Monday, February 28, 2011

Le Petite~February

For February we were to make Sweet Spot. A Schnibbles pattern by Miss Rosie's Quilt Co. I got this one finished today. I am so happy, I finished one!! LOL! It has been since November. Oh well. I loved making this one. I chose to make it out of  Dilly Dally Charm Pack by Me and My Sister Designs for Moda Fabrics.

Here are the blocks as they are coming together. I love the fabric. It is so bright and fun!
 Here it is finished, well the top. I love it. Have I said that enough yet. I hope that you
all enjoy it as much as I did.
Hope over to Sherrie's at A Quilting Life and Sinta at Pink Pincushion tomorrow for a very cool Le Petite parade of all of the wonderful Schnibbles quilts that were made over the last 28 days.

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Traveling Stash~WINNER!~

Kelly at Charming Chatter won!! Congratulations!! I waited until 9:00 PM and had my DD#2 pick a name. 20 people entered. I am so excited about that. A few of you even became followers, thank you! Well Kelly I will be sending this box on it's way to you on Monday. I hope that you have as much fun with it as I did. Remember to post about it on you blog when your done picking through it. Have a give away and send it on its way to a new home. I will post about it on my blog and help send a few people your way. Thank you everybody for playing along and supporting me in this sweet little dream of mine.
Oh and speaking of dreams, reading through the dreams you commented with I found wonderful.
If only we could all have what we dream. Good night everybody!

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Pay It Forward 2011

I have been looking at these for a long time and just now decided to sign up. I am under

The rules are simple:


I need three people that would like a gift from me.
I send each of them a gift sometime in the next year.
In turn, you send three other people gifts.
I don't think this is too hard a task considering we have a whole year!!
No need to be big and fancy, just kind and considerate.

Would you like to sign up too?

PS I messed up. THIS is my 100th post. LOL!!

MY FIRST GIVE AWAY!! + 100 POST

Comments now closed! Thank you to everybody that entered. I will post the winner in the next post.


I won the Traveling Stash from NorthernNorthAmerican Bears 10 days ago. Now it is your turn to win it form me! I finally got all of my ducks in a row. I received the box last Thursday. I was so excited. My daughter and I went through it yesterday and took pictures and picked stuff out. What a great box of stuff. I am so happy to have my first give away. It is a milestone for me. I also hit my 100th post. How funny how things turn out sometime. Here is the picture of all of the stuff in the box that I received.
 Close up. Upper left hand corner.
 Close up. Upper right hand corner.
 Close up. Bottom.
 This is the fun stuff I took. I am so excited about the purple/stars, stack of Hawaiian prints, and the novelties.
 This is the stuff I put in. 4 big pieces of 1/2 yard up to 2 yards. Some fun fat quarters, patterns, thread, little wooden pots, and pin cushion.
Well you know how this goes.

I copied this next piece from Debbie edited to reflect me. 

Here are the rules of this giveaway!!!

You must be willing to continue the travelling stash giveaway. Once you receive the package, you must fill it up again with fabric from your stash and any fabric that you don't want that I've included. Then, you will have a giveaway on your blog, continuing the travelling stash.
Hopefully, the travelling stash will make it around the world a few times.

To enter the giveaway you must leave a comment on this post telling me that you are willing to continue the travelling stash giveaway on your blog. Also telling me what your dream is. If money and time were not an influence what would you like to do.
That's it. I don't want you to jump through hoops. Leave me a comment. If you are new here and like what you see become a follower but you don't have to. Try to have a great day!
I will pick a winner using Random.org on Saturday night.

Monday, February 14, 2011

Traveling Stash~I WON!!

A few days ago I posted about the Traveling Stash give away. Well I won!! Debbie over at NorthernNorthAmerican Bears emailed me yesterday to tell me. I am so excited! Here is the picture of the stuff she added to the box. As soon as I get it I will take some pictures and post about it. I will also then be having my first give away to see where it goes from me. I will also be at post 100 by then. Sounds like a great time to have a give away. Oh and went to Joann's and bought a light bulb for $2.50. The light is yellow but at least there is light. I won't be to picky about it. LOL!!

