Party Central...

It's party central at my house for my son's Grad party. What he's nicknamed his 'Rad, Grad Party'... I'm calm, cool and appear collected. But if you know me, really know me, you know that under that big smile is lists and lists of type 'A' things to do. And if you look close enough, you will see my eye twitch. (A sign that my brain is on overload.) Inside I'm freaking about all of the what if's.... what if no one comes.... what if the weather is crappy.... what if my pork recipe fails.... what if....well the list is long. A lot of the prep stuff can't be done until this Friday. I'm planning a huge trip to Costco for fruit, chips and buns... along with a few other things.... I'm also looking forward to frosting cupcakes with my sister on Friday! It'll be fun! (my kitchen will look like an episode of Cupcake Wars) 

My husband and I have been knocking ourselves out with painting and cleaning. My gardens are still a mess and I hope to get to them soon. I once had a neighbor do 'midnight' gardening under spot lights from her husband's shop. I thought she was nuts then. I'm now rethinking this... it's not such a bad idea. It might be the only way I get the gardens done! The downside is I will have to bathe myself in Off to keep the mosquitoes away.

I've spent some time making some fun stuff to set Thomas' party different from his friends... to make it special.... here's what I've been working on....

I'm making little graduation caps using a 1 1/2" square of black card stock,  a brad and some ribbon....
then I glue them onto a Reese Peanut Butter cup....

I made a whole bowl full for the party!
They are so stinkin cute! I love how they turned out...

I couldn't find cupcake toppers in Thomas' school colors (red/burgandy, black, gold) so I decided to make my own. With help from my sister, Stef.  (Her Cricut is awesome!) Some clip art from the web, I came up with my own cupcake toppers.

I used my hot glue gun and attached wooden picks from the dollar store to my toppers...

All ready for the cupcakes!

Stef helped my use her Cricut and cut out a bunch of letters...

for a banner!

I'll share photos from Thomas' Rad Grad party next week. Keep your fingers crossed that the weather is perfect!

Happy Quilting, Have a Wonderful Weekend,

June BOM

June is here and it's time for the BOM for this month.I am in the middle of freaking out over planning my son's High School Graduation Party. I've ordered the tent, reserved tables and chairs, starting planning the food, made labels to address the invites.... the list goes on and on. Thomas graduates on the 7th and we are thrilled! So I am naming this block 'Grad Party'. (shhhh I know it's a Grecian Square, but I have high school graduation floating in my every thought.)  Have fun with your fabric while sewing this block together.   I used a total of 4 fabrics ranging from light to dark. The printable pattern can be found Free HERE and on Craftsy. Past patterns can be found for a small $1.99 fee at my Etsy and Craftsy shops just in case you are just joining the BOM or have missed one.  Let me show you how I completed my 'Grad Party' block....

Here the the fabric choices that I used for my block...

Out of the dark fabric I cut 2 ~ 4 7/8" blocks and then cut them corner to corner to form four triangle pieces. Label them 'A'. Although it's not shown here,  also cut 2 ~ 4 7/8" blocks out of light (background fabric) and then cut them from corner to corner to form four triangle pieces, also label them 'A'.

Sew the 'A' light and dark triangles together to form 4 triangle squares. Iron.

Trim up to measure 4 1/2" square. 

Cut 1 ~ 4 1/2" square and label 'C'

Cut 4 ~ 2 1/2" x 4 1/2" rectangles from two different fabrics.

Label these 'B'. Sew  one of each 'B' rectangles together along the 'long' side to form  a 4 1/2" 'B' square. Iron.

Lay the 'A', 'B', 'C' sections to form the 'Grad Party' block.

Sew together and iron.

"Grad Party"

  Don't forget to post photos of your Quilt Doodle BOM finishes in the BOM flicker group for a chance to win June's prize! Woot woot!

The next block pattern will be posted on July 1st! The winner for the June block giveaway will be announced on July 1st.... I can't wait to see every ones 'Grad Party' block! Stop back to see this month's giveaway! (It's a great prize!) I will be announcing it on the 15th...  There's a flicker group! Please join...Every month post photos of your Quilt Doodle BOM finishes in the BOM flicker group for a chance to win that month's prize!  There is also a Quilt Doodle BOM Pinterest board.  If you blog about the Quilt Doodle BOM 2013, please send me your link so that I can post your block on the Pinterst board!
Happy quilting!
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Our May winner won  a Craftsy Class of their choice!  Thank you Craftsy for the awesome donation! I love Craftsy! I have many of my patterns available on Craftsy. They are all instant downloads which I love! No waiting for patterns to arrive via snail mail. I have also downloaded many wonderful patterns from fellow designers thru Craftsy. Their classes are fabulous, I have enjoyed following along with the BOM 's  available on Craftsy too! If you haven't discovered Craftsy, take some time to check it out and sign up. I know that you will love the site as much as I do. There is so much inspiration from fellow quilters/crafters! Here are just a few of the awesome classes that are available!