UTI and Magazine Win

What is happening...

I laugh when I think about what is happening. I have a UTI and am on antibiotics. I had a migraine over night that is still hanging on. This is the second night in a row that I have been up before 4:30. Actually this morning I was up at 3:30am. Now as I sit here typing I have drank a ton of cranberry juice and have taken 4 Excedrin. This is not going to be a good day. Boy I hope tonight is better. On a much better note I had a GREAT Mother's Day. This year the kids took over and it turn out wonderful. They made me breakfast, scrambled eggs, bacon, biscuits, and chocolate milk. Yummy!! Then they gave me two very sweet cards and a large bouquet of flowers. At Church we had a cute Primary Program with all the little ones singing songs. Then we had a Mother's Day Brunch. Great food and very sweet program. That evening we met up with my family and had pictures taken for my parent's 40 Wedding Anniversary which will be next Sunday. It is the first family group photo that we have ever taken professionally. I will post pictures later. It was great fun.

What I accomplished...

Like I said I have not done much in the last few day but I did get a bunch done last week. I finished my Birdie Stitches for May. I love these, they are so sweet!

I have added three snap bags to my Quilted Fabric Basket Swap. They are so cute. I will definitely be making more!

I have made my block for Let's Bee Together swap. I made a block for Mollie using the fabric she sent me. It was fun trying to make her fabric stretch into a block. I had to add some white, but luckily I had some of the exact white she sent. Now that I look at it like this I wish I had placed the green/purple rectangles so that the green aimed in different directions. Oh well.

Sewing thought...
Did you go check out Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks Blog Tour? Well I did and I won a copy the very first day. I just received it yesterday. I love it. So many great blocks. I can't wait to try some out.

How many quilty magazines to you buy in a month? I try not to buy any because the internet has such a huge assortment of blocks and free patterns. But I love magazines. For me there is just something about sitting down with a great drink and flipping the pages. I also love the fact that if I decide to use something in the magazine I have a hard copy already. No going to the computer, wasting ink, and then having to store the pages. (Even though I love that too!)

Goals for the Day...

For the most part I have no quilty goals. I just am going to take it easy and see if I can't get well. If I feel up to it I would like to work on my Block Swap Adventure block.

Have a great day!!

Blocks, Bag, and H2H

What is happening...

It has been a busy week. I was planning on posting earlier but you know life gets in the way sometimes. LOL!! I forgot to post pictures about my March Block Swap Adventure blocks that Munaiba sent to me. 

This is the block for April from Caroline in the UK. How cool is that. I am guessing that she made the card.

Sewing thought...

How many times have you sewn something together that you did not want together? For me it is a lot more when I am tired. LOL!! As I was working on the pocket for the Basket I sewed the lining into the stitching. YUCK!! Well it turned out ok because I moved the pocket down a little more so it would not get caught in the top.

Here are some pictures of it finished. I love the way it turned out.

I joined up with Hands 2 Help over at Confessions of a Fabric Addict. These are the fabrics that were sent to me from Karen from Ohio. I love them.

I added the circles at the top for a border. I have the pattern all figured out. I have all of it cut out.

Now I just need to sew it.

Goals for the Day...

None! It is 10:15 at night! LOL!!

Motorcycles and Quilted Fabric

What is happening...

I am sick...again! Just a cold this time. This has been a rough winter for sure. It feels like someone shoved a potato up my nose. The pressure is better today but after sleeping two night with my mouth open I can't wait for this to be over. LOL! We had a good weekend. Went for a motorcycle ride on Saturday. Love it!! Just relaxed and watched episodes of Dollhouse. Pretty good show. I am not that far into it but I like it.

What I accomplished...

I did not finish my Swap Bag but I did get a bunch done. I got the outside done, the handles finished and the lining sewn together. I want to make a pocket for the lining.

Here is the quilting on one side. The other side is different.

Here is what the pocket will look like. I saved a part of the salvage to use somewhere. I think the pocket will be perfect.

Here are the parts together.

I did finish another project, it is a glass case/rotary cutter case. It was a free project I got on my Shop Hop. I love it. It fits my cutter perfectly. The outside was already quilted. It was so easy.

Sewing thought...

Do seam rippers get dull? Mine has. It feels more like I am trying to cut metal with a stick than thread with a thin blade. LOL! I bought a new one and I guess that it is good to say I have not had to use it yet. How many seam rippers do you have?

Goals for the Day...

#1 Sewing

I want to finish my Swap Bag. Get it ready for shipping.

I want to pick out my fabric for the H2H Challenge.

I need to start on a lunch bag for my youngest daughter.

#2 Housework

Who am I kidding, I don't do any housework, I am so busy sewing or resting. LOL!!

I hope everybody has a great day. TTFN

Quilted Fabric Basket Swap

The wonderful people over at Quilting Gallery is having a Quilted Fabric Basket Swap. I can't wait to do this swap. I love baskets and any made of fabric is even better. Go over and sign up if it sounds like something you would like to do. But you better hurry, the deadline for signing up is April 4th.
Thank you for Sharon over at Vroomans Quilts.

Charming Girls' Pincushion Swap

Over at Dandelion Quilts Kris was organizing a Pincushion Swap. I joined in the fun. I love pincushions and only have a few. I seem to only have the ones I need plus a few cute ones. You can never have enough.

This is the stuff I sent her.

I bought some Sculpey III clay and my daughter and I played around with it.

This is what I came up with. I love them!!

I used Hoopla.

I used a tutorial from Abyquilt. I also send a postcard, some M&M's, and mints.

I pincushion is hand sown and filled with kitty litter. I loved the weight of it.

My partner was Wendy over at Why Knot? This is the stuff she sent to me.

I LOVE ALL OF IT!! (was that too loud?)

Two wonderful coasters!

 Here is the pincushion. Isn't that the best! HOPE! What all of should have.

Here is the back. I love it. I am not sure if you can see the quilting done. It is so great. 

 She sent some wonderful fabric. Of course the color is not right in the picture.

 Here is her postcard. She lives in Montana, only a state away from me.

 Here it is all together. Thank you Wendy.

 Oh, last picture. Here is my sweet treat on a coaster!

I entered into a Swap and a Bee!!

How cool is that. I have wanted to join one of these for a long time. There are two new ones starting at the beginning of the year.

Click on the pictures and it will take you to the blogs so you can sign up if you want. It will be fun.