Winner winner! And more FWQAL

Hi Everyone,

I know you want to know who got some of this:

There are two winners today!

First Mr. Random said:

And Number 67 is:

scottylover said...

Flora & Summerhouse please! As much as I love the Ruby line I don't think it works well with what you have already. LOVE the Robin egg blue in Summerhouse. YUMMY!

Sandy A

July 8, 2011 6:23 PM

Then Mr. Random said:

And number 45 is:

Caren said...

I didn't read every single comment, but since I don't have a quilting program, I had to click on the green scissors (instead of the blue ones). Anyway, I am swayed by my color preferences, so I will just state my opinion - Ruby for sure, and Summer House. I do not like Flora (I'm sure there are many who would, though). Hope these comments help you out, chickie. You're doing a great job at keeping us informed on whats out there!

July 8, 2011 1:37 PM

Sorry to everyone that had to figure out it was the Green scissors not the blue ones (on my monitor they look almost the same) And as to the comments. I picked Flora (sorry Caren) I feel that you will have lots and lots of places to get Ruby though, so I am sure that you won't be deprived :) You both will be receiving a 5" double charm pack of Terrain. I will email you both in a moment. If you don't hear from me please email me.

Here are my latest two blocks for the FWQAL. I think I could have gotten more contrast on #5 but, oh well, I like it anyway...



Farmer's Wife Block #5




Farmer's Wife Block #6



I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and get some sewing done :)

Talk soon!

Friday Fun Day... the Giveaway (of Course)...I Win!... and Cards

Hi Everyone,

Are you ready to get your Summer wardrobe on? Check out this adorable skirt tutorial from Johanna on The Quilted Fish's blog

Anyone that had purchased from my shop before can tell you that I send a "Thank You" card with each order. It was getting a little expensive so while Joann had a sale on paper crafting stuff I stocked up on cards. Erin and I decided to decorate them yesterday. So the next few weeks you will be getting hand made cards by us :) Mine are terrible but if you get one of Erin's that is a treasure :)

The kitchen table at craft time

Some of Erin's cards

Some more of Erin's cards

Okay this is a very abbreviated short story of my life... If you don't want to hear it skip to the giveaway below... if you decide to read just remember it has a happy ending. About 11 yrs ago my ex-husband decided that he was in love with someone else and left me with a 2 yr old and nothing. Took all of the money out of the checking account the whole nine yards. Since he was in the Army all of our household goods followed him. Including my amazing never missed a stitch never needed repairs Viking sewing machine. For anyone that has been a sewer for any length of time you know there are just some machines you never want to be without. So the machine I loved my amazing Selectronic 6570 was lost forever. (he didn't do paperwork to keep the storage, free storage, so they took everything and auctioned it) There ensued the seemingly endless quest to find a machine that could ever match up to my old girl. None ever has. Cut to a year ago. I found two Machines on Ebay that were similar to my old one (one almost exact just a different color) so I bought them knowing they would take work to get going. I thought I would use parts from one to fix the other (this worked great) thanks to a father that was extremely mechanically oriented I had no worries about pulling the screws out and getting my hands dirty. These are all mechanical machines so no worries about electronics or anything. I took them apart fixed the best one with parts from the other. Just one thing I didn't feel comfortable doing myself (gear timing is scary) so I sent it off to the hospital this week. Thanks to Dr. Joe and the Electric hospital it is back. I am thrilled and excited and I have a perfect 1/4 inch seam again with no guess work. No skipped stitches no sideways sewing from motors that aren't tough enough to handle my pedal to the metal style. I am just so so happy. So I Win! I now have the best husband ever and the best sewing machine ever!

 On to the Giveaway... well of course it has to be Farm Fresh... this is an adorable collection so many possibilities. The winner this week will get a fat quarter pack of the green colorway (including the red gingham and red dots that are not here yet)



Imagine you see red gingham and red dots in the picture :)


Rules:

1. Go to the Coming Soon page and let me know which of the fabric lines you are most anxious to see in the shop. I added a ton yesterday (now just waiting for pics of Amy Butler's new line) so go check them out. Leave a comment letting me know what you like best.

