Think Christmas--August 5th

This is the last day to hop around with Lesley

at Cuddle Quilts. I hate to see it end!

She's done an incredible job of running this hop

and Madame Samm is the best for making it all happen.

Here's the last of the hoppers--check them out!

Briarside Lane
Pigtales and Quilts
Quilts From My Crayonbox
Quilt n Queen
InGa
Pattie
Cliodana
Quilting, Losing and Tea
Why Knot Kwilt
Madame Samm 

Think Christmas--August 4th

Oh, my, goodness!

So many talented and creative people out there!

Here's even more of them:

Creations On The Island

That Other Blog

Sunshine Girl

Hallbrook Designs

The Recipe Bunny

Sisca at That Other Blog

Polkadot Classic

Ariane's Crafts

Katie's Salt Marsh Path

The Cuddle Quilter

Think Christmas--August 3rd

The weather outside is frightful (way too hot!)

But isn't this hop so delightful!

Check out these Christmas Creations:

Crazy 'Bout Quilts

Dexter Days

Cherry's Prairie Primitives

Somewhat Fanciful

Craftluver Marianna

Quiltscapes

Prsd4tim2

Moments

Ruthanne at That Other Blog

Don't forget there's a giveaway HERE
that ends August 5th.

Think Christmas--August 2nd

This has been so fun!

With all this Christmas hopping going on,

I'm ready to hang my stockings on the fireplace.

Bring it on SANTA!

Grandmama's Stories

Sandra Kaye Designs

North Hills Quilter

Lv2sew

Quilty Doodads

Quilting in South Carolina

The Raspberry Rabbits

Charise Creates

Traveling Quilter

Nancy B at That Other Blog

Selina Quilts

Think Christmas--July 31st

Wasn't yesterday just so amazing! I was just WOW'd at all the different blocks and creations from everyone. I had so many nice comments on my post--thank you! I tried to reply to everyone, but some of you had no reply blogger status or didn't include your email address so you didn't get a personal "thank you." Just remember, if I can't reply to or contact you it is going to be hard to let you know if you win the turnovers.

Since my day is over (whew!), I can just sit back and enjoy the sleigh ride for the rest of this hop. Here's today's list of hoppers:

Jane's Fabrics and Quilts
Fiesta Girl
Scrapbox Quilts
From This to That
Buzzing and Bumbling
No Loose Threads
Deborah B
Judith Handmade Treasures
Gran-Knot-Y Embroidery Lady
Mrs. Pickles
Susie's World

Think Christmas--My Turn! And Winner Update

It's the first day of Think Christmas AND it is my day to share my blocks--so glad you dropped by to visit! With temperatures around here reaching 110 degrees and up, it was a little hard to think snowmen and Christmas trees but it was great weather to make me want to stay inside and sew!

A special thanks to Lesley at The Cuddle Quilter for all her hard working putting this together

and to Madame Samm for making it all happen!

Paper piecing going on here!
-Two snowmen and a Christmas tree-

Those three 12 1/2" blocks turned into this runner:

Just a little something about me: I used to have an iguana who I rescued when she was about a foot long. She ended up around four feet long and her name was "Wanda", though I eventually found out she was a he. Ooops!

This was Wanda aka Juan

Lizards/iguanas (not real ones anymore) perch in various places in my house and in my yard, including this guy. He's watching over my little tree and as you can see, it is a paper pieced 6 /12" block.

I made one of these little gift blocks. No more.

All those trees kind of took over.

Yes, ALL those trees. I couldn't stop myself (which seems to be a common theme in

these blog hops) and ended up making around 30 cute little Dr. Seuss fabric trees.

This was one of my sneaky peeky pics--love that guy, obviously, since

I have quite a few Seussy kind of quilts in my house.

All those little trees became this Grinch Christmas Quilt

I had some Moda turnovers (see giveaway below to win a couple packs)

just shouting at me to become pinwheels, so these little blocks....

...turned into these two huge pinwheels (or spinning stars)

and hopefully, will turn into at least six more blocks....

.....eventually.

Could I stop there? No, of course not!

Though I could never keep up with Madame Samm (who could?),

I just had to make these little paper pieced

blocks from Regina Grewe's Christmas collection.

They were so fun to make! Definitely more to come...

Oh, yeah, there's a giveaway, of course!

Two Moda Turnovers, "The Caroler", to ONE lucky winner!

The giveaway is now closed.

The winner is 

Tubakk

"I really love your Christmas tree quilt. And I'd like to win the fabric, always longing for more fabric. I'm your follower by e-mail."

