A Brand New Day, A Brand New Year of Schnibbles!

Two years ago I was a dedicated participant in the first "Year of Schnibbles" and with it I discovered the fun of making small quilts. I made one each month and gave away several but kept at least half of them because they were too cute to pass on! Carrie over at http://www.missrosiesquiltco.com/ is the designer and though she lives in my neck of the woods I haven't met her--yet! I stole this picture from her blog to show you how sweet she was to thank all of us in her latest book:I think I only made one quilt for last year's fun. They expanded to other small quilts and I was not as motivated to complete the quilts. I bought a few patterns, and even picked out fabric once or twice. But it is a new day, a new year and a brand new year of Schnibbles and I needed something to get me out of the funk I have been in for two days. (I will blame constant migraine pain and the meds I have to take to to function). So this evening after reading Sheri and Sinta's blogs I decided that I had always wanted to make the new Schnibble and away I went! I already had the pattern for Full House since I belong to the Fat Quarter Shop's "Miss Rosie's Quilt Pattern Company Pattern Club" http://www.fatquartershop.com/store/stores_app/Browse_Item_Details.asp?sid=994512052239945&Store_id=499&page_id=23&Item_ID=54842&Parent_Ids= if you love them as much as I do!

I decided to use A Breath of Avignon and after taking this photo I realized I had leftover yardage in this line too which came in handy since I only had one charm pack. Isn't this little house ADORABLE?
And this one? The cutting went fast!
Then I auditioned a few different "sky" fabrics with DJ's help.


This last one won out, since it looks like sky.
The sewing went quick! DJ helped with the ironing. I didn't do as scant a seam allowance on the house parts as I should have but my measurement is right...I need to cut down the roof sections and they will be perfect...
I really like the lay out that Simone http://simonedeklerk.blogspot.com/2011/09/september-bow-wow-wow-bag.html has for her Full House pattern which Carrie later made in miniature and turned into a pillow. I want the full size version though so we will see if I can manage it! Here is how it will look in part. I can put a checkerboard in the middle, or a solid piece and a small checkerboard border around it.
Thought about using the green since it looks kind of like grass...this green isn't from the line but matches well.

I have to work all day tomorrow and Kathy (who ditched me today, lol) is supposed to come over to finish up our NYE mystery quilts in the evening. When I get that done I may work on this a bit.

The other sewing I did today was finishing up clue one of Orca Bay (FINALLY, can I get an AMEN) and getting all the squares cut for clue five I think it was.

This Schnibble really made my day better. Thanks Sinta and Sherri and Carrie! If you need to join check out http://www.aquiltinglife.com/2012/01/january.html and the links there for more information. It is guaranteed to bring smiles to you too!