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Merry Christmas Every One!

Thank you Tiny Tim. Just a quick post to say the have the happiest of Merry Christmases ever. It is 5:30 am here and in about an hour I will start cooking. Other than brief breaks for eating, candlelight service, sleeping and opening presents, cooking is all I will be doing for the next 3 days. Hugs to you all. See you so...

Brown Bag Challenge

Hi Everyone,Over at Stash Manicure what seems like a year ago (but wasn't) a brown bag chalenge was issued. My partner is a wonderful lady in Australia and she sent me some challenge fabrics to make a quilt from... I have to use 90% of what she sent in one quilt. I took the challenge to mean they all had to be in the top of the quilt but it doesn't say that anywhere in the rules, I don't think....

Still looking for one more Round Robin participant

Hi Everyone,I am still looking for one (maybe two) more round robin participants. It doesn't start until late January or early February so it won't interfere with the holidays at all. I am thinking carefully about what I want to make for the center of mine already. What I know for sure is it has to come from my stash. Check out this post for info Round Rob...

My 2011 Crafting Resolutions..

I probably will not have any time in the next two weeks to post... I might up until Thursday of this week but then family and our son get here and all bets are off... so if I don't make it back... Merry Christmas, dear friends. Here are my crafting resolutions for the new year month by month (including UFO finishing). The biggest one is not to buy a ton more fabric. I have enough to last the year....

Going Green or else....

My city is making news today. Last night the city council voted to outlaw plastic bags. Here is the article from the local Newspaper http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_16859889?source=most_emailed . We are a large city (more than a million resedents) so I guess that is big news. You know what you will be seeing once a month on the blog from me now? A new grocery bag a month is my goal for 2011...

Last of the Christmas Sewing

Hi Everyone,I am done! I have been almost done for a week or two.... I just had to get motivated to do the hand work on the last of it.Did you notice anything different around here? I changed my name to match  my etsy shop name...and it really fits me better anyway. On with the show....Some scarves I started a while ago... I call them infinity scarves but Anna Maria Horner is selling kits that...

Sometimes I wish....

I owned more than this little scrap of the net. Sometimes something comes along that I want to throw my whole world into and I want others to come along and do the same. I wish I could get the word out to a million people. Some of you may know Traceyjay she has introduced me to The Hendricks family and Heartline Ministries . I want to do so much for this organization but I am not rich....

Still need some round robins... and some things I have been working on.

Hi Everyone,We are still in need of a couple of people to participate in the round robin I posted about here. It doesn't start until January or early February so it won't interfere with your Holidays :) Go check out Quilt Hope In to see a post about the women and children we will be helping.Here are a few of the Christmas presents I have been making:For my Niece a Cosmo Bag from Amy Butler's...

Let's have some fun and do some good

Hi Everyone,I have been thinking on this for a while. First of all have you all met TraceyJay? Tracey is heading up a campaign, Quilt Hope In, to help orphan children in Haiti by making quilts to auction to raise funds for Heartline Ministries there. I have already donated fabric and have pledged to make items for the etsy shop. Here is my idea for us:1. Let's do a round robin quilt...

Winner and winner... chicken dinner...

Hi Everyone,Today we have the winners of my scrap giveaway. I put you all in order by time that you sent a comment and which stack you chose. Then I used random.org to pick the numbers.For Gobble Gobble:  Peaceful Piecer who said: what fun! I'm a huge fan of Sandy Gervais so that's my pick. Thanks for a chance to win For the Authentic:Duff who said: The authentic has my vote! I do not know of...

A question and the giveaway...

Hi Everyone,This is going to be a short and sweet post. Question:Do you know of a charity that takes quilting fabric? If so can you send me the info?Thanks in advance!Now the giveaway. This is not an elegant giveaway. I have a ton of fabric I will never use again. I wish I knew a place locally that would take it but I don't. So I didn't fold it nicely and put a bow on it but it is a ton of fabric...

Back to our regularly scheduled program...

Hi Everyone,I had a hard October... which put me behind for my commitments in November..which made me too busy to post on this here blog. Everything seems to be evening out here so let's get back to some fun times. Whaddya say? Sweet sweet Meghan made me this adorable Mug Rug...and it came on my birthday... how perfect is that?As usual I am going to do a little giveaway this week. I will post...

Let's all eat... pie!

I don't mind making my own birthday cake er pie (much) ... going shopping n...

Happy Thanksgiving!

I will be back with blogging in about a week. It has been crazy busy here. Have a lovely day!Gratuitous photo....

Finished and Stella Approved.

My Dream on quilt from the Fat Quarterly Quilt Al...

.... and the winner's are!

Thanks for the lovely comments you all warmed my heart this week. I wish I had something to send to everyone. Winner of the Fat Quarters is:Sarah Craig said... I'll read you not being profound, if you'll read me not being profound! Actually, I really enjoy your blog - keep up the good work and congratulations on your 100th post!The winner of the Sizzix Sidekick is:scottylover said... Wow congrats...

Happy Day... and the number 100

Hi Everyone,I do not know what was wrong with me yesterday but... phew I am glad it is over. If you didn't read it DON'T. I still think that the Sizzix is a great deal. Especially if you get the new one becuase all kinds of dies fit in it. I just bought the older one so of course it didn't work perfectly with the new fangled stuff :) Silly me. I am still super excited about it and having a great time...

I take it all back.... post #99

Ugh... it is hard to admit when you are wrong... I was wrong. I got the Sizzix... I got the dies...The newer Sizzix is slightly wider than the one I bought, and the Go! dies do fit in it (I have seen it with my own eyes). They don't fit in the older version that I bought. Luckily hubby has a band saw and he knows how to use it :)  So don't believe Accuquilt when they say the die is...

Are you ready for "quite a tale"?

Hi Everyone...Jumping right in here... you know how everyone is hosting give aways of Go! Cutters? You may or may not know I haven't won one :) I really have been trying ever so hard. So on Friday, when they announced the Go Baby, I promptly told my hubby I wanted one for my birthday. I can't afford a Go! I know lots of people can and I am really happy for them. I just can't and I understand that....