Winner! Winner!!

But still no chicken dinners here! :-)

Lisa Marie My DH drew your name for my Pineapple Fabrics giftie. 

Congratulations!!!!!!

I forgot to mention that when I finished my Cozy Up quilt top, I stitched all the way around the outside edges. About an eighth of an inch from the edge. This keeps all the seams locked when I put it on the longarm and I don't need to worry about unraveling seams. ;-)  

Have a happy weekend!

I will be back next week with quilt #2 :-)

 

Calendar Girls + Last Chance Giveaway

I love! I love! I love these calendar girls! 

Do you know that song? :-) 

 

Well these Calendar Girls from Pineapple Fabrics have sure stolen my heart!  

Did you notice how many Bonus Quarters are in the bundle?

Fourteen!!! Yes! And Pineapple Fabrics sent me two quilt patterns. ;-)

So far I have only shown you the blocks for the first one~

The Cozy Up Quilt has been a really fast and fun project!~

And here is the finished top!

I will quilt it next week after I have the second top made... I am close to completion. ;-)

I promised a giveaway and this is the last chance to get your name in the basket for the 3rd and final time before I draw. Just leave me a comment on each of my last 3 posts. All names will go in the basket. **If you are an anonymous commenter, please leave your email or IG name in your comment so I know how to find you!**

I will draw on Friday. ;-)

 

Until next time~

Happy Stitchin'!!

Blocks & Another Chance!

Hello!

The blocks for my Pineapple Fabrics project have gone together really fast!

These Calendar Girls are so super cute!  What do you think?

I plan to add borders this afternoon and be back with another post on Tuesday.     

If you commented on my previous post, comment on this one, and come back Tuesday and comment again~ your name will go in my basket 3 times! See you soon!

Until Tuesday~

Happy stitchin'!!

 

My Next Project

 Hello! and welcome!!

Today I want to tell you a bit about my next project as a Pineapple Fabrics Ambassador.

For the last couple projects, I chose the fabric and pattern. This time I asked them to surprise me. :-) I love surprises! And they sent this beautiful bonus quarter bundle of Calendar Girls by Anne Keeman Higgins.  

 

Photo credit: Pineapple Fabrics

It was love at first sight!!

Do you know about Pineapple Fabrics bonus bundles?

They cut the fabric larger than a FQ by 3 inches! :-)

It is wonderful!  

 

Photo from Pineapple Fabrics

The first thing I do after admiring and petting my fabric... what? you don't pet your fabric?! :-o

I do! Then I open all the bonus quarters and spray them with a good mist of spray starch on the back. 

I fold each into quarters to let it absorb the starch and continue to spray and fold all of them. Then I go back to the first one I sprayed, because it has now had plenty of time for the starch to absorb, (not sit on top of the fabric) and start pressing.  All the fold lines have magically released. If the fabric is going to shrink, it does that now. And I end up with a nice stack of well pressed, stiff but not paper stiff, fabric~ ready to cut. :-)  It makes cutting and sewing so much nicer!  I had a lady tell me I was crazy when I told her what I do. :-) Do you think I am crazy? :-) LOL

As I mentioned in my previous post, Pineapple Fabrics has sent me a little bag of goodies for one of my readers. I plan to take the comments from this post, along with the next two posts in the coming week, put them all in a hat and draw a winner. If you comment on each new post, you will have more chances of winning. ;-) ;-)

Until next time~

Happy Stitchin'!

Winner! Winner!

Nope, not a chicken dinner! ;-)

The winner from my previous post is Jocelyn from Happy Cottage Quilter!  

Congratulations!!!

What's this? You didn't know I had a giveaway?  I was doing a little experiment to see who reads my blog all the way to the end and who skims. Sorry, but I have a lot of views, but very few comments. I needed to figure out what was up. ;-)

I will be having another giveaway soon~ the sweet staff at Pineapple Fabrics sent me a little something with my next Pineapple Fabrics project. I will be back to tell you about my project tomorrow. Also, I will put all comments from my Pineapple Projects posts into a basket for that drawing. ;-)  I hope you visit and comment often. ;-) ;-)

Until tomorrow~

Happy stitchin'!

Oh! BTW, my blocks were the shabby chic bunch. :-) I plan to put them around a castle panel I have for my DGD. Aren't they pretty?!

String Block Fun!

Hi there!

What is under your needle today?  

I just finished a String Block Swap and just had to take some pix for you. :-)   

In this swap, each participant chose what color/colors they wanted their strings and what size/color for the center strip.

We had everything from college colors to patriotic to shabby chic to certain colors. I loved them all!

I cannot wait to see the quilts that come from these sets of strings! :-)

 

Can you guess which set is mine?

I will draw a name from all guesses and send the winner a little surprise in the mail. ;-)

Good luck!!

 

Have a happy day!

Until next time~

Happy Stitchin'!

 

Machine Embroidery....

 Good morning!

Are you a machine embroiderer?  I am so hooked! LOL I just love making things for friends, family and our home. I only wish there were more hours in a day because I also love to sew! :-)  I am often found burning the candle from both ends with my hobbies~ but I like it!!

 Yesterday I made this quick in the hoop project for my aunt. She is the last surviving relative on my Mom's side of our family. She lives in an assisted living facility and I recently learned of her love of the Twins~ not missing a game! :-)  

This design is from Designs By Juju  It is currently on sale and includes 6 different sizes, and 6 different quilting designs! More fun!!

I hope you take the time to do something fun today!

I will be back soon~

( please comment. I am planning a fun giveaway soon and the names that go in the hat, will be commenters names ;) ;) .)

Until next time~

Happy stitchin'!