A quick post....some finishes and a Christmas in July Sale...

GAAQG's Quilt University 

at Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor Michigan

is just two weeks away...

there are still openings in some classes...

This past week I was able to finish a few more 

quilted roll up bags...only 12 more to go to get to 60.

I'm pretty sure we will have a few extras.

Here are the 48 finished ones...

...are you thinking of Christmas in July??
Click HERE to shop

at 

I'm linking up to Finish it Up Friday 

with Amanda Jean at crazy mom quilts

Have a wonderful weekend!!

FALL FABRIC SALE...it's huge!!

You won't want to miss this sale...Corinna at

is having a huge fabric sale!!

Select Charm Packs $5.99
Select Mini Charm Packs $3.00
Select Layer Cakes $22.99
Select Jelly Rolls $22.98
Select Dessert Rolls $22.98
Select Quilt Kits 30% off
Select Fat Quarter Bundles 30% off
Select Fat Eighth Bundles 30% off

** Please note: Batiks, flannel and brushed cotton will be priced a bit higher.

Moda precuts and some Riley Blake precuts.

Shop early for best selection...

CLICK HERE to view all the Fall Sale fabrics.

Sale ends October 23, 2014

Happy shopping...

I was featured at Rag Tag Stitchin' and a Giveaway

Thank you sooo much, Michelle, 

for sharing my quilty creations on your blog.

I am thrilled...you made my heart sing!!

I love your designs and I am always thinking 

of different projects to make with them.  

(If you are a follower of my blog 

you may have seen these pictures in past posts...sorry for the repeats.)

   

Michelle Ridgway is an Australian designer.

She draws some pretty awesome embroidery designs.

Please stop by her blog at...Rag-tag Stitchin' and say Hi!!

(she is on vacation now but I know she would love it if you left her a comment) 

Michelle has some free designs on her side bar and

patterns for sale on her blog too.

I have used many of her designs to make tea towels.

I enlarged this sweet angel and it was perfect for a tea towel.

The design is one of her free one's!! 

...I am always working on a few more tea towels...

they make the cutest little gifts.

Michelle's patterns are now available for sale in the USA.

My friend Corinna has 14 of Michelle's patterns/booklets

in her shop at Crazy Quilt Girl Fabric Shop.

Hop on over and see some of Michelle's patterns/booklets.

The tea towels are also available at Crazy Quilt Girl Fabric Shop.

I used the Aunt Martha's Vintage brand.

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Now...I think it is time for a giveaway...

July 14, 2010 I started my blog...it seems like so long ago.

It has been awhile since I've had a give away

...so for my blogiversary you will have

a chance to win one of Michelle's alphabet booklets.

...Baby Alphabet

...Alphabet Noel

or

...Sewing Alphabet

Please leave a comment on this posting and let me know 

where you live and which alphabet booklet you would like to win

...all 3 alphabet booklets are full of cuteness!!

I must have a way of contacting you...so make sure I have your email address.

Giveaway ends Friday August 1.  

BTW...it is 5 months to Christmas Eve.

Winner...Winner...

...the Ruffles Blog Hop winner is Jeanie

...she wrote

Your clothespin holder is so cute.....I hope that spring and warmer weather gets here very soon so that you can put it to good use. Also love the kitchen towels....who cares if you don't have a red kitchen! Thanks so much for sharing these goodies today!

 Jeanie is excited...
she responded to my email and the pattern is in the mail

Thank you Corinna...for sponsoring the giveaway. 

Jeanie was the lucky one but if you would like to purchase

the RUFFLES pattern you can find it at Crazy Quilt Girl Fabric Shop.

I think I am going to have Corinna order SPLASH for me...

and STRAWBERRY SOCIAL too...

I'm thinking spring!

 

If I could only find more hours in my day...
there are sEw many projects I want to make...sEw little time.

I have family coming from Canada tomorrow...
not much sewing will get done.

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 Thank you to everyone

who left me sweet comments about my ruffle projects.

I've read them all...

I appreciate you taking the time to leave me a comment.

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A number of you asked if I had a pattern for the clothes pin bag.

