I'm Picking Apples Again!

I often try to tell kids to think about all the people who love you, don't cry over the one person who doesn't"  -Bill Cosby


My mind has been on apples lately....."Little Apples" to be exact.....my Little Apples quilt has been in a drawer for months....(how long does something have to be not worked on to become a UFO?)  Well, whatever that time is......the Little Apples is now a WIP again!  

I don't know if you all remember but I had added some borders to my quilt top and in doing so, I ran short on the fabric I had bought for the backing..... 

 I decided to piece the backing so I ordered a couple of charm packs and then proceeded to get involved in some other project.....(quilters are so fickle....lol)

 I really didn't want to spend a lot of time piecing together something for the back and I also didn't want to spend a lot of time trying to decide what to do so in the end I just strip pieced several of the charms in long chains and then used some of the backing scraps to make up the rest of the shortage.  Here is a closeup of the center piece....

 I don't know if any of you noticed in the first backing photo that the right side of the backing is about 6 inches wider than the left side......and, in fact, I should have said that this is the "off center" piece.......
Again, this happened because of the borders I had cut out for the quilt top.....
Well this "stickler for symmetry" sure notices the difference but I decided it was time to step out on a limb and just make something off center for once.......(gulp)
If you all see the Symmetry Police tell them I went the other way........

I also finished a block for one of my swaps this week..........this is called "Toothed Star".  I got the pattern from Quilter's Cache....a really great website full of free patterns.

My swap partner requested a red and white block and, although the pattern called for 3 different colors plus the background I decided to give it a try with 3 different red fabrics and a white background.  Goes to show you that there is not much that can go wrong with red and white.......

Well...it's Friday again and in a few hours I will be headed back to work so I'm going to go back upstairs and see if I can squeeze just a little more sewing time into the day.............

See you all again for One Flower Wednesday......TaTa for now.....

Dresden Table Topper Done! Back to Little Apples and Novelty & Solids Layer Cake Swap Success!

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. -Albert Schweitzer


I finished Mom's Dresden table topper.......as I mentioned before, I was not liking the original way I set the half plates so I turned them around and added some half square triangles to all the corners.....and voila!  I'm happy.

I had put the Little Apples quilt on the back burner while I waited for some charms I ordered to come in and here they are!

I know I usually go on and on about my "bossy" big sister but she is also one of the sweetest people I know........she knew I was short on fabric for the back of my Little Apples Quilt and she just happened to have a half yard of one of the fabrics in the collection.........so she didn't blink an eye.......just donated it "to the cause" and I am ready to get back to it........

Last of all I wanted to give a wonderful report on the Novelty and Solids Layer Cake Swap that she and I coordinated together...........Just look at this loot!

We were able to get all 24 slots filled and all the packets have been mailed back to everyone..............we want to thank all of you who participated and since everything went so well we may just decide to try it again sometime!

I think that wraps it up for today's post...........looks like I covered everything in the title so I will get outta here.........
TaTa for Now..............