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Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Winner!

Thank you for all your lovely comments

on my Queen of Gadgets Blog Hop post!!

I have a winner!~~~~

Charlene McCain congratulations!!!

I hope you will enjoy your new 'gadget'. :-)

Until next time~

Keep quilting!!!

Friday, September 23, 2022

The Last Day~

Today is the last day for the Queen of Gadgets blog hop.

Please visit these blogs for more fun ideas and beautiful projects!

September 23

Homespun Hannah's Blog

Time 4 Stitchn

Lynn's Blog

And don't forget to comment on my previous post! ;-)

Wednesday, September 21, 2022

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? :-)

...

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! :-)