Two squishy packages in the mailbox on Tues when I got off work and two more today (Thur) when I arrived home. Oh, beautiful fabric, how do I love thee, let me count the ways!!! lol
I still have one more package to arrive, hope it will be here tomorrow and then I will get some pictures up of my wonderful, glorious, visually stimulating new purchases. *smile*
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Etsy....do you love it??
I know I love Etsy....what a great place to browse and shop. I can spend hours looking up things and buying!!!
I can not wait for the mass of fabric I ordered off of Etsy this weekend. Did I need to order it?? Well...Yes, Yes I Did!!!! LOL
I will post pics when it all comes in. Can't wait for the squishy packages to start arriving!!! Fun!!!!!!!
I can not wait for the mass of fabric I ordered off of Etsy this weekend. Did I need to order it?? Well...Yes, Yes I Did!!!! LOL
I will post pics when it all comes in. Can't wait for the squishy packages to start arriving!!! Fun!!!!!!!
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Good Thing
Florals, florals everywhere.....Good thing I'm not allergic. lol
Our guild is doing a block swap (as mentioned in previous blogs) and the theme will be florals which had me in a panic!!!!!
I don't have any florals, I don't buy florals for myself and I hadn't really been given too many florals since I started quilting last April.
Good Thing I have some awesome, sweet, generous ladies in my quilt guild. Went over to one of their houses today, my daughter got to play with her grand daughter-who I use to babysit three or four years ago, while she and I looked through and cut up floral scraps for over an hour. WOW, WOW, WOW....you should see the array of florals I now have here at my own home. Very generous indeed.
I have also been told by another lady in my guild that she will bring me some of her scraps Monday at work.
I love these ladies!!!
So, now I can begin my blocks, which is another good thing!
So.....I will leave you with some floral thoughts as I sign out for the evening. ( I just love lilacs)
Our guild is doing a block swap (as mentioned in previous blogs) and the theme will be florals which had me in a panic!!!!!
I don't have any florals, I don't buy florals for myself and I hadn't really been given too many florals since I started quilting last April.
Good Thing I have some awesome, sweet, generous ladies in my quilt guild. Went over to one of their houses today, my daughter got to play with her grand daughter-who I use to babysit three or four years ago, while she and I looked through and cut up floral scraps for over an hour. WOW, WOW, WOW....you should see the array of florals I now have here at my own home. Very generous indeed.
I have also been told by another lady in my guild that she will bring me some of her scraps Monday at work.
I love these ladies!!!
So, now I can begin my blocks, which is another good thing!
So.....I will leave you with some floral thoughts as I sign out for the evening. ( I just love lilacs)
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Follow Up (about earlier blog)
Here's a follow up on my Putting It Out There blog
The ladies in my quilt guild were really receptive to doing a block swap to kick off the new year. I proposed the idea, sent around the table several block ideas for them to choose from and we came up with a plan.
We will be doing Geese in a Circle. It's a paper piece project and we have to have four made sections to make one 12" block. Our thoughts were for the next four months starting in the end of Feb., we would swap two matching sections and make 2 sections to keep for ourselves. Then after 4 months we would have enough sections to make four 12" blocks.
We decided to go with florals from our stash (they are going to help me out by donating some of their stash to me since my floral collection is pathetic....really can't wait until I am one of those quilters that can just "Okay, I have tons of that!!!" lol) and also white or near white for the outer edges.
Should be tons of fun. Will post pictures and progress as the block swap goes along.
On a side note......we had snow today. Not much....but boy was it blowing everywhere with out 30 mile an hour wind gusts. Not fun. Hopefully tomorrow will be less windy!
The ladies in my quilt guild were really receptive to doing a block swap to kick off the new year. I proposed the idea, sent around the table several block ideas for them to choose from and we came up with a plan.
We will be doing Geese in a Circle. It's a paper piece project and we have to have four made sections to make one 12" block. Our thoughts were for the next four months starting in the end of Feb., we would swap two matching sections and make 2 sections to keep for ourselves. Then after 4 months we would have enough sections to make four 12" blocks.
We decided to go with florals from our stash (they are going to help me out by donating some of their stash to me since my floral collection is pathetic....really can't wait until I am one of those quilters that can just "Okay, I have tons of that!!!" lol) and also white or near white for the outer edges.
Should be tons of fun. Will post pictures and progress as the block swap goes along.
On a side note......we had snow today. Not much....but boy was it blowing everywhere with out 30 mile an hour wind gusts. Not fun. Hopefully tomorrow will be less windy!
