Just Let Me Quilt: Ho Ho Ho Blog Hop

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Sunday, August 4, 2013

Ho Ho Ho...With Julie!

UPDATE!

The winner of Julie's giveaway is:

QUILTING TANGENT

(Julie will send her an email)

Congratulations!

I met Julie at Quilted Works a few years ago. She knew my sister's husband's step-mother...or something like that...such a small world sometimes! Julie is always so nice and her smile is just the best! On one of my visits to the quilt shop I was able to talk her into joining us for the Ho Ho Ho blog hop. I'm so glad to have her post on my blog today!

Julie from Quilted Works

This is the first blog hop I've ever been involved in and I love to sew. I work at Quilted Works in St. George, Utah, a fabric and quilt shop. I love my job and my just-like-sisters co-workers, and I do long arm quilting for the shop. I'm a mother of four and a grandmother of fourteen. When I'm not sewing or quilting I'm doing family stuff.

This quilt is one I chose to do because I thought the pattern and fabric was so pretty and traditional. LED lights can be added to this quilt to give it extra sparkle. The fabric is Stonehenge Starry Night Metalics by Northcott Fabrics the Pattern is Starlight. I really liked doing this quilt and watching the snowflakes around the panel center take shape. The pattern made this quilt pretty easy. Here's a link if you are interested in a kit: Quilted Works - Starlight Quilt.

This quilt is Oh So Jolly. It was quick and easy and fun to do. The fabric is Oh So Jolly by Andrea Victoria for Insights Fabric. Here's a link if you are interested in a kit: Quilted Works - Oh So Jolly Quilt.

JULIE'S GIVEAWAY!

I'll be giving away a 4 1/2" Bloc Loc Ruler, leave a comment and I'll have my kids pick one lucky winner. I use a Bloc Loc ruler for all my half squares, I love mine.

The giveaway is now closed!

~~Leave a comment.~~
~~Open to U. S. and International.~~
Giveaway ends at 6 p.m. PST on August 9th. Entries after 6 p.m. PST on August 9th will not be included in the giveaway.

These other lady's are posting their projects today, too:

August 5

Cherry’s Prairie Primitives

Scraps of Life

Words & Stitches

Blue Heron Quilts

More Stars in Comanche

Handmade by Mama

Julie from Quilted Works (Me!)

In Stitches and Seams

Scrapbook ChickADoodle

Jane’s Quilting

Beaquilter

Life@RuffHaven

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Naughty Or Nice?

I think I've been pretty nice this year, but

I have had a ~~few~~ ~~lot~~ too many naughty moments, too.

Dear Santa, I'll try to be nicer...maybe..

if you promise to show up for the

Ho Ho Ho blog hop. Please!

Are You Ready To Ho Ho Ho tomorrow?

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

You Better Watch Out!

Go ahead and shout!
Santa Claus is coming to our blogs!

1 week away...I'm SO excited!

Want a sneak peek of what I'll be giving away?

(Even if you don't, I'm showing you anyway.)

I bought one of these at Rossville Quilts for a lucky winner

(by the way, they're having an amazing sale!)

Come back on July 31st for a jolly good time!

Sunday, July 21, 2013

Floods, Rain, AND a Fabric Sale!

Enough already with the crazy weather!

My husband took a picture of me running out in this crazy weather to take a picture
(yes, I was barefoot.) He sent it to my sister and me with this message: "It's what bloggers do."

Yes, we are crazy about our picture taking, aren't we!
NO, I'm not sharing that pic...I was soaking wet and my hair was plastered to my head.

Through the window...the winds were so bad! That tall plant in

the middle of the pic was almost horizontal during the worst part of the storm.

We had a small pond out front and a river running down our street.

Rainbows are a nice touch after a storm with torrential rains and well over 60 mile an hour winds.

There were at least 10 of these trees that couldn't hold up against the winds.

Red mud is not so pretty when it looks like this.

This is about an hour after the storm...the water reached almost 10 feet at this underpass during
the peak of the storm. It wiped out a section of the golf course, too!

