And the winner is….?

Imagine my surprise this morning when I fired up the old computer…opened the first blog at the top of my sidebar(Sew Unique Creations)…and started to read…

The Shelburne Calico Fabric Winner is…ME!!  Could this be??

Yup…there it is…in flashing NEON LIGHTS!!  Paulette of Sweet P Quilting…(another slurp of coffee…yup that’s me alright!!)  A happy dance- followed with a cheer…and a scream to my husband… “I just won a bundle of Fat Quarters!!”…a grunt from the bedroom.  Sheesh…so I’m telling you… “I WON!!  I WON!”  There that FEELS so much better…was that a grunt I heard coming from Atlanta, Georgia? Sheesh…!

Isn’t it lovely fabric?  I was just saying to a friend the other day that I really want to start collecting more Civil War and Reproduction prints…and look what fell from the sky!!  OK OK I’ll stop cheering now…but it’s SEW hard…just one more little happy dance…!!!  AND one more YIPPEE!! Thanks so much, Sew Unique Creations…♥love♥ this fabric!!  (By the way, they are having ANOTHER GIVE AWAY RIGHT NOW!!)

On the Quilting Front~

Yesterday I auditioned thread for my tablecloth…

and I know that you have all been sitting on the edge of your seats…waiting…for the big reveal..haha.. SEW..Who won the Top Thread Award…?? 

Ta-dah!  It’s the mocha green thread…she was just too difficult to say NO to! She really knew how to strut her stuff!!

 Isn’t this thread holder♥ sweet?  My husband♥ made it for me…I think he is hoping to keep me better organized while travelling…

See there is a place for EVERYTHING!!

  Pins, needles and scissors are held on the side by heavy duty magnets, thimble on a post and seam ripper in the hole… The spool of red thread is really the handle to pull out the doweling that holds the real thread!!  AND if I should get amnesia I know that my name is Sweet P!  He’s thought of everything!!  :o)

BUT…will it keep the pins out of the couch…?  Time will tell…

BUT enough of the Thread Holder…onto the stitching….  Yes, the mocha green thread won…SEW what do you think? 

Is the mocha green colour not PERECT?

  You need a close up shot…

I am so happy with the way she is coming along…the stitches are bigger than normal hand quilting and the thread is Perle Cotton #8 so it is a lot thicker thread and not as easy to pull through…but I ♥love♥ the look!!  It is so worth having a sore thumb for!

I used a Clover Pen to mark my lines to help me stay on the straight and narrow…and the blue lines came right out…there is an eraser end but I just used a damp cloth to dab out the lines…gone in seconds!  Love this marking pen!!

I have 11 blocks stitched…16 more to go!!  Hope I can get some stitching done…in between wrapping, baking, cleaning, packing…

Have a thrilling Thursday and Happy Stitching!~P