A Lovely Year of Finishes...

I've decided to put some pressure on myself.

I have a zillion UFO's and I want to finish some of them.

I have a tumbling block quilt that I started about 4 years ago.

The soft lilac and green prints are perfect for a quilt
for a little girl...or a big girl!!
It is a twin size and there is enough fabric left to make a matching pillow case.

I have the backing to piece yet and then 
it will be ready to load on the long arm.

I am linking this UFO up to A Lovely Year of Finishes.
It will be my October finish.  

I should have joined in January and would have 9 UFO's finished already.
Clink on the button on my side bar to find out more or visit
Shanna from Fiber of All Sorts
and Melissa from Sew BitterSweet Designs.
They are encouraging us to have A Lovely Year of Finishes!!

I have some projects I have been working on and will share them with you soon.
192 half square triangles

trimmed

 and now I have 192 perfectly trimmed 4-1/2" half square triangles.

OK, that is all you get to see for now!!
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month is October

I will be giving away this Tammy Bag...it is perfect for a sewing kit.

Sorry, the miniature handmade bears are not included...they are the cutest!!

I will randomly pick a winner from comments posted to my blog

during the month of October.
The winner will be picked on October 31st.

hugs and happy stitching

Not 1 but 2 winners for the September Giveaway....

Well the calendar says October now

but it is to feel like August for the rest of the week...

temperatures in the low 80's...I'm sure we will pay for this in November.

This picture was taken at Greenfield Village on September 8...

it was a beautiful day too.

Thank you to everyone who left me comments.  

I've decided to pick 2 winners...each winner will receive a hand embroidered block  

designed by the talented Michelle Ridgway and stitched by me.

the winner of the Mr. Meltin'...Mittens Mended Cheap is 

#12 Bettina who posted on my September 7th posting

"no garlic? My son and I canned last weekend and will probably do more... if I can find some tomatoes at a reasonable price. They are a little scarce this summer with all the crazy weather her in Missouri!"

and the winner of the Skates for Hire 

goes to #14 Christa who posted on Friday the 13th...her lucky day.

"The Tammy bags look great! Really love the feathers on the fabric of that first one! Very colorful! ;)"

Breast Cancer Awareness Month is October

I will be giving away a Tammy Bag...

I will randomly pick a winner from comments posted to my blog

during the month of October.
The winner will be picked on October 31st.

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

Some finishes for the week and an almost finish...

This framed 9 patch just needs the binding stitched down.

I've made a two sided binding and 

it will be another donation quilt.

All the prints are florals.

 We took a quick trip to Canada last Saturday and returned Monday evening.

Our youngest Granddaughter turned 6...
and there was a surprise birthday party for her.
Today our oldest Granddaughter turns 11...

The time, when, visiting the grandones always goes too fast...
they always try to get us to stay for one more sleepover.
While travelling to Canada, about 4 hours each way,
I am stitching or knitting...

and resting my eyes occasionally.

This trip I knit 2 scarves for Mamaspark...

...it is an easy project to knit in the car while travelling.

I had 4 Tammy bags that needed the purse frames sewn on...

I stitched one of them in the car.

So far I've made 3 of the aqua and pink

2 with the breast cancer fabric...love the daisies

2 with the cat and mouse fabric...they are sEw cute!

In total I've completed 10...luv these bags.

Wednesday DH and I made another batch of pasta sauce...

a smaller batch and probably the best batch this year.

Each batch tastes different....there is no real recipe.

There are lots of tomates, red ones and yellows in this batch

onions, a large zucchini, celery, sweet orange peppers,

garlic, a hot pepper, fresh parsley and basil

salt, fresh ground black pepper and a little sugar.

We taste it many times before we think it is 'delicious'...

...it simmers at least 4 hours and usually much longer.

...before 

and after... 

 I also made a pot of cream of broccoli soup...yummy!!

This was lunch on Wednesday and it was sEw good...delicious!!
Toasted BLT's and cream of broccoli soup
with cheese and croutons.

just a few more days for the giveaway...see previous posts

I'm linking up with crazy mom quilts 'Finish it up Friday'.

till next time
happy stitching