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Wednesday, September 21, 2022

It is My Day!

Welcome blog hoppers!

First, a special thanks to Carol @Just Let Me Quilt for organizing such a fun hop! Gadgets~ they come in all shapes and sizes, some were made especially for sewing/quilting, and some were not. ;-) I love finding things not made for quilting, but are oh so very useful! Today I have one of each for you~

I love my Crafter's Edge Crossover 11 machine and dies. I use it all the time! This month I made an autumn table runner with the Equilateral Triangle die and Alphabet Dies.

Q1106 - Equilateral Triangle Package Image

Sorry for the wrinkles! :-o I am just home from a retreat and will soon be off again on another adventure! :-) (I really need to stay home and quilt!) LOL I cut up a bunch of autumn scraps and had so much fun sewing them together! I think I am going to quilt autumn leaves on it. What would you do?

Can you guess what I use my 2nd 'gadget' for?

No, it is not at the kitchen sink!!!

Need a hint? :-)

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It sits right in front of my sewing machine and holds those things that I need all the time!

No more stiletto rolling away, or bobbin or anything! It is perfect! I actually have 2~ one for my sewing machine and one for my embroidery machine. They are quite inexpensive, the teal one was approx $3 at Ross. :-)

And, if you have read this far~ thank you!!~ I am going to send the teal one to one of you, just drop a comment below. :-) It won't show up right away, I had to turn on comment moderation because I was getting some spam. ;-)

I will draw sometime next week. Good luck!

And thank you for stopping by!

Enjoy the hop! Here are today's other 'hoppers'~

September 22
Ms P Designs USA
Quilted Delights
Words & Stitches
Beaquilter
Quilt Schmilt
Crazy'boutquilts (you are here ;-)

Hop! Hop!

Do the hop!!!

September 21

Tuesday, September 20, 2022

I'm a Travelin' Gal!

Two posts in one day!

I hope it brings rain! ;-) We are in need.

I also hope you have been visiting the blogs in the blog hop in my previous post. Some very cute ideas and you might find a giveaway too! Also be sure to come back Thursday on my day because you WILL find a giveaway here. ;-) ;-)

This month I have been on the road a lot!

I got back from another retreat and wanted to share some of the projects with you. They were all so fun! I will share more of my projects after the hop.

One of the gals worked on this quilt. She based it off of an Eleanor Burns pattern~ she also made some cute pillow shams to go with it but I didn't get that pic.

My friend Toni, no blog, worked on 3 Yard Quilts from the books with that title. I am not sure which book this came from but I loved it. It made ideas spin in my head! I have a couple really cute border prints~ wouldn't a border print be awesome where she has the red poinsettias? I am not sure if I would do pinwheels, or maybe take something from the border print. :-)

This is the design wall filled with American Hero tops! I overlapped the red borders to get three on. All together the girls made 5 tops! Four of the retreaters belong to the same guild and the guild made the corner star blocks. Once finished the quilts go to our local military hospital for servicemen/women who are there recovering from injuries they received while deployed.

And finally, one of my projects. :-)

This is a Sew Sweetness pattern called 'The Chickadee Backpack'.

I made it in Batman fabric for my DGS. I embroidered the logo with my embroidery machine. I think I found the design on Etsy. :-) I had everything cut out before I went and it was a pretty quick sew! The inside has a couple zipper pockets and there is also a mesh pocket in the outer pocket.

I am hoping he will love it! :-)

Ok, that's all for now, I will have more show and tell after the Queen of Gadgets Hop.

Are you following it? I am loving all the projects and ideas!

Until then~

Happy quiltin'!!

Do the Hop!

September 20

MooseStashQuilting

For The Love Of Geese
Pieceful Thoughts of My Quilting Life

Food for Thought

Karrin’s Crazy World

Patchouli Moon Studio

Have fun!!!

Monday, September 19, 2022

Today is the day!

Be sure to visit these fun blogs!

September 19

Creatin' in the Sticks

Annie’s Musings

Days Filled With Joy

Quilting Gail

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs
Scrapdash

And come back Thursday for my day!! :-)

Monday, September 5, 2022

Christmas?

Are you thinking ahead to Christmas? (I am!)

Making lists? (yes!)

Already sewing? (yes!)

This month from Pineapple Fabrics I received a kit called 'Christmas Birdies' to make a holiday quilt!

Red, green, gold! Oh my! And birds! Red cardinals!

I just love the fabric pack....

Do you want to sew with me? The 10" squares are on sale now. ;-) ;-)

The pattern is called 'The Supereasy Quilt' and I do believe it will be!

How can it not when you start with pre-cut squares?

I am not sure I will get to sew today, but this fun quilt will get worked on this week!

Stay tuned! :-)

Until next time~

Happy Stitchin'!!

Sunday, September 4, 2022

Something Fun Coming Soon!!

Are you ready for some fun?!

A really fun blog hop will be here before we know it! And yours truly is going to be participating on September 22nd! :-) This hop is hosted by Carol of Just let Me Quilt

I have a real gadget, and an unusual, but very useful gadget to share with you. :-)

Be sure to visit everyone on their designated day and be ready for some fun!!