I purchased a McCall's pattern #M6769

...I liked the shape of the bag

but I did change a few things.  I made it slightly longer

changed the shape of the opening and the ruffle.  I also added a pocket.
The pattern did not use batting in the bag...

I used a pre quilted fabric...it's much sturdier with the batting.

I luv how mine turned out and 

you can be sure I will be making a few more.

Think Ruffles Blog Hop and a Giveaway

Welcome to my blog...it's day 2 of the Think Ruffles blog hop 

organized by the amazing Mdm Samm at SewWeQuilt and 

 Amy at SewIncrediblyCrazy.  Both are amazing cheer leaders.

Thank you ladies for all your hard work!!

My first project is a clothes pin bag...I just love hanging my laundry outside.

When I lived in Canada...
one of my neighbours commented many times...on how neat my clothes line looked.  
The socks were always pinned in pairs and 
the heels always facing in the same direction.

I have always had a clothes line until we moved to Michigan.

I do cheat and hang my laundry on 2 portable lines
on our covered deck.  
Am I crazy??   

I will have a real clothes line at my next house...for sure!!

We have a Home Owners Association now and

we am not to hang laundry outdoors in our subdivision...
I think they refer it to be...unsightly!!!

I'm ready to hang my clothes outdoors...
if SPRING ever comes!!

 

I knew I wanted to make a ruffled Tammy bag and 
I've made lots of them using Mdm Samm's pattern but these 

are the only ones I've made with ruffles.  I luv them!!
I will be making more of them with ruffles...sEw girly!!

They make the perfect sewing bag.  

Luv the lambs on the bag on the left...too cute!
I really should have taken a picture of the inside...it's soft pink with lots of little lambs.

The last of my projects...a tea towel...and after I made one...

I had to make another...

when I found some black gingham for the trim...I luv them both!!

I do not have a red kitchen...maybe I'll have a red kitchen in my next house.  

All the fabrics for the projects and the tea towels...from IKEA, were from my stash. 

The panel had 15 chef designs.  

I don't remember buying it so it has been in my stash awhile.  

It's called Chefs International by South Sea Imports designed by Tara Reed.

I hope you enjoyed my ruffle projects.

Remember to visit all the ladies ruffling with me today

leave them a sweet comment...make their day!!

March 6^th

Lily Patch Quilts

Hill Valley Quilter

Missy's Homemaking Adventure

Quilt in a not-Shell

Debby Kratovil Quilts

Quilt Doodle Designs

 QuiltnQueen...this is me

Crazy Quilt Girl Fabric Shop has some great patterns...

and one that is perfect for a Think Ruffles Blog Hop giveaway.

R u f f l e s

by The Pattern Basket

The Ruffles pattern uses one Layer Cake and yardage.
It measures approximately 56" x  66"

HOW TO ENTER[CLOSED]

Please take a minute and visit Crazy Quilt Girl Fabric Shop's new website

Corinna offers awesome prices and fantastic customer service.

Leave me one comment...let's make it simple
...like the color of your kitchen or
...do you hang your laundry outdoors or
...is Crazy Quilt Girl Fabric Shop a new quilting shop to you.
...short and sweet is good.

The giveaway is open to everyone

I'll  keep the giveaway open until Sunday Monday March 17
Make sure I have an email address to contact you.

Happy stitching

A little stitching with Michelle Ridgway patterns...

...a wee peek at a new project I have been working on.

The embroidery is finished...now on to choosing fabrics.

I'm looking forward to finishing this...

I have quite a few patterns by Michelle Ridgway.

I talked about them here and now

some of Michelle's patterns are available at

Crazyquiltgirl Fabric Shop ...there will be more to choose from soon.  

Another project I started piecing this month

is a donation quilt for Safe House in Ann Arbor MI.

The tumbler blocks were already cut...not my color or fabric choices...

I volunteered to sew them into a quilt top.

The tumblers were cut, packaged in a pie box...tied with a bow

and ready to stitch...I couldn't resist.

Our next guild meeting in March 8th 

I hope to have it quilted and bound by then.

Something else I've been working on...

...have you seen these scrubbies or used them?

...they are long strips of tulling/netting crocheted into a circle 

and then stuffed with more netting.

