LAST DAY OF THE REINDEER GAMES - TWO GIVEAWAYS - ONE FOR THOSE THAT PLAYED AND ONE FOR THOSE THAT WISHED THEY COULD HAVE!

Here is Rudolph, you can find him here   Caroll was so sweet and downloaded him for me, why she can get in google doc and I can not.....Hummmmmm

You can find Carroll's here.  Caroll has been totally amazing.  She has been my babysitter this last two months while I have been in transit and moving.  I bet she felt she didn't sign on for that.  Thanks Caroll, it has been so fun doing this with you.

I would like to thank all of you for coming by and participating.

Here is the giveaway, I added a spool of Gutermann thread and two emery boards.

This part of the giveaway is for those that actually made reindeer, so I will give those people time to get their pictures on flickr or you can just comment and lead me to your squares or email me.

Now the rest of you....you are thinking....  But Barb....I had too much going on to do those Reindeer, too many UFO's and I just couldn't start another project.  Well....this next giveaway is for you.

These Charm squares.......just leave a comment, tell Caroll what a fabulous job she did in drawing the reindeer, if you want you can tell me how clever I was to think of the idea (laughing here).  Stroke our egos....HA!!!  No seriously, just leave a comment.

Thanks again, it has been fun!

FREE APPLE APPLIQUE PATTERN

 
I once again am doing the opposite of what I should be doing but….I saw this cute picture and
I just couldn’t help myself but make up a pattern of apples.

I was so concerned about the placement of the apple on the dish towel that I messed up the placement
of the leaves…..but hey….we are just going to dry dishes……

I could not get into google doc…..so I am going to try to put the pictures of the pattern on my blog
just be sure to size your pattern to the one inch square or just email me and I will be happy to send it right over.  Or when you print, just make sure you hit full page.

So….here goes




You might just have to email me, so sorry…… it doesn't work, I tried it.  So just email me.

I dont know what I am going to do about the last Reindeer on Friday, any suggestions?

LAUNDRY BAG USING SAMOAN FABRIC (tutorial)

So I showed you this the other day, my memory foam top came in this….

It went from that to this:  For sure saving the zipper….can use that in so many projects. 


I used the plastic side and circle for a pattern, of course I made the body longer and came up with this:

   
This bag is for my son’s girlfriend, she is going to go on a mission for the LDS Church for eighteen months.

The circle is:    11- 1/2" in diameter (if you need to know how to make this circle, go here).
Then the body  measures:   44” wide and 32” long.
I used ribbon for the tie, call me lazy….whatever but it worked and saved me some time.

Most of you know to sew the body of the laundry bag to the circle first before you sew the side seam or at least that is how I do it…I never completely  sew it all the way around, I leave about an inch on both sides  unsewn and then I sew the side seam to match what it takes to  finish going around the circle…that way it always fits perfectly around the circle.

I took a 3 inch hem for the casing, folding it under a half inch.  Slit the seam open enough for the ribbon, secured the slit with a straight line stitch at the top for about a half inch and again at the bottom of the slit to keep it from opening up further.  Then I top stitched about  one-fourth inch from the top just because I could.  I put two buttons on the ends of the ribbons to keep the ends from slipping inside the casing and causing her grief on how to get it out and back in again.

I just free hand the letters, did a decorative stitch over the top….this by the way is a pocket for her laundry soap or her unmentionables.

I see some more in my future.

WHAT WAS I THINKING?

Today I am working on my “Dots to Dots” hop, you can click on the picture on the right and find out the info about it.

Then….I am working on the block I am designing for “Quilting Gallery”, once again check the side for
Block Party.

Then…..I am doing a book review for Ebony…..

and so…. I am saying to myself….

what was I thinking?

Other than that…not much is going on.

My friend JoAnna did come by Friday and spent the night.  We stayed up until one playing with my Go cutter (in fact, she ordered her one)…should I feel bad about that?

Then Saturday we went to Big Lots…she purchased all of their fabric….(once again…GUILTY)…..

Then we go to the nearest quilt store and she just went hog wild.  She told me as she was checking out that she was going to have to have a long talk with me about my influence on her.

I took some gulps…..several gulps…. beads were forming on my forehead…  of course, you know I am exaggerating…she did say that but I just laughed.  How was I to know that I was going to spark her desire to get back into sewing?  I am totally innocent!!

LONG OVER DUE!!

Yesterday I purchased a memory foam top for our spare bedroom mattress....

Well...just look what it came in. Can you see the wheels turning?

 Well...today I am going to make something with that round packaging....stay tuned for the results even if it turns out bad I will show you.

 No worries about the paper it is sitting on, another project in the works.


 Now for the long overdue part. I received this in the mail when we were actually moving in, boxes were everywhere and life was in total turmoil.


 What a fun package to get during such a time.....but......I didn't post....so no time like now.

Isn't it adorable?

I won this over at "Red Quilts", Shelley did a fantastic job and I was so hoping to have it quilted before I posted about it but time is a ticking.  Check out her blog, she is so wonderful but is having her own turmoil and could sure use some quilty support.

IT LAYS FLAT!!!!! DOING THE HAPPY FLAT DANCE....

So I thought I was done with this quilt, waves and all but.... it kept haunting me so I put it in the wash....and this is what I got....

I wish that underarm wave was as easy to get rid of... Whohoooo So...yesterday I was going to spend the day blanket stitching various projects....hummmm that went out the window. I had so many things fighting for my attention, new ideas....you name it....so...I think I got two flowers blanket stitched and that was it. Oh well...tomorrow (today) is another day!

PLEASANTLY SURPRISED WITH THE TURN OUT OF THIS QUILT!

I don't know if any of you remember but after I got the third row on this quilt I went to wash off the marker that I used to mark the quilt and it ran everywhere. So much so that I had to put it in the washer. What a mess, I had to detangle threads....I was so disheartened. I didn't even want to finish this quilt but I decided to go ahead and do so. Here it is, a little wavy......

but I am pleased with how it turned out and the wave may leave when it is washed. I just did a big meander because like I said, I was not happy with this quilt and felt I was doing good just to finish it.