Quilting takes a back seat for now

Daily task after DH picks the peas is shelling then freezing. These are my favourite vegetable and I love having them over the winter knowing exactly where they came from. the boys were here last week and we will have them up here again in a couple of weeks. Heading to the Cleveland area Tuesday early for a whirlwind trip should be back home on Friday. Piecefully, Joanne

Orphan blocks ready for their forever home

A big round of thanks to both Cynthia and Kristel. Cynthia of Quilting is more fun than Housework fame organized an adoption event a few weeks ago. Regular followers of her blog and its Oh Scrap! linky party were offered the opportunity to give away one or more sets of orphan blocks to a new home for completion. Readers visited the blogs and left comments about why they would like to have/finish/complete/use the orphans. I left a couple of comments and was delighted to find out that one set of Kristel's orphan's were coming my way.I love the Bento box design and Kristel had a set of blocks that just needed assembly and quilting. As they say in quilt talk, done and done. This is all labelled, washed and ready to donate.
It was a bit windy when we took the picture so the boys each took a corner to hold it flatter. They are scheduled to be here every other week this summer so it remains to be seen what I will accomplish in between visits.
Linking up later today with Cynthia's Oh Scrap! at Quilting is more fun than Housework. (here)
Piecefully, Joanne

A scrappy selection

Hubby decided it was time for some of my quilt stash to find homes. He selected a large group from the closet and I could pick from those the ones that could move on to new homes. I like to wash my quilts before they leave here. No cats, dogs or smokers but I figure I want them to have the roughest treatment here before they get to somewhere where the treatment may not be gentle. These are primarily lap or baby size quilts. Some will go to the Scrapbag group and others to Project Linus.
Piecefully, Joanne

Linking up with Cynthia's Oh Scrap!  at Quilting is more fun than housework (here)

Inside Out and Fandom in Stitches

I tested Disgust for Katie Olsen one of the Fandom in Stitches designers. She has started doing the characters from the movie Inside Out. (The mistake in this one is mine, not hers). Fandom in Stitches followers can make these designs available for personal use but NOT for sale. So one cannot make and sell any of the images from that site. That being said if you are a fan of paper piecing and you are a fan of Disney, Harry Potter, Sesame Street. Alice in Wonderland, Shrek, etc this is your go to place to find a pattern to use for your personal project. All of the patterns that appear on the Fandom in Stitches web site (here) have been tested before they are made available to download from the site. If you think you would be interested in testing patterns for the talented designers then stop by the Fandom in Stitches Tester page on Facebook and ask to join. There is an expectation that you actually test the patterns and not just get them before anyone else does.
I need to back away from the testing for a bit and get some of my UFO's under control. Piecefully, Joanne
PS With the Minions movie coming out in a few days I sure hope someone does a couple of Minion designs. J