The Ripper Winner

CONGRATULATIONS

CHRIS!

An email has been sent to Chris. 

The New Lady On My Blog

She is so ME!

I'm usually half-asleep or working with one eye 

open while the other one rests because

I don't always get a lot of sleep.

I'm lucky if I end up with make-up on even one eye,

but that purple eye shadow would definitely make me look fabulous
if I took some time to put some on!

I just got my hair cut--it looks almost exactly like hers..
short and two different colors....so cool.

My hand is on a mouse almost all of my

waking hours...really it is. I blog, I do

genealogy, and I do admin type stuff at work.

We could be twins!
(IF she was flat-chested and weighed a few more pounds, or
if she didn't look so gorgeous with those shapely lips and eyes.)

I love her in spite of her silly, glamorous flaws!

P.S. I didn't create her...someone far more talented than me put her parts together.
P.S.S. Thank you "Far More Talented" lady!

Wicked, Weird, And Wacky....It's Coming!

Don't forget about the giveaway

HERE

Spooky, Scary, And Very Wicked

October 22nd...Ghosts, Goblins, Witches,

and lots of creepy THINGS

will start to appear here, there, and everywhere!

The whole schedule can be found

HERE

A Week Until Wickedness!

There are lots of scary looking purple, orange, and green fabrics

 scattered all around my sewing room.

I'm getting ready for Wicked...are you?

The whole schedule can be found

HERE

A Rip Roarin' Giveaway!

I went back to Quilted Works ...twice in one day was very fun...and got another of these amazing little seam rippers as a giveaway. The rubber end grabs up those stray threads that we all hate to pick out.

You don't have to be a follower, you don't have to tell me your favorite thing to use a seam ripper on, but you do have to leave me a comment. The staff at Quilted Works are so nice and they have an online store, too--check them out by clicking HERE.

This giveaway ends has ended on October 20th, at 6 p.m. PST.

THERE'S ALWAYS RULES:

1. Leave a short and sweet comment.
2. Make sure I can contact you if you're a noreply blogger. Typing out your email address like this helps avoid spammers: iblog at aol dot com. If I can't contact you, you can't win.
3. Only ONE entry per person
4. I'll mail it anywhere.
5. Entries after 6 p.m. PST on October 20th will not be included in the giveaway.

New Tool, Winner Winner!

I won some fabric from Debby Kratovil Quilts and a $25 gift certificate from Quilted Works. Such a lucky week for me! Maybe I should visit a casino and see if my luck holds out. Nah...I'm smart enough to know that it isn't the lucky people's money that builds those beautiful gambling places and that me winning anything is a rare event. 

I used the Quilted Works certificate to buy a little more Halloween fabric

(I never have enough, of course.)

There was a new fun tool at Quilted Works...

(I never need a ripper, so this info is for other people--LOL!)

This little seam ripper not only rips out those mistakes

that sometimes happen, but also has a rubber part that

brushes those annoying little threads away. 

I love it...I mean I WOULD love it if I ever made mistakes.

And The Winner Is....

CONGRATULATIONS

JOY!

(An email has been sent to her with instructions

on collecting her prize.)

Thanks to everyone who left sweet comments and went looking for that other slice of pie!

The Last Day of Leafs Me Happy

For the whole LEAFS ME HAPPY schedule, go HERE

Cherry from Cherry Blossom's Quilting Studio 

is hosting this Leafs Me Happy.

Thanks Cherry!

Madame Samm at Sew We Quilt is showing us Leafs Me Happy favorites on 

her blog and pinning them on Pinterest so we can see them all in one place.

Thanks Madame Samm for creating the hops we're all loving!

Today's list of hoppers:

October 10

Quilter in the Closet

SewMuch2Luv

Peanut's Patchwork

Quilting Lines

Mochawildchild

Ariane Quilts

Lily Patch Quilts

Cindy's Crafty Creations

Hill Valley Quilter

Count it *all* JOY!!!
Rose Creations

Sew We Quilt

Check out my giveaway HERE and don't forget you will get an extra bonus entry if you find that other slice of fabric pie that will be showing up on one of the posts in this hop. It's not a whole pie and it's not a real slice of pie...it will be just a slice and will be made of fabric. 

Keep your eye out for it!

Upcoming Blog Hops:

Wicked Wendy from Why Knot Kwilt will be hosting Wicked

Sweet Katherine at Sew Me Something Good will be hosting UR Priceless

Queen Pauline from Quilt N Queen will be hosting Holiday Lane

A Sweet Gift

I received a little package in the mail a couple of days ago that included a sweet message written on a beautiful card. Katherine at Sew Me Something Good sent me this sweet little needle case. She designed it using some vintage linen with gorgeous embroidery on it and added some purple fabric (guess she somehow figured out my favorite color.) It even came with those needles on PURPLE foil that reminded me of the ones in my mom's and grandmother's sewing boxes. I loved it! Thank you, Katherine!

Finally, my needles have a home.

Leafs Me Happy -- Day 5

Oh, my! Such fun Fall projects on this hop!

Lots of leaves, turkeys, trees, pies, and more.

I've already had my day...

Check out my giveaway HERE and don't forget you will get an extra bonus entry if you find that other slice of fabric pie that will be showing up on one of the posts in this hop. It's not a whole pie and it's not a real slice of pie...it will be just a slice and will be made of fabric.

Keep your eye out for it!

Cherry from Cherry Blossom's Quilting Studio 

is hosting this Leafs Me Happy.

Thanks Cherry!

Madame Samm at Sew We Quilt is showing us Leafs Me Happy favorites on 

her blog and pinning them on Pinterest so we can see them all in one place.

Thanks Madame Samm for creating the hops we're all loving!

Today's list of hoppers:

Friday 5

Insanity Defense

Michelle May and the Bunnies

Sparrow In Flight

Quilted Delights

Quilting With a Marmalade Cat

Traveling Quilter

A Stitch in Time

Cherry Blossoms
Tea Time Creations

Moose Stash Quilting

Stitchin By The Lake