They are great for cleaning Teflon and glass top ranges.

I use them to scrub the tile in my bathroom.

They are the best pot scrubbers!!

I've just started crocheting them and it has taken a few tries

to get them looking pretty good.

These are the first two...I'm working on a turquoise one now.

The next one will be purple...luv all the colors that are available.

I even put them in the dish washer...they last a long time.

I'm linking up to Cat Patches linky party

and  Such a Sew and Sew's linky party

and crazy mom quilts' linky party

and Confessions of a Fabric Addict's linky party.

Have a wonderful weekend!!

Happy stitching

I'm baking at the Moda Bake Shop today...

...if you are visiting here for the first time and have come from the Moda Bake Shop, welcome to my blog.  If you are a regular follower...welcome and thank you for visiting again.  

It is always fun when you are playing with fabric...and precuts are definitely fun to play with.  In May 2012 I was participating in a quilt-a-long using half square triangles made with 5" charm squares...I had all the hst's made, even had them all trimmed, laid them out on the floor, fully intending to follow along with the quilt-a-long group.  I struggled with this quilt and just wasn't happy with the fabric choices for this quilt-a-long, I picked up the blocks and put them in a pizza box...another UFO was born...out of sight, out of mind.  I abandoned the quilt-a-long June 2012...:o(

This past summer I decided I had to start finishing some of my ufo's, my stack of pizza boxes was getting too tall...out of control.  I had finished a few ufo's and then decided it was time to work on the Fairy Tale Friend hst's...I took all the hst blocks, laid them out on the floor and moved them around many, many times and finally decided on a totally different arrangement from the quilt-a-long.  I like the fabrics with this arrangement so much better.  I had to make a few more hst's from the quilt-a-long requirements...no problem, I still had some charms to work with.  

I bought some of the red pinwheel fabric from Moda's mama said SEW by Sweetwater.  I thought the fabric was perfect...I struggled with the back too and changed my mind and ended with this...

The quilt measures approximately 52" x 52". I used 2 charm packs of Moda's Fairy Tale Friends designed by Sandy Klop for American Jane and 2 charm packs of porcelain #9900-182.  The back is a Bella solid...called Bettys Teal #9900-126, I added some of the the extra charms and a remnant of Moda's Pezzy by Sandy Klop.  It all matched perfect and I love how it all came together...another ufo finished!!

If you would like to make this quilt...Crazyquiltgirl Fabric Shop has the Fairy Tale Friends charm packs and the Honeysweet charm packs that I used on the quilt featured on the Moda Bake Shop.  Corinna also has the Buttermilk Basin Halloween pattern in stock.  It was one of my Wicked Blog Hop projects and that was fun to make too.

Now...if you checked out my quilt on the Moda Bake Shop and stayed with me here you deserve a chance at a giveaway!

2 charm packs of Fairy Tale Friends

3/4 yard of Bella Red or Bella Bettys Teal

...you choose the inner border and binding color

Here's the rules...it's simple...no hoops to jump, I promise.

• one comment please, duplicates will be deleted before I use Random.org to pick the winner
• please visit my posting on the Moda Bake Shop
• come back and leave me a comment.  I will pick the winner from the comments on this posting on November 25.  That is one month before Christmas...I know I will be sewing to the bitter end...are you still sewing for Christmas??

Edited...I'm linking up to crazy mom quilts, Finish it up Friday.

Good luck everyone

This giveaway is now closed

  Happy stitching

My heart is singing...

Doesn't it just make your heart sing when you see one of your sewing projects 

featured on someone else's blog?

Allyson at The Quilted Castle loved my idea of my message board.

She was featuring Moda's Mama Said Sew by Sweetwater fabrics.

My  friend Christa emailed me that she had seen my 
Charmed Message Board on The Quilted Castle blog.

Well to my surprise...this is what Allyson wrote.

Last but not least we found a sweet little Charmed Message Board pattern.  I love this idea! They made this one using a Mama Said Sew Charm Pack and some yardage, along with a fat quarter of chalk cloth. This recipe is listed as a “120-Minute Gift” – so easy, affordable and quick! Perfect combo for a handmade gift idea.

Yes my heart is singing. 

