Whew!!

Because of a few unforeseen circumstances, I was sewing right up until Christmas Eve!

I will not repeat that experience ever again!

(Please remind me of that in November!) LOL

**If you are looking for my giveaway post, please go HERE.

You still have time to enter!! 

Anyway, I did finish the final gift quilt and it was under the tree when it needed to be. :-)

 I made this Card Trick quilt from recycled shirts-- hubby's, DS's, some from friends, and some from thrifting.  A sweet friend sent the fabric for the borders as well as more shirt prints she got from a factory near her. :-)  So I'm calling this one 'A Little Help from my Friends'.

DS loved it at first sight!  But that could have something to do with the back....

For the first time, I quilted a fleece backing.  He is a super fan! LOL

I love how soft the back turned out--he is walking around with it wrapped over his shoulders cape-style right now. ;-)  I will definitely be using fleece in future snuggle quilts.

Did you finish all your planned holiday sewing?

I am off to work on some of the things that got pushed to the side..

Until next time,

Happy Stitchin'!!

Sew Sweet Simplicity BOM~ block 3

First of all, I am so sorry to be late to the hop this morning.  I have the dreaded Christmas cold, and fell back asleep after DH left for work.  :-o  I am trying very hard to keep up with Christmas doings here, but my energy seems to be lagging~ if it were like a shadow, maybe I could try to sew it on? ;-)

Anyway, this month the BOM has 2 blocks!  Block 3 and a bonus block.

You can use the bonus in your quilt, or make something totally different with it. Go check out

Jacquelynne's blog and her cute tote. :-)  (psst...she is having a giveaway too!)

Block 3 is a cute daisy-like flower.  I am doing my blocks in hand embroidery and I had fun picking out stitches for this one~

And the bonus block is a set of tulips! I love tulips!  The squirrels around here won't let me grow them though~ they dig up my bulbs! :-/

I did the whole bowl of the tulip in one color, and added the little bit of the third at the top. 

Again~ I had fun with embroidery stitches! :-)

I also did two centers with crayons and the back stitch.  I think I have decided what I am going to do with these, but I'll wait until the end of the BOM to show you. :-)

I have a giveaway for you too!  Jacquelynne is allowing each blog to giveaway a special PDF prize package of patterns.  Wouldn't  it be fun to 'dream of summer' and make some of these cute projects while the snow is blowing? :-)

International commenters are welcome too, since all I need to get the prize to you is a valid email address.  I'm going to leave my giveaway open until December 31st.  I know it is a busy time of year, and you might not get to hop until after the weekend.  Just leave me a comment, tell me how you are coming with the BOM and your favorite part. ;-) I do hope you visit all the blogs in the hop~

Snoodles ~ Lily Pad Quilting

Teresa ~ A Quilt and a Prayer

                                                         Sandy ~ Upstairs Hobby Room

Deonn ~ Quiltscapes 

Barb ~ Bejeweled Quilts

                                                     Sandie ~ Crazy ‘boutquilts ~ thanks for visiting!!

Deanna ~ Wedding Dress Blue

Barb ~ Mountain Quiltworks

Barb ~ Garden Path Quilts

Also~ it is not too late to sign up!  You will receive the past month's block as well as the pre-BOM instructions in your email.  You can go HERE to sign up and get all the info. 

And finally, if you have any social media accounts, please use this~

#SewSweetSimplicity

So we can find you! :-) 

And one last little note~
there is going to be a 'catch up' sew along day in January. Please watch for further details soon.

That's all for now~
Merry Christmas!!

A Little More Sewing~~

I think I may be sewing right up to Christmas day! :-o

How about you?

Are you getting all your projects finished?

I can't remember the last time I felt so behind--and that includes the year our DS was born (in December)!

I have gotten the packages that needed mailing, all mailed. Yay!

The PO at this time of year is not a very favorite place of mine. LOL

But I must say, there is something to mailing early. ;-)

I put the finishing stitches in this topper and mailed it off too.

I hope the recipient likes it as much as my DH did!

He didn't think I should be giving it away. :-) 

Today I got the last gift quilt all quilted, tomorrow I will work on binding.

Gotta love progress, no matter how small the steps! :-)

Until next time~

Happy Stitching!!

 

More Gifties!

It is that time of year!!

I love to make gifts for family and friends, but this year I have really fallen behind in

my plans! :-o  All good plans, you know.. :-)

Anyway, hot off the work bench~ (I had to use hubby's work bench to hammer in the snaps)~

Mani/pedi  wallets! :-)

I made one last year for my DD and she has told me how much she loves it, so

I made 2 more as gifts.  I include a new bottle of polish, some nail adhesives, and a nice file. 

The pattern is a freebie from Robert Kaufman, designed by Anna of Noodlehead. She has other free patterns on Kaufman's site, plus she designs and sells some really nice patterns.  (and no, I was not compensated to say that! I doubt she even knows about me or my little blog ;-) LOL)

I am headed back to my sewing room to work on another gift. :-)

Have a great day!

Until next time~

Happy Stitchin'!

Winner! Winner!

....and my mind is thinking chicken dinner!...

But no chicken dinners here, the winner won these wonderful

e-patterns from Jacquelynne Steves~

Drum roll....

And my winner is~~

Dolores said...

I love your block - the fabrics are very nice. The stitch on your leaf is really different.

November 24, 2014 at 1:22 PM

Congratulations Delores!

I have sent your email address to Jacquelynne.

I'll be back with a little sewing post soon!

Have a happy weekend!!