Tuesday, July 10, 2012

RWB Hoppers Today

July 10th






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Monday, July 9, 2012

Still lots of fun blocks and things to see!
These blogs are showing off their stuff today:

What's that?
You haven't signed up for my giveaway?
Well, you probably should don't ya think!
It will end on July 16th so hurry and
leave a comment by clicking here:
GIVEAWAY
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Sunday, July 8, 2012

I've Just Learned I'm Vintage

I dragged my husband out to an antique shop yesterday and was shocked to learn that things I received as wedding presents are now considered vintage. When did that happen! I'm still using some of the items that were on the shelves. I just thought I had junk and old things in my house, but now I know they're "vintage" so that makes them better, right?

As I walked the aisles in that store, I was drawn to bowls for some strange and unusual reason. These two caught my eye and gave me some inspiration for my Bowls With Borders creation. Of course, that inspiration meant buying more fabric.....

Love the colors!
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Saturday, July 7, 2012

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:
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Thursday, July 5, 2012

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!
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Wednesday, July 4, 2012

What's Red, White, And Blue All Over?

Answer: The Red, White, and Blue Blog Hop, of course!

So many talented people over there--you don't want to miss seeing what they make.

To see them all, check out Jane's blog.
She's hosting this event and doing a sparkling good job of it.

Hurry, go check it out!
AND
Don't forget to enter my giveaway
HERE
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I Have Bowls In My Head

It's all Madame Samm's fault, you know. I was never that interested in paper piecing--too hard, too much work, too confusing, too just about everything. And then I saw those dang bowls on her blog. What's that you say? A blog hop making those cute little bowls? Why, YES, of course I want in. Oh, yeah, I was in. I love them and I love sewing them! Regina Grewe shared her pattern for those who joined in the hop (thank you, thank you) and now all I think about are bowls (mixed in with Christmas hopping ideas, too.)

The bowls are starting to stack up and the
good thing is....I don't have to wash them! LOL!
Just a little peek

Happy 4th of July America!
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Tuesday, July 3, 2012

RWB Blog Hopping and Giveaway!

and today is
MY DAY!
Thanks for stopping by!

I made five 10 1/2 inch blocks with mostly 1 1/2 inch strips and just sort of freehanded and created each block as I went along.
I used the five blocks to make a tablerunner, but
I added some tabs on the back so I can hang it if I want to.
These 12 1/2 inch blocks were made with the patterns/methods
I learned from Amy Gibson on her BOM class at Craftsy.
Lots more blocks to make before this one is done.
THEN.....
I received my Electric Quilt Design Wizard software in the mail and moved on to other shiny and interesting blocks. I loved that the program was easy to move around in and had some fun paper-piecing patterns. The design I created looked like this in the program:
These are the paper pieced blocks:
I put all those paper pieced blocks together
to get this:

A HUGE THANKS to Jane and Madame Samm for
organizing this blog hop!
Loving it!

NOW FOR THE GIVEAWAY!
(actually TWO giveaways)
One "Happy H'owl'-o-ween" Charm Pack
 to TWO different winners
Contest has ended!


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Monday, July 2, 2012

Emails To Bowl Hoppers


  • Emails sent to all the Bowls With Borders participants to have them check their links--check!
  • Patterns emailed by Regina to all participants--check!
Some emails have had some problems and kicked back to us, so be sure to check yours to see if you heard from us. If you didn't get an email, contact me ASAP so I can see why not.

Let the sewing begin!
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Sunday, July 1, 2012

Check Out The Red, White, And Blue!




Today's the big day and you really don't want to miss this!
Jane's hosting the RED, WHITE, AND BLUE BLOG HOP
Check it out!

July 1st

July 2nd

July 3rd

July 4th
July 5th

July 6th

July 7th

July 9th

July 11th
Nancy R

July 12th

July 13th

July 14th

July 15th


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Just A Little Chaos, But There Was Fun Too

I've been pretty busy the last few days with the Bowls With Borders Blog Hop, but I did take some time out to run pick-up a couple quilts that were finished (thanks Quilted Works!) Once things quiet down, I'll be adding some binding and then deciding who's going to get them. There's a new grandbaby on the way, so guess which one will go to him/her?

The minky is so soft and I love the swirly quilting!
The back
I love this face!
This one was fun to put together--kind of mish-mashy
Love the fabric on the back! 
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