Writer's Workshop - Pinterest

2.) Are you on Pinterest? Share the last five items you pinned, choose one and let it inspire a blog post.

Am I on Pinterest?  Umm, hell yeah I am!  I spend too much time on there.  I spent most my time looking for one of 3 things.... recipes, crafts - mostly sewing or color inspirations for quilts, and I like the "humor" tab.  Here are my last 5 pins...

I pinned this from Design Seeds - I go to this site every day and when a palate "moves me" I pin it for possible quilt ideas.

Source: design-seeds.com via Kerri on Pinterest

I pinned this one because I want to start using more solid colors other than white for quilt backgrounds.  I don't like the single girl pattern, but this purple just spoke to me!

Source: flickr.com via Kerri on Pinterest

I pinned this one because I loved how this person used the thin blue line and I am always up for more half square triangle patterns! 

Source: flickr.com via Kerri on Pinterest

Oh yum, a recipe!  This pin was a great little dip find.  I mean hellp cinnamon almond dip?  Sounds delish to me!

Source: thejoyofcleaneating.com via Kerri on Pinterest

Lastly is this beauty.  This a a rug I saw and it matches an idea I have for an upcoming wedding gift.  Let me tell the story behind it....

Source: houzz.com via Kerri on Pinterest

This is my friend Tiffany and her fiance Ryan.   Take not of the matching Columbia jackets, beach in the background...

Tiff and I have been friends for a long time and her and Ryan are getting married in October.  I am a bridesmaid - yay!  Anyway, the two of them are very outdoorsy.  They go hiking and biking and he even proposed on a hot air balloon ride in wine country.  They are always outside and I was trying to think about how I could use that idea for a gift.  Since my go-to gift is quilts and sewn items I was stumped {tee hehe pun} until I saw this gorgeous quilt....

Not sure of source, if anyone knows plz tell me in a comment!

How perfect!  A tree quilt!  I pinned the rug for further inspiration of how to quilt the tree lines.  I want to of course add the heart with either their initials and wedding date, or their last name, or first names only.  Not sure yet, but something.  I am very excited to work on this in coming months. 

So there you have it, a look into my last 5 pins and the story behind one of them!  Join in at Mama Kats.

Bachelor Ben

Nicki:

watching the wedding

Oh gee Ben's Latin "swagger" made me laugh out loud.  He look hilarious in his all white and cool columbian hat.  The wedding they stumbled upon the bride walked down to the aisle to Cannon, *sigh* brought back memories to me.  Nicki talked more about her past marriage and got the rose on her date.

Group Date:

Look how cute Jamie and Kacie B look!

Baseball game with Ben.  Again, these athletic dates wouldn't be for me.  Looks like all the girls are loving it though.  Lindzi got picked by Ben as the automatic evening date goer.  I'm not a fan of Courtney, but I did like her team better, after all Kacie B and Jamie are my two top picks.  Boy these girls turned out to be pretty good ball players.  Talk about sore loser though, Blakeley really took the loss hard.  Plus she got really upset that Elyse was the last solo date.  I mean being upset is normal, but Blakeley was all like "I hope you throw up" when the helicopter showed up.

Here is Courtney's opinion {and of course my own} of the girls on her group/team:

Lindzi has an annoying personality.... yeah it's called charisma - get some.
Jamie is just a hot mess.... yeah, she sure is hotter than you!
Casey S has lack of interaction.... because she's your little shadow
Kacie B is a threat - as she should be feeling this.  After all Ben gave Kacie B the date rose.  Yay!

Elyse:

First off, can I just mention her silky quilted purple suitcase?  Umm, yuck!  So Ben seems to be going into his date with Elyse hoping his feelings will change while on the water... hmm, I'm not thinking that is gonna happen.  She starts laying it on thick, about how much she gave up to be there, and they should "screw everyone else and just getting married here".  Ben's rolled up tuxedo pants on the dinner portion cracked me up.  She's just sick of being single - oh she's just digging her own grave.  She isn't mentioning her feelings for Ben at all - it's all about feeling left behind and how she really wants to have the next step.  Bye Bye Elyse.... I thought it was sad how he picked up the rose during his speech, that gave her some false hope.  ouch.

Courtney again:  about Elyse's bag leaving "Maybe she drank too much and the jersey shore came out".  Wow, she has no class.  On her going skinny dipping - gag me.  She is all like "I don't think he's ever skinny dipping with a model before".  Puh-lease!  Get over yourself, she is not that hot.  It made me happy that even though Ben does skinny dip with her, in his interview he said "In my head I'm thinking this is a bad idea".  And then afterwards he said "Courtney and I shared an intimate moment and I feel really crappy about it".  YES!  Best response.

Cocktail Party/Rose Ceremony:

Blakeley calmed herself down and told Ben how she was feeling, and I think that was really good for her.  Oh Emily, she just couldn't let it go could she.  Not much went on, so right to who went home.

Jennifer.  Whoa - I'm shocked, I really liked them.  She was #2 pick. 

Emily better watch it and really focus on Ben.  She's on thin ice.

My top 3:
1. Kacie B
2. Jamie
3. Hmm... I guess I'll put Lindzi back on my list for now.

Finished Quilt

I have managed to start and complete 2 quilts this year already and finish up Eli's.  I'm very proud of that.  Hoping I can continue to get sewing in once Eli is here! 

So here it is, quilt 3.  I'm in love with this quilt.  I love the colors and the binding, and it's the perfect lap size, yet again.  It measures 42.5 x 38.  Lap size seems to be my favorite to make, so quick and easy and perfect to snuggle with and read!

This quilt is for my dear friend Andrea.  This shade of green is soo very her, I made her a knit scarf years ago in almost this same shade.  So when I dug out the Pillow & Maxfield fabrics I decided it had to be for her!  This is a Christmas/Birthday present for her.  Her birthday is tomorrow actually!

I simply quilted straight lines on the edges and then along the sashing and snowballs.  Very simple, and I wish I would have used green thread on the back, but live and learn.  I was too excited to start quilting it to wait and buy more thread.  *sigh*  Scrappy binding of course!

Linking up with Quiltstory for Fabric Tuesday!

Fabric Tuesday: Eli's quilt!

I finally got Eli's baby quilt finished up!  This will be Eli's coming home blanket.  I just LOVE it to pieces.  It's Lily & Will 2 fabric with a brown fleece on the back.  I did simple straight line stitching and alternated yellow and aqua thread.  The binding is the same line, but it's a brown polka dot I didn't use on the front.  I can't even tell you how perfect the size is, I think it's like 36x40??  Great for a baby, and super soft!  We will probably use this as his carseat/travel blanket. 

Joing up at Quiltstory for Fabric Tuesday.