Changed My Mind!~

Who said 'it's a woman's prerogative to change her mind'? I don't know, but it is one of my favorite sayings! :-) Especially when I change my mind! lol! :-) I know I said I would put these blocks away and get started on my jewel box blocks~ and I kinda did~ I pressed up a bunch of 30's FQ's for the jewel boxes. ;-) But these guys kept calling me back and I now have another 8 blocks finished for the next time I swap with Bingo~Bonnie. :-) Now I really do need to stop because I ran out of the small HST's again and need to make up some more triangulations sheets. :-) Once again these are My Blue Heaven blocks from Quilters Cache. ;-)

I also have a bunch of Ocean Waves blocks to sew. So you never know what my next post will be about. ;-) With any luck, it might be jewel box blocks! :-))

Until next time~

Happy Stitchin'!!

Colorblocks~

My sewing machine has been so happy to be running the last few days!~ And I'm happy too! lol :-) I almost have my first round of colorblocks completed. (see blue link box in sidebar) I just have 3 or 4 more to sew up. This really is a fast and easy block! I can't wait for the rainbow of blocks to return to me in July, but in the meantime I plan to get to work on round 2. :-) Along with all my other swap blocks etc. ~ gotta keep that machine happy!!! ;-)

Hope you are finding time to sew too!

Until next time~

Happy Stitchin'! :-)

One of these things is not like the others~

:-) Did you play that game with your children? We did~ a lot! :-)) The little song just came to mind as I was separating blocks for Bingo~Bonnie. Let's back up a minute... ~I got to sew!~ And I got caught up on trading blocks with her, my dozen will be in tomorrow's mail. :-) We are swapping My Blue Heaven blocks~ from Marcia Hohn's QuiltersCache. (check out the photo's on Bonnie's blog!)

Anyway I was going along 'one for you, one for me' and the block on the right jumped out! Now what is wrong with this picture?! .... Do you see it?? ~I twisted the lower right HST patch! :-o Lucky I caught it before sending them off! lol! It is all fixed now and in my pile. :-))

I didn't take a photo of the one's going to Bonnie, or mine. I will when hers arrive and I lay them all out together. In the meantime~ I sewed a bunch more Triangulations HST's for the next dozen blocks! :-)

And I finished the table runner and also made a little Quilters Chatelaine for my friend. The chatelaine pattern is from Lynette Jensen at Thimbleberries. Look in her free patterns. ;-) I love how it turned out!

That's all for now~

Until next time~

Happy Stitchin'!! :-)

~A Giveaway~~

Head on over to Silver Thimble Talk for a great giveaway!! :-) Oh what the heck~ take your time :-)) ~I'd really like to win this one! LOL :-)

Happy Stitchin'!

~Pincushions~

I joined a pincushion swap on the HGTV forum a few months ago, and now it is time to finish them up and get them in the mail! :-) These are the cushions I'll be sending... The chickens are stuffed with a combination of fiberfill and emery filings to give them a little weight to stand up. I got the idea for them from a friend who was making stuffed animals for children. The flowerpots were an experiment and I wish they would've had saucers with them for the bottom~ they could be a little more stable. And for the felted wool things, I used a pattern by Shirley Stevenson called 'Penny Rug Pin Cushions'~ those took the most time because there is a lot of hand stitching in them! :-o And I'm still not so speedy at hand work. ;-) Hopefully in a couple weeks I'll be able to show you what I get back! :-)

I spent yesterday outside puttering with flowers but today I think I'll sew a few more colorblocks.

I hope y'all are having a great weekend!

Until next time~

Happy Stitchin'!! :-)

Sewing and Finger-Pointing! :-)

This morning I got to work quilting up a small 4 patch table runner I put together last week~ or has it been 2 weeks ago? :-o Anyway, I always get 'stuck' when it comes to what to quilt on it. I wanted this one to be simple, but not stitch in the ditch~ so I did diagonal lines thru the 4 patches. And after I was about half way thru 'eyeballing' how to get the line somewhat even,... LOL my eyes aren't in straight! :-)) I remembered that little thingy in the sewing machine box and tried it~ worked like a charm!! You can see it better in the photo if you click the pic and make it bigger. That didn't work so I made it bigger. ;-) It's like a little arm. Now, I hope I remember it next time!

~And here's the runner with just the hand work to finish up.

And now for the finger-pointing!~~ :-)) It is all Jane's fault!! (and I seriously thought about calling this post 'Blame it On Jane'!!) LOL :-))) Yes, I did it, I joined the 4 Season's Quilt Block Swap that Jane talked about. :-o I know! I'm crazy!! ...but aren't the blocks cute??? :-))) There is still room to join! LOL :-))

Now I'm off to play with fabric!~

Until next time~

Happy Stitchin'!!

Thanks Mary!! :-)

My friend Mary at Quilting in Oz posted a 'recipe' a while back for a lotion that she says works wonderfully on dry skin. See her post ~here~ After reading about her 'Fantastic Lotion', I searched my dollar stores... and searched ...and searched. I could not find all the ingredients~ specifically the Vit E. Mary told me to keep searching that it would be worth it, :-) so then I blew up her photo and realized that particular dollar store isn't in my area. Bummer. :-( Next I went to the local discount mart and found some in smaller sizes. Which is perfect for me, because I had planned to make half a batch anyway. Well, I made it up on Sunday and I have been loving it! Mary is so right~ your feet, elbows, back just love this stuff! My hands even like it, but because of the petroleum jelly, it is a little too much for normal daytime use.~ instead use it as a nighttime spa! :-) In just 3 days I am noticing a difference in how much less 'itchy' I am! So thanks Mary!!! :-)))

Happy Stitchin'!