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Light Bulb and Block-a-palooza Block #2

I am an older Brother sewing machine. I have been using it for about 10 years. It is a great machine. Nothing fancy. My light bulb burned out today. I need to find a replacement. Does anybody use a different bulb then the one you can buy at Joann's for $2.50? I would like to find a bright white light not the dim yellow light I had. Any help would be great!!

Also I got my second block done from Block-a-Palooza over at Quilt Dad.

This was my fortune after lunch today with my honey. I am not sure what it is trying to say. LOL

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Gift from a friend!!

Thank you so much Sharon!! I LOVE IT!! It is all red and sweet and Valentine's-ie!! Just take a look at the goodies she sent me!!





Friday, February 11, 2011

Traveling Stash

It all started on January 3, 2011. Nan over at Pots and Pans did a post on Stash Manicure about her stash. She came up with a great idea. She loaded up a large flat-rate box with stuff from her sewing room. Fabric, notions, patterns. Then she would pick a winner and send them the box. The winner would then pick out what she wanted then fill the box back up with stuff from her stash. She then would have a give away on her blog. On and on. Well it has gone from Nan at Pots and Pans to Ariane at Ariane's Crafts then on to Debbie at NorthernNorthAmerican Bears. She is having a give away on her blog to select a winner to send the box to next. Where will it go from there? Go over to her blog and add your name. Who knows maybe you will win. Here is a picture of the stuff that she is adding to the box. I hope that you understood that.

Stray Stitches Think Spring give away




Do you love this fabric? I do!! Linda over at Stray Stitches is having a give away! She is giving away this fabric, the line is called Cute As A Button by Ro Gregg for Northcott Studio.  The far left piece is a 2 yard cut of fabric.  The other 6 pieces are 1/2 yard cuts each.  That is a total of 5 yards of fabric.
Go check it out!

RPQ~Red Pepper Quilts

Over at Red Pepper Quilts Rita is hosting Patchwork and Quilting Blog List. At the time I added my blog to the list there were 255 bloggers linked up. She just want anyone that cares to join to add your blog. Then If you want you can go Blog Hopping at your leisure. No pressure no problems. This is not a give away kind of blog hop. Just a sharing of all things lovely and fabric-y. LOL! Sorry I know that is not a word. Go check it out! Here are a few more pictures from the quilt show I went to with my daughters. These are all from the Hoffman Challenge.




Birdie Stitches Block of the Month

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Over at Little Miss Shabby she has designed a BOM that I am doing. It is so sweet. I love the colors. She is using Sunkissed to frame the blocks. Again using what I have I am using Breakfast at Tiffany's. I got two charm packs and a jelly roll for Christmas. It is turning out so great. I have the first two blocks done. I can't wait to get them all done.  
January
February

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Block-a-Palooza Block #1

I am doing the Block-a-Palooza Quilt Along. I am so excited. I am a few weeks behind, but I don't care. I am not going to beat myself up over it. I am just going to ENJOY the process. I AM going to finish this quilt along. I had picked out my fabric a while ago. It is Hemming House that I won back in October from Sabrina Diehl at Doodle Quilts.

This morning I ironed, cut, and sewed my first block. <3I LOVE IT!<3 I was not sure if I would like this fabric in this quilt, I wanted to do it in Sunkissed like most others but there was just now way. My idea is to use what you have you might be surprised. I will be working on Block 2 later today. Have a good day everyone!

Monday, February 7, 2011

The Inchy Hexagon Flower Swap

I have joined another swap. I love hexies. After doing the Frosty Flakes quilting along with Dawn over at As Sweet as Cinnamon. I have learned that they are great fun to make. (Now I just need to finish that wall hanging, it is MUF now)
The Inchy Hexagon Flower Swap is where I have joined up with a great group of ladies that swap one finished hexie flower a month. How fun. I am so excited. I have months February and March done. I did them last night while watching the Super Bowl. I will post pictures when I know my gals have gotten them.
Go check it out.