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A little bit more of 2010

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i can finally show you the last projects that i did for 2010. i got this pattern from Fat Quarterly’s holiday issue. its the lined boxed zipper bag however i made them larger. the finished size of mine are 11″x7 1/2″x3″. i made a total of 4 of these green ones with the ‘crafty’ themed fabric for my Renegades for Christmas.

then, i made this one for Steph because we watched Project Runway together this past season & once i found this fabric i knew i needed to make something out of it for her.

another little hobby of mine is collecting quotes especially inspirational quotes. i have a whole sketch book full of them that i have cut out of magazines & i also have a file on my computer full of the ones i have found online. i wanted to do something with them this year for Christmas gifts for a few people. so…….

this is what i came up with. i made little books using thick foam, fabric, mod podge, card stock & some rings to hold it all together.

i put 40 quotes in each book & each book contains the same quotes just in different order. i made 9 of these books & it was surprisingly easy.
i love the different colors of card stock – bright & cheery.

and, of course the book would not have been complete without a quote from Dave.

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i also wanted to share with you a pattern i won on-line from Holly Hill Quilt Designs. i got to pick which one i wanted & so i picked this holiday themed one. not sure when i will get to it but i think it will be a fun one to make.

i also finished up the last block for my block swap box group. i am thinking that we will be doing it again however i don’t think we will start until March or so.

i have a long week ahead of me at work so who knows how much sewing i will get done. but, i will give it one heck of a try.

also, with all of the great sales going on online i will have some fabric purchases to share with you soon as well.

giveaways · holiday

HO! HO! HO!

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so Rachel over as p.s. i quilt wanted to know what happened on Christmas Eve. our Christmas Eve turned out sort of like something out of the movie Christmas Vacation. my brother & his family were in town from Boise so we were all hanging out at my parents house that morning when my brother realized that the refrigerator was spraying water out of the back of it all over the wall. my dad jumped up & they got the refrigerator moved & the water shut off only to discover that it had been leaking for sometime & the whole bottom was rusted out. needless to say an unplanned trip to the appliance store took place that morning.
once my parents were back we learned that the cabinets were going to have to be modified in order to get the new refrigerator in. not something you want to be doing on Christmas Eve when we had so much work to get done in the kitchen. so we went about unloading & moving the old fridge which we found lots of treasures behind like a ball that my brother had written on “Mike Is Rad” about 16 years ago. i guess my parents never moved their fridge in 16 yrs. then my brother & dad began the demo process of the cabinets above the fridge which entailed moving things from the cabinets next to them. nothing is ever simple with things like this for my family. the delivery men showed up & had the new one running in no time.
we re-focused on our kitchen tasks that needed to be done for that evenings meal & got busy. there was only a handful of us at my parents house for dinner since my brother, sil & niece were having dinner at her dad’s house. now this is where the story gets good.
my sil’s dad doesn’t cook nor does his wife, however he thought it would be nice to have Christmas Eve dinner at his place so he got a prepared meal from a local grocery store. all he had to do was re-heat & eat. the 1st issue was that he didn’t have a pan big enough for the turkey so he ended up going & buying one. the 2nd issue was that he had no idea how to use his oven. seriously, they have been in their house for 3 yrs or so & have never used it at all. the 3rd issue was that they had to skip church because he had no idea how he was going to get all the food re-heated & get to church. the funniest comment from that dinner had to be my sil’s step mom saying ‘if we stay in this house after i retire then we are getting a new stove’. my sil’s comment back to her was ‘why? you don’t use the one you got.” needless to say that went over like a lead balloon.
when my brother & his family got back to my parents house my brother asked for the Zantac & went to his ‘office’. all that my sil would say was ‘it was fine.’
my mother puts on the spread at her house for Christmas & Christmas Eve & still gets to church so we all got a chuckle from this.
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my guess is that Santa was laughing so hard from our calamity of a day that he dropped a few packages & if i would have to guess that the packages contained Parisville fabric because that is what i wanted for Christmas & didn’t get any.
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on a side note: i did get a voicemail today from a gal in Iowa saying she has a package of mine that was delivered to her by mistake. maybe that is my package of Parisville fabric. i will be calling her tomorrow to find out the details. i live in Washington state so that is probably where Santa dropped my package at………
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Time Flys

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WOW…….
time really does fly doesn’t it????
i have got about 15 days worth of work to do & only 9 or so days to get it all done in. i am about to the point of what gets done gets done & what doesn’t doesn’t. i am sure you are all familiar with what i am talking about. some how life has a sneaky way of interrupting my plans…..
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awhile back Hip Fabric had a giveaway on their blog & i won. i got to pick 5 Parisville fat quarters. this is my 1st Parisville & i am completely in LOVE with this line of fabric. i am planning on adding to this stash with some Christmas gifts – we will see how well Santa listened to me. Thank You Hip Fabric!!!!
in my last post i told you that we did some shopping when we were in Seattle. below is some pics of what i got.

i love this color combination. i am thinking a bag with it. i found this in a quilt shop in Woodenville.

we then ventured to Bothell & it was an adventure even with printed directions we had to turn around about 3 times & finally call the shop for directions. it was totally worth it because I found 2 charm packs of Plume & some yardage. as well as the Pure print that i have been looking for – its going to be binding on a quilt. the other was a fun print in their sale section & again i am thinking bag.
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now onto some holiday related stuff.
another hobby i have is stamping which i mostly just make cards with. each year i make my own Christmas cards so i thought i would share it with you. two of my favorite things. moose & the color green.

i thought that they would be quick & easy to make. well, card making is sort of like quilt making. you start out with a plan & it evolves from there. it wouldn’t have been too bad if i only had 10 to make but by the time i was done with 50 i was beginning to think i was stupid for changing my original idea. needless to say they are done & going in the mail today.
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last night after i finished up these cards i cut out a quilt that i will sew together tonight. its super simple so i am keeping my fingers crossed that all goes well. i will then need to quilt & bind it. i have another quilt awaiting its binding as well. i won’t bother telling you the status of the other 3 quilts……
like i said lots to do. who needs sleep anyways???
check back to see my progress……….

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Winner… Winner…

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when Quiltmaker did their 100 Block issue blog hop a few weeks ago i hit almost every blog & signed up for a chance to win a copy of the magazine or whatever else they were giving away.
i ended up winning some fabric from Fabric Shoppe.
4 – 1/2 yard cuts of Far. Far Away II by Heather Ross.
i don’t have any plans for it right now, but i am thinking maybe a bag for my niece.

i also won a copy of the magazine from Homestead Hearth.
Thanks to both for the great giveaways!!!!

giveaways · http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post · quilt camp

A Week From Now

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a week from now i will in the middle of quilt camp with 9 of my quilting friends. since Labor Day weekend i have continued to get stuff ready for quilt camp. last night i put all of my projects together & i am pretty sure i am taking way to much for myself to get done….. however its always better to have to much then not enough.
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i leave tomorrow at o’dark 30 for Chicago for final 2 DMB shows – i am excited because i have never been to Chicago but also a little sad knowing i won’t see the band again until 2012. we get back home Sunday morning & i will finish packing for camp because we leave Wednesday for that.
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check back here on Sunday. i am working on a post to show you my camp projects.
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also, you should go check out Julie’s blog she is having a great give away with Robert Kaufman.