The giveaway, as always, goes until midnight next Friday, July 22nd.

See ya tomorrow with the winners of the Terrain charm packs.

Talk soon.

Farmer's Wife... are you sick of my yet?

Hi Everyone,

Okay I might be slightly obsessed with:

Farmer's Wife block #3

Farmer's Wife block #4

This quilt along... but really they are so cute and just 6 itty bitty inches...


Oops I forgot to mention.. go check out Marisa's Shop for the most adorable bunny pattern (it matches the style of Meet The Gang) I had to get it because dang it is cute... maybe I will whip one up this weekend :) It can be a little mascot around here when her fabric line shows up... eep I really can't wait for that.

I don't have a lot to say today ... tomorrow is Friday Fun Day so don't miss it. Farm Fresh is in the shop so that might give you a clue as to what is coming tomorrow.

Talk soon!

The Farmer's Wife Quilt Along and "C" Blocks.

Hi Everyone,

Have you been bitten by the bug to join The Farmer's Wife Quilt Long?

Block 1

Block 2

I swore I wasn't going to do it (I need a long term project like a fresh hole in the head) but I jumped anyway. I am using a combo of Weekends by Erin McMorris, scraps, and Kona cotton. My first scraps are Midwest Modern of course :) I decided to add a bit of challenge, I am not going to use white in the blocks. For me that is a huge challenge because I love white. I am hoping that in the end I will be able to do the setting (lattice) with white. We shall see how that works out :)

I also finished up the "C" blocks for Alphabet Sampler Quilt Along my guild is doing.

The top two are "Colored Wheel" and the bottom two are "Cain and Abel" ... on to the D blocks :)

I hope you all had a chance to do some sewing lately... but I know how summer time is... so whatever you are doing I hope it makes you happy.

Talk soon!

Summer Camp for Us!

Hi Everyone,

If you love fun projects and creative genius you probably already know about The Quilted Fish (actually if you have been around my blog for more than 5 minutes you know about her too) Amanda has been at it again! She has created a super fun project for all of us to join in:

You know you want to go. Don't worrry no backpack, sleeping bag, or campfire making skills required. Instead we are going to be making a craft project that is so adorable you won't believe it! G*lamps .. that is a Glam Lamp like these cute things:

Head on over to Amanda's blog and check it out. You don't want to miss out, I promise.

One more thing... this afternoon Farm Fresh will be hitting my shop... it is so stinkin' cute I just had to mention it.

See you tomorrow with my "C" blocks :)

Talk Soon!

Another Giveaway or Two... Really... Two!

Hi Everyone,

It's True...

I am giving this away... but wait... not here... over here on Melissa's blog. I love Happy Quilting and I know you will too ... so go check out the giveaway and wish Melissa a Happy Blogiversary.

Here is one that sneaked in under my radar:

Jacque posted this but I didn't see it until Yesterday... so go take a look and enter to win this:

Be back tomorrow....

A little art work and the "B" blocks

Hi Everyone,

Yesterday I did this little mixed media art girl for a friend. It kind of looks like her and she has encouraged me to do more of these pieces but this is the first time in about 3 months that I have had time to make one. She reads my blog so I want to see if she can guess it is for her. It will have to wait to dry for a week or two before I can wrap it up and ship it off to her though. Even though she appreciates my art, this is about her art being appreciated (she has had some big kuddos lately). No more hints. :)

Here is my latest progress on the Alphabet Quilt Along my "B" blocks...

Top are Baton Rouge and bottom are Broken Dishes Variation. Next comes Cain and Abel and Colored Wheel. I am having more fun with this quilt along than I thought I would. I think it might be because I get to pick my own blocks and fabrics. It is really keeping me going.

Hope your Sunday is peaceful and blessed.

Talk soon...