HOT ITEM!!

This octopus quilt has been a hot item lately...

.I haven't counted how many I have done in the last two months but there have been quite a few.

 I recently got an order for this octopus and they wanted the pink and brown polka dots like the one they saw.

 Thanks heavens I know where to get more fabric.

 I had enough but I was in my room late one night and was prepping this octopus

 and was able to maneuver the octopus on the pink polka dot scraps to where it would work.

 I was sooooooooooooooooooooooo excited that I wouldn't have to go and buy new fabric.

 Well...maybe it was the late hour,

Maybe it was the fact that my light bulbs were out over head

 and I was working by a lamp across the room.

 What ever the reason.

 I fused the octopus on the right side of the fabric.

 WHAT!!!!!!

 If I were a cursing woman, you would have been able to hear some not so nice words...but since I am silent in that area I just called myself all kinds of names (don't know which is worse).

 So...the next morning I make my way to the fabric store to buy another yard.

Other than that, this octopus went together like a breeze.

I don't think I have ever had a quilt go together so effortlessly.  It was a pleasure.

Maybe it was because I did it in between a project I am doing....have been doing...seems like I have been working on this one project forever and can't wait to show you.

Anyways, when I would get bored....I would pull out the octopus...and work...put it away until it was needed to chase away the monotonous routine....

The one receiving this is Samoan so I used some of my Samoan fabrics for the back.

UMMMMM Ummmmmmm stinking GOOD!!!

Just a plug for this octopus pattern,  if you would like to purchase it, just email me.  

Quilt of Valor

I finally finished my "Quilt of Valor" from the hop that Marjorie did.

I gave this to my Navy son.

I chose this pattern so I could practice my FMQ

 but my son came home the other day and said he needed a smaller blanket for his bed.

So I debated on whether to just meander this quilt or put it aside (for a longer period of time) until I could get to it and do some pretty stitches.

As you can see......the boy's need took over my desire to save it for a time I could quilt the dog out of it.

 

Was a nice Saturday project.....

 

even tho...once again

 

 I am doing the things I don't need to be doing

 

and

putting off the things I should be doing....

 

 

Oh well....Tomorrow is another day!

LAUNDRY IS ALWAYS FREE AT MOM'S HOUSE!

My son came home the other day to do his laundry. Here is a picture of the laundry bag I made him about five six years ago. I was surprised to see that he was still using it. Here is a laundry bag I made from the measurements.... This truly is the easiest laundry bag ever!!!

Here is a laundry bag I made up from the measurements of my son's Navy Laundry bag. His laundry bag was just a white mesh (not mess) and so I decided to make something us gals might like to carry over our shoulders.


 His Navy bag also didn't have a draw string....

Then while I was making up this laundry bag the thought came to me.....to make a Laundry Wall hanging.

 I can't wait to hang this in my laundry room.  I was even thinking it would be great for a dryer runner.  Now you are thinking Dryer What????

I have had several (two) dryers rust in spots on top because of the laundry soap. 

No where to put the laundry soap but on top of the dryer.  Besides wouldn't this be cute there?

For the time we were in Virginia I had a beautiful towel Betsy from Fiesta made for me and every time I saw it I would first think of Betsy and then just admired it.  So think about it....not such a bad idea.  At that time I was trying to protect the dryer because it was not ours and it already had rust spots on it.


So what do you think is it worth it to drive to mom's house to do laundry?   It is always free with a batch of cookies.

Three Dude's Jelly Roll Tutorial by MIssouri Star Quilt Co.

This quilt was done using the tutorial below, Three Dudes jelly roll quilt show by Missouri Star Quilt Co.

I love how it has hearts on it.  This is the second quilt I have done using this method and both are soooo very different.  I love it.  Talk about fast.....this whips up in no time.

GREEN FAIRY QUILTS CHARITY FOR ROMANIA

Most of you know Judi and Clint at Green fairy quilts and I am sure you all have seen Judi's awesome award winning quilts...she is amazing.


 I have been friends with Judi since day one of my blogging and I think the beginning of her blogging as well....she just draws you in with her wonderful family and husband.

 Well...each year they go to Romania with quilts and food.

 This year they are focusing mostly on food for the impoverished in Romania.

 They would like to have enough money to give so when they leave Romania that there will be food for months afterwards.

  Notice the button on my sidebar, you can hit that button and donate even if it is a dollar.


 ALL of the money goes to Romania...Clint and Judi pay their own way there and back and their own expenses. That is why I love this Charity so much.

 What I would like is to donate half the proceeds from this Reindeer quilt pattern to their Charity. You can find the pattern here

Now....don't comment and say oh Barb...that is so awesome of you...Not so.  Carroll from Attic Shop Windows is half designer of this quilt.  I emailed her and told her that I had the pattern in my shop and wanted to give her half of the proceeds.

She said she didn't want half, to do with her half whatever I wanted to.  So....this is what I want to do.  So I am donating half of the proceeds in Carroll's name.  So the praise goes to her.

Please share this post so we can raise money for This charity.....

DO YOU SMELL THAT? THAT IS THE SMELL OF FABRIC!!

Yesterday I had to go to the Post office. I didn't want to be out long, just go to the Post Office and home. RIGHT!!!

Well....as I am driving to the PO....a thought pops up in my mind that I should go to Tuesday Morning.

So I squish the thought......

I just want to run this errand and go home.  Tuesday Morning is like 20 minutes from the PO.

Thought pops up again....

SQUASH IT!!!!!!

But it won't quit bugging me (No pun intended).

so......my nose gets to work and I say to myself...it smells like Fabric.

 

So.....I relent and go to Tuesday Morning!! 

 

 

What harm can it do, just a few minutes out of my day.

 

 

OH MY STINKING GOSH>>>>>>>>>>

 

 

$4.99 for two yards......ummmm ummmmm


Heart Be still me!!!

Seven fat quarters for $2.99, I got five of these bundles and feel I should have taken them all.

Okay...so they are not from a Quilting shop....

I don't claim to be a fabric snob.  If you are and find this offensive....well....my apologies (NOT).

Come and feel this fabric...it feels great, not thin....it is a purty nice quality and I am proud as a peacock.

Oh...so you say that I don't need more fabric????  Don't judge me!!  I just can't help myself.....I truly can't and when the nose gets to sniffing out those fabrics, how can I deny myself.

Have a fabulous day, back to the HST's

Trying to get the Monkey off my Back!!!

Seeing  how I can not pay attention long enough to finish one thing.....

I go from ironing these blocks (finally have all 400 ironed)...whohooo

 trimming these blocks up (only have half trimmed)

cutting

Iroining again

to sewing again.....so now I have about 4 stations that might keep me focused for a while...what ya think?

Just trying to get this monkey off my pack!!!!