Ruts

Hello everyone.. It has been a little while since I've posted ANYTHING!  Actually it's been awhile since I've sewed as well.  I find sometimes you can get into a rut and not do anything, just sit on the couch after work and watch the tv mindlessly.  It doesn't help that in the last 3 months we may have had 3 full days of sunshine.  We in the maritimes are water logged and a little mildewy lol

How are all 20 of my friends doing?  Are you girls sewing?

Drop me a line :)

2011 Blogger Quit Festival

It's Blogger Quilt Festival time again - YAY!
Blogger's Quilt Festival is an event put on by the lovely Amy of Amy's Creative Side. It is an opportunity for us to each share a quilt with everyone. One that is special to us. It's not a competition... rather an opportunity to celebrate our quilts. I love it! So much great inspiration! Thank you Amy for putting on this great event!

This quilt is one of my favorites. It is very warm and cuddly :) I didn't quilt it a lot because I wanted a softer feeling quilt. I took a class with the famous Ken and had fun choosing the many greens and beiges to make the various trees. The quilt measures 57x72 and is a perfect couch blankey!

I'm back and I've been busy...

Hello friends and followers :)  Have you missed me? lol  I have been trying to will myself to start posting again and just today I said "ok, enoughs enough" lol JUST DO IT!  It's too bad I can't say that about my exercising or lack there of lol

Soooo, I want to show you what I've been up to.  If you click HERE you will see everything that I have sewn for the past few months.  I am currently participating in only (LOL) 5 swaps online.  These are:
Fresh n Funky Bee-ginners
PeeB&J
Modern Swappers
Quilting Gallery Friends
Pretty {little} pouch swap

I absolutely love making the different projects.  Whether it's individual blocks or complete projects they are fun and a learning experience. Are anyone of you in a swap on Flickr?  Which one?

Some of the projects I have finished are: zippered pouch (my first) a half dresden wall hanging with matching mug rug, a few other mug rugs and I am currently finishing a quilted fabric basket.

What are you guys currently working on?  Any pictures to share :) 

Be Back Soon

I have been away. Not away away, just away from blogging.  I hope I haven't lost all of you :)  Did you even miss me? lol

I will return with some cute projects I've been working on.

How about yourselves? What is new with you?

Cindy

Fabric Giveaway!

Head on over to Perri's blog and enter to win this fantastic stack of 15 fat Quarters from 'Where the Wind Blows'.

Mug rug surprise

Today was a great day!  I have been anxiously awaiting my secret partners mug rug for the past 2 weeks and it finally arrived!!!!  It travelled all the way from Tauranga, New Zealand.  Not only did Toni make two beautiful mug rugs, but she also sent delicious candy, calendar and a postcard from NZ.  The candies are delicious!!  Thank you so much Toni..

If anyone is interested in joining an upcoming secret swap, there is a new one starting soon at Quilting Gallery on Flickr.  We are going to be making a quilted basket... Go check it out and join in the fun!!

Sunday, February 27

Hello everyone :)  Hope you all had a great weekend.  Ours was very nice!  Busy Saturday afternoon with errands and then had a fun games nite with friends Sancia & Bryan :)  Today was a nice Sunday... you know the kind... you putter around AND get things done!  Right now we are watching the end of the Sprint Cup race at Phoenix.... hoping that Jimmie Johnson will win it!!!!  GO JIMMIE!

Ok, so last week lol... was a bit better for completing goals.  Here's how it went:

1. workout more than once: YES!!!  I exercised 3 times last week... Today was a better day with 30 mins cardio (burned 269 calories) and arm exercises on the husband's Bowflex. can't have the hangy arms in my forties lol

2. cut fabric for dresden plates: Done... i absolutely love the colors... soo cheery and bright...I even cut two of each so that I can make one for myself too!!!!

3. make other blouse: NOPE :(   Hoping for this week!  and this time I'll take pictures of my process :)

Goals for this week:
1. Make blouse with pictures
2.Exercise 3 times with arm workout
3. Sew dresden plate together

Sunday, February 20

Good evening everyone..Hope you had a fabulous weekend. I'm sitting here ready to tell you how my week went, listening to my husband sing and play his guitar. Life is GOOD!

We had the granddaughters over for the weekend and LOVED IT! I love love love being their Nanny... The oldest had a fever most of the weekend, so she stayed on the couch most of the time.. while the youngest entertained us.

So, last week goals went like this....

1.workout to the video "Turbo Jam"
not so much...actually I haven't worked out in a couple few weeks

2.start secret swap project

I did decide on the pattern (half dresden plate) and the fabric I'm going to use.

3.work on scrapbook

yup, my friend Sancia came over on Thursday and I did so a little bit lol

 

So, this week I hope to be a little more focused than normal. lol (if that's possible)

Goals for this week:

1. workout more than once

2. cut fabric for dresden plates

3. make other blouse

Sunday, February 13

It was a birthday week! :)

I hope your weekend was what you wanted it to be. Mine was very busy... My birthday was on Thursday and so we celebrated a birthday bowling party on Friday. It was sooo much fun :) I'm still hurting...Then we went to visit the grandchildren and celebrated again with them :) They loved my number 45 balloons!!! lol

Goals from last week:

1.Exercise 3 times this week
uhmmmm nope... not even one time.. got to get my butt back in gear

2.Complete 2 mug rugs for the Quilting Gallery swap

YES!! and they don't look too bad... i'm looking forward to receiving my own

3.Make a blouse (yes...for real) lol
I did it! I actually made a blouse without a pattern. I used a top that I still wear and tried to replicate it.. It is not "exactly" the same but for a first time attempt I'm ok with that...

Goals for next week:
1.workout to the video "Turbo Jam"
2.start secret swap project
3.work on scrapbook

That's it.. nice and easy week :)
How are you doing? Let me know :) I'd love to hear from anyone out there in "blogland"

Block Party!!!

 I'm entering here at Quilt Story:




Traditional Block Category

Creative Block Category

Go see the rest or enter a block yourself :)