Hellloooo!!!!

Honestly~ I did not plan to be gone the whole of August!  And I planned to have another giveaway so you could guess where I was for half the month, but... the day before I was scheduled to leave I was checking out my 'travel' camera. A little Fuji that I loved. The motor had died! :-o So I went in search of a new 'travel' camera and found a little Canon I liked. I took a lot of photos! BUT! They did not include a cord with the camera! When I called they told me it was an accessory I had to purchase! :-(  Not happy.  So, no photos from that trip. Yet. In the meantime, I will be going on another next week and I plan to take my camera that is bigger, but I can get the photos off of it, so stay tuned for that guessing game/giveaway. ;-)

I got back from my trip, tired but very happy.  I had to get right to work on two pattern tests that I accepted. The first was a breeze and I will show you as soon as the pattern is released.  I finished up the second one today and absolutely love my bag! But this pattern is not for the faint of heart... and especially not really suited for a little home sewing machine. My Pfaff steamed through most parts, I had to hand crank some, and hand sew when the machine just couldn't do it. :-o  I can't wait to show you my bag though!   Stay tuned! :-)

I also had a block swap to get swapped and sent back out.  I love doing string block swaps! The blocks are so happy, and it does help control my scraps.  This time I chose a B&W center with brights for the strings. I was thinking a donation quilt down the line.  Not sure where it will go yet.  Aren't my blocks happy?  There are 6 blocks in each stack~ different centers and fabrics in them.  It should make a wonderful child's quilt.

So what have you been up to? Can you believe it is September 1st???!!!

Have you started thinking about Christmas gifts?  What are you making?

I need ideas! LOL

Until next time~

Happy stitchin'!!