...to check out.
Brenda over at Pumpkin Patch Primitive Quilt Shoppe is having a fabulous fabric giveaway. The more people who enter, the more goodies she will add!
Barb at Bella Vista is giving away a cookbook and the sweetest snowman!
Linda from the Quilting Cat is giving away a pattern and jelly roll for all the quilters out there. Stop by and wish her a Happy Birthday!
Molly from Molly's Place is giving away a years subscription to McCall's Quilting Magazine!
Vicki at Simply Memorable is giving away a darling red and aqua purse...go check it out!
Monday, October 19, 2009
Friday, October 16, 2009
A Giveaway Win and a Swap...
I'm a little behind making this post.
At the end of September I won a wonderful giveaway from Pam over at Tall House Quilts. The giveaway was for some wonderful fall decorations and a Halloween decorating book. It's hard to see in the picture, but all the gourds are covered in beads. I have decorated my "sideboard" (which is actually an old dresser with an even older mirror propped on it) in my dining room. I absolutely love the way it looks! Thank you so much Pam! If you get a minute you should really pop on over to her blog, she does some beautiful sewing and quilting!
My other goody I want to share is a swap I participated in. Viki from Tozz's Corner and Jenny from Elefantz hosted a mug hug swap. We made a mug mat and a mug cozy for a partner and they made one for us! It was great fun to do! Nanine from the Netherlands (no blog that I'm aware of) was my partner and what she sent me is darling! I love the way she quilted the hearts into the mug cozy! And it's pink! What more could a girl ask for!!! Thank you Nanine for making this a great swap for me!
And here is what I sent her:
It's hard to see, but the flowers are actually embroidered with silver thread, it's a pain to work with, but it looks so nice when it's finished!
At the end of September I won a wonderful giveaway from Pam over at Tall House Quilts. The giveaway was for some wonderful fall decorations and a Halloween decorating book. It's hard to see in the picture, but all the gourds are covered in beads. I have decorated my "sideboard" (which is actually an old dresser with an even older mirror propped on it) in my dining room. I absolutely love the way it looks! Thank you so much Pam! If you get a minute you should really pop on over to her blog, she does some beautiful sewing and quilting!
My other goody I want to share is a swap I participated in. Viki from Tozz's Corner and Jenny from Elefantz hosted a mug hug swap. We made a mug mat and a mug cozy for a partner and they made one for us! It was great fun to do! Nanine from the Netherlands (no blog that I'm aware of) was my partner and what she sent me is darling! I love the way she quilted the hearts into the mug cozy! And it's pink! What more could a girl ask for!!! Thank you Nanine for making this a great swap for me!
And here is what I sent her:
It's hard to see, but the flowers are actually embroidered with silver thread, it's a pain to work with, but it looks so nice when it's finished!
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
The Halloween Sailboat...
There once was a woman who wanted to make a mini quilt. She got a free pattern from a nice lady online one day and thought to herself "this is just what I had in mind!"
The woman started going through her sizable stash of fabrics. Picking out all her Halloween themed fabric, she realized that she just didn't have enough of a variety. So, off to the fabric store she went. As you can imagine, she was HORRIBLY disappointed that she had to purchase yet more material.
After returning home, she started to REALLY read the directions on the pattern. Although she has been reading patterns and sewing for years, the poor woman could not figure out the pattern that the nice lady had shared with her. She was flummoxed!
"Well," she thought to herself "I shall just have to come up with my own pattern then! The woman, relying heavily on the picture from the incomprehensible pattern, drew out what the main image should look like. She cut and she planned, she planned and she cut. She sewed and she ironed, she ironed and sewed. At last the main part of the pattern was done. She then appliqued (sewed down by hand) the main portion to the base of her quiltie. She sewed it, then quilted it, then bound all the edges. Using a bit of an orange boa, she finished it off. She was pleased with the work she had done.
The woman took her new creation, feeling very proud of herself and went to look for her Husband. Finding him, she held up her quiltie and said "What do you think?" He looked and he pondered. "Well, what is it?"
"What does it look like?" said the Wife to the Husband.
"It looks like a sailboat." Said the Husband in all earnestness.
"A sailboat?" said the woman. "A SAILBOAT!!! Seriously!?!"
So, the woman who just knew that her Husband had lost his marbles sought out the opinion of her oldest Son who was home from college for the weekend. His response was also not of her liking. "A weird looking face," he said with a smile "on a sailboat."
Sure that her Son and her Husband were in cahoots, she next sought out the friend of her Son who had come to spend the weekend. "I'm sure that I can get a reasonable response from him, especially as he is not related to either my lunatic Husband or my crazy Son."
The woman thrust out her hands, with the quiltie dangling from her fingertips, at the young man in question. In a slightly defiant tone of voice she demanded of him "What does this look like to you?" In his unusually deep voice, the young man, crushing the woman's enthusiasm forever, responded "It looks like a sailboat."
So, without further ado, may I present to you my Halloween Sailboat:
The woman started going through her sizable stash of fabrics. Picking out all her Halloween themed fabric, she realized that she just didn't have enough of a variety. So, off to the fabric store she went. As you can imagine, she was HORRIBLY disappointed that she had to purchase yet more material.
After returning home, she started to REALLY read the directions on the pattern. Although she has been reading patterns and sewing for years, the poor woman could not figure out the pattern that the nice lady had shared with her. She was flummoxed!
