June Bee blocks

This evening I decided to sit down and work on my June blocks for Stash Bee.  We were asked to make five blocks,or more if we wanted.

Here are the six I made.  The only problem is that they are all a 1/2" small!  My mistake was that I cut out all the fabric pieces before sewing up any of the blocks.  Sad Face :(  Why the sad face?  Because the only Kona White I had was a FQ.  Not enough to make the requested 5 blocks the right size,after making the first six.

Here are the four that are the correct size!  Happy Face :)  Even tho I am one short of the correct size,I am hoping that Sara will be happy with them.

Clothes pin keeper

Last summer when my parents were here mom commented on my clothes pin keeper.  Hint,hint ;)

Since her birthday is this Sunday I had to get my butt in gear!  It is going to be late by a day or so,but mom is okay with that.  This one is taller than mine by about  4 inches.  Mom requested that I make hers larger than mine,but the strips I had on hand were not the right size to make the clothes pin keeper wider,so I made it taller.

The lining is another bird fabric,because mom loves birds :)  You can find the awesome Tutorial over at Spontaneous Threads :)
 

On the fishing front,Mr. P came home with these beauties the other night!  I see smoked fish in the near
future.

Weekend projects

This weekend Mr. P finally put up the block line in my sewing room for me :)  I know that is not the actual name for this apparatus,but that is what it is being called around here.

As soon as it was up I got right to work hanging up my Gothic Windows blocks.

Of course all of the blocks are not up,because there were only 24 clips,and the last 2 sets of blocks have not arrived yet.  However the ones that are hanging look so nice!  I love the fact that they are out on display instead of in a stack in my WIP basket :)

Jolene called a month or two ago to tell me that a Tragedy had occurred to her!  After I said What Happened??!!  She explained that well maybe it wasn't a Real Tragedy,at least not in the true sense of the word.  Anyway the big deal was that somehow she had lost the ear bud case I made her for Christmas,and could you please make me another one mom?

So the above photo was  Saturdays sewing project,minus the two that will be sent to Jolene soon :)  Figured I better send a back-up just in case another tragedy strikes ;)  The rest are for sale in my shop.

This bag was my Sunday project!

A shot of the inside of the bag.  There are 6 pockets,and I also included a tab where you can attach your keyring.  All of the fabrics used were from my stash,because I am trying to use the fabric from it instead of buying more.

I am really happy with how this bag turned out!  The pattern was straight forward and the instructions were easy to understand and follow.  Did I really just say that about a pattern??!!  Yep :)  The prairie points are the corners that I cut off to make the bottom of the bag square!  I didn't want to throw them away,so figured out a way to use them!

One of the best features of this bag is that it has body and can stand up/stay open on its own.  Which is something that cashiers complain about to me all the time when using my shopping bags.  So I will definitely be making some more of these.  Bag measurements are 11ish x11.5 x 6

Here is a photo of the bag/pattern from the magazine Quilts and More,summer 2012 issue.  It is called a Classic Carryall.  This is one of,if not my Favorite magazine.  They always have such cool projects to make,and to date,all the projects I have made from their patterns have been fun to sew/make!

Of course I did alter a few things here and there,but that is because I was using from my stash,so had to make a few minor adjustments accordingly.

Hope you were able to spend some time sewing this past weekend too :)

Giveaway Winners

Sorry for posting so late,but I have been busy sewing all afternoon and evening :)

Without further ado.....
The Winner for my Giveaway for US residents only is Jody who said.......
I started blogging over three years ago and the reason I got started was to track my creative endeavors....then I met some great women who shared the same interests and participated in a few quilting bees which have been great. Love you giveaways! Thanks so much!                                                          Congratulations Jody,I will be shipping out your package on Tuesday :)

Next up,the  International Winner of the Giveaway 2 is Trish who said......
I love relaxing on the deck with a cup of coffee in the mornings.  Congratulations Trish,your package will be shipped out on Tuesday :)

Last but certainly not least,my third Winner is Tania,who said..........
I like hiking in mountains with family.                                               Congratulations to you also Tania!  Your package will be sent out on Tuesday as well :)


I was just overwhelmed by the response to both of my Giveaways! Thank goodness for numbered comments :)  Welcome to all of my New Followers,those who joined just before the giveaway,and those who joined during the giveaway also!


It is simply amazing to me that 93 of you are interested in what I have to say :)
Thank you for following,You Rock !!!! ;)


We will hopefully,be having another giveaway,soon!  That is as soon as we reach 100 followers :)

Giveaway 2

Since my first giveaway was only for residents of the USA,because of the shipping cost,I decided to have another smaller one that all you lovely international bloggers can enter too :)  Didn't want you to feel left out!  So.........

How about a FQ of herb fabric by Debbie Mumm for Joanns,the second FQ is by David Textiles also for Joanns.  The second fabric has kitchen utensils and recipes on it.  Also included is Java break pattern 3997 from Aunt Martha.

Since this giveaway is open to both US and International bloggers I am giving away a second set of the FQ's and another Aunt Martha hot iron transfer,the second one is New Monograms pattern 3739.  One winner will be International,one will be from the US.

I will toss in a few random skeins of DMC floss with each package too!

For a chance to win these goodies leave a comment telling me what your favorite summer pastime is.  Mine is camping :)

Make sure to visit Sew Mama Sew for a ton of other giveaways to enter!!

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED.