What have I done!~

Georgie with her first quilt, washed, dried and wrapped around her!

What she learned:

Using a rotary cutter, ruler and the cutting mat.

Dog hair does come out.
Pin basting on the carpet.
Machine quilting with the walking foot.
Making your own bias binding and applying one side by machine and hand stitching the free edge down.
Signing your quilt is mucho important.





It is 1516 (3:16 pm) and she has 12 free form log cabin blocks finished and ready for trimming. My sister is out of control and loving the "quilting thing".

All I can say is I feel blessed to have a sister and to teach her to quilt...well, that's priceless!! I'm  going to fix Italian Meatball Soup for dinner and Georgie is making the biscuits....yummo! Have a great evening, Elaine                                                                                   

Just checking in

So the chickens are doing very well, no more are missing, thank you to everyone who inquired. I am not really sewing on anything at the moment, but don't tempt me! I have been de-cluttering and cleaning my sewing room. I am busily washing, drying and ironing my scraps. I will probably pre-cut some squares and strips from some, then pack them neatly in my Ikea baskets. I may toss some of them. I haven't decided yet. That is my biggest problem, what to do with my "stuff", yuck!

I do alot of felted wool applique. I love to use wool. If you have never tried using it, you must try it at least once. Wool doesn't fray, no need to turn the edges under and you get to try different stitches and threads.  I only wish I could draw...different patterns, but I can't draw. So I cut. Just the scissors and the fabric. I think my fingers see. Am I just crazy....it's always been that way for me. I just cut the fabric and it seems to make sense. But no drawing.                                                                   Oh I can see it now, as soon as I get to the wool to organize it, I'll be lost, again! I will resist as much as possible.

I am expecting company at the end of the month and need to organize before her arrival. I don't want to show her my disorganized mess. I want her to think I am brilliant, artistic and facinating...now I'm laughing.

It's the sister I haven't met yet. She has met the brothers but not me. I am very nervous about her visit, but very excited too. She has grown up in Canada but we are very much alike, as in:

We were both born in the same hospital....just 4 years apart. In January. We both work in health care. She paints, I quilt. She knits and is prolific at it. I can knit, but love quilting more. We have both broken our Left forearms. We have talked on the phone and sent emails and have gotten to know each other very well via the internet. But, have not met yet. This is going to be very exciting, don't you think?

My thoughts are all over the place right now. I can't stay on the pc very long, my impatience drives me to the sewing room to get it finished. I am not writing to my bloggy friends like I have in the past. Is it just Spring that makes me want to do something else? I am not tired of the blog or others' blogs, I just seem to be limiting my time online. Like now, I have to get back to my sewing room. Please have a great week, I'm going to be busy, cleaning, sorting, cutting...now, go quilt something!

I'm having a giveaway~~~wahooooo!!!

I have been in quilting heaven with my little baboo. So far, a nice little stack o quilts, finished, bound, washed and loved up. I have actually been having fun (omg, what if they go back and read older posts about machine quilting being not fun).

I also realized that I hit blog #50 and need to do a giveaway! Makes my heart flip flop just thinking about it! Lets have some fun with it.

All you have to do is leave a comment here about what you are planning, gift wise, to do for Christmas or Hannakah (hope the spell checker police are sleeping on that one) or Kwanzaa this year? That's it. The only comments that count will be on this blog only.





Please, please, please...leave your email with your comment. If you don't leave your email addy or blog addy, I will chose another one. There will be 2 winners...one in the USA and another International.

The winnings are a surprise...and the winner will be chosen Sunday night. Good luck and tell all your friends. Sorry, no extra entries for posting or following. I am much to busy quilting to figure that out!

Back to quilting, Elaine

Huge Moda giveaway!

My Moda salesman came today...good thing my husband, the one who will not have a sense of humor when the UPS guy starts coming on Friday...wait until you see what fun things I am getting in!

Now, the really good news for you guys. HUGE HUGE HUGE SALE!!!

I am going to need some room to put all of this fabric. But where am I going to put all the new sweets from Moda Bake Shop? Oh my goodness...a giveaway! Wahoooooo!!!

Starting tomorrow, or today, if you leave a comment and answer some questions, you will be entered in the giveaway. You won't be disappointed.

#1 Where do you hide your lastest purchase so you won't have to "splain that one Lucy?"

#2 What is your favorite color and why?

#3 What excuse do you use to not keep that really cool quilt you just made?

#4 Last one, I promise. What is the worst experience you have ever had giving a quilt as a gift, and did you get to keep the best of the litter?

I am not going to divulge the prize yet...but it will be fun!

See you tomorrow for some more teasers...Elaine