Look what is on the shelves at Crazyquiltgirl Fabric Shop!

If you love the Ghastlies by Alexander Henry

you can find 29 of the Ghastlie fabrics...including the new Christmas prints

at Crazyquiltgirl Fabric Shop.

 

This one is called A Ghastlie Holiday in the Blood Red color.

It also comes in Smoke, Mauve, and Green colors.

This is just the coolest print....It is selling fast!!

It is the perfect fabric for the Wicked Blog Hop.

Wicked Wendy is on her broom!!

I'll be flying on my broom with all the other blog hoppers

October 22 - 31!

This will be the last blog posting for my September's giveaway.

I will post the winner tomorrow.

see you on Tuesday October 1st.

happy stitching

It's my day to share on the Moda Bakeshop...

...if you have come over from the Moda Bake Shop

THANK YOU for taking the time to visit my blog.

If you are visiting for the first time

take a look around...I hope you enjoy what I have to share with you.

My Cobblestone Path quilt is a fun and fast quilt to make.

I should have the ingredients to make a twin size Cobblestone Path quilt

tested....and posted on my blog in a couple of weeks.

If you make a Cobblestone Path quilt or any of my projects found on my Tutorial page

I would love it if you shared them on my QuiltnQueen Show & Tell flickr group.

My first Moda Bakeshop recipe was a message board made with chalk cloth.

It was part of Moda's Christmas gift series 2012 - Charmed Message Board

Crazyquiltgirl Fabric Shop carries a number of Moda's Dessert Rolls.  

Corinna has ordered the Marble Ombre Dots Dessert Rolls and

3 bolts of yardage...the Pink, Lime and Teal.

Moda has shipped them and should arrive in her shop early next week. 

If you would like yardage in another color Corinna will be happy to order it. 

THANK YOU to everyone for stopping by for a visit.

have a wonderful wonderful day
'till next time, happy stitching!

A giveaway....

...I haven't had a giveaway in quite some time...so today is the day!!
I know, I know, I was to do this last Friday...better late than never!!

Someone will win a Moda's Cherry Christmas charm pack by Aneela Hoey and 

a copy of Me and My Sister's new book 3 Times the Charm Book Two.

If you know me at all, you know I love to embroider.
I am always looking for new embroidery designs and patterns
and I'm always encouraging my friend Corinna to let me spend her money
to stock her Crazyquiltgirl Fabric Shop with new and different patterns and fabrics.

Have you heard of Michelle Ridgway? She is an Australian designer,
and has some of the most adorable embroidery and applique patterns.

I'm sEw happy to have a number of her patterns already...thank you Karen...
and each new pattern Michelle designs is 'calling my name',
like her new Christmas BOM 'Christmas Memories'...
and I luv her 'Gifts of Christmas' Cushion
and her 'Alphabet Stitchery' pattern...is sEw sweet.
It would make the most adorable baby quilt.

Rag-Tag Stitchin' is the name of her pattern company.
Stop by her blog, Michelle Ridgway Designs.  

Check out her designs HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE. 

Visit her at Pinterest.

There is an interview about Michelle on the Red Brolly blog.

You may not have heard of Rag-Tag Stitchin' patterns as 

they are not available in the USA...but soon
Corinna will be offering them for sale in her online quilt shop...
Crazyquiltgirl Fabric Shop
 ...and I'm excited for you and me!! 

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one comment per person
...to win this giveaway please

• let me know your favorite Rag-Tag Stitchin' pattern/patterns,
• let me know if Rag-Tag Stitchin'  patterns are new to you,
• do you shy away from buying International because of the high shipping costs?
• lastly, would you like a Rag-Tag Stitchin' pattern giveaway?  I'll see what I can do.

**If you are a no-reply blogger you can not win

...make sure I have an email to contact you.**

I will pick the winner July 3rd and post the winner's name on July 4th.

You do not have to be a follower but I would luv it if you were.
Michelle would love to know you dropped by her blog...
leave her a sweet comment, follow her blog and
every now and then 
 a free design from Michelle's sketch pad
shows up on her blog.

till next time...happy stitching and
have a wonderful, wonderful day!!

GIVEAWAY CLOSED