Happy Independence Day!

I do hope you are enjoying your weekend! We are getting ready to swim and then we will grill burgers and enjoy the fresh veggies and lemonade! I will be watching my baseball game, of course. Go Braves! It really wouldn't be the 4th of July without baseball after all. And I will be stitching on the model for my newest design which is still on target for an August release.

On the CQ front I want to thank my dear friend Julie for the wonderful package she sent me. It contains lots of *scraps* from her sewing room as well as some beautiful trims and buttons. I think she is getting tired of me saying I am going to start my quilt. She wants me to just DO IT!! So as soon as this model is finished I plan to do just that. I will be pulling out the things I can find and the realtors and house visitors can just *stuff it*. I am so tired of trying to keep everything put away and neat when I want to have my stash and work around me and convenient!! I will try to get something to show you-and Julie- in a few days.

Until next time...

A Wonderful Blog!

Over the last few weeks I have discovered so many new blogs and have received so much inspiration from them. The latest is Cathy Kizerian from Crazy by Design. When you get a chance you must check it out. I will be watching her a lot in the future. And the best thing is that she, too, is having a giveaway. Check out her blog to see how to enter. She has two prizes shown.

A French Theme:















and a Lace Theme:

















I now have so many ideas running through my head that I hardly know where to start. I have begun a special notebook just for my CQ ideas! And I hope soon to be able to put them into practice.

Until next time....

Giveaway

I hope you have been enjoying the summer. To celebrate Pat Winter is having a giveaway so if you haven't done so already then please check it out here. I am hoping to win as I would love to do this as a part of my quilt and with all the things here I wouldn't have to scrounge around looking for my fabrics and trims to do it with. Keep you fingers crossed. She has challenged us to do a giveaway as well but since most of my quilting stash is packed up and inaccessible at the moment I cannot do that. However I can giveaway one of my designs for cross stitch. What says summer better than flowers! So I will give away the cross stitch chart for either the Tulip Tapestry Garden or the Daffodil Tapestry Garden. I will draw the name on July 4th! Just leave me a comment and let me know which one you like best and make sure there is an email address so I can contact you if you are a winner.










Until next time...

Great Website!

I know it has been a while since I was here but things are about the same. I changed real estate agents but still nothing. I have been blogging though, gathering inspiration and ideas and I have discovered a wonderful website that I wanted to share with you. It is Pat Winters Gatherings. She is a wonderful Crazy Quilt Artist and I think you will enjoy her site. I know I do.

Until next time...

Well, here we are again. Another year behind us and my house is still on the market!! It has been almost a year and I am so frustrated and tired of living under a microscope! If I had known it was going to take so long I would not have packed up a lot of things I did! But I am going to change my Realtor at the end of this contract if the house hasn't sold by then. Or I might even take it off the market. I know the economy is bad right now but I cannot keep living like this. I want my life back.

I am still focusing on stitching right now. Pulling out my fabrics and sewing machine would be just too much if someone called for a showing. So the quilt is still on hold. I am still getting some wonderful pieces from friends around the globe and I will try to get some photos up of some of them as soon as I can.

Until next time....

Update...

I have had to put my quilt on hold for a while since I am having to keep the house *ready* for showings all the time. I will be so glad when I sell and can get my stash around me once more. I have been focusing on my models and consignment stitching but I will be back to this one soon I hope.

Until next time...

Still Here

I know I have been away for a while. Still trying to sell this house. Still recovering from the break-in. And still discovering things that are now gone forever. I discovered, also, that my son put some things in storage that I had boxed up for a closet--all of my DVDs including a couple of boxed sets that are no longer available!!

Anyway, I just wanted to let you know I am still here. Until next time....