HOLY CANNOLI.......

GET OUT OF THE WAY BATMAN....THOSE ARE MINE!!!

These are Mod by Annette Tatum (Westminster fabrics)

Oh my stinking GOSH....

I just took a little jaunt into Tuesday Mornings and low and behold.....Do you see these Rhonda...see what you are missing?  All of twenty-four dollars.

I told myself that I was not going to buy any more fabric (do I hear snickers in the background)?   I need to go on a fabric diet (and other kinds of diets...we won't talk of that now..too depressing)

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The winners of the Sunshine Topper are

Retdairyqueen, she said she has not done a round topper...well...I am encouraging her to do so now...so fun.

and then

Shebandowan

These are pdf so you will get it instantly.

Thanks to all of you who entered and for your sweet comments.  I realize that this is a real easy pattern and most of you can make it on your own but for those beginners...well....this would be great to start off your sewing career with.

NEW PATTERN GIVEAWAY - I call this SUNSHINE!!

I must confess that this little topper is soooooo fun and fast.  Really goes fast with the Accuquilt Go cutter but you don't need it....  

 

My friend Rhonda made this one.  I had some charm packs and so we went to town on the next two.  Rhonda really loved doing this one, said so herself...she is a beginner quilter and well....it was just great for her.

 This one is mine.

I do not have it in Inchworm Fabrics yet, it is in www.patternspot.com but....while I am waiting for my sister to include this in her store, I will give this pattern away to two people.

All I want is your sweet comment.  Will choose the winner on Wednesday.

ONE LAST HURRAH!!

Well....my sewing buddy has left this morning, moving to Arizona. Yesterday we had our last sewing sessions together. She came at nine and left at one....

Here is what we did.

I purchased this laminate fabric a few months ago and yesterday just seemed the perfect day to use it. But.....me, being the cheap person I am didn't want to have scraps (this laminate fabric is expensive) so I didn't use the measurements the tutorial gave me. We ended up with this square....we both laughed and then I thought....why not a handle. Got my good ole duck take out and one handle was produced.

Next, one cosmetic bag....

I just love this half moon. I did a really small one before leaving Samoa and just loved it. You can get the tutorial here.

Not bad for a morning's work.....now my sewing room is quiet, the tools are put away, and my friend has gone. Maybe I will do some FMQ today?

THIMBLEBERRIES SEW DAY YESTERDAY@@

You will have to forgive me, I can not find the full picture of this quilt for the life of me...and I have no more time to spare at the moment.



I did not forget Thimbleberries sew day.....I worked on this quilt. I am quilting between the trees until I can figure out what to do next.

Well...Julie over at Having Fun Quilting just became a consultant for My Lasy Dazy .... this sounds so interesting and I just thought I would send you over to her blog... Here is her official site. Home parties? Trunk show in your own home? Party gifts? Hummmmmm amazing what people think of....hop on over there and see what you think. This could turn to be a lot of fun.

I ONCE WAS TOLD THAT.....

If you wanted something done find the busiest person to do it!!

Yesterday morning I had a Norwex party (look it up if you are not familiar with it). I just read that and sounds so bossy.... By the way, sorry you couldn't make it but the refreshments were awesome.

Anyways.....while there one friend brought someone I did not know. She is heavily involved with the wounded warriors. She receives shipments of items almost daily that she packs up and sends off. She was explaining that her quilt contributions has diminished. She must have seen my sewing room.....couldn't miss it....right by the refreshments (boy those refreshments were good).

This gal lives just a few miles away from me.... I was thinking, if only I had known.

So I looked at my one friend and the smoke started pouring out of my ears.

She was thinking the same thing...so we decided right then that today we would make one.

After the party, I went to Walmart, picked up my glasses, went to the post office, came home made chili for the crock pot, and started cutting out the quilt for today.

I had some fat quarter bundles that would work. Was doing the Yellow Brick road but it is now the messed up brick road.

You guessed it, I took a wrong turn with the rotary cutter and well....(made do)

Then.....I thought oh...I have a some time before Young Women's (which my girls were in charge of the joint activity between the Young Men and Young Women). So I started sewing.

and sewing.

Looking at the clock, thinking of a few more things I needed to do for the activity.

Kept looking at the clock.....and well...got the top done before I had to rush around the house and then leave.

Here is it. I quilted it after I got home. I know what you are thinking, Barb, that looks awfully narrow. Well....it is! She said her requirements were 3 feet by 5 feet. These are for wounded soldiers. These will cover the soldiers as they are being transported with IVs, monitors, etc...so they need to be narrow as to not get in the way of saving their lives.

Just need to bind it. I want to make a few more before I go. Did you see how I made it longer? I just put strips in between the messed up blocks. Worked out great. So if you have the Yellow Brick Road pattern. You get twenty 9 1/2" squares, giving you 4 across and five down. It meets the requirements for the across but not down, so I put 3 1/2 inch strips on top, in between, and on the bottom of the rows. Worked out great.

If you would like to do some for my new found friend, it would be most welcomed. I just threw that out there....no pressure, we are all busy and we all do charitable work, most times I like to keep the majority of my charitable work to myself but well....you know, if I can put a plug in for the wounded soldiers, I will. She also says that just because they have pulled out of Iraq does not mean the injuries have lessened, they have actually increased with what is going on now.

Here is November's calendar wall hanging, no binding yet...but soon...(well....maybe...non committal here).

I got these lovely scraps from Dresden quilter, they are just fabulous and I love them. Thanks so much....why not go check out her blog....she is just wonderful!

My serger had a broken upper looper, you think that is a cheap fix? Think again. Turns out that I needed a new pedal (reason why looper broke, it only has one speed...and that is fast)...another not so cheap fix. I was crying all the way to the bank. Then if some of you do not know this, it was ninety dollars just for the repair person to see it.

I would not have gone because I am so cheap but my husband said..."GET IT FIXED"....why have a broken machine. To be honest, I needed my serger several times since it got wounded.

Well...a month later and a loan against my oldest child, it is back home and well......it is good to have her home. I used her yesterday serging some upholstery fabric.

I didn't want to make this long but I was at JoAnn's (no shocker to any of you to be found there). This lady comes up....psss pssss (like she is selling something illegal). She says, I have all of this upholstery fabric that I am taking to Goodwill, will you like to look at it first and take what you want.

SAY WHAT? Now upholstery fabric is not up my alley, but free is. The first thing that popped into my mind was totes, bags....oh yesss....momma is thinking (get the fire extinguisher...someone head is going to explode).

So to the car we go...and oh my gosh......good thing it was fabric, it caught the drool.

The only problem was it had a moldy smell.....that is where the serger came in. I serged up all of the fabrics and washed them. (what a long story). Tomorrow, well....you are right...getting that upholstery fabric and have a hay day with it.

HELP

I don't like this new blogger, I can not get to my dash board to read all of your blogs...can someone help me? I don't like change and this change is for the birds.

Okay....I did it...I found where it says OLD INTERFACE and switched back to it...whohooooo

thanks for all of your help and fast response...I am a happy girl now...doing the dance.