Okay, So I was hoping to show the finish product this morning but I am having some tension issues. Ah, curses to you tension issues!! So anyhow, I am taking a break from my free motion quilting so I can calm down enough to fix the problem :) In the meantime, I figured I could show you the back of the good old Brown Bag Quilt. I have to say, I am loving how this make off the fly piecing turned out. In fact, I love it so much I wouldn't be surprised if a variation of it turned up again in the future :)
Alright, I feel better. I am off to show my machine who is boss!
Oh, and on a complete side note - We reached 300 followers which means giveaway time, but I am going to ask you to hold tight for a bit, I am hoping to get something special on our trip for the giveaway :)
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Thursday, January 6, 2011
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
My First Bee Block
I am so excited to be participating in a Bee this year. It is something I have wanted to do for some time now. The block this month was based loosely on Elizabeth Hartman's Kitchen Window design from her new book.
I decided to add something to look at in the windows so I fussy cut the centers and then framed the window in another window. I had so much fun designing this block and can't wait for next months :)
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Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Ah, Routine :)
School started yesterday. Can I just say how much I love Routine!! Yesterday I woke up an hour earlier than I have in 2 weeks. I got the kids off to school and then went straight to making beds, vacuuming, laundry, etc. I was on such a roll I figured I might as well put the Christmas stuff down (Ya, I have been procrastinating that major :) Now my house has been cleaned top to bottom (which has been lacking over the holidays) and put back to it's pre-Christmas order. Yippee Skippee!!!
And what did all of this mean for today . . . That when I woke up this morning I got the kids off to school and then looked around and realized, I am pretty much done :) And then meant I could head to my sewing room, guilt free :) I went straight to work on my brown bag top and Wha La!! Here it is. I am off to design the back during nap time :)
And what did all of this mean for today . . . That when I woke up this morning I got the kids off to school and then looked around and realized, I am pretty much done :) And then meant I could head to my sewing room, guilt free :) I went straight to work on my brown bag top and Wha La!! Here it is. I am off to design the back during nap time :)
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Saturday, January 1, 2011
With a New Year comes a New Challenge :)
During my usual morning blog hop last week I came across a post ( this one if you want to go over and read it) at Heather's House of A La Mode blog that talked about how she loves, loves, loves to get comments but isn't always so good about leaving them. It could not have rung more true with me!! I have always tried to respond to comments but have come up shallow on leaving them. I wouldn't classify myself as a lurker but I could so do better!!!
So I decided to make a goal of it. So from that day until New Years I decided I was going to leave comments!! Now, that isn't to say I left a comment on every post I read (I really do read a lot) but I made a point, that whenever I was reading something and thought a "comment" to write it down. So each time I read and thought "oh, that is so cute" write it down. Or "Oh, what a great idea" write it down.
And I have to say, I am loving it!!! It really doesn't take much more time and all, and it really helps to connect you to other quilting bloggers out there!! So with that, I am extending the Challenge to myself for the year of 2011. You should be hearing from me on your blogs and if you don't get on my case :)
And I saved a little surprise for last :) This quilt was selected to be in the January header at Sew We Quilt / Stash Manicure. I am so excited!! Pop on over and see the beautiful new header when you get a sec :)
So I decided to make a goal of it. So from that day until New Years I decided I was going to leave comments!! Now, that isn't to say I left a comment on every post I read (I really do read a lot) but I made a point, that whenever I was reading something and thought a "comment" to write it down. So each time I read and thought "oh, that is so cute" write it down. Or "Oh, what a great idea" write it down.
And I have to say, I am loving it!!! It really doesn't take much more time and all, and it really helps to connect you to other quilting bloggers out there!! So with that, I am extending the Challenge to myself for the year of 2011. You should be hearing from me on your blogs and if you don't get on my case :)
And I saved a little surprise for last :) This quilt was selected to be in the January header at Sew We Quilt / Stash Manicure. I am so excited!! Pop on over and see the beautiful new header when you get a sec :)
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Friday, December 31, 2010
A New Look for a New Year
A few weeks ago I asked my wonderful friend (who happens to be getting her degree in graphic design) if she could design me a new header for my blog. Didn't she just do an amazing job!!!! She also made me a blog button, an etsy shop header, a flickr icon, etc. etc. I am so excited!!!! Everything related to my quilting is now streamline, which makes me extremely happy!!
So what do you think?? I have been adjusting the layout all morning and finally decided on this. Is it easy to read? I have to admit, I have been staring and tweaking with it for so long my eyes are going crossed. I need a fresh pair of eyes :)
Oh, and my friend does do side jobs, just FYI :) You can see more of her amazing craftiness over here. If your interested let me know and I will get you in contact with her.
I love this button!!! After playing around this morning I actually learned how to add an html code to it so it is like a real button!!! (ya, pretty proud of that) You can find it on the right hand side of my blog with the html code :)
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