Keep in the Loop with

I'm working on the second "block" of my

LMS Quilty Stitches Sampler Along this week.

I'm drawn

to rich gem colours.

Have you considered cross stitching along with us?

New List February's To ~ Do's

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UPDATE HERE  for January's accomplishments :)

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Why not throw your hat in the ring as well?

Pig Tales and Quilts is hosting this motivational event.

See what you can finish or what continues to elude you!

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My tape measure sucks!

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My BoM for January,

I definitely need to find a better  marker or some tape measure fabric!

My tape measure sucks! It sucks a whole bunch!!

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February will be better, I just know it.

Okay, I'm trying to psych myself up here people.

This might fall in line for a re ~ do.

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Until something better shows up,

HAPPY STITCHING :)

100 Day Hustle Results

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Wow!! It's hard to believe that 100 days are soon to have passed since I signed up to join

the other Hustlers in getting their UFOs completed in 2012!

Time flies for some and stands still for others. 

There's been so much happen in those 100 days, at times, it's been 

incomprehensible. 

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I found my list changing constantly over the allotted time given but I still did accomplish some of my list, all be it very little.

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"Laundry Day" is finished and on our bed, 

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Pillowcases for the students of Sandy Hook School in Newton

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This Blanket Of Love is finished and awaits delivery to the hospital.

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My entry for Madame Samm's Holiday Lane Pillow Blog Hop

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My December DQS with Wilma

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October's DQS with Jules, I used the crayon technique on this and just love the way it turned out!

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Quilties for December (my final quiltie swap )

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Snowmen coasters and pot mats for both giveaways and my Etsy Shop

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Pillowcases for us (got on a bit of a roll here)

have you sewn up pcs? Try the tube method by 

Missouri Quilt Co. pillowcase tutorial...this is sew easy!!!

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As you can see, my dent in my list was minimal but I was keeping busy.

I've decided to put my whirlygiggle back in the cupboard, it's one of those quilts that I'm just not feeling "it" !

I tried getting a new bag made but I can't decide on fabrics, sew I'll just bide my time.

I do have another quilt made of Mill House Inn pinned and ready to go under the needle.

Maybe today but we'll see, I've been bitten by a cold bug or something :(

As for Great Granny, she's slated for completion by Valentine's Day!

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50 down/ 50 to go

Can you believe it's been 50 days since signing up to Kelsey's 

100 Day Hustle?

Can you believe there's only 50 days left in 2012?!

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Here's a montage of what I've accomplished thus far!

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Quilt for Charity "DONE"

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Grandson's Quilt (late addition to list)  "DONE and DELIVERED"

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blocks sewn together  for flimsy

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another pic of charity quilt

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Granddaughter's quilt (late addition) "DONE and DELIVERED"

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SEW, MOM, SEW!!! 

woof, woof, woof!!!

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Laundry Day top sewn together for flimsy

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label for charity quilt (heading to the hospital)

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some of the free motion quilting of butterflies and flowers on the charity quilt.

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I also finished blocks for the Wicked Blog Hop.

I am waiting impatiently for my purse frames for the UR Priceless Blog Hop

my coin purses are finished though :)

I'm also working on my Holiday Lane Pillow Blog Hop project

Today I'm hoping to get the pillow finished and get to quilting one of the flimsies(?)

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So far sew good, I think.

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NewFOs for September

My  NEWFOs  for the month of September are a little sparse

but that's due to the fact that I need  to get some p.i.g.s

just plain finished!

However, this months offerings are

Archie and all his friends are destine for my hubby's lap,

now I'm not the only one working on this, in fact I'm more of the background noise,

my 8 year old is tackling this for his Dad's birthday, December 1st!

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I'm stitching up a few paper piece blocks to use in a couple of projects for the

upcoming month.

Designs for these 2 blocks can be found at

SONJA CALLAGHAN @ ARTISANIA

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Lastly, this quilt which I won the pattern during the Dots On Dots Blog Hop

from the ever so wonderful

CINDY @ QUILT DOODLE DESIGNS

This quilt design is called 

"LAUNDRY DAY"

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Sew there you have it, my September lineup for the

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I'm also putting feelers out for any interest in a

PIN CUSHION SWAP

(start date probably January 2013)

if you think you may want to join in just let me know.