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Pay It Forward!!! *smile*
Hello Fellow Bloggers,
I read about this on Southern Transplant's blog. I did this on my facebook site and have all my spots filled on there but would love to do this on here as well. I hope you will play along! Here are the rules:
1. I’ll make something handmade for the first 3 people who comment on this post. What I make will be a surprise and will arrive to you when you least expect it. Doesn’t everyone love a surprise?
2. I have 365 days to make and deliver it to you. But there’s a little catch, to get a handmade giftie from me, you have to play too! This means you take the pledge to send something handmade to 3 of your blog readers. It doesn’t have to be a quilt, just something handmade! Easy right?
3. As stated in #2 you have to have a blog.
4. Once you comment here, you have to post about Pay it Forward on your blog and keep it going!
I read about this on Southern Transplant's blog. I did this on my facebook site and have all my spots filled on there but would love to do this on here as well. I hope you will play along! Here are the rules:
1. I’ll make something handmade for the first 3 people who comment on this post. What I make will be a surprise and will arrive to you when you least expect it. Doesn’t everyone love a surprise?
2. I have 365 days to make and deliver it to you. But there’s a little catch, to get a handmade giftie from me, you have to play too! This means you take the pledge to send something handmade to 3 of your blog readers. It doesn’t have to be a quilt, just something handmade! Easy right?
3. As stated in #2 you have to have a blog.
Friday, January 6, 2012
birthday giveaway
Our Busy Little Bunch is hosting a birthday giveaway. Stop by her site and take a look!
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Putting it out there
So....on here...on line....in blogland, I comment on the Fluffy Sheep Quilting blog that I would love to join a quilting bee online. Haven't found one yet. However I have decided to take a HUGE step and propose a quilting bee within my local quilt guild that I belong to. Now, this is big for me. First off, I'm the newbie in the quilt group. Secondly, I am one of the youngest in the group and usually just sit and listen to the ladies stories, laugh along but I don't say much, I just enjoy the company. Third, I am fairly new to quilting. I did a little bit in high school in home ec. class in 1993. That was it until April 2011 when I was asked if I wanted to be in the guild because I showed interest. From there I just jumped in feet first and have been loving every minute of it since. Soooo.....me proposing a quilting bee was gigantic for me.
The ladies who saw the post online where I proposed it (on the facebook site for the guild that I take care of...another huge step for me-offering to do that for the group) thought it was a great idea. They had done some in the past but thought that this would be great to do right now to kick off the year and get them motivated to get back into the sewing room.
One of the ladies who saw the post and comment said she would love to help me out since I was a little worried about what to do, how to get started, when to talk to the ladies about it....and so on. So, we have two options to present. We will see if the ladies what to do a Quilt along were we use our own fabric, make our own blocks and just do the same blocks and post our progress. The second choice will be a block exchange where we make one block a month and at the end of the month one person gets those blocks that were made just from our stashes and using the same pattern. I really hope the ladies vote for the block exchange. I don't have any blocks made by anyone else and don't have anything I've made for myself yet since I've just started. I would love to have something pretty to put out on my furniture or hang up. Also, we hope the group that wants to do this is rather small and with ladies that WILL complete the blocks on time....so, we will see what happens.
I will keep you all posted on my progress.....forging onward into a new adventure!!!! LOL
Little foxy photo to send you off with a warm goodbye!!!
The ladies who saw the post online where I proposed it (on the facebook site for the guild that I take care of...another huge step for me-offering to do that for the group) thought it was a great idea. They had done some in the past but thought that this would be great to do right now to kick off the year and get them motivated to get back into the sewing room.
One of the ladies who saw the post and comment said she would love to help me out since I was a little worried about what to do, how to get started, when to talk to the ladies about it....and so on. So, we have two options to present. We will see if the ladies what to do a Quilt along were we use our own fabric, make our own blocks and just do the same blocks and post our progress. The second choice will be a block exchange where we make one block a month and at the end of the month one person gets those blocks that were made just from our stashes and using the same pattern. I really hope the ladies vote for the block exchange. I don't have any blocks made by anyone else and don't have anything I've made for myself yet since I've just started. I would love to have something pretty to put out on my furniture or hang up. Also, we hope the group that wants to do this is rather small and with ladies that WILL complete the blocks on time....so, we will see what happens.
I will keep you all posted on my progress.....forging onward into a new adventure!!!! LOL
Little foxy photo to send you off with a warm goodbye!!!
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