"Well," she thought to herself "I shall just have to come up with my own pattern then! The woman, relying heavily on the picture from the incomprehensible pattern, drew out what the main image should look like. She cut and she planned, she planned and she cut. She sewed and she ironed, she ironed and sewed. At last the main part of the pattern was done. She then appliqued (sewed down by hand) the main portion to the base of her quiltie. She sewed it, then quilted it, then bound all the edges. Using a bit of an orange boa, she finished it off. She was pleased with the work she had done.
The woman took her new creation, feeling very proud of herself and went to look for her Husband. Finding him, she held up her quiltie and said "What do you think?" He looked and he pondered. "Well, what is it?"
"What does it look like?" said the Wife to the Husband.
"It looks like a sailboat." Said the Husband in all earnestness.
"A sailboat?" said the woman. "A SAILBOAT!!! Seriously!?!"
So, the woman who just knew that her Husband had lost his marbles sought out the opinion of her oldest Son who was home from college for the weekend. His response was also not of her liking. "A weird looking face," he said with a smile "on a sailboat."
Sure that her Son and her Husband were in cahoots, she next sought out the friend of her Son who had come to spend the weekend. "I'm sure that I can get a reasonable response from him, especially as he is not related to either my lunatic Husband or my crazy Son."
The woman thrust out her hands, with the quiltie dangling from her fingertips, at the young man in question. In a slightly defiant tone of voice she demanded of him "What does this look like to you?" In his unusually deep voice, the young man, crushing the woman's enthusiasm forever, responded "It looks like a sailboat."
So, without further ado, may I present to you my Halloween Sailboat:
I must say that I am slightly pleased to know that at least Boy Genius thinks it looks like a witch's hat and not a sailboat. At least I have him and Baby Girl on my side!
What do you see?
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
A Wedding...
On Saturday, my dearest friend got married. Baby Girl and I handed out the programs before the ceremony. When I get the pictures of Baby Girl from my parents, I will post them, she was absolutely darling and so pleased to be able help out at the church. It was a lovely ceremony. The happy couple were married in a Catholic church and it was the most unconventional Catholic wedding I have ever been to. The Bride and Groom actually sat in chairs while the Minister spoke and all the other things were done. 
After the wedding ceremony, we dropped Baby Girl off at my Parents house to spend the night. We had made reservations to stay at a hotel more local to the reception. The reception was held at a nature preserve. It was beautiful. They had a tunnel under the building that went out under the pond and you could see all the fish swimming around and above you. 
The reception was an absolute blast! Hands down the most fun I have ever had at a wedding reception! The Groom's band, Given Six, played a tamer, acoustical set and they were fantastic. After the reception a few of us went back to the hotel and gathered in the Bride & Groom's room until they had to leave at 3:30am to catch a plane to Cancun.
After the wedding ceremony, we dropped Baby Girl off at my Parents house to spend the night. We had made reservations to stay at a hotel more local to the reception. The reception was held at a nature preserve. It was beautiful. They had a tunnel under the building that went out under the pond and you could see all the fish swimming around and above you. The Happy Couple
The Brides Attendants
The Bride & Groom playing drums
Spartan & Me
Given Six (the Grooms band)
The reception was an absolute blast! Hands down the most fun I have ever had at a wedding reception! The Groom's band, Given Six, played a tamer, acoustical set and they were fantastic. After the reception a few of us went back to the hotel and gathered in the Bride & Groom's room until they had to leave at 3:30am to catch a plane to Cancun. Congratulations Betsy & Eric!
We wish you much happiness!
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Did Someone Say Tutorials???
I thought that today I would list a few tutorials for things I want to make! Just click on the pictures to go to the tutorial!!!
The Train to Crazy has some really cute skirts for girls! I really want to make a couple or then for Baby Girl!
Betz White has a couple. First a stackable display for goodies, and then she also has an eyeglass case that is too cute!
And last for today, Fabtalk has a darling pincushion that I will probably make up for my Stitching Angel (and of course, one for me!):
Well, I think that is enough for today! Go make something!!!
Saturday, September 26, 2009
My Saturday Finish...
First let me apologize for the following crappy pictures. As you may know, my desktop's mother board bit the dust so I am temporarily using my old laptop that doesn't have my photo editing program on it. I'm afraid to put it on as I think it will be too much for the poor little thing. What you don't know is I have gone back to using our OLD camera since, being the wonderfully organized person that I am, I have managed to misplace the charger for our good camera that I normally take bad pictures on! Sooooo....crappy computer with no photo editing program + crappy camera + crappy photographer = very crappy, orange tinged pictures!
Here are my finishes for the day! I am so happy about how they turned out! First is my sewing machine mat. It has a pocket and turned out darling!
Now I think I need to get some pink scissors since the orange ones clash so badly with the material, not that you can tell in my orange pictures!
If you are interested in the pattern I got it from Cheryl over at Willowberry Designs . She is a very talented designer with a wonderful blog. She is also part of a new venture of Aussie designers that have started a new blog called Among the Gum Trees. You should definitely check out their new blog too!
Here are my finishes for the day! I am so happy about how they turned out! First is my sewing machine mat. It has a pocket and turned out darling!
Full on shot:
With my trusty 25 year old machine on it:
Now I think I need to get some pink scissors since the orange ones clash so badly with the material, not that you can tell in my orange pictures!
My other part of the finish is the matching sewing machine cover:
Close up:
If you are interested in the pattern I got it from Cheryl over at Willowberry Designs . She is a very talented designer with a wonderful blog. She is also part of a new venture of Aussie designers that have started a new blog called Among the Gum Trees. You should definitely check out their new blog too!
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