I'm All Stitched Up...Want To See?

Has this hop been a blast or what! Of course it has!

Jane's the queen cheerleader of Stitch Me Up and she's

done a royal job of ruling this blog hop...way to go Jane!

Madame Samm is stitching away with big plans to sew 

more than me--she always beats me, dang it! 

I'm not competitive at all, but has anyone heard how many what she's making?

I have heard she's planning more hops for the future...what a woman!

There were so many fun patterns to choose from, but I went

for the ones that weren't too complicated and (hopefully) weren't going 

to embarrass me as I attempted these embroidery things.

I think I LOVE embroidering!

This little flower was created by Cyndi from Stitch, Stitch, Stitch 

and was perfect for the bib pattern I wanted to make.

This bib pattern (that I sorta-kinda-followed-but-not-exactly)

is by Wimzee Fabric Arts, Designs by Steff Tiffin

Little Girl's BIB-A-FORE 

Since I had dug out all my Mary Engelbreit fabric for that bib, 

I thought I'd go ahead and make a matching quilt using the 

cutest little girl from Madame Samm's Wee Tots collection.

My Sweet Cherry Quilt

I just love how shy she looks.

My Monkey Boys helped hold up the quilt for the first few

pictures I took, but chose to remain anonymous since it was a GIRL quilt 

and they didn't want their friends to think it was for them.

I did my own quilting on this, nothing fancy, just straight stitches.

One thing I love to use when I do those straight stitches is blue

painter's tape...it doesn't mess up the fabric and I can 

stitch right along the edge for perfect lines. 

I can lift and reuse it multiple times and in multiple directions.

We all remember that cute purse pattern from the UR Priceless blog hop

(weren't they all just the cutest things!) Well...I just made it a little bigger 

(okay, a lot bigger) and created a sewing bag to be able to 

grab-and-go whatever embroidery project I'm working on at the moment.

For this project, I embroidered Madame Samm's French lady and 

used melted purple crayon to color in her beret, scarf, and shoes.

Mines not so perfect, but check out Quilt Whimsy's blog for more details.

It was fun melting those crayons!

There's one pocket in the front.

(The beige fabric looks stained, but it's not...it's the print on the fabric)

Two pockets on the back.

And one big pocket inside.

This was so much fun! I really want to try stitching

some of those other patterns because they are just amazing.

Now on to other important matters...

MY GIVEAWAY!

Five fat quarters of Audra's Iris Garden by Brannock & Patek

SILLY LITTLE RULES:

1. Leave a short and sweet comment. Don't know what to say? Just tell me what part of the world you're from.
2. This one is important! Make sure I can contact you if you're a no-reply blogger. Typing out your email address like this helps avoid spammers: iblog at aol dot com. If I can't contact you, you can't win. 
3. You don't have to be a follower to be entered in the giveaway, but if you do follow me around, leave a separate comment that says "I'm a follower" for another chance (plus, if you're a follower I'll throw a little something extra in the package if you win.)
4. I'll mail it anywhere.
5. Giveaway ends at 6 p.m. PST on March 29th. Entries after 6 p.m. PST on March 29th will not be included in the giveaway.

Want to see all the blog hop creations in one place?

Check them out on Madame Samm's Pinterest page

Look who's blogging with me today:

TUESDAY MARCH 26th

 Isabel @That Other Blog

Jeanette @That Other Blog

Just Let Me Quilt

MacDonald’s Patch 

Pots Pans Pins and Prayers

GrandMama's Stories

Stitch, Stitch, Stitch

Needled

Tomorrow's Treasures Today 

Lemur on a Stick

 Life In Every Breath

Zellerwear 

 Bumbleberry Stitches

threads on my socks

Hanging On By A Thread

Fresh Cut Quilts

The whole schedule is

HERE