THREAD HOLDER

I was visiting "Walks in the Woods", she showed her thread holder and I had to laugh.

Now I am going to show you mine.

This is what it looks like now.... this is my thread in waiting. A sweet sweet friend made this pin cushion (did I say how much I love it???).
It usually sits beside my machine but I was too lazy to clean to take this picture. I do not have a large cone holder for either one of my machines and well....a gal has gotta do what a gal's gotta do.

This works perfectly and after seeing "Walks in the Woods" post, I think I am going to use this for my embroidery threads because sometimes they get tangled up on the spindle that holds the spool and the thread breaks.....thanks Freida....

Now all of you scoot on over to her blog, she does some amazing thread work!

WE HAVE A WINNER BUT NO CHICKEN DINNER!!

Today I just had fun doing whatever came to mind. I put borders on this little tumbler quilt, did a meandering stitch and called it GOOD!

I sandwiched these four quilts plus the one above. I had fixed the borders on two of the them the day before.
Then I wanted to play with Marjorie's embroidery design for the snowflake from the Accuquilt Go Medley die. Oh my gosh....those pink scissors just couldn't resist being in this picture....

What a fun embroidery design, I did find that I had to be so precise in getting the arms in just the right spots or my embroidery would not cover then...second time was a charm. I had a friend come over and we blanket stitched around some of these snowflakes for two pillows she was making. I just had to show her how the embroidery machine worked. This was Thursday, don't want you all to think I did all of this in one day.

Now I am kicking myself....yes....I have a boot on the caboose. BAd Barb...Bad Barb.

When my husband and I were at JoAnn's last Saturday the batting was half off but I resisted. I got in the car and told my husband and he said we could turn around. I said, no.....(with a whine)...now I am regretting it. After sandwiching these five quilts, one medium sized....I need more batting.....Oh....that boot sure hurts!!

THE WINNER OF THE VALENTINES RUNNER IS:::::::

JULIE FROM "HAVING FUN QUILTING"

I didn't know this until I went to check her blog but she just recently made a few quilts with Hawaiian fabrics....and I say OHHHHH La La to that one.

She has one follower, and that is me, so if you have a chance, go check her out!!

Stay tuned....next week (hopefully) I will present a new round topper and will be giving 3 patterns away. So you say, but Barb, why round??? I say, round because I have a round table, and it is mostly for me and we all know that the universe revolves around me....HA!!! (I know, I am kidding myself).

THE TIME HAS COME, THE TIME IS NOW

Go to Sew WE quilt and I will show you how.

Then come back here and enter to win,

this wonderful runner, just say I'm in!!

Being a follower would be swell,

if not, no worries, all is well.

Okay, I shouldn't give up my day job....HA!!! Over at Sew We Quilt, I have shown how to make this little runner. It is made with the Accuquilt Heart Die but seriously you do not need one, just cut out your own.

With the left over hearts I made this candle mat (or little table topper)...but I am keeping it.

Good luck!

The giveaway is now closed!! Thanks for coming by!!

SUNBONNET SUE AND DRUNKARD'S PATH....JUST DOESN'T GET MUCH BETTER!

Yesterday afternoon while doing these.....


I hooked my embroidery machine up and had her squealing all afternoon with these!!

Marjorie does such a fantastic job digitizing the Accuquilt Go dies, here store is here. As you can see I did use the Sunbonnet Sue Accuquilt die and the drunkard's path die, which made this process so much easier and faster. I need borders for three of the quilts but that is a good start for tomorrow's day.

Remember tomorrow I will be over at Sew We Quilt along with a giveaway here on my blog.

THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD!

Sometimes I feel like the Engine and other times I feel like the caboose. Last week was a caboose week.

I have been working on some special things but I am waiting for a pattern to be proof read, and then Caroll from the Attic Shop Window

and I have been working on a little surprise together. We will showcase that in June and more details will come out in the future.

So a lot of fun things going on….

Today, I have cut out four drunkard paths quilts.

The two blue ones are for twin boys… I have a confession, it is sooo hard to cut into my Samoan Fabrics.

Cut out some houses from the House Die. I will have to be totally honest here, I was not happy with

the size of these cottages. I was hoping for bigger ones.

These measure about 4” in length…. No one asked me, you are right!!! And yes, I should have read the package before buying.

I will make that a mental note for future reference when buying dies. It is cute, don’t you think?

It is wonderful to cut several quilts at a time because it decreases the stash but………………..

(don’t judge me on the organization here…I was rummaging and when I do, it never goes

back the way I had it).

but it increases the scraps…..

So this gal is going to fire up her engines and get busy…..get my big caboose in gear!!!

I just noticed when reading my post on my blog that blogger has attached some advertisements to selected words and have highlighted them...I have not asked for this.

Also on the 9th, I am over at Sew We Quilt and will be giving away a runner her on my blog.

OKAY, DON'T LAUGH!!! I WON'T LAUGH AT YOURS!!

I got my dry erase board out to practice the tear drops for feathering....trust me, I need a lot of practice. This has to do with the FMQ Challenge over at Sew Cal Gal's blog.


Now don't laugh. I tried to do it her way but I am just having a hard time with it. Okay, so I am laughing....but only I can....

This is me getting frustrated....good thing I am not a cursing woman.... I just started doodling all over this fabric, even over all ready stitched areas.

I can only get halfway decent ones this way.... I understand Diane's reasoning about doing a double stem, so you don't have a lot of thread in the middle but I just can't wrap my head around it. So...more practice for me.

I practice in between projects....so off I go again....ta ta!!

I won this glass case over at B's modern quilting . I love the case and it is so wonderfully constructed. Thanks so much Barbara, I love it!!!!

Playing with my Samoan Fabric.....

Two awesome dies in the mail today!!!

Busy creating something with these fabrics...

Using the left over Sunkissed jelly roll....

Fabric Therapy....

Trying to increase my Thimbleberry fabric...

Fabric from Ebony from Love Bug Studio, she has an etsy shop where she is selling some fabric from her stash.
Look at these pretties....from Inchworm Fabrics.
My husband and son were watching me open packages and they both just shook their heads and my husband said..."As if she needs more fabric".... he is right but I just can't help myself.

In my defense, he is my enabler..... he is the one that takes me to JoAnn's every Saturday, he is the one that makes sure I have enough batting and threads.... How many of you can use an enabler like this????? We will be married 33 years this month.