Are You Keeping an Eye out For IT?

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It's Coming!

It's almost Here!

Don't miss IT!

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HAPPY STITCHING!!

DQS arrived and it's lovely!

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Isn't this so cute? 

The mitten fits on my index finger!

Too cute!

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This delightful package from Roberta of New York for November's DQ swap.

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It's so delicate and pretty.

Love the watering can...

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the verse is sweet and that birdie in the bath,

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is so precious.

Thank you Roberta for this beautiful DQS!

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If you're wondering what this is all about and how you could receive a gorgeous piece of art

just click on the Doll Quilt Swap button and check us out!

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Speaking of clicking on buttons and such...go HERE and vote for your favourite tree

( I hope "yule" choose mine, even if it does appear to be from the pits of ...you know)

That red tinge just won't wash out ;)

Thank you in advance.

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Snowman Coasters Giveaway

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A while back I spotted these coasters on a post at

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During Quiet Time

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I've been stitching up a few sets for my Etsy Shop

(with Amy's permission, of course)

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if  you'd like to try your luck at winning a set the jump over

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(you MUST enter on the Blog Hop post, not on this post)

to the Holiday Lane Pillow Blog Hop

and while you're dropping in for a visit, check out the rest of the HOP!

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There's another gathering going on too

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hosted by Michele of Quilting Tutorials

Come on over for a bevy of Christmas and winter themed projects of all sorts.

Hope to see you there, voting starts Dec.1st ~ Dec.3rd

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2012 CHRISTMAS QUILT SHOW

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2012 CHRISTMAS QUILT SHOW

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This year I decided to do something a little different for my entry.

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This pillow pattern was presented to a group of quilters/crafters as part of hop

by Jill Finley of Jillily Studio.

(see my previous post...there's a giveaway there!)

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I had so much free reign with it and added my own flare through FMQ in the sky with lots of swirling movement and on many of the houses with texture and details.

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My ghostly snowman could be from winter's past.

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Houses have been appliqued with Santas and wreaths for added festive flavour.

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See the icicles hanging from the window panes? Brrrrr

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I added sparkling lights to 2 of the houses with more FMQ.

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It's a wonderful pattern, very easy to do and can be changed up to be personalized in so many ways.

Why not link up your seasonal/holiday project and join the fun at the 

2012 Christmas Quilt Show.

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click the link at the top of this post and be transported to the entire list of participants,

Oh yes, just in case you're interested...there's Prizes!!!

Just sayin'  ;O)

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SPECIAL DELIVERY

From Mother Nature!

October 10th and snow with those big, fluffy flakes.

Yes, winter can be a real pain for alot of reasons but

when we are presented with this it is

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Yesterday was alot of hand quilting and today will be binding

on my DQS for October's "Spooky" theme.

What are you up to today?

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HAPPY STITCHING

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It won't be long now!

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)

Pardon Me...I Tooted!!

This has got to be the easiest way to make PINWHEELS...e-v-e-r!!!

I started with nothing when my kids came off the bus at 3:30 and I had

12 cut, sewn, cut,sewn,pressed,sewn into finished pinwheels by

suppertime at 5:00!

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This is my first tutorial, how did I do?

I can take constructive criticism so don't hold back,

how else will I learn, right?

Quiltie fun

You've read about the

 Sandra Kaye Designs Quiltie Trade/Swap 

here a couple of times, these are my quilties that I embroidered for August's swap.

The theme was "stitches" and these little blocks I had were just the ticket!

My apologies for such a glare on this, (Photoscape can't fix everything).

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Happy stitching!

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Yep, I'm still playing with Photoscape.

Randomness, a question and a modification

You could say it's been a wee bit damp in these parts,

this "growth" was growing in the front lawn.  The neighbour has all kinds of

mushrooms coming up all over his lawn as well.

It's clouds like this that's been bringing the rain and a few mini funnel clouds.

The cloud bank is starting to descend on the church,

there's a couple of bats living in the church belfry!

Our's is a small village of 170 peeps.

How many peeps live in your village, town, city,

where ever you hang your hat?

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How's this for really gross?

Does anyone have a suggestion for getting this poor iron cleaned off?

I know it's a mess and maybe it's time to turn this into a paper weight

but I'm hoping I can save it and squeeze a little more life out of her.

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I wanted to share this discovery with you,

it may be a big help to you while quilting!

Do you have a plastic quilting foot for your machine?

Does it have a closed oval/circle where the needle moves through?

Do you find that you can't see your work all that well?

If you cut out part of the plastic from the foot and file the edges smooth

you have a foot that you can actually see where you're going and what you're doing

before and during the time you're quilting. I have found that since I modified my

quilting foot, I have much better control and much better success!

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Today I'm guiding my foster daughter towards the completion of her very first

doll quilt sew we'll see you later!

Have a stitchin' day!

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and now the "Blog Hop Party WINNER"

Brought to you by Miss Bullet!

I just want to take a quick moment to say a huge

Thank you Quilt Gallery!

The Celebrate Back to School Days-Blog Hop Party has been so much fun.

Thank you for visiting!

Thank you for leaving your kind comments!

Thank you for choosing to become a follower!

I wish I could mail out goodies to all you,

I hope you keep coming back because when I have 100 followers I'll be having

!!!!!!another giveaway!!!!!!

AND NOW THE (drumroll Bullet)

WINNER IS........JOYCE!!!!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS!

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JoyceLM has left a new comment on your post "Celebrate Back to School Days-Blog Hop Party"

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I'm a cat lover (dog lover too). We have 2 cats right now. I'm not fully dressed until I'm wearing a few cat hairs & a few threads.

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I'll be sending off an email right away.

They gather nuts, we gather free patterns!

Did you know that you can download all kinds of

FREE QUILT PATTERNS ?

I DID NOT KNOW THIS!!!

No, I don't live under a rock ,all the time, but when I read this from

fellow Canuck, Paulette  I was floored! Flabbergasted?!

I chose this beauty for my Hubby

It's from Mr. Henry Glass and I love it. I can't wait to start gathering the flannels

for this quilt, all in harvest like colours, like wearing a pumpkin pie  =D

I also picked this for myself

Garden Grove by Kim Diehl @ Henry Glass's House.

It's very pretty and has some elements I haven't tried yet.

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Don't Miss Out

on the HOP click the button in my sidebar up there

There's 145 giveaways going on!

You don't want to look like this guy,

do you? He missed out on all those incredible blogs!

So if you haven't, way you go, spread the word, tell your friends, neighbors,

relatives, the postman, the cashier at Walmart!

GO! GO! GO!