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HAPPY STITCHING  :O)

NewFos and a lesson learned

The beginnings of a project for next month  =D

This is the first of a few "NewFO's" for this month!

What's a "NewFO"  you maybe asking?

Well NewFOs are projects we start in a month and at the end of the month it

doesn't {repeat doesn't}  have to be finished! 

That's right no pressure here except to start a new something or other.

It can be anything from embroidery

to a quilt

to a wallhanging

to a hot pad

to a you get the idea!

My second NewFo is going to be a wallhanging for my sewing space.

It's got a little wonky to it so this month I'll quilt it up and stitch on the binding.

A nice splash of colour.

                                                This is my very first attempt at paper piecing

I copied the pattern from Carol Doak's site, there is a number of free

downloads there. This pattern is a Beginners level and for the most part went fairly well.

It may help anyone wanting to try Paper Piecing to have a look at this

TUTORIAL

It was a huge help since I would have been placing my fabric on the wrong side

of the seam line. I also had to learn, the hard :O( way, to make good and sure to use fabric pieces

large enough to cover the area on your pattern! After I had sewn and ripped and sewn again,

when all the pressing was done, there it was, I had a little spot where the fabric didn't

come all the way over to the outside edge when it was flipped. I couldn't bear to tear the whole block apart so I'm going to embellish this block and proudly hang it on my wall as a

reminder to watch that fabric when pp.

That's this month's line up of NewFos!

If you want to join in and have some fun then give this button a click in my side bar

and go see Barbara, she's got all the deets.

Until next month...

Happy New Project Starts & Don't Sweat the Finish!

Sewing Spools Sniffling

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The last couple of days have seen me a tad unwell.

I caught a flippin' cold, yip-eeee!

Not what I wanted to do right at the end of summer nor as the impending school year approaches.

It only took 2 weeks into the school year last year and all the kids had a sniffle to a cough to one staying home for a couple of days. The house could just not shake whatever it was for months.

Poor hubby spent last Christmas flat on his back, 2 weeks later, just when I was suppose to start a mystery quilt along I came down with it and was in bed for almost a week and then couldn't do much more than sit in my chair and watch TV for another week. What an ordeal, so here's hoping this goes and fast!

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Now about the pic up there. I had read/seen somewhere a post on spool blocks and thought that they are quite cute, sew what's a girl to do but dive right in and this happened!

It still needs to be finished but I didn't have anything else to post about without having my wits about me!

luvin' the dots!

OKay, this one's a little wonky,

this spool has even more wonk to it but I like it.

I like the floral print for the thread on this spool.

It's funny, try as I might I could not get my head around anyone's tutorial for these

sew...I winged it! Yep, I just started pulling fabrics from my stash and sewed them together.

Yes, I know, that explains the wonky-ness to them but you know,

I still like it and I'm still going to put this mini on my  wall of fame!

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You've probably seen this button/logo popping up all over the place since Saturday/Sunday

Well if you haven't checked it out you should because there are at last count

>146 GIVEAWAYS<

that's right, your eyes are not deceiving you!!!

See this button in my sidebar? or better yet back up to my post from the 25th and start

HOPPING!!!

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Here's another button you'll be seeing sooooon...

I got lucky enough to be included in this spooktacularly

WICKED BLOG HOP

 hosted by the ever so wonderful

Wendy @ Why Knot Kwilt & the amazing Madame Samm.

There could still be space for the WICKED BLOG HOP,

jump on your broomstick and fly over to Wendy's to find out!

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One more thing I'd like to bring to your attention today if I may,

This button is also in my sidebar and I'd like to invite you, yes you, to join our group.

At this time we are 35 members strong but we would like to invite all quilters,

beginners, new bloggers and seasoned stitchers to meet some of the nicest folks blogland has to offer!

You don't have to have dolls to make doll quilts{I don't} I just like to hang these mini works of art on my wall in my sewing space. I find doll quilts are a fabulous way to try something new on a small scale and be able to complete it in a short time. It doesn't cost to join either like some I've seen.

Just click the button in my SB and your on your way. Believe me, if it wasn't easy to join I wouldn't have!

If you jump in now you might be able to get in on the September Swap {not entirely sure about this}.

Hope to see you at the next  DOLL QUILT SWAP.

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HAPPY HOPPING & SWAPPING EVERYONE