The Word Winner Is...

MIKE

from Amateur Quilter!

Congratulations, Mike..enjoy!

In Your Words Blog Hop - Last Day!

It's been a fun ride seeing all the creative ideas
that came out of In Your Words. But it had to end
sometime and today is the last day--ENJOY!

JUST THE FACTS:

The Hostess: Linda at Buzzing and Bumbling

The Leader of the Blog Hops: Madame Samm at Sew We Quilt

They are both amazing and creative people so you know this is going to be a

blog hop to remember!

Today's blogs to check out:

Wednesday, January 16

My Collection of Things  (Jeni K.)

Quiltin' Jenny  (Jenny)

Shade Tree Quilting (Judy C.)

(Rosemary B.) at “that other blog”

Pat Sloan, The Voice of Quilting (Pat. S.)

Dachsies With Moxie  (Agnes B.)

Sew Many Yarns (Lyndsey M.)

Tomorrows Treasures Today  (Denise D.)

The German Mom  (Tina S.)

Christa Quilts (Christa W.)

Read, Quilt, Cook, Pray (Aletta D.)

Sew We Quilt  (Mdm. Samm)

Be sure to visit Sew We Quilt to see the daily favorites 

and get the scoop on her giveaways. 

AND check Madame Samm's Pinterest to see 

ALL the In Your Words creations. 

Ohhh....don't forget I have a giveaway going on

HERE!

Dare to Dresden will be up next!

You can still sign-up for Nancy Drew...just send me an email.

We have 69 sleuths who are sewing and getting ready

to share their mysterious creations. Come on...join in!

In MY Words...And A Giveaway, Of Course!

Thanks for stopping by to see my wordy creations!

JUST THE FACTS:

The Hostess: Linda at Buzzing and Bumbling
The Leader of the Blog Hops: Madame Samm at Sew We Quilt
They are both amazing and creative people so you know this is going to be a
  blog hop to remember!

I didn't hang out in Haight-Ashbury.

I didn't go to Woodstock.

I didn't participate in any anti-war protests.

But, I loved that HIPPIE era!

I painted our living room orange, had a couple lava lamps,

and always wore "hot pants" or bell bottom jeans 

(I didn't even own a pair of dress pants until after I was married!)

As I sewed this quilt with colors that reminded me of that era
and machine embroidered words that were common for me to use,
(minus a few words I don't want my kids or grandkids to know I used)
I couldn't help singing some of the words from "HAIR."

"Give me a head with hair, long beautiful hair
Shining, gleaming, streaming, flaxen, waxen
Give me down to there, hair, shoulder length or longer
Here baby, there, momma, everywhere, daddy, daddy...."

I also had the strongest urge to quilt it with yarn in the
corner of each square (like I did during those days) but
I didn't--I just topped stitched and ragged the edges on the peace sign.

 This is the label I ran through my inkjet printer using
Blumenthal Lansing Crafter's Images 100-Percent Cotton Poplin
Photo Fabric that I purchased by the roll from Amazon.
I love using it!

Here it is before washing:

Here it is after washing (lousy picture, but the label didn't fade.) 

My second and third project used Laurel Burch fabric,
"Fabulous Felines Metallic" line.
I love her fabric and feel so sad that she's no longer with us
to keep sharing her creative designs.

I did a little quilting on the fabric before beginning my project.
Using painter's tape helped keep those lines straight and equal.

I found this pattern by Susie D. Designs. It's called
Retro Style Large Handbag


Hopefully, Susie won't see this and wish I wasn't giving her credit for this bag.
I am really and truly pattern-following-challenged,
though I tried really, really hard to make it
come close to what she intended it to look like.

The little coin purse has a machine embroidered cat from Laurel Burch.

Nancy Drew PLUS It's Going To Get Wordy

We're still planning on having fun with Nancy Drew fabric

in MARCH, so if you want to play along send me an email.

If you don't have a blog, that's okay. We have one you can use

to show off your Nancy Drew creation(s).

The schedule is over there on the right.

It's almost time for  In Your Words to start!

I'm terrible about labeling my quilts or projects, but this time

I decided to give it my best effort and pulled

out my printable fabric and whipped up this label:

It's attached to the back of my wordy project--

I'll let you know how it looks after I wash it.

What To Do Now...hmmm....

Now that Christmas is over....

There will be no more Christmas songs
on the radio or at the malls

Santa has finished passing out toys to good little girls and boys
 

The wrapping paper and ribbon pieces are scattered all over the floor 

and the Christmas tree is starting to wilt and get dry...
unless, of course, you have an artificial tree 

(*My sweet husband noticed a tree on the side of the road that

someone had obviously lost off of their vehicle. It sat there for a couple

days before he picked it up and brought it home so

our grandsons could "smell Christmas" when they came in our house.

I dubbed it our "Road Kill Christmas Tree")

Our traditional Pretzel Salad won't appear until next year and all
the cookies, Stollen bread, and yummy baked goods are getting stale .

Now what should I do to avoid 
those dreaded

Post-Holiday Blues?

Well, I'm going to get ready for some hopping...

Blog Hopping that is!

Linda at Buzzing and Bumbling 

will be the amazing hostess for this hop!

Some of my words:

A little sneak peek at my wordy project

The Box, Etc., Etc., Etc.

This is THE BOX that will hold my

Follower's Giveaway Gift.

It's a small box, 6x6x6, but I promise it will hold

special gifts just for the winner.

I've started to fill it with goodies.

That's a cute pair of tweezers at the bottom of the box.

She won't be lonely for long! 

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This is a snippet of a gift that will be mailed out today.

I can't show it all, yet, because then it wouldn't be

a SURPRISE to the receiver. 

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Have you signed up for In Your Words? I did!

Madame Samm has a cute little sign to add words to.

I used Picasa to make my signs.

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NANCY DREW UPDATE!

I hear that the Nancy Drew 

yardage fabric is available here:

FAT QUARTER SHOP

In Your Words...New Blog Hop Alert!

She's done it again!

Madame Samm came up with a fabulous new blog hop 

to keep us motivated and inspired (and maybe to make

me feel better because we had to postpone Nancy Drew. I'm 

sure that's why she did it. Well, maybe not, but it is going to make me feel better.)

She even gave us each a little framed sign of our own to get wordy with.

I started to have FLASHBACKS just thinking 

about what WORDS I could use!

Here's my sign (not my astrological sign!) which will give you a little

hint about my In Your Words Blog Hop post creation.

Hurry! Go over to Sew We Quilt to get the groovy details

and sign-up to play with us. 

Linda at Buzzing and Bumbling 

will be the amazing hostess for this hop!