An email has been sent letting her know she won.

Congratulations!

Almost Time!

So....What Holiday Is Next?

With so much Red, White, and Blue (that's over, right?) and Christmas, Halloween, and bowls hanging out in my sewing room, I'm getting kind of confused (which isn't much of a stretch for me) about what holiday I should be celebrating next.

Are stacking bowls considered a holiday?

They are in my house!

My sewing machine is smokin' from all the sewing going on and my husband keeps nodding and smiling at each little thing I show him (he knows that's a good thing to do.) Here's a little sneaky peeky at what I showed him this morning...I'm Thinking Christmas on this one!

Just Thinking.....

It Just Looks Like I've Not Been Sewing

But I have been!

Really, I've squeezed in a moment here, there and everywhere to sew, but I can't post the pictures because all that sewing is for Think Christmas and Bowls With Borders.

I can show you a sneaky peeky here for Think Christmas:

Looks like Dr. Seuss is in my life, again.

And...this little snippet that's not from the Seuss fabric line

Of course, I've been sewing bowls

(Did I mention that I love, love, love this pattern from Regina Grewe!)

 My "vintage" yellow bowl became the

inspiration for the base bowl.

So many more to sew!

Vicki B. on the Bowls With Borders Blog Hop

sent me a little peek at her bowls.

OH MY GOSH! They are so cute!

You'll have to come back on August 20th to see her

beautiful creation. Don't miss it!

Bowls With Borders And Other Stuff

For those of you who were among the just under 170 people to sign-up for the Bowls With Borders Blog Hop, this is for you:

• I still have a few people who haven't responded to let me know they got the pattern from Regina. If you haven't let me know, please email me as soon as possible.
• Yes, you can stack as many bowls as you want. One, two, or one hundred! They are your bowls so stack them up until you're happy.
• Yes, you can enlarge the pattern or make it smaller.
• Yes, you can make them any color of fabric you want.
• Yes, you can stack them tall, sideways, even upside down if you want to.
• If you have a blog, make sure they show-up there on your posting day.
• If you don't have a blog and I'll be posting your pics on That Other Blog, make sure you get them to me at least 2-3 days earlier than your post date. A week early would make me really happy and I'm nicer when I'm happy!
• No, I won't have a tutorial--I'm just learning to paper piece, so you wouldn't want me to show you how-to do it. There are lots of methods out there in Internet land that should help you along.
• Yes, you should probably start sewing the bowls as soon-as-possible because they are just so darn cute!

For those of you that missed being able to sign-up,

Regina Grewe's pattern for the bowls can be purchased

HERE.

She has some other beautiful patterns that can also be purchased

and even some for free--check them out!  

It's hot outside--a dry heat, of course--and I've avoided going outside as much as possible. Since I've been forced to stay inside, I've been working on blog hop stuff. I stopped sewing on my bowls, because my time is coming up for the Think Christmas blog hop and I didn't want to wait too long and then be freaking out at the last minute. (I only freak out occasionally and it's not pretty, trust me.)

It was hard to set the bowls aside (I love them!),

 but now I'm having a great time sewing on Christmas stuff.

July 30th is my posting day

--the hardest part of a blog hop is having to wait to show your creations.  

  

The Red, White, and Blue Blog Hop is still going on--amazing stuff to see at these places today:

Why Knot Kwilt?
A Passion for Appliqué
QuiltQuest
crafty imaginings by jen
sew me something good
Grandmama's Stories

I'm Hopping All Over The Place!

My Red, White, and Blue blocks were sewn and posted at Jane's blog hop on time. Yay! More going on over there so be sure to go look.

August 13-28th - Bowls With Borders preparations progressing nicely; emails sent to all. Sewing has begun! Found just the fabric I was looking for and bought it. Uh, yeahhhh, I was going to use some of my stash, but then I saw something else and had to buy it, of course.

I think there is something besides RWB and bowls going on. Let me think....

Oh, yeah!

My giveaway! Go HERE to enter--it ends July 18th!

 Wait! Is there more? Oh, yeah there's more!

I have two quilts almost ready for pick-up.

Exciting!

More?

Something about Christmas....Hmmm.....let me THINK...

Christmas, Christmas, Christmas...

July 30th rings a bell...a Christmas bell, I think.

The bowls will just have wait, which is hard because they are so cute!

It's over a hundred degrees here, but I've

got Jingle Bells hopping through my head.

Gotta love it!