beyond Horizon's by RaNae Merrill.  I just changed it up some and have called it "Hole in Won" :).
I'm making this to put in the Tri County 2016 Quilt Show.  I think it will go to the modern category.  My son gets it after the show.  He said he loved it so really that is all that matters to me.
So here is my progress.  I've basted it and am now quilting it.  I did half the quilting today and will finish the quilting tomorrow and maybe put the binding on tomorrow evening while I'm watching the tube.

Here it is after I basted it.

and here is 1/2 quilted.  Quilting it every one inch...wow that takes time!

More mug rug madness :)

You know I told you about my Facebook group...Mug rugs and Potholders swaps Oh My....

Well I've been busy again creating new events.  Here are some of the newest mug rugs I've made for some new events for the group and for an individual trade.

This one is for Deborah OKeefe, I hope she loves it.

This one is Grandma's Garden.

This one is High Fashion

and this one is Sewing Notions

Dresden Plate swap

Wish upon a star

Summer time camping fun

It's a hoot

and here is some other stuff I'm working on.  :)  This one is a swap by another member

called Grand Ole Flag.  I decided to do my husbands country flag. )

And the spooly birds is for me.  Will soon be a quilt, only 4 more appliques to complete and a little more embroidery.  Also there is another camper there for an individual swap.  so much fun!

Customer's paint their benches

I've been thinking of redesigning my bench for what seems like years.  My old bench was designed after I found that weaving benches were extremely expensive to purchase.  Wow I sure could not afford $400 for a bench to sit and weave!  On the other hand weaving in a chair was not the best solution.  Since I already started to make some other weaving tools for the same reason (the cost) I decided to design and make myself a bench.  Well having a bench was great but I found that my design was just to much of a pain to adjust the height so I rarely did.  Well like I was telling you, I've been thinking about resigning my bench to make adjusting the seat quicker.  I looked at several benches and took the best of each one for my new design.  Here it is.  :)  I am so happy with this one.  I started selling this a few months ago on my Etsy Handywoman store.
I'm offering a large and a small version of this new design.

I've sold this bench a few times already so I finally ordered templates so I could easily make the hole and round the tops so that they will all be exactly the same.  I found a company that laser cuts acrylic sheets.  :) The expense was well worth it.

A couple ladies painted their new benches and sent me pictures.  I love seeing pictures of what people do with my weaving tools.  

This one was before I decided to round the tops of my benches.

And this customer rounded the tops for herself....and is the reason I now round the tops of my benches.  Best customer EVER!

Minion Pincushion

This is the cutest pincushion EVER.  You can get the free pattern here.
Here is mine, I made the small one.  I think you should make one too!

Review of the Chevron Quilt pattern from Missouri Star Quilting Company

This is a Missouri Star pattern you can find them on YouTube here.

This is a super easy quilt to make, a seasoned quilter can make this one in a day and a new quilter could probably make it in a week or less.

This pattern is the perfect for the new quilter learning to make their first quilt.

By making this quilt you will learn how to cut fabric, how to piece a block and a quilt,and how to match seams. There are not too many seams in this one so it's a great starter quilt.  This is also a great quilt to learn how to do basic line quilting on a standard sewing machine.  I give this quilt an A+ for anyone wanting to learn to quilt.

I made this quilt using a bunch of left over layer cake strays so it's not the prettiest to look at but I wanted to test this one out to see if my niece could make it for her first large project and feel successful.  I think it fits the bill.  :)