December Schnibble...better late than never

Well, it isn't really late. I got it done before the first and that is what counts :) I love Mill House Inn. So here are my two little Tuffets on the tree. The strip pieced one is also pieced a bit I thought it would be fun to add a couple scraps from the nine patch....

Merry Christmas AKA Stella's First Christmas

We have a puppy! Boy do we ever... she is 10 months old... we got her at a very young 5 wks... I know, I know but it was that or the pound for her so we just had to take her home. Anyway... a few months later here we are... she likes presents:But who could get mad at a face like this....She wrote a note to the boy who's present is on the left... it says:Deer Mikull,Yor prezent tasted gud! Nom Nom!Luv.StelliePS....

Woo Hoo! Thank you Santa!

I won my wish from Santa (AKA the Fat Quarter Shop) I am so happy! I can't believe it! I have never won one of these blog giveaways before! I really didn't think I would be able to get this fabric... we haven't had a lot of extra money lately so it was going to have to wait... a while anyway... This is a big Merry Christmas for ...

Sorry I am so late with the winners...

I am sorry... I let everything get away from me. Here are the winners of my three giveaways:Mary On Lake Pulasky won the Amy Butler pattern and fabricHeather won the Book (Heather please email me your address I can't find an email for you)Susan won the County Fair canvasCongratulations to a...

Dear Santa

Deeer Zanta,I haf been a very, very, good girl. Pleeze could you, Dear Zanta, bring L'Amour to moi zees Chreestmas? It has been ever so long since I have had zees amour. Amour, as you know clever man, ees oh so importement to the French. Oui, I have been waiting sooo long. Zanta, baby, sil vous plait just a little L'Amour as I have not been down to the fat quarter in some time.Merci,Juliette...

Giveaway number 3... Denyse Schmidt designed canvas...

Here is number three Canvas from County Fair by Denyse Schmidt this is a full yard 54" wide... it would be great for a tote bag... nice soft canvas with a wonky log cabin print in all those patterns we all love so much...just leave a comment if you would like it....

Number Two... just for moms, grandmas (dads) of little girls...

A super fun craft book for girls... "Christmas Fairy Things To Make And Do" ... I took a picture of just a couple of the projects so you can see how fun this book is...there are many more projects including ornaments and wands ... etc... just comment if you would like it....Tree Top Fairy Fairy Castle Advent CalendarFairy Princess Cr...

3 Giveaways... number one...Amy Butler pattern and fabric

In the spirit of Giveaway day at Sew Mama Sew ... and because I have been wanting to do another giveaway... I am having a three part give away... These giveaways will be open until midnight December 9th... all you have to do is make a comment on the one you would like to win. I am posting them in seperate posts to make it easier. I will be happy to send international but it will have to be the...

Tumbler update...

Here the center of the tumbler quilt or... batik quilt or... selvage quilt. I am not sure what it wants to be when it grows up...

Schnibble for November is finished...

Well... it was going to be out of autumn fabrics but... I have to admit I am kinda tired of them. I am not a huge autumn color fan... even though I love the season. So here is the first Schnibble that I have made that is really me. Out of a line called Riviera from Connecting Threads. I love the hot juicy colors...it isn't sideways ... I am :) (as you can tell by the top of the fence)Speaking if Schnibbles......

Tumbling....

I have had a wish to make a tumbler quilt for a while... and I have wanted to do a selvage project. I combined the two to come up with this...These are the tumbler charms and I have already pinned the pieces of selvage to the muslin (the pile in the lower left corner) The tumblers I bought pre-cut from Canton Village Quilt Works... I also bought muslin ones to use as foundations for the selvages....

Woohoo!

I won runner up in the Gobble Gobble challenge from Moda Bakeshop. That was so exciti...

What I made for the Gobble Gobble Challenge From MBS

Moda Bake Shop and Pat Sloan posted a challenege last month. I already had the fabric but for some reason put off getting the quilt top done. Anyway... here is what I came up with... I truly love it and I haven't said that about one of my quilts in a while...

What I do in my other life....

I thought you all might like to see my alter ego craft... wigs for fashion dolls... they are called Sybarites. I just posted 14 auctions... eep so tired.Here are just a few ...

What's up with Moda Bakeshop?

They were going so fast I couldn't keep up and now nothing for a week... I wonder if they are waiting for the first to start more stuff... Wahhh... I need my f...

October Schnibble

It has been done for a week or more. I have been too lazy to take it's picture. It has been super windy around here. The wind is holding it up to my outside fireplace in the first picture. I have been wanting to make a "pumpkin" quilt so I changed some of the nine patches for little pumpki...

