I Cannot Beleive it!

I just learned from Cathy at Cathy's Crazy By Design that I won her giveaway! And I had my choice of the Paris theme or the Lace and Fabric theme. It was truly a difficult decision as I love the blues and Paris themed items and can just see using them but I also love the laces and fabrics and can see using them as well. I decided on the Lace and fabrics to give me a starting point with my quilt until I find all of my quilting stash which is packed up in boxes! Thank you Cathy, so very much. I cannot wait to see your gorgeous laces!

Art Quilting from Pam Kellogg.

As you know Pam Kellogg is the person who got me started in Crazy Quilting. She is now doing Art Quilting as well. Check out here blog at Kitty & Me Designs! It is a very interesting technique and she if offering a full step by step tutorial on how it is done. I am sure you will find it interesting.

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....