car projects

here are a few of my car projects, i tore paper off six of my string quilt squares. i only have 14 more to go and i was working on those today. won't be long and i will hopefully finish that quilt!

i also finished the binding on the baby quilt that i was supposed to have done by october 25th. she knows that i've been working on it though!!

i worked on my knitting. this is just going to be a baby blanket. i don't know for who yet. but we have about 5 or 6 more babies to go at our church. :)

my mother-in-law wanted to learn how to knit...i ended up doing it for her. we were cracking up how she kept holding the needles. i don't think i'm a very good teacher either though. so there is her scarf.

lastly my nephew taught me how to crochet and i'm very slow at it but it's fun for something different. i'm just starting with a wash rag. then maybe i will go for something bigger? who knows.
here are some of my finds from the fabric shack. this is yardage. they have a table that is 2.98 a yard and you have to buy the full piece. some of my pieces are a 1/4 yard and some of my pieces are a yard and some are in between. i have some amy butler, michael miller other moda it's going to be soooooo much fun to work with!

this is robert kauffman and it's one of my faves!!!! this is a fat quarter even though it was on the sale table.

here are some very random fat quarters. i was THRILLED to find more of that red polka dot!!!

this is going to be a GREAT quilt!!!!! i can't wait to work with this pile!!!

and these two stacks are from my sister-in-law for my birthday. they are flannels and i can't wait to work with them. one is fall and one is winter with snowmen on it. they are so very cute!! i don't want to start any new projects until i finish all that i have started but this fabric is making it very hard for me. i think i have about 7 or 8 wips so i'm going to do my best to get them done before the new year. we'll see....... :)

giveaway winner

the winner of the giveaway is jennifer from crafty jennifer. congrats!!!! hope everyone has a GREAT thanksgiving. i have much to give thanks for!!! i pray you do also!

giveaway

i went to the fabric shack today and i picked up a few christmas fat quarters for a giveaway! if you are interested please leave me a comment and tell me what you are working on right now. any christmas projects?????

here are a few of my favorites. i LOVE the top right corner. LOVE the little pig! i also like the vintage campers. it should be a GREAT bag.

one of my sister-in-laws likes tea cups so i'm going to do something with this for her. she just had a tea party for her new daughter-in-law. i just LOVE the fabric shack!!!! i'll show some of my other finds later. it's overcast and hard to get a good picture. have a great day!!!

i will pick a winner for the giveaway on wednesday. please leave a way that i could get ahold of you! good luck!!!

hip, hip hooray! hip, hip hooray! hip hip hooray!!!!!

i'm sooooooooooo very excited!!!!!! i'm back up and running!!! my father-in-law is a ROCK STAR!!!!!! he got us up and going!!!
these are the blocks for our november quilting bee. i had fun with these fabrics!! hope she likes them! you know me nervous nelly! :)

this is october's block and i'm VERY nervous about this one. and once again i'm sooooooo very sorry it was sooooooo late!!

one of the projects i did in my down time without a sewing machine was paint my kitchen. the color is spanish olive and i LOVE it. this is not a great picture of the color because it looks a bit yellowish but it's brighter and i LOVE it. (obviously i wasn't working on my in basket!! :) oh well.

lastly, we are in ohio for my in-laws 50th wedding anniversary!! that's my husband giving a very sweet speach about is parents. he is one of six. i was SO VERY PROUD of him!!! it was a GREAT night!!! so now that i'm up and running i really will have a giveaway! i'm going to be going to fabric shack while i'm here so stay tuned!!!! :)

boy it is nice to be back!!!

back in the saddle

i just wanted to give a quick heads up!! I'M BACK!!!! i haven't had my sewing machine for three 1/2 weeks. i just got it back on Saturday afternoon!!!!! i finished a baby quilt that we had the shower for in October and I'm trying to get my quilting bee blocks done. with not having a the machine working i didn't do Octobers and now we are onto Novembers and Decembers is coming. i'm way behind but plan on catching up TODAY!! still on a different computer so no pictures yet BUT my husband tells me we are getting fixed when we are in Ohio this next week. so my guess is the next post might not have to many words and a lot of pictures!!! :):) lets hope!!! have a FANTASTIC day!!!!!

out of commission

now my sewing machine is out being fixed. it's a two week turn around. who knows what i'll be able to get done by the end of the year. BUT i did think since i can't sew i can cut out the quilts that i'm going to be working on so that when i get my machine back i can go to town. i've still been working a lot so it's not like i've been down there that much lately. but it's getting to be that time of year and i want to sew! oh well. my machine will be all better when i get it back. have a great week!

i'm still around

i am having problems with my computer. i want to SCREAM!!!! but instead i'm going to be patient and i will eventually somehow get it fixed and then i can resume. so picture in your mind my string quilt. i only have 20 blocks left to do!!!! i need to sandwich my second nine patch. i've got a new blue stacked coins baby quilt i need to finish by October 25th. that was to only thing (quilt) i've started. my goal is to finish what i've started by the end of the year so i can start fresh in the new year.

i've been subbing a lot so my quilting time is WAY down. but extra money is nice too! :)

i'm hoping that this computer business is fixed soon because i'd like to have a giveaway!!!