New lovely giveaway

Canton Village Quilt Works is giving away fabulous (bought at Market) prizes... go here:  Give awayBack in a few tih a pic of my SChnib...

If you love Flea Market Fancy...

and you have any use for canvas and cotton duck (BAGS!!!!) you must see this awesome sale... it is County Fair by Denys Schmidt and ... hmmm those prints look familiar$2.99 a yard go n...

Two winners of my Give Away....

Since I only got two entries I am making them both winners. I did run the randomizer and Mary was the winner outright so she gets the Simple Abundance strips. I will have to think of something equally fun for Carin. Mary please send me your address (email is connected to this blog) and I will send out your prize. I already have Carin's address...

Three in one day... wow!

Go look at Lila Tuellers blog she is giving away a set of Jelly Roll and Layer Cake of her new fabric line "Eden". http://lilatuellerdesigns.blogspot.com/ go go go ....

Tutorial: Tessellating Stars from Jelly Roll Strips and a Give Away!

If anyone has a question or finds a problem with my instructions please email me (jewelsarmcandy at Gmail dot com). When finished with this portion you should have something that looks like this:Fabric needed for this entire project (including the houses): 1 1/2 yd Moda Marble in Indigo (or whatever you want for your night sky) 17 Jelly Roll Pieces (9 brights for stars, 3 green for...

Another bite of Schnibble cake...

I thought I would post a couple of less busy pics of my busiest quilt ever. Seriously it is crazy busy. Funny story, about these pics, I didn't have anything holding the quilt to the fence it stayed up there all by itself with the help of a little breeze. First tiny huge bite of tutorial will be up in a couple minutes. Take a look at my post for the tutorial even if you don't want to make the quilt......

Coming soon to a blog near you....

I am going to be posting a tutorial here on my blog for this:Abundant Stars and Simple HousesIt is made from a Jelly Roll and Layer Cake, in Simple Abundance, and a yard of Moda Marble. I am going to post the tutorial in bite size pieces starting with the stars on Monday Wednesday (foiled again). Hope to see you he...

WooHoo my September Schnibble is finished...

This one seriously gave me fits... right down to ironing the binding (where instead of ironing the fabric I ironed my fingers). It all went together fine but it seemed to fight me every step. It is super busy but very Christmasy out of "Figgy Pudding".And a close up of what I did with the quilting... instead of the geese getting all of the attention I decided to make the squares the focus....

Just a titch...

This is just a bit of what I have been working on. There are a couple of things I can't show because they have to be "Revealed" :) Anyway, on the back a Christmas table runner from a Moda Bake Shop tutorial.To the left a "Simple Abundance" layer cake and jelly roll. Speaking of "Simple Abundance" pictures do not do this line justice it is so rich and gorgeous. The red tone on tone floral is literally...

A giveaway at V and Co...

I promise some pictures later today of my recent projects...but for now go check out This Blog she is giving away something really fun. I answered her question about what I wanted from "The Quilt Shoppe" to enter. Here is what I chose Happy Flowers...

I have Schnibble Completeness

I made my little Schnibbly quilt for the club. It was a struggle all the way... don't you hate when one just doesn't want to go together? It is very bright and busy but much better with the borders holdng all the busy inside. I got half way through and was really worried as it was quite schizophrenic. But it all came together in the end. I will get it quilted this week and hopefully have a pic of...

We Remember....

On this day when we remember tragedy I just wanted to take a moment to remember our all volunteer armed forces. No matter where you stand on the political spectrum you can't deny that they put their lives on the line for their country everyday, willingly. So to our military men and women, no matter where you serve, thank y...

Salsa Recipe....

I don't have pictures sorry... it is red with green stuff in it... hehehe...I just made Salsa for our Labor Day BBQ with our Small Group from church. So I thought if you didn't already have a tried and true recipe you might like one...watch out this doesn't taste like it came from a jar. Ingredients:1 large can of whole peeled tomatoes (or 3-4 fresh tomatoes blanched and peeled)2-4 cloves of garlic...

I have been busy...really!

Sorry it has been so long since my last post. I have been sewing away... so much so that I haven't wanted to stop and take pictures. I have more pictures to take today but here are a few to start the morning with.I joined John for the "Wonky Log Cabin" quilt along. Here are my first two blocks.#1#2I like #2 best. I think I was too worried about where I was placing fabrics in the first one.I also joined...

Coming and Going...

The boys (husband and son) just got back from a cruise to Alaska on Monday night. Next Wednesday we say good-bye to Michael (son) until Christmas again. I hate this time of year just for that reason. We always miss him so much when he is with his other family. The Authentic fabric you saw in my giveaway is for a quilt for him. He loves to sit with a blanket wrapped around him in the mornings and watch...