Are you a hoarder?

Are you a hoarder?  I think I am….a fabric hoarder that is!….Last summer I bought this little bundle of fat quarters at the Buggy Barn….it’s Christmas Magic by Lynette Anderson…AND I love it! 

Let me open the bundle so that you can see what I don’t want to part with….

How adorable is this fabric? Tiny snowmen and reindeer…so sweet!

I love it SO much that I don’t want to use it!  Has this ever happened to you?  You love the fabric so much that you don’t want to cut it up? It must be a sickness… I mean, Christmas is right around the corner and I still don’t want to use it…So how am I going to cure myself? …. EASY!

You go buy MORE!!  Works for me!!  Now, where’s  my cutter?

Have a super Saturday and happy Quilting!!

Quilt as desired…..?

 Does this happen to you?? I come across this all the time….You make up the quilt, runner, table topper (whatever) and you get to the binding and the instructions say “Quilt as desired.”  Well, I would desire to have a little stippling, meandering, maybe some snowflakes here and there but hey, I don’t know how to do that!  I don’t own a long arm and I am not taking it to a professional.  I’d like a little help here…some suggestions perhaps, a picture or two…maybe a close-up would be nice…I’m sick of stitching in the ditch.  So here I am, finishing up my little snowman table toppers and guess what it says….yup, “Quilt as desired”.  The quilt is called Holly In the Snow so after much stewing, this is what I came up with ….(after stitching in the ditch) I cut out some holly shapes, got out my  Mark – B-Gone pen, then traced

around the holly shapes.  Stitched it with my sewing machine (with my walking foot on).

Spritz it with water and presto Mark-B-Gone has vanished…like magic!  

And you’re left with lovely holly in the snow…hey that’s a good name for this pattern!!   AND maybe I should sign up for another lesson in free motion quilting…. ;o)

Have a fantastic Friday (what already!!!) and Happy Quilting!

WHOOP-TEE-DOOO!

Look at what the mailman brought me! It came yesterday along with a lot of wind and rain!

I won Krista’s give-away ~ a gorgeous thread catcher and pin cushion which she made! AND some surprise gifts!

Isn’t this sweet…it’s going to add a touch of class to the ol’sweat room!  OK, OK it’s going to take a little more than a thread catcher to add class to that room but it’s a start…a VERY good start!

Plus Krista gave me two small little Origami boxes- I thought they were gift boxes but she explained that you take one with you when you sew else where and you put your threads and little bits in them so that you don’t mess up the place your sewing in!  I’m loving this!! How sweet!  Now people won’t make a face when I bring out my stitching….

Plus she put in a half metre of the this lovely red dot fabric…totally my colours!! And a spool of thread!  Wasn’t that sweet of Krista!  Thanks you so much!

Now how cool is this.  Krista’s blog is called Poppyprint and look, she sews her Poppyprint label on her work…isn’t it adorable!  Thank you so much, Krista!  It felt like Christmas morning…now everyone hurry on over and visit Krista’s blog!  She does some incredible work!  And look at how young she is!!  I love seeing young quilters!  (geeze, I sound so old…..)

BUT BEFORE YOU GO~

Oh, am I feeling LUCKY….maybe because I AM lucky!  Yesterday morning I sat down to read “my” blogs with my morning coffee.  The first blog on the list was Whimsical Threads (one of my favourites I might add- that’s why it’s on my list…).  So I started to read and came to the part where I see MY name in big red print….Paulette Doyle, it’s your lucky day!  I looked at it and thought “Do you think that she means me?” and then “If it’s me, how does she know that this is my lucky day?”  Remember it was only 6:30 am….so I read on…Yes, I WON another give-away!!!  It is the kit to make Terri’s Jolly Holly Placemats! I can’t wait to get my hands on this fabric so that I can whip these Jolly Hollies up!  Aren’t they adorable!  I love them.  I also love all Whimsical fabric, patterns and books~ AND I’m not just saying that because I won…  I really do LOVE Whimsicals.

You really have to hop over to Terri’s blog.  She is one of the designers in the Cross Country Christmas Blog Hop.  Everyday one designer is giving away one of their Christmas patterns.  The good news is that YOU get to make these placemats too!  This was the pattern that Terri gave away, so now we can all make them together!So you see, WE are all lucky!! Check it out!

Have a thrilling Thursday and Happy Quilting!