SEW much to show! Blocks galore!*tons of eye candy!

There is SEW much I have been working on...I don't even know where to begin!
First of all, the fat 8ths have been rolling in. I LOVE CHECKING THE MAIL! I am receiving fabric EVERYDAY! It's wonderful!I have gotten several blocks finished and mailed back to their owners. I also signed up for 2 or 3 additional January swap partners for the One block per month swap.
I've been doing a lot more applique, and am really enjoying it.
Soon I will start on my snowman blocks for a different swap.
Well here's the eye candy!
Here are blocks I've made to send to people:








Here are blocks I've received from others!! I LOVE THEM ALL!!




This one is for my "pinks and greens" quilt. This is the theme for my one block per month swap.

I have also been working on LOTS of quilts for Project Linus and am almost done with my first quilt for the Downy Quilts for Kids Challenge. I will post pics once the top is completed.
I am teaching a quilting class in my home on Friday evenings starting in February. I ordered kits from Downy for all class participants and received them in the mail today!! YAY! Kyle is also participating by making a quilt for the Downy kids. He chose the kit that has Karate fabric =) I am encouraging him in this endeavor for charity. He will be making it on his own with guidance from me.
I will take pics of my Linus quilts Thursday and post them...it's so fun to see eye candy!!

I got my weed whacker quilt pinned and my Cherry Spinners quilt pinned! Yay!! This is a HUGE accomplishment. These are BOTH items on my UFO list. I am not allowing myself to start any new quilts (for me) until my UFO list is clear! (this does NOT include block swaps, lol).

I have received 5 of 8 fat quarters for the Valentine's day swap..and also purchased some ADORABLE cat Vday fabric!
I went to the LQS on the tenth and they had a HUGE sale! Ten fat quarters for ten dollars!!!!!!!!!! And...40% off most of their fabric! Here are some pics of what I got..
This one I bought a half yard of off the bolt...I received the floral F8 as part of the swap I'm in and got the fabric nehind it to use in the coordinating block (pic of block is above). This fabric was really neat because it graduated from light to dark.

I love paisleys and i LOVE pink! So...this Moda fabric was 40% off and I got a yard of it. I cut it in half and sent half to my bestie =)

This is a FQ that I just thought was so unique! Since I love to read, I had to have it too!

Here is a group of FQ's I got...remember I had to buy ten to get them for a dollar each! (For those of you who don't know about Fat Quarters...they normally sell for about $2.25-$2.75 each). The light blue one I bought for Lisa...and some of the rest of those I used as coordinating fabrics for the F8 swap. The antique-y red/blue and cream one I used in an above block for a swap...but it is a fabric I've used before and REALLY love it. I think my next F8 swap is going to be an "antique red/white/blue quilt...using off white or cream instead of white and being inspired by this exact fabric!

I bought this for the round robin swap I'm doing through Cafe mom. This is kind of hard to see but there is some purple in with the blues and the lady's fav colors are purple and blue.

The black floral fabric is a fat8 I refceived (the finished block is above) and I got the matching polka dot fabric and it was just PERFECT!

I got these to go with the cat fabric someone sent me for their F8 block (finished block also above). The bluish looking one os actually a deep grape purple color. I ended up only using the yellow for her block though!

This is the laptop bag I made for Ruth for Christmas!!!


Here is how wonderful my mail has looked almost daily for the past week or so!!

Wonderful mail.......

I got WONDERFUL mail today!! Fabric and romance novels...2 of my FAVORITE things!
I received 2 more Fat 8's in the mail today and another Valentine's Day FQ...and...the first round being sent to me of the Cafe Mom winter round robin! I also received 2 books from paperbackswap.com!! YAY!

Here are the pics of the Fat 8's...



Here is the FQ I received for Valentine's Day:


Here are the two blocks I received for the winter round robin:


And here is something VERY exciting!!!!! I did my very first ever paper-pieced quilt block!!!!!!! I started it yesterday and posted some "in process" pics last night...but here is the final block! It is for a "one block per month" swap I am doing. This person's quilt theme is "patriotic".

Isn't it BEAUTIMUS!!!!! :)

Here's my favorite mug on my favorite coaster...

Here is a pic I took today of my ADORABLE Jacob...I just can't resist taking pics of him (notice he gravitates towards the fleece...ALWAYS.......)


And here is a FABULOUS tip for your sewing room!!!
This is a tablecloth.......yes...one of thos vinyl ones with the flannel backing....I found out Thursday night that when you buy a flannel board/design board (whatever they are called) to hang on your wall and put your work on...all it really is is flannel on one side and vinyl on the other.....I swiped my hand across these blocks ... AND SURE ENOUGH they clung!! Unbelievable!!


Tomorrow is a very exciting day too! I have church in the morning and then I'm meeting Nancy at the quilt shop...It's the 10th so they have fat quarters on sale...10 for $10!!! Even some Moda!!!!!
OK...I have got to get off this computer and watch Julie & Julia...I've had it from Red Box for 3 or 4 days now!!! Goodnight!

Current projects and more

Yet another beautiful Nevada sunset....I cannot help taking pics! I am always awed by this.
Here is the latest addition to my cat fabric stash!! I love it! The yarn is SO vibrant!
Here are some more 9 patches for the one a day quilt from Crazy Mom Quilts. I think I am going to make a total of about 70 and then put them on point with focus fabric in white. Whatchya think?
Here is the 12 week quilt a long from Crazy Mom Quilts. I have decided to make all the blocks again to make this twice the size.
There is a quilt shop on the outskirts of Fallon called Workman Farms...on the tenth of every month they have a sale on fat quarters...TEN FAT QUARTERS FOR TEN DOLLARS!! These are ten MODA fat quarters that I got for a buck a piece!!!!!!!
Here is the quilt top from the Cafe Mom BOM...I am thinking of putting a 4-5" border around it of flying geese...and then another strip border...what do you think? which colors should I use on the flying geese? I LOVE these blocks though!
Here is Jacob :)
And here is Kyle! A couple of weeks ago he lost a front tooth! The tooth fairy has been making frequent visits to the Scarberr6y house!

Eye Candy!

So I have decided on my next quilt....it's called Cherry Spinners from Evelyn Sloppy's book: 40 Fabulous Quick-cut Quilts.

I went yesterday and got all the fabric I need for the top. I really liked the color choices in the book so I tried to stay very close to them:
Here is some of it after I cut it. I have finished cutting everything I need to make this beautiful quilt!

And here is where I started to make my pinwheels:
I also wanted to show you some fabric I got for my dear friend, Lisa:
And here is the fat quarters that the children got me for Mother's Day...I got the animal one from my son, Kyle, the yellow one with the bold colors from my nephew, Cody, and the pink one from my niece, Hayleigh...I LOVE THESE!
And here are some other fat quarters I picked up last week...these were on sale for a DOLLAR!
And....the best part....I got three new cat fabrics!!
FYI:Joann's has moved a bunch of their Debbie Mumm fabric to the red tag area!!!!!!! I was so thrilled!

The men have gone off to California to go gold panning and camping...so we are on a sewing mission! We were up sewing until almost 2 am last night and are getting ready to begin again! Nancy is almost done sewing her top together-then all she has to do is add the border. She has already purchased her batting and backing, so we are holding high hopes for a completed top today!