Giveaway

You need to go here:

Sew.Darn.Quilt

so you can enter a giveaway for some of that fantastic software by

My Memories

that you've no doubt seen on a few blogs.

This software is so cool to work with and can make all your

Christmas snaps merrier and brighter!

So come on, click and go take a gander

Done & Done & Dinos

My latest completions this month and counting!

It's nice to get things cleared for the next wip.

Next up will be my big boys' quilt.

That means

"DINOSAURS"!!

1500+ GIVEAWAY

Have you been to Jenny's lately?

You've got to check this blog out, become a follower and join in the fun.

Dem Bones

My little chef made this his fabric of choice for his newest apron.

His favourite recipe is Banana Cream Pie.

It's Never Too Early!!

Have you joined in for some sewing, giveaways, tips & holiday fun?

Wedding Bells

Our beautiful niece and her dashing Prince Charming.

August 27,2011

Have I missed something over the last few months?

  I cannot leave comments on the blogs that feature

"Select Profile"

What's  up with that?

I'm so computer illiterate that even though I've hit the "HELP" icon on numerous occasions

I just don't get it!!

Can any of my Blogland sisters help me out?



Coolin' Off

Water + Dad + Boys =  Fun

Order Up !!

I've been sewing away on a nice size order {15} of my

drawstring jewellery pouches

My customer chose black crushed velvet/black satin linings.

Next project will be a bag with a boxed bottom and a

small velvet shopping bag.

I'm so excited to be making some serious money again!

Don't get me wrong, I enjoy creating and giving

but it drives me crazy having to ask hubby for money.

Wish me luck on this journey.

Does anyone have an inexpensive way of making "nice looking"  tags?

OR

A suggestion for an ink that would stamp well on fabric or ribbon?



FREE FABRIC !

I haven't fallen off the face of the earth...yet! I've been busting my buns to complete an order for my Drawstring Jewellery Pouches. 

Click below for your chance  to win!!

KATE SPAIN ~ FANDANGO

Mr. & Mrs. Bejeweled's Anniversary AND a GIVEAWAY

Do you know Barb ?

You really should meet this talented gal.

An inspiration to alot of us to be sure in more ways than one!

32 years!

Yep, Mr. & Mrs. Bejeweled are celebrating their anniversary!

Why not pop on over and wish them all the best and you can be entered into

Barb's giveaway as well.



Have a fantabulous day!

Tinkerbell Tote

So last week was an absolute bust for anything creative coming out of my sewing room,

 I was in a major bummer of a state- of- mind.

I spent part of a morning tearing apart a stacked coin quilt top I'd made a couple of years ago.

It was one of those "What was I thinking" kinda quilt tops,

if you know what I mean?

{I hope I'm not the only one who has one or two of those projects!}

 Maybe it's the snow,

 or the cold { -42 this AM },

 or it could be the inability to get to a fabric shop for over 6 weeks.

 I don't know exactly

 but I think I could be coming out of my mood!

VOILA!!

  I've had this Tinkerbell fabric for sometime now,

I just couldn't come up with right idea for it until yesterday.

It's 7" high, fully lined with a heavy interfacing for stability.

Happy Valentine's Day and WINNER!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY EVERYONE!

 

The winner of my February Giveaway is~

# 4

KATHY H. !!!

Congratulations Kathy an email will be on its way shortly.

Thank you to all that entered.

ONLY 3 DAYS LEFT TO ENTER

What's that?

ONLY 3 DAYS LEFT!!

Just what is it you're offering, Carolyn, for

FEBRUARY'S GIVEAWAY?

{ scroll back to Monday, Feb. 7th }

I'm so glad you asked!

How about one of these

DRAWSTRING JEWELLERY POUCHES?!

They are so stinkin' cute at only

1 3/4" in diameter at the base and 1 3/4" high.

Even so, they still have 5 compartments for all kinds of rings & things.

A great way to keep your treasures from getting scratched and damaged.

The center one, red roses, is abit bigger at 2 1/2" in diameter at the base

and 2 1/2" in height but once again 5 compartments.

I've started to put these little pouches into my Etsy shop.

I say started because it takes f-o-r-e-v-e-r to download the pics on

 { gulp }

dial-up.

I strongly dislike dial-up, I hate it !

Have a great day!!

-35C with a Barbeque!

 

Yes! You read it correctly, -35C! Again! Can we say brrrrrr!!

No matter, we Canadians are a tough people!

What do we do in this kind of weather?

~

~

We drag out our bbqs and set up by the pool...

Are these fantastic or what?

I won these a couple of weeks ago  from

Creative Chicks

~

The moose came to me from

SEW FRESH FABRICS

They were used for a block that will be included in a quilt for the Linus Project!

~

This is my finished block heading back to
Peg & Becca

~

Can't believe I'm finished already but it takes at least 2 weeks travel time,

one way.

 

~

 

Speaking of travel...

if you scroll back to Monday's post you'll find a

GIVEAWAY.

~



BOO!! trick or TREAT?!

                                         

                                                                                

                            Once again my kiddos were the inspiration for another project. 

 

The room they have is seriously lacking storage space of any kind.

Storage for little things, their collectibles and such.

I won this fiendishly fun fabric last year from Quilt Taffy !

I was abit stumped as to what to do with it until now...

TADA!!

{ sorry for the crappy pic }

These are fantastic storage posckets to hang on the wall.

I was too anxious to get a pic posted so I'll get a better shot later today.

ALSO

The TREAT!!

FEBRUARY'S GIVEAWAY!!

Check yesterday's post  for a cute giveaway that any traveller could use!



FEBRUARY GIVEAWAY

Yesterday I mentioned about my jewellery pouch fiasco and how I now have more than I need of these cuties!!

So I thought you might like a GIVEAWAY!!

Whatcha think about that?

Leave a comment for chance #1

Blog or tweet for chance #2

Become a follower for chance #3

Leave me some L-O-V-E and win a gift for yourself or give the pouch to someone special.

Draw date will be February 13th sometime through the day!

The Week of February 5th and an invitation?

Everyone has those weeks when things just won't mesh, right?

This week was mine! Oh Boy!!

~

Believe it or not but this is suppose to be a travelling jewellery pouch!
Yeah, a little on the large side me thinks!!

So I turned it inside out and found a jelly bean container that is clear and fits in just perfect. Now I've got a place to put sewing supplies.

~

I've been trying to get the measurements figured out for the proper finished size of a jewellery pouch. Well the first attempt rendered a very mini size.
There are 5 compartments in this mini.

 All well and fine but too easy to misplace during travel I thought or if you had larger pieces to store.

~

Back to the drawing board and with some refiguring and
voila!

All in all everything turned out OK with these and I even have a few extras!
I think this could call for a...


stop back tomorrow!!


I know, I'm a tease.

~

On another note I was in contact with the

 NEW HOPE DOG RESCUE
in SASKATOON, SK

 and Karen is wanting to collaborate on a raffle
 to help them obtain a new home base.

 

Have a great day!

Pillow Talk

I wanted to make something for my boys yesterday and came up with these ~

This is for my "Dino-mite" kiddo

can you see the skeletons?

and

This is for my "Free Spirit" kiddo

animals and blue are his passion!

Have a wonderful day

Waiting

IT'S GROUNDHOG DAY

********More snow and cold { I hope not } or warmth and spring on its way? **********

This is another set of blocks that's been waiting in the wings to be finished.

By "waiting in the wings" I mean folded in a bag in a box.

Yes, my head is downcast in shame.

Unfortunately I had one jelly roll { a win } and am now finding that it's not going to be big enough so I'll incorporate some other fabrics for sashing, I think.

For now it may just end up back in the box.

While I'm on the topic of "waiting" and Lord knows we all do enough of it.

 Take a moment, maybe while you're "waiting" and please send your prayers and positive energy to the folks in Australia that are now bracing for another disaster.

 If you've been checking your blogs you're seeing the monstorous storm heading their way. It's just terrifying to see the images.

For those of you in the eastern Canada and our neighbors to the south stay safe in the midst of yet another winter storm. This one looks to be real nasty.

The weather seems to be going crazy along with the goings on in the world.

I think Mother Nature is really pissed.

Fin....finally

 

It's finally come full circle, and it's only taken me a year and a half to get it there!

This is my binding all stitched together and waiting to be pressed.

May I digress here a moment...

Way back when, before I started my own blog, I needed a helping hand for free motion quilting.

I started to hunt around on the internet and eventually googled fmq,

low and behold but who should pop up but non other than...

Amandajean

This gal's tutorials absolutely rock and this is where I found out how to bind quilts the painless way!

I highly recommend a visit, you'll be going back for more time and again.

 

So here it is! My first finished quilt of 2011!   

Complete with label.

Do you label your quilts?

Last but not least,

here is a stack of dog coats for "Bullet's Buddies" ready to go.

I may just list a couple either on my blog {if I can figure out a payment method}.

I think the one on top is so funky and it's quilted too!

Hope you have a fabulous day...

My Secret Weapon...

I've had this Hour Glass quilt top waiting patiently for its turn to be quilted and finished.

So because I'm not feeling up to par and nothing was going my way with a little project I have in the works, I decided to pull this baby out and see if progress could be made.

First things first though...

meet my Secret Weapon against slippage and  fighting with quilt tops while attempting to Free Motion! 

This is high tech stuff here and  very budget friendly.

Good old or rather a new pair of  inexpensive   { cheap } rubber gloves.

These suckers are great and certainly help get the job done much faster.

Now all I need to do is make my binding and sew.

An excellent project tonight,

depending on how I'm feeling that is!

Queensland Flood Relief Auction Winner.......

Congratulations goes out to  canterburywillow!!  You had the winning bid!!

                                                                       THANK YOU

an e-mail is on its way to you

Last day for the Auction and a Double Giveaway

Stacey's Place

Love country? Love crows? How would you like the chance to win a pattern designed by
STACEY'S PLACE  one and only, the talented ..... Stacey!?  All you have to do is click and have a visit at Stacey's Place, off you go now and let her know I sent you.

Queensland Flood Appeal Auction

These are the last few hours to make a bid to help our friends in Australia!  There's all kinds of items to place a bid on from softies to quilts to magazines and everything in between, including my BOX POUCH TOTE! So scroll back a few posts or click on the PINK UMBRELLA and help us make a difference.

Thank you to those that have already shown their kindness and placed a bid.

Giveaway and Reminder

There's a gorgeous giveaway going on at  Lila Tueller Designs , you won't be disappointed!

There are only a few days left to bid  Queensland Flood Relief . Don't miss out on these fantastic items donated for such a heartfelt cause.

Scroll back to find my donation of a box pouch and please make a bid.

Make A Bid, Pass The Word

WIN ME !!

Make A Bid, Pass The Word

&

Make A Difference

QUEENSLAND FLOOD RELIEF AUCTION !!

Please see my January 13, 2011 post for all the details.