My sister had a similar red river tumbling behind her house...the same river that flooded two homes up
the hill from her. It was amazing to see how quickly the neighbors jumped in to help those people. The fire
department and clean-up crews arrived SO FAST, too! Lots of heroes helping out!

On a lighter note, I had been looking for a certain fabric for my
Ho Ho Ho blog hop project and found it online at Rossville Quilts.
Their service was amazing...quick and efficient!
They are having a huge sale this month...check it out HERE.

Don't forget the HO HO HO BLOG HOP!
It starts in just 10 days...I'm so excited!

Thursday, July 18, 2013

Hot! Hot! Hot!

Yes, it is hot here, there, and everywhere.

This is today's temp where I am...

and lately it's been about that temperature in my office, too.

The air conditioning just doesn't seem to be working quite good enough for me.

Ugh! I think I'm melting!

I hear "that other lady" is using a fan outside to cool her off...there's no fan big

enough to cool me off if I sit outside here (NOT that I'm competitive about her

weather, my weather, how many projects she's making for Ho Ho Ho, etc.)

Speaking of the Ho Ho Ho blog hop, look who's waiting to

appear on July 31st...he's so excited and so am I!

There's 94 of us who are busy sewing away on our Christmas in July

projects so we can share them during the Ho Ho Ho blog hop

(the schedule is HERE if you want to see who'll be hopping.)

There's a hexie hop in August and I hear there will be another

hop announced on Friday at Sew We Quilt...something to do with pin cushions.

Fun times ahead!

Saturday, July 13, 2013

Let The Seams Meet!

I've sewn for...uh, lots and lots of years (too many to mention), but I'm still learning new tricks to make this sewing thing I enjoy so much just a little easier. For years I settled for "almost there" seams that, well...almost met. Then a few months ago I was stalking a few blogs and ran across a video by Cristy Fincher that showed how to glue those seams before sewing. I didn't have the glue she used, but I had some Tombow glue on hand (Quilt Taffy carries it) so I used it to see if this method really worked (I'm sure this isn't new to most of you, but I'm okay being an old dog that CAN learn new tricks.)

Yep...it worked!

Iron your seams in opposite directions

(this will let them meet so much better when you glue them together.)

Put a little dab of glue on one side just at the seam and lay the other piece on top, matching

seams. Push the seams into each other so they meet (this is where ironing them in

opposite directions helps a lot.) Let it dry a few minutes.

Sew them. Iron them. No pins!

See! They are pretty darn perfect in meeting up. Love it!

The project I used to practice this method is for the Ho Ho Ho Blog Hop.

Come back on July 31st to see how all my squares meet each other.

Monday, July 8, 2013

Ho There...A Christmas Gift Idea!

It's not even beginning to look like Christmas with the

temperatures outside hitting 109 to 114 degrees...so, I decided I needed

a little push to get geared up for the Ho Ho Ho blog hop.

How about...

CHRISTMAS GIFT IDEAS!

A fun gift idea for neighbors or friends is this cute little M&M Santa jar

I saw at Whipperberry. It was so easy and quick...and it had a POM POM!

Check out her website to see how to make it.

I found the cute little "belt buckle" at Michaels on a clearance rack.

Those red M&M's didn't even melt on the way home from the

M&M store at Ethel M Chocolate Factory. I just might have sampled

one or two M&M's before putting them in that bottle...maybe.

Saturday, July 6, 2013

Ho Ho Ho Blog Hop Schedule

It's great to take a little rest from blog hopping, but don't

think there's not a lot of sewing going on!

Our Ho Ho Ho Blog Hop is totally full with amazing ladies who will be showing off

their Christmas creations starting on July 31st. Take a look at who will be hopping
(please don't add this to your blog until right before the hop...changes sometimes happen):

July 31

Just Let Me Quilt

Grandmama’s Stories

Thimblemouse & Spouse

Pumpkin Patch Quilter

Bumbleberry Stitches

Baas Amazing Adventures

The House on the Side of the Hill

Geta’s Quilting Studio

Felt Free Pa Asly

CLF by Nailaa

How Art You?