MY NEW TOY!!!!!

Pfaff Creative Sensation 5.5…..and I love love love it.

Yes, the table  is a mess, it seems that every time we bring a load in from San Antonio that my tables and any surface areas get loaded up and then it takes me a while to clean it off….poor me (smiling).
 It will be this way for a while anyways until I get my sewing room and even after, right now I can use the move as an excuse.  I will have to think of another when I actually get some space to sew in…

My husband and son laugh at me because the first thing I did when I got here was set up a sewing space and then this little beauty joined me.

 

Don’t you think the leaf would make a great quilt with the leaf squares and some green Samoan fabric for sashing???? 

I had a few learning curves and there are still some curves ahead but I have my sister down the road Beverly from Quilters Corner and Marjorie at Marjorie’s Quilting Bee and a few other blogging friends  like Gene from Gene Black and Alabama Artist that offer help when I need it.

I know that some of you may be weary of ebay but this is where I get all of my machines.
I have gotten some awesome deals and this is one of them.  It only had 60 hours when she sold it to me.  She said it was too much of a machine for her. 

One little tip my sister, Jeanette from Inchworm Fabrics  gave me (she is the one that got me hooked on ebay and showed me what to look for)… she said…usually when someone ask a lot for shipping hardly anyone bids and she was soooooooooooooooo right.  No one bid on this, the shipping was high but I knew how much I wanted to spend and I was not going one penny over and that included shipping.  I couldn’t understand why the same machine would have over 30 bids and this one had none until I remembered what she had told me.   I say....LUCKY ME!!!

It is 33 degrees outside and I am so much like a reptile, when it gets cold, I move sooooooooo slow.  Actually, I just want to find a place to curl up in until it warms up.

I AM JUST TOO EXCITED!!! LOOK WHAT CAME IN THE MAIL!!!

I have been waiting for this book for over a week now.
I ordered it directly from Green Fairy Quilts.
I just had to have it autographed by Judi, just had to.

It is so exciting to see Judi publish this book, she explains things that make it sound so easy.
 Can it really be
that easy?  Sure seems so.
She gives patterns for a few quilts and then shows how she quilted them.
I truly would recommend this book to anyone who wants to longarm and are just starting out or are like me and doing it on their domestic machine.
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On a personal note, we have finally moved all of our things from San Antonio.  I am here at our new home for good now
and my husband will join me at the end of the week.

 The house is a wreck, a new bathroom is going up,
 my sewing room
needs to be dismantled and put together again so still slow on the quilting side of life.

I am excited for the Christmas season but sad that I have done little in the way of using my Christmas fabrics, maybe next year?

My advice to all of you is to “Stop and smell the roses” we never know when they will wilt!

HOLIDAY HALLABOO!!!! BLOG HOP!!!! LOTS OF PRIZES AND LOTS OF CHANCES TO WIN.

The winner of this giveaway is Sallie from Sallie's Sampler,  A big thanks to Jacqulynne and all of you for commenting and coming by.


Do you ever get to that place in life where you lack inspiration?

You try ever so hard to dream big?

Want that light bulb moment?

Sometimes you are just dragging foot????


If you are feeling this way, you might want to try dropping off here:


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Inspiration Galore!!!!

She has her own fabric Lines, you can click here to see them all
Here is her shop:

Hey, I don't know why I am showing you all of this....go there and find out yourself....

take some time..

take your shoes off,

sit a spell...



Now for the fun part....she is giving a prize away at each of the blogs, so you can win several times and then....she is having a grand prize.

 What fun is that?

Be sure to go to her blog to win the Grand Prize, the other prizes are done locally so all I want from you is to comment and tell me what inspires you.

Oh...I didn't mention what the prize was?  Well.....it is a secret, won't be revealed until I find out...it is a secret to me too....you can go to her blog and see that she has a lot of fun stuff and that she doesn't mind sharing so no worries whether it will be worth your time or not.....cos I GUARANTEE it will be.

Now for a little inspiration of my own.  I am laughing at how big the pictures are.  Blogger will not let me download pictures so I went to photo bucket.

So....I purchased about six sets of these towels last year at JoAnn's after Christmas sale.  I believe they cost me less than two bucks for both.

I think I know why they didn't sale.....BORING!!!!




NOT BORING.....




Just a little fun fabric, Heat N Bond and you are ready to go....pick your pattern off the fabric, cut around it, add some heat n bond...then cut it out in detail.

Add a little strip to the bottom and now you have Not boring!!!




BORING!!!!!


NOT BORING



I wouldn't say so...

 Now for this one I was going to get my go cutter and make a bow....but I got lazy.

  I know which box they are in but tooooo lazy to go digging (in process of moving)...but wouldn't it be cute with a bow on the side?

A bow a bove the ornament?  Lazy again.

This one is just a half inch strip down the side of the towel and across the bottom.  I just did a little free hand ornament...I really should add a small bow above it...still can...nothing is written in stone.

Remember to enter this giveaway just let me know what inspires you!!!  Jacaquelynne will send you a surprise gift and I will send you these two books to help in the inspiration process.

It just doesn't get any better than that...two packages in the mail.....who doesn't like mail?





Today Sew Cal GAl  is sharing the hop with me...and we all know she is the master of inspiration...shewee...where she gets all that info and energy to write up such awesome post are beyond me.  So hop on over there too....

Notice on my sidebar, there you will find all the other hops for the week and Lilly pad yesterday....so do come and play along!!!  I will chose a winner Sat.


THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED, THANKS SO MUCH FOR COMING BY!!!

SAMOAN FABRIC

Did all of you visit all of the blogs participating in the Hullabaloo blog hop?  sure hope so.

Needle Mom was yesterday

My camera is dead and I can not find the adaptor.  I wanted so badly to show you a picture of all the amazing Samoan Fabric I got in the mail.

You can see on the sidebar the participating blogs for the Hullabaloo blog hop.

Thanks Jacquelynne for this awesome hop

COME WALK WITH ME!!!

This is my husband’s dream and I am just lucky enough to live in it!!

  So come and walk with me.
  I have my cell phone (not that I will answer it, just incase I run into trouble),
 got my cane (there is a not so nice dog that comes around, the cane is to konk him on the nose if he bothers me)…
.got my camera (don’t know if I will take it every day but for today.
 When it warms up, I think I will take a book…you will see why later.

Let’s go through the gate…..never forgetting to shut it back!  Don’t want any lose cows.

This is to the left.                                                 This is straight ahead                                    


To the left as well…see all of the years of dumping?  Poor Vance will have to take care of that!



This is to the right…more garbage, tires (lots of them), water heaters, batteries, you name it..it is here.

Now we are going to go walking to my favorite place.



Here it is…..this log is where I like to answer the questions of the universe and problems of the world.
Don’t have them solved yet so I will have to come back.

“Are you very weary?'
rest a little bit
in some quiet corner (place)
fold your hands and sit
do not let the troubles that have grieved you all the day,
haunt this quiet corner…..drive them all away!!!
Soon you will feel so rested
Glad you stopped a bit
In this quiet corner (place) to fold your hands and sit"

Now that we have rested we are going to walk to the pond…

Tired yet?

I was gone so long this morning (for you it would be yesterday) that my son called me on my cell and asked where I was, he was worried I got lost!

Now you can not walk out in the pasture without a little cow pie…

cow trail

Did you know that the cows make trails?    I got this off line
“  I watched them get into their single file line and walk their cow path to their breakfast.  Creatures of habit, they walked with their heads down following each other and sometimes nudging each other forward.  Vocal and eager for something to eat they marched passed me intently all the while calling out to each other, summoning the other cows to join them on their march to food.”
 

I love these cedar berries

another small pond

The most fun part of the walk…the creek…oh my??
 What is a little old gal to do?
  Oh yesssss  jump in it!!!  There is a little gal in all of us (or boy).

Like my boots?

Now it is time to head back home or I will be getting another phone call.

Enjoy your walk?  A lot of you said that nature inspires you so I decided to give you some.

If you haven't entered the Hullabaloo Giveaway you can go here:
Then here for the grand prize:

Don't forget to visit the Holiday Hullabaloo Blog Hop!!!



Today is:

Upstairs Hobby Room
Freemotion by the River

Lillypad was Monday

Sewcalgal yesterday with myself

"IT WAS A DARK AND DREARY NIGHT

You can go here for the poem "It was a dark and dreary night"
It sure feels that way lately and for some reason I keep saying this phrase over and over so maybe if I tell you, it will go away.

How soon the Holidays came up on us and how soon they will be fleeting away.....

 For over a month now my husband and I have been traveling back and forth between this home and the one in San Antonio.  We bring a load each time we come.
  Unfortunately, the previous owners have not moved all of their stuff out of the out buildings so it is making it difficult for us to move our stuff in and renovate the one large room that will be my sewing room.

Did someone say sewing room????

I am going to embarrass myself and show you the room as it is now.

Do you see all of the items that could go in an out building? 

 Boxes of sewing items that I haven't a clue where to put.  I have shoved boxes in closets and piled fabrics and well.....gosh...I should be ashamed for having so much but for some reason I am not...just irritated that they take up so much room right now.

 Here is our home.....it is an older home...no fancy new home for me but it is cozy and as soon as we get all the renos done....it will be just right as one of the Three Bears would say.

Here is the beautiful tree in the front yard, it is 125 years old.  The grandpa of the previous owner recorded or had records of when it was planted (who does that)?  

My favorite place is the living room.  It has yellow walls and at first I was going...oh noooooo but it is so bright and happy in there that I find myself just sitting or reading a book.

It will be a long while coming before things get moved where they need to be moved but true to form...I have a sewing machine set up in the spare room....

Only one issue, I left all of the Christmas fabrics in San Antonio and I need them soooooooooooooooooo bad.....that is not a whine...or was it???

Was it?

If you look on the side bar, Jacquelynne Steves is having a Holiday Hop...do join us next Monday!!!  Lots of prizes...

 

What does Sew Cal, Green Fairy Quilts, Marjorie's Quilting Bee, Jay Bird Quilts, and Lily Pad Quilting have in common?

THIS IS WHAT!!!! If you have not heard, or have not gone over there....now is the time. Lots of fun, lots of prizes.


Here is the link to the auctions

Here is the link to the raffling

Here is the information about the fund raisers

There are four charities....

 Green Fairy Quilts Charity for Romania.

 Marjorie's Quilting Bee for

Jay Bird Quilts for

Lily Pad Quilting for

I did not ask permission to copy these pictures, I ask forgiveness if there is an issue.

But the main issue here is to raise awareness and try to help these charities.  You get to choose which one.

Won't you hit the links and go find out more and maybe help out...great prizes, great fun!!  Thanks Sew Cal for all of your hard work and to all the sponsors!!