Let’s Get’er Done…..

Kim from Kim’s Big Quilting Adventure has reminded everyone who is involved with the August Challenge that we have less than a week to finish all of our unfinished projects!  I am working on my last unfinished project and although I am sick of hexagons, I am going to ‘get’er done’!      You must be getting sick of seeing these hexagons and I’m seeing them in my sleep!  But they are so pretty….AND I think they’re going to be a good thing….when they are FINISHED!

Are you working on a GOOD THING too?  Don’t forget to share….

Have a wonderful Wednesday!  Happy Quilting!

Whoopee…it’s Tuesday!

I woke up this morning and the first thing I thought of was –it’s Tuesday – TOOL TIME TUESDAY!!  I wonder what the tool will be today?  Every Tuesday, Karen comes up with a tool that has something to do with quilting. Excuse me while I scroll down and see if Karen from ‘Sew Many Ways’ has posted her blog yet…….I REALLY need to get a life!….

I’m sure that all you bloggers in blogland have been waiting and wondering whatever happened to my garage sale finds….the ones that I was going to fix up…Do you remember these Garage Sale finds?  No…?? (I’m shocked!) (See the ‘She Shoots….She SCORES’ posting for the details…..)

Tuh Duh….What do you think of my 50 cent finds now? (They were 25 cents each!!)

Now they are worth at least a dollar!! ha ha

I planted winter pansies in the pot-already for fall!  I’m sure cars will be screeching to a halt when they spot this baby hanging in the front yard!  I can’t wait for it to get dark so I can see what it looks like from the glow of the light…..it better be there in the morning!! :o)

It’s a good thing- LOTS OF GIVE AWAYS SPOTTED!!!

Bonnie from Calamity Jane’s Cottage is having a fantastic give away-it’s a quilt pattern and fabric for a gorgeous baby quilt. 

Plus Lurline from Lurline’s Place!  is giving away some lovely fabrics perfect for a baby quilt. 

AND Elaine from Faithful Quilter is giving away gorgeous Civil War fabric!  Got to love it!

So hurry on down to their blogs, leave a comment and tell them Paulette sent you!  Good luck!

There is only one week left in Kim’s Get It Finished In August Challenge! Yikes….Hexagons here I come!! 

Happy Tool Time Tuesday to you all!  (I just checked on TTT and Karen did not disappoint!  I LOVE her blog!!  How does she come up with these ideas??)  Oh….. and Happy Quilting!

Happy Dance….or not?

It’s another gorgeous Monday on the West Coast of Canada!  The hexagon quilt is coming along…slooowwwly…I might have to start another project just to keep my sanity.  I would really like to make a diamond string quilt next….we’ll see. (that is my ‘mother talk’ meaning I will probably finish off the hexagon quilt before starting something new…) 

Now on to my weekend SCORE!  I promised you a peak at the books I bought on the weekend at the Quilter’s Garage Sale.  There must have been several hundred quilting books and magazines for sale.  Like I said yesterday-I wished I had brought more money!  I shouldn’t be too giddy because I think this GS was the result of a quilter’s death so…I should be a little more respectful.  But if I were to ‘GO’…God forbid….what else are you going to do with my ‘stuff’.  I would want my fellow quilter’s to be hyperventilating, giddy fools at my GS!  Whooping it up about their finds, high 5ing each other, doing a little happy dance on my driveway….I mean I don’t see anything disrespectful in that, do you…?  OK, OK, don’t do a happy dance on the dead quilter’s driveway but I see nothing wrong with a couple of “SCORES” and high 5s all round!

Most of the books that I selected are wool/appliqué or stitchery books and were $2-$3 (happy dance….ok, ok no happy dance ……but…HIGH 5’s all round!!)  SCORE!

It’s a Good Thing-Hop over to Bloom for a couple of very sweet FREE stitchery patterns.  Don’t you just love Free patterns! Thank you Bloom!

ALSO, Thank you, Anna from Quilt Mom’s Journey for sending me all these fantastic Aussie bloggers links.  I spent all day perusing their sites-fantastic!  Love their work!

http://birdwomanau.blogspot.com/ Sheila is married to a Scotsman and  a lovely woman who shares her stories of life with the Sassanach man.

http://chookyblue.blogspot.com/ Donna often has a swap going and takes wonderful photos-

http://daisy-jayne.blogspot.com/ Marc is having some reno’s doing right now  so may not post much...

http://dragonfly-crafts.blogspot.com/  Fiona is getting married soon to James

http://daisyquilts.blogspot.com/ Robyn is the one who shared the info about slasher quilts.

http://kerryswainscottage.typepad.com/my_weblog/ Kerry is  lovely woman who lives in Nundle and often has retreats to her shop in the country

http://leanneshouse.typepad.com/leanneshouse/ Leanne is creating stitchery patterns – she and Rosie and Melly often are creating designs for stitcheries

http://lifesfreetreats.blogspot.com/ Meggie is a terrific blogger who shares her stories of life with GOM – she is one of my favourites and writes a little about quilting and lots about life.

http://lurlineg.blogspot.com/ Lurline makes wonderful quilts and shares her ideas and experiences with others

http://jennybowker.blogspot.com/ jenny is a fantastic quilter who lived in Cairo ( I think that her husband work has to do with Australian Embassy)

http://quiltingtwin.blogspot.com/ Mereth

http://artfulsister.blogspot.com/   Karen   are two sisters who have a long arm machine and do wonderful work.

http://tazziequilts.blogspot.com/ Tara  I have told you about before...

http://rhubarbwhine.wordpress.com/  Shirley is a kindergarten teacher who lives in Brisbane- she is a thoughtful writer and I enjoy her blog very much..

Isn’t Anna incredible!!  Thanks again, Anna!  The wonderful thing about blogging is you meet the nicest people who do these random acts of kindness-ALL the time! 

Have a great Monday!  AND Happy Quilting!