Giveaway ...

I would like to say ... whoever came up with this whole giveaway thing is very cool. One day, when I have lots of people who follow my blog, I will have one ... but for now, I want to tell you about one. Go over to Heather's blog. She is having a giveaway that you won't want to miss !!

I got distracted

Normally, I am the type of person that works only on one thing until it's finished ... and then starts the next thing. Now this doesn't mean that I don't want to start something new = in fact it's quite the opposite.
If I had a choice, I think I would be working on 100 things all at once, but, I don't think I would ever get anything done that way. So, I try really hard to focus and finish each project before I start a new one.

Well .. I have been distracted from this little rule, and I started a new quilt.

Here are the fabrics I started with:



Then, following this really cool tutorial over on Bee square blog, I have been making a zig-zag quilt.

This is after doing the strips:



Then, I cut them into smaller squares:



And then ... I had to try and lay out the smaller squares ... I NEED MORE ROOM !! My husband hates when I do this, because I always steal the kitchen table. I suppose I could try and do it on the floor, but ... I don't want to:





I am not really sure how to rotate these pictures ... does anyone know how to do that?? Advice would be appreciated : )

This quilt actually has gone together pretty fast. I will show more pictures of this one, and the single girl quilt when they are done.

Ta ta for now,

Val

Please try and ignore the mess in the background .. I have issues with keeping my sewing area (aka my dining room) clutter free.

To embroider or not ....

Well ... I am undecided right now ... do I want to embroider some detail = or not.

Here I did one little row of embroider:



but then ... I thought I would add two more:




and now I can't decide if I like it ... here is a picture with and without the embroidering:



Aghhh ... what should I do???

If I was the type of person to move on to another project I would ... but I am not that gal. I tend to start one, and finish it before I move on. I think I am heading towards the plain - no embroider.

I guess I could sew the blocks together first, and then decide. It's just harder to work with them all sewn together. I will keep the one that I did embroider for a pillow ...

My husband thinks that the plain is better ...

A couple of random things

I was just going to post a list of 100 things and identify what I have done, want to do, and never want to do... but after it was done, it was WAY too long, and I know that no one would ever get through the whole thing ...

Insead, I will just tell you some quick random facts:

1. I have an insane love for all things chocolate.
2. I love blood and gore on tv, but in real life, I am totally squeemish.
3. Before kids I could sleep anywhere, anytime .. now - totally the lightest sleeper ever (so annoying), and once I am awake, can't fall back asleep.
4. I love to travel.
5. I love my job (most of the time).
6. I love animals.
7. I love reading other people's blogs .. but there has to be lots of pictures ...

so on that note, I am stopping, since there are no pictures to go with this post.S

Tallgrass Prairie Studio: A Neighborhood to Help a Neighborhood

I am not sure how many people would see this on my blog ... since I have only ever had two people comment ... but maybe someone out there will see this ...

Tallgrass Prairie Studio: A Neighborhood to Help a Neighborhood

Her quilts are beautiful, inspiring, and so much more. I am always looking to see what new and wonderful things are going on over at Tallgrass Prairie Studio!!

Single Girl Quilt

I am working on the Single Girl quilt (Denyse Schmidt designed it). I loved it so much when I first saw it, so I thought I would give it a go. Here is the pattern:



And here is piles of pattern pieces that I am trying really hard to keep organized:



And here are some finished partial circles:



I have to say, I am mainly using the fabrics from Denyse Schmidt's Jump Rope collection, which is what she used in the version on the front of the pattern ... but, I have also thrown in a couple of other fun fabrics. I always like sticking to the design for the first quilt, and then venture out on my own if I make another.

I will make sure that I keep you up to date on this one. I don't know how some people finish up quilts in a day, and others have fun, beautiful projects that they finish every day. Perhaps I am slow, perhaps I need more time in a day (who doesn't??) .. perhaps I will never know.

Do you find that whatever you are working on for the moment is absolutely your most favorite thing ever? I sure do. Once I am done, it's not that I don't still love it, but rather I fall completely in love with whatever the next thing is that I am working on. Anyway - this is my most favorite thing right now.

I am back to quilt some more, so see you another day.

Val

I won a giveaway!!!!

Remember a few posts back, when I showed pictures of some tote bags that I made for the grocery bag sew-off at Sew Mama Sew??? (It's really not that long ago, since I really only have a couple of posts)

Well ... I won!!

I can't even believe it !!!

So excited!!!

Can you tell???

Okay ... that's all.