Randomness.....

this post is full of randomness..... sort of how my life was this past weekend

but, 1st & foremost this adorable little girl (my niece) is gonna be a big sister in March..... WHOOOOO HOOOOOOO so that means i'm gonna be an aunt again. we are all super excited & already planning a baby shower along with all of the quilty items i can make for the upcoming addition.

yesterday, Sunday, i spent here at the Dahmen Barn in Uniontown, WA helping with a fundraiser. this barn had been in my family for years until my great aunt & uncle donated it to the town of Uniontown 4 or 5 years ago. it is now home to several artists that have studio space there to work & sell their items. there is also a consignment shop in the barn where i sell my bags that i make. it was a lot of work yesterday but well worth it. the money raised will go to improvements on the barn.

i did get some sewing done on Saturday. i got the next 2 blocks made for Amy's Simple Sampler Quilt Along.

this past week my friend Denise (a fellow Renegade) dropped this fabric off to me. its Christmas outfits to go with the paperdoll quilts that the 4 of us made last fall for the little girls in our families. Denise had seen this Christmas paperdoll fabric on vacation & was kind enough to get some for all of us as an i love you present.

thanks Denise - LOVE YA!

i found the fabric below at the Dahmen Barn on Saturday when we were setting up for the fundraiser. being green i had to have it. the best part was the price. 2 1/2 yds for $3 - amazing i know. people are always donating random items to the barn & this was one of them. lucky me!

mr mailman was kind to me this past week & brought me my siggy blocks. i totally LOVE everyone of them. i even took them to work & showed them off. i have been thinking about the layout for these & more then likely won't get to put these together till quilt camp next month.

a SUPER HUGE THANK YOU goes out to Julie for all of her hard work in organzing, sorting & remailing the blocks back to all of us. YOU ROCK!!!


mr mailman was my friend a 2nd time last week when he brought me this big box of yumminess. Natalia of Piece N Quilt was selling her scraps & i was the lucky person who hit purchase 1st. this box is loaded with AWESOME stuff from fabric lines i have wanted to completed blocks. i have sorted it out some & i think i have 6 projects planned for her "scraps".

i also got this block sewed up for my local block swap. i know its simple but that's what i wanted so i could get it done quickly if need be.

last, but not least i have been trimming HST for Karrie's Charm Pack QA. there are 150 of them & i think i am half way through trimming. then it will be on to step 2. i hope to get that done before Sunday when she posts step 3.

so a bunch of randomness this past week.

i hope to spend sometime in my sewing cave this week & knock out the final few blocks for a couple quilt alongs as well as start some quilting on another quilt. i need to make a list of quilt camp projects & start prepping those as well. i can't believe camp will be here in about 5 weeks.

in about 2 weeks i will be heading to Boise to kick off my adventure of 6 DMB shows in 20 days. my younger brother & sil will be going to the Boise show with me & i am pretty sure that they will either disown me or have me committed after attending the show with me. all i ask is for him to wait 20 days to commit me.......

i hope you all have a great week whatever you may be doing!

Another Great Giveaway.....

there is another great giveaway going on in blogland. its over at Sewlmate Sister's blog. go check it out & show her some love.

Making Progress

i finished sewing up block #2 for Fat Quarter Shop's Mystery Designer BOM. i LOVE how this one turned out - super cute!



i have finally started on the Charm Pack Quilt Along that Karrie is hosting over at Freckled Whimsy. yesterday while the AC repairman was at my house i got the 1st set of 5" squares cut and the lines on the back. so i am making some progress on this.....


i hope to get these HST sewin tonight so i can move onto step #2.

Block Mania..........

this past weekend i sewed blocks, blocks, & some more blocks for various quilts along that i am doing....

the 1st set of blocks are for the Jelly Roll Quilt Along that i am doing


i made an error is the block above - but i didn't fix it i just rolled with it.


the 2nd set of blocks are for the Star Sampler Quilt Along that i am doing.





the last set of blocks are for the Simple Sampler Quilt Along that i am doing.










whew, lots of blocks huh??? i am currently in the middle of sewing up the block below which is the 2nd block in Fat Quarter Shop's Mystery BOM.



i hope to get this block sewed up so i can work on Kerrie's Charm Pack Quilt Along that i am doing.... since i haven't even started on this quilt along i am a little behind....

Great Giveaway!

Go check out jaybirds blog. Julie has got a great give away going on over there from Above All Fabric.

Fat Quarter Shop BOM Done!

i finally finished putting together the top from last years Fat Quarter Shop's Mystery BOM. it took me all week but its finished........

and since i did the year priors BOM from the Fat Quarter Shop i thought i would share that one as well.




this is the prior year. un-ironed but my AC is out so - sorry - at least you get a pic of it - wrinkles & all.



and here is this past years BOM top all put together. needless to say i LOVE it!




i love how the colors work together in this one & especially the light blue boarder next to the dark brown.

now for the dilemma for both quilts. do i quilt them myself or send them out to be quilted? and, if i send them out to be quilted - do i have all over quilting done on them or do i have them custom quilted? or maybe i quilt 1 myself (i can always use the practice) & send 1 out to be quilted? i need some help here quilting buddies..... please?????

if i knew what i wanted to do i would have already done it with the prior years quilt. see my predicament???

so, its off to work for me know where there is AC and it will be much cooler then it is in my house. i will be back this evening to get caught up on some quilt along blocks/projects & maybe cut some bags cut out & ready to sew.

let me know your thoughts on the quilting of my Fat Quarter Shop BOM quilts & may you all stay cool today..........

oh, i almost forgot. today starts the countdown. countdown to what you ask???

Dave Matthews Band concerts - what else would i have a count down for???

T minus 30 day until my Dave Matthews Band fest begins - 6 shows in 20 days - i will be like a kid waiting to go to Disneyland marking off the days till the 1st show in Boise.

Charm Pack Winner

so, last week when i was in Houston for work i got an email from Bev at 44th Street Fabric (dot) com telling me i was the winner of her charm pack giveaway. i was super excited - i LOVE winning stuff. i was so excited that i gave her my wrong city & state - right address just wrong city & state. i know major dork. needless to say i am sending a little something Bev's way for the double shipping charges she had to pay because of my being a dork.

here is what i won - 2 Halloween Night charm packs by Minick & Simpson. i totally LOVE them. i haven't decided what to make with them yet but i am sure something will come to mind.

THANKS Bev for the great giveaway!!! go check out 44th Street Fabric (dot) com



on the unexciting things going on in my life...... i lost my AC last night in my house which made for a warm evening. i am trying to finish up my last years Fat Quarter Shop Mystery Block top - 1 more boarder to go. and i need to make about 5 western themed bags for a local artisan barn where i sell them at.

with it being Friday lets hope that mr AC man can get me back up & running otherwise little to no sewing will get done.

have a great weekend whatever it is you may be doing.