Thank You Friends!

Barb's giveaway is over for me... and to be honest, I'm glad. It was stressful! I know Barb didn't intend that and I did enjoy trying to write a poem and playing along at first. This morning I woke up to find out a lot of stuff was going on that wasn't in the spirit of the giveaway and I tried to not feel like public enemy #1 but it was hard.

My friends on the message board I frequent, my Mom, my friends in blogland, my relatives who all pitched in to find votes for me were so awesome! I feel very blessed. I am very blessed! :-) And that is the best feeling in all the world! Thank you all from the very bottom of my heart!! I'll get a GO someday and when I do, it will remind me of my many friends. And that's what this is all supposed to be about, isn't it? :-))

I also want to thank Mandy~ a new blog reader to me who gave me the best idea for my Odyssea jelly roll! Thank you Mandy! I went and dug around in my stash and came up with this light gray~ you are so right! It will work wonderfully with Odyssea. :-) Hopefully next week I can get down to some serious sewing! :-))

I hope y'all are having a great weekend!
Until next time,
Happy Stitchin'! ;-)

Sewing and Stress!

Wow! Barb's poll for the GO has really stressed me! :-o I'm ahead, I'm behind, ahead again, behind again! I'm almost afraid to check it!! LOL Thank you all for your help and votes!! :-) Although I don't do facebook, a few of my friends have taken up the challenge and have been posting for votes for me, and my Mom emailed her quilt group to vote! LOL Thanks ladies!! I really appreciate all the support! I'm still keeping my fingers-crossed, but it is really stress-producing! :-o

So to keep myself busy today, hubby took me out for lunch. :-) And then I came home and sewed. I made this bag from a purchased pattern (Simplicity?) It really isn't quite this bright! ;-)I wanted a bag big enough to hold my camera and a bottle of water for my trip to Sisters, Oregon next month for the Outdoor Quilt Show (I'll be there with a group of friends on a bus trip). I think it is going to work just fine~ I tested it with the can of spray starch. LOLThen I started searching stash for something to use for the Between Charming Friends Quilt Along. I am going to use Darlene's pattern (of Quilting Daze) for the lap quilt. Thanks Darlene! :-) I decided to use my Odyssea Jelly Roll I won in a giveaway a few months back. But what to use for background? What do you think of this? I'm really not sure if I should use the dots or go with something more like a Kona solid.
Thank you again for all your votes! Please continue to spread the word! I would so love to win that GO cutter! The more I study the dies, the more I know I'd give it a good workout! I could bust stash left and right! No poems today, just gratitude. :-)

Until next time~
Happy stitchin'!

Help Me! Help Me!

... the crazy girl cried! :-))) I can't help it! I think I'm losing weight too! :-o

I just checked the votes on Barb's blog for the GO! and it is close! :-o I still need your help though! If you've not voted, would you please consider voting for me? I would so love to have a GO cutter! I know, I'm crazy to be nail biting over this~ but eeeekkkk! :-o I've asked all my friends to vote but still need help! And if you already voted~ thank you!!!

I wish I had a GO!
I'd use it lots, I know!
I would cut & sew!
If I had a GO! :-)

The poet seems to be sticking around! LOL ;-)

I Need You! :-)

I am not doing very well in Barb's poll.
If you haven't voted yet, would you please help me out? Thank you so much! :-) You do not need to have a blog to vote.

In other news!~ I rented the APQS Millennium for the last time on Monday. The shop owner is taking it down. :-( I am so glad I managed to sneak in one more day! I worked on my big Vintage Sheet top. It is a biggie at 96 x 112 inches! I used an allover panto of loops swirls and butterflies. Now to get the binding on~ I have a striped pink/green/white that I think will be perfect. :-)I also got my Schnibble Picnic done! I used the same panto and thread, so that helped a lot. ;-) I am afraid getting to the bindings is going to be a challenge as the days are just flying by at warp speed! Wasn't yesterday March first? ;-)

I am off to sew a few stitches~
Have a happy day! And until next time~
Happy Stitchin'!!

Can You Help Me Please??

I am so excited! I can't believe I am a finalist in Barb's giveaway! Pinch me! Ok, that hurt! ;-)
She is having everyone help her decide who should win~ please leave her a comment for me. ;-) And vote in her little sidebar poll (in the top left hand corner of her blog). Pretty please?? :-)

I don't do Facebook or Twitter or Tweet~
But winning a GO would be so neat!

But a poem? A poet? Me?
That's very unlike-ly! ;-)

But I'll give it a GO!~
Think the 7 dwarfs with a little Tin Man waltzing in... LOL

Hi-Ho Hi-Ho~~
I wish I had a GO!

Accuquilt makes this really cool cutter~
It is like none other (utter?) :-)

I could sew... (and sew!.. and sew!)
If... I only had a GO!

I have tons of scraps~ big pieces and nips~
I need squares, and shapes and strips!

Cutting is boring--
...I hope you aren't snoring!!

That's the end of my ditty~
I know, its not pretty..

I wish I had a GO!
Hi-Ho! Hi-ho hi-ho hi-ho!

Thanks for the chance Barb! You make it look so fun~
I just know I could get a lot done!
Yikes! I can't stop rhyming now!
Holy Cow!
Ciao!! :-))

Catching Up... again!

It seems like I am always trying to catch up lately!~ Time is just flying! Today I got myself caught up on my Dear Jane blocks for both this week and last. I'm following Angela (see DJ link in sidebar) and although she is making 2 quilts at once(!)~ I am the one always behind!! :-o
Here we have A-6 Uncle Homer, H-13 Farm Friends, A-5 Cathie's Campfire, the LS-12 triangle~ Button Hook (which was a real bugger and I'm still not happy with it, but it is finished!) ;-) and finally, I-2 Kaye's Courtyard. Whew! Would you believe I worked all morning on that silly triangle!? The others went together quick as could be!

Hope you are having a great sewing day!
Until next time~

Happy stitchin'!

Want to Win A GO?

The Accuquilt Go Cutter that is! Barb at Bejeweled Quilts By Barb won one and has been having a blast with it! I neeed one to wade through my scraps too! :-) So hop over to Barb's and enter~ and be sure to tell her you saw my post!!

Thanks and good luck!