And The Winner Is....#57, Anya!

CONGRATULATIONS, ANYA!

Sun Oven Giveaway!

I know, I know, this isn't anything to do with quilting, crafting, or sewing, BUT it is a really great giveaway (plus the website has lots of emergency prep information.) 

Food Storage Moms is giving away a Global Sun Oven which really works without electricity! So cool!

Click on their logo below to get to their website and enter!

Picked Up My Gold Quilt

Quilted Works called to tell me my "Gold Quilt" was finished. The fabric is from Laurel Burch, but I think calling it my "Gold Quilt" is quite appropriate. The choice of gold thread for quilting was perfect! Now I just have to bind it, which if based on my track record usually means it will be weeks or months. Hopefully, sooner rather than later....

The swirling gold thread looks so nice--love it!

The back is from Laurel Burch, too--love the birds!

The back has three pink stripes--simple but nice

Giveaway Day!

Sew, Mama, Sew! is hosting a

Giveaway Day--check it out!

I love those Ghastlies so that's my giveaway today--hope you love them, too!

If you win, you'll get one yard of the family members print (I love that pregnant Ghastlie!)

 and 1/2 yard of two prints to go with it.

You have until Friday, May 25th, 6 p.m. my time (PST) to enter and then I'll pick a random winner.

Contest has official ended!

Finished One, Started Two...or Three

Having a few days off just to sew and play has been so fun. I went to my favorite quilt store just to see what was new and of course, found something I HAD to have. Geez, my stash is reaching hoarding proportions!

They had a Cat In The Hat on the wall (it was calling my name) in MINKY! Loved it! It's kind of narrow and I hate sewing on Minky because it moves so much, but this is what I did to it (nothing fancy):

I dropped it off to be quilted at Quilted Works (which is also my favorite quilt store) with a cute Minky back made from a Cat-In-The-Hat fabric.

This fabric has been all sewn up for months and waiting for a back, which I finished, so it got dropped off for quilting, too.

This one is for a good friend of mine who doesn't sew (which means she will most likely not notice all those little mistakes I made.) She's had a few trials going on in her life, so I want her to know she is loved. I used the same fabric to make my little ruffled quilt (it still needs quilting and binding) and started out making it as a quilt-as-you-sew blanket. Once I had it finished, I thought it needed more so I quilted it on the diagonal with straight stitches.

A Little Tumble

I wish it was a tumbler quilt that I had been sewing, but no, it was more like an old lady (me) tumbling down the stairs. Last week I was coming downstairs (I hate stairs!) and for some reason I thought I was on the last step, but I was two steps up from the bottom. I hit the ceramic tile floor pretty hard with my right foot and came down with all the grace of a cow, landing fully on my knees. And my hands.

Nothing is broken (I got x-rayed), but I had to hobble around for two days at work looking like Igor. After painfully walking around all day, my boss told me "if you don't feel well tomorrow, call an ambulance to bring you in." He really said that! He had good reason, though, since we had a HUGE meeting and I'm the note taker, video set-up person, make it all work person, etc. I made it to work (totally in pain) and did my job. I still can't get on my knees (no floor scrubbing for me) or walk on hard floors without limping, but I'm better than I was last week. Sewing has been tough, but today I managed to whip up a few red, white, and blue squares.

Anyway...whine, whine, whine.I am excited to take a little vacation and spend the next five days sewing and just relaxing in the red hills of Utah. Hmmm.....maybe I should make another tumbler quilt.

It's A Ghastlie Sort of Addiction

It's a good addiction, right? I just had to buy a little bit (okay, so several yards) of the newest Ghastlies when I saw it come available at Quilted Works. I received it in the mail yesterday and love it even more now that I actually have it in my hot little hands. It is so dang cute! Now I just have to decide what to make with it...hmmm.....

Just A Present

But, not just any present. Receiving a gift is always fun, but when I know that the gift was homemade (by someone who doesn't sew very often) it is really special to me. My daughter "whipped" this up for my birthday with a little help from her three boys. She apologized for the uneven and skipped stitches (my five-year-old grandson got a little heavy-footed on the pedal a few times-LOL!) but I think it is just so cute! Thanks, Linds, I love it!

From Here, To There, To There, To ......

I've started following more blogs since I joined that hop thingy at Madame Samm's. Hours seem to fly by as I stalk visit other blogs that are linked to other blogs, that are linked to other blogs, that....you get the picture.

There are some really funny and creative blogs out there. My whole world has opened up by doing this blog stalking hopping thing. I'm loving it, but I'm just wondering how anybody finds time to sew, blog, clean, work, or whatever when there are just so many wonderful places to visit.

Got to go. Somebody just posted something on their blog.

And The Winner Is.....

Last night my sweet daughter pointed out to me that I never posted a congratulations message to the winner in my giveaway (other than the random generated number in the original post) so.....

CONGRATULATIONS TO ANNIE!

 

She won this cute little charm pack, which has already been sent to her.

The Shiny Quilt

My life is pretty dull and uneventful, I'm kind of shy, I don't like too much attention directed towards me and I wear dark colors to avoid that attention, yet I'm thinking that I must have been some flamboyant diva in another life. Why else would I pick out such bright colors for some most of my quilts? My closet is full of bright fabrics (like Laurel Burch, whom I love!) Not complaining, just saying.....

I dropped my Laurel Burch fabric quilt (so shiny!) off at Quilted Works the other day to be quilted. Katelyn (she's so dang cute!) suggested gold thread which will make it even more shiny--love it! They are a busy place, so it could be quite a few weeks before this baby is back home with me.