Making Mittens

My friend needed some gift card holders for Christmas gifts and I told her I have a design she might like....mittens...she could put the gift card inside and then the mitten could be hung on the tree and used as a Christrmas ornament....I have an embroidery machine which I used to embroider the design...it was done completely in the hoop...lots of fun to make...she was very happy with the results....

The Mailman Was At My Door Today!!!

I heard the bell ring, the dog bark...the mailman was delivering a package....It was from Pam from Mama Sparks......

I quickly opened up the box....

Wow...look what was inside......

The Halloween Schlep bag...how cute is this...all of the beautiful Halloween fabrics in and outside of the bag...inside the bag were the fabric squares and the black material and the autographed pattern....and something extra...a little box with magnets....and a kind note from Pam...

I can't wait to start this quilt....this is so much fun.....

Thank you, Pam

I Won...Not Once....But Twice....!!!!

I received an email this morning...because I was a winner in the Fall Into Fall Giveway....so excited...I never win anything....This is what I won from Living4Quilting........

I can't wait to get it....so exciting.....

And then......

I get another email from Mama Sparks...telling me I am a winner in the Fall Into Fall Giveway....

Whopee....like I said, I never win anything and here I am winning two giveways.......and guess what I won....

A Halloween Schlep bag...with something in it....an autographed pattern Fair and Square from

Amanda Jean of Crazy mom quilts!!!

and

Halloween Fabric......how exciting...Mama Sparks is sending me the blocks and the black fabric for the sashing and the binding!!!

This has been so exciting for me, the first giveaway that I have participated in....

Thank you, both, for your generosity!!! 







Meadowsweet 2 from TALK ABOUT FABRIC!!!

Head on over to TALK ABOUT FABRIC they are giving away Meadowsweet 2

Alderwood Quilts is having a giveway

hurry on over to Alderwood Quilts...they are having a great giveaway..a GO!!!
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Fall Into Fall Quilters Blog Give Away

Hurry and sign up for the Quilters Blog Give away....starting October 1 until October 15...there are so many quiliting bloggers who are giving away freebies as well as companies who are also participating....click on the scarecrow and he will take you to the site..

Finally Finished My Quilt

I have finally finished quilting my quilt...I put the binding on and now I will hand stitch the binding...I am very happy with the way it turned out...are there mistakes...YES....but for my first full size quilt I am relatively happy with it....I need to practice machine quilting with my domestic machine....

Quilting away

I started to quilt the quilt...I decided to do a stippling design...oh my, what was I thinking....I am using all of my patience doing this on my domestic sewing machine...for the first time, never did a quilt this big....only smaller ones...I have consumed our DR table...it is the only place big enough to do this...

My first full size quilt

I am currently working on a Bonnie Scotsman Quilt.  I am making it to cover a sofa bed.  It is approximately 87" x 77".   I have sewn it altogether and pinned it.  I am so happy I have a large DR table.  My husband put in the leaf and the pads and I pinned it on there.  I figured it would be alot better than laying it out and pinning it on the floor...and better for my back...