Giveaway Winner!!!

Well, there's no need for the Random Number Generator when there's only one comment during the giveaway - haha!!

The winner is Deb who blogs over at Debz Days!!!

Congrats, Deb :) You're a no-reply blogger, so if you want to send me an email with your mailing address, I'll send off these beautiful FQs to you :)

I'll be back soon with a post FULL of photos of what I've been sewing up over the past several weeks!

Have a great Wednesday!

I'm baaaaaack - with a GIVEAWAY!!!!

Hi All!!! I suppose I should have said that SEPTEMBER would find me feeling more "bloggy" - haha! It's been a very hectic couple of months around here, but I am finally feeling a little more balanced after this very busy Summer.

A HUGE "thank you" to my 32 die-hard followers who have stuck with me through the dry spell! I'm going to express my appreciation with my FIRST *small* Giveaway!

I'm going to be giving away 4 Fat Quarters from the Petalicious collection designed by Nancy Thais! These beautiful prints would be a great addition to any stash!

2 Possible Entries - please leave ONE comment for EACH entry

***Become a follower of my blog (or let me know in your comment that you already are)

***Blog about the giveaway (and send me the link to your post in your comment) or share the link to this post on Facebook or Twitter (and send the the link to your post in your comment)

The comments will be closed and the winner will drawn by Random Number Generator on Tuesday, September 6th @ 12 noon! Thanks again and good luck!!!

Quick Post

Unfortunately, all I have time for today is a quick post of mostly pics to show what I've been up to lately (sewing wise)

I listed a few items on Etsy! I don't know if they will sell, as I have only sold my creations to people I acutally know so far... it will be interesting to see if they're even viewed. Etsy is a funny animal - it seems to be where everyone goes to buy handmade items, maybe because there are SO many Etsy sellers that the options for the shopper (depending on what they are looking for) are virtually endless... meaning each seller is therefore the proverbial small fish in the big pond! Overall, it certainly seems to be a better deal for the buyer than the seller - that's for sure... so we'll see!

Reversible Demi Hostess Apron for my sister-in-law using the Mod Kitchen collection by Helen Dardik

241 Tote for Sarah using the Green/Blue colorway of Tufted Tweets by Laurie Wisbrun. Bag pattern (by Anna Graham) can be found here

"Juicy" Reversible Demi Hostess Apron 

Indian Summer Modern Baby Quilt

Between custom pieces for people and some more items for our Bible School Fund-Raising Boutique in a few weeks, I may not be very 'bloggy'... but August should find me back in a more normal routine!

Happy Thursday!

On a Bag Kick ;)

Quilting is still my first love, let it be known - but let me tell ya, there is a LOT to be said for quick projects. I'm an instant gratification lover so - bags, placemats, mug rugs - all feed that need. Lately, it's been bags. It helps that people have been buying them as well! I love to make things people love. That has to be one of the best feelings. On that note, if you ever see anything here that you'd like - please feel free to email me or comment! Here's the photo overload of what I've been up to...

Pleated handbag for Veronica

241 Tote Bag for Shannon (pattern from http://www.noodle-head.com/)

Summer Canvas Tote for ???

I'm linking up to Fabric Tuesday again today - click the button over there ---> to see all the lovely creations being made with fabric this week :)

Heather's 241 Bag

I just finished this bag for my cool friend, Heather. When she saw another 241 Tote Bag I had made, she asked for a custom one. I sent her some pics of different fabric combinations I had on-hand and she picked the awesome Tufted Tweets by Laurie Wisbrun in the purple colorway. I adore these prints. I really like how his bag turned out - 'hope Heather's happy with it too :)

I'm linking up to QuiltStory's Fabric Tuesday again today! Click the button on my sidebar to check out all the other fabric deliciousness going on over there :)

 

Oh, Happy {Mail} Day

These delicious FQs of Tula Pink's latest collection, "Prince Charming", arrived on my doorstep today! I was thrilled, especially because I only ordered them 3 days ago! And yes... I have already studied, fawned over, and stroked all 30 of them ;) *Please ignore that pesky shadow on the lower left*

LOOK AT THE BIKES!!! Eeeeeep!

I'll be awhile before I get to cut into these babies - I need to finish up my W(s)IP! That will give me time to look for the perfect quilt pattern ~ any suggestions?!?



The Wrench - A Different Sort of WIP...

Okay - I hope I don't bore you too much with this, but I'm going to post about the rather large wrench that has been tossed into our life here, and has caused more than a few headaches (literal and figurative) and also has kept me away from my sewing machine and the laptop for a bit.

OUR WATER HEATER. The thing was apparently only a few years younger than myself... oops. It was "born" in 1987. It's not something we often checked (obviously) - if the water was hot, we thought the ol' water heater was A.O.K. As it turns out, it had developed a very slow leak, who knows how long ago. The result?! Water damage. Lots of it. Not only did the heater itself need replacing, but the stand it was on and the cabinet it was in (located in our garage) had been completely corroded and infected with mold. SO when the construction started on that, they found that the damage extended into the house. Bad. Enough gab, I'll just show you what we've got now:

So... we have our internet connection back (of course, the damage was in the "office/extra bedroom" where our cable was set up). We have our shiny, new water heater (1st pic). And sizeable holes in the walls. Finally, yesterday, I was able to sew up a couple more of these...

Over halfway done! And just so this post isn't completely useless - the tutorial I used is found here.