Swap Mama

I'm very excited that I'll be swap mama for two different swaps on http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StashBuilders/ which is a quilting group that I have been a member of for a few years. The swaps will be a worm swap which is just fabric strips that are 2.5 inches wide by the width of the fabric. These come in so handy for so many things. The other one is an ugly quilt swap and this one will be fun. I will start the swap by choosing fabric squares that are ugly, I'll sew them together and then mail to the next person to add their ugly squares. When everyone that is signed up has added their squares then there will be a drawing to see who wins the quilt top. There will be photos along the way and the interesting thing is that the quilt will end up being very beautiful and interesting. The last one I was in on another site went to Australia twice and to the UK several times. My friend Donna Kay from Australia won that quilt and it was like I had won I was so excited for her.

Okay - just wanted to share!! Have a good nite. Don't forget the giveaway I'm doing.

Give Away

I want to do a give away as I just won a bag on Amy's Blog (I'll show you when I get it) and I want someone to feel the excitement of winning!! Now what am I going to give away??? Oh - this is open to USA and International so don't worry about that. I'm going to give away 3 Batik FQ's and a bookmark that I crocheted. All you have to do is leave a comment and you can also add me to your Blog. Good Luck!!

Can't Sleep

I woke up after 4am!! I know that it's because I have waaay too many things to get done before the Craft Show. I'll work on them this morning and all day tomorrow.

I found that you can find your Quilty Name on the following link

http://www.thequiltingpost.com/QuiltyNames.htm

Mine is Fabric Fondler and I admit that I fondle fabric. In fact just sorting and what I call playing with my fabric can make me very calm. I sometimes give my fabric scraps to my granddaughters and they will cut and work for two hours with that. I sit at the sewing machine and sew things they want like doll pillows, doll sleeping bags, doll quilts, etc. It's lots of fun for us and I hope they Will carry the memories of our doing that with them and maybe become people who will sew.

It's very early in the morning and I'm on my way to Walmart to buy 10 pounds of rice and maybe a new electric blanket. I can't find my cord and it is cool in the evenings.

I'll post one photo today of one side of a small I Spy that kids can carry with them. I also think that I Spy quilts are great for telling stories. I have made each of my granddaughters an I Spy quilt that is big.

Okay I'm getting dressed for Walmart so that I don't go back to bed and I beat the crowds!!

Quilts

I have to get back to work on some of the quilt tops that I've been working on. This is the photo of a baby quilt I'm working on and the block is a close up of the bugs. Of course this is a Happy Block quilt as this is all I seem to have time to make.

Thrift Store Finds

At lunch today I went to a thrift store a few blocks away. I bought the wooden box with the rabbit for ----- .99 and the pot handle holder for .29! I also got a pair of pj bottoms new with the tag for $2.00! It was a good day. I'll post photos of two of my finds. I forgot to take a photo of the pj bottoms and they have to go to the laundry. My granddaughter will love the wooden box and she can keep treasures in it. I just need to clean it up and the pot handle holder I had never seen (I don't know why) but I thought I'd use this one as a pattern.

Today was beautiful but it got chilly toward the end of the day. I like it when it's cooler but I don't look forward to winter. I'm still picking tomatoes off the vines in the garden!

Tomorrow I'm excited about as I'm meeting a young woman from Brazil (now married to an American) for lunch. She may be able to go with us to Brazil next year and she speaks the language!! This will be excellent since I'm leading this trip but I don't speak the language.

When I have time I want to load the photos from China on flicker so that I can share the great trip we had last year. I know some people think they can only travel in the USA and I love our country but there are so many beautiful, wonderful and exciting things to see all over the world. I think you have to experience a trip to understand that you come away with memories of people that you will always remember for their kindness, the foods, the scenery, the culture ----

Okay, I'll get off the soap box as I need to get ready for church. I've been going on Thursday nights. I need one day that I don't leave the house (if possible) and that has been Sunday.

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Bulls Eye Quilt

http://crossedstitches.blogspot.com/2008/09/bulls-eye-quilts-slideshow.html#links
This is a slide show/tutorial for a bulls-eye quilt. On one of the Yahoo Groups I belong to they are maybe going to do a swap of these. Thought someone might be interested in this.