Projects I'm working on.....

......to keep me out of trouble. 

The ladies in the Canton Township Quilters group helped me out.

It is a small group of quilters that meet Wednesday evenings
....and for every completed pillow case they gave me...

I challenged myself to make another one.  They gave me 10 pillowcases so I made 10.

Tomorrow I will be sending 20 pillow cases to Carol

and she will deliver them to her friend Jami. 

....you can read about Carol and Jami's story here.

I'm also working on a Lynette Anderson quilt
....it's her Wonky Santa quilt
...the Santas are all fused and ready for applique...
I'm finding this to be a bit time consuming with the fussy stitching,
but I know it will be worth all the hours I put into making the quilt.
It will be awesome when it is finished.

stitching around the mustache is the worst!!

and making the little yoyo for the Santa hat is another UGH task!!
I'm not sure which of the buttons I like best....
I kinda like the button with only the X stitched.....
better than the one with the button hole stitch
around the outside of the wool button.
I could make a bigger X.
What do you think, what button would you choose?????



The pattern and the fabric were introduced at Spring Market.
 The fabric line is 'Scandinavian Christmas'.

CrazyQuiltGirl Fabric Shop has 20 of the 25 fabrics in stock now and
some of Lynette's patterns and buttons will be arriving in the shop soon!
If there are any of Lynette's patterns/buttons you would like just email Cori
and she will be glad to order them for you.

25% off all Moda Lily and Will II precuts and yardage 

by Bunny Hill Designs.

Visit CrazyQuiltGirl Fabric Shop  

and enter promo code LILY88 at checkout.

Offer Expired: Wednesday, August 31, 2011

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and we have not 1 but 2 winners.............

Diane H  on August 4th wrote

Thanks for a chance - love Meg's patterns. Trim the Tree would be great to stitch. I am a follower.

and also on August 4th Paul wrote

My wife LOVES snowmen so that "trim the Tree" pattern would be a big hit with her!

I used to follow NASCAR religiously... Then they introduced restrictor plates and I stopped watching. I went to Daryl Waltrip's house every Tuesday for 3 years for a bible study. During the racing season he would make it to about half of the studies, but in the off-season he was there almost every week. Darryl is on neat guy, then again, most of them were back in the day, now it's just too commercial.

And please thank Charles for me. I enjoy my freedom every day and those out there on the front lines of wars and battles make that possible and I like to say Thanks to every single one of them I meet.

Thanks for the opportunity to win!
Paul

Diane H and Paul please email me your snail mail address and I will get the 'Trim the Tree' pattern in the mail.  Thank you everyone for following my blog .....reading your comments make my heart sing!!

My computer is still sickkkkkkkkkkkkkk and I'm still not liking DH's laptop.......I'm not likely to be posting much.......they might be short and sweet but I promise I will be back soon......please don't leave me......I'm planning another giveaway on the 14th of September......a Halloween giveaway.....I will be checking emails.......... just not as often.

night all

........there is nothing worse.....

......than a computer crash!!!

.......Friday was a very sad day

it is still down and as soon as I can get all the names in the basket 

I will announce the winner maybe two

......just don't want to miss anyone....

thank you, everyone, for your patience.....

I'm not liking my DH's laptop.....not one little bit

...it is like working on a computer for the first time.....

I had my sister and 2 nieces visiting from Monday to Thursday noonish

and my son, DIL and 3 grandchildren and the dog arrived Friday.

On Saturday we went to the Children's museum in Ann Arbor

Sunday they drove to Chicago, spend the night and will be back later today.....

we dog sat and he didn't whine at all......good dog!!

They will be back later today 

and will likely head back to Canada sometime on Wednesday......

.....and then the B&B will be closed until I get rested......lol.......DH too!!

....a few thrift shop finds and a finish

It has been a few months since I visited the local thrift store......the 'Sally Ann'.

and lookie what I found for a whopping $5.00

and an old wooden clothes hamper in perfect condition for $6.50

what a steal!!

and now for my finishes...

......my Little Miss Shabby July and August BOMs

Remember to leave a comment on each of my postings from August 4 to August 14 for

a chance to win a Crabapple Hill pattern.....

.....details are found HERE......CLOSED..

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