Pretty Little Flowers

This is the first time I have used the Clover Yo-Yo maker. The size of these Yo-Yo's are extra small. But I think they will be perfect for this little Valentine's pin cushion.

Finish It Up Friday
Sew & Tell
Can I Get a Whoop Whoop?
Sew Darn Crafty

Please tell me

I'm not the only one...............

This is what I felt was going on yesterday...........
My internet connection was so slow, I thought I would never get anywhere.
I tried to leave comments on blogs but it would always time out.

I could have done my laundry while trying to open a website.

Or taken a trip to Canada and back.

All the while waiting............. waiting.................. waiting..............

So was it me? Or was it Google or Blogger??? Anyone else experiencing..............

More scraps!

Have you been following the Scrap projects at Pleasant Home ?? This morning she posted these beautiful bags made by Shelby Mine . What is so neat about these bags is that Sheri's scraps were mostly 1.5" strips left over from the Charm Squares she used in her purses.

Now how many times have you made a project using Charm packs and had those little 1.5" pieces left over? What a great way to use them up :-)

There are so many great ideas for using up scraps out in blog land right now. Lots of books are being published. Some of which are previewed at Quilty Pleasures. I don't know about you, but I do much better with visual helps.

Have a happy quilting day!!

A Night Run at Snowshoe

I finished binding this Winter Landscape, adding the borders so that the light and the dark ran off the sides. It's a little difficult to photograph the quilting on the white fabric, but here is a little closer look.

Every year we travel to Snowshoe West Virginia for a family vacation. My children love to snowboard. We usually arrive late in the day, so everyone heads to the slopes and does some night snowboarding. I created this wall hanging as a memory quilt for our fun family times together.

I've entered this Winter Landscape in a contest over at Quilting Gallery and I would love your vote!

Click HERE to vote for "A Night Run at Snowshoe"(ballots are at the bottom of the page)

Thanks in advance to all those who vote. Hope you have a fabulous weekend!!

Finished It Up Friday
Sew & Tell
Can I get a Whoop-Whoop!
Sew Darn Crafty
Little Quilt Monday

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I have to say that I was amazed at the comments from yesterday's post. I loved what everyone shared. And yes, a lot of us have been thinking the same thing. Either some people don't sleep, or they have more hours in the day then I do :-)

All that being said, yesterday had me pondering. Do you ever ponder?? You see last year we shared a word that was to be our flagship for the year. Mine was JOURNEY. What is really kind of funny is that my Journey last year was partly involved with helping my daughter with her journey. She traveled to SE Asia last summer and just a couple of weeks ago she was off again, this time to Australia.

I was not going to think of a word this year, but a word just kept coming to me. And yesterday it formulated. Do you want to know what it is??

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And I'm going to tell you how I will use my word. We have a Quilting/Blogging friend who is going through a series of treatments for cancer. Her name is Kaaren and she has a beautiful blog The Painted Quilt. Kaaren is one of the most creative and giving gals in blog land. She designs a Block of the month for her quilty friends (us)!!. So while she is going through treatments, Shelley at Red Quilts would like for us to shower Kaaren with words and cushy packages of encouragement. Won't you help?? You can contact Shelley at Red Quilts or Mary at Quilt Hollow and they will give you Kaaren's mailing address.

We can all share in some way. It doesn't have to be a quilt or some large project. After Kaaren returns home, find someone to share a little love with. There are so many lonely and hurting people everywhere.

Love you, peeps!

How DO you do it!!!

Sew-A-Longs, Quilt-A-Longs, Block of the Month, Mystery Quilt Along, Calendar Quilt Along, Sewing for Christmas, Swaps.................

...............it goes on and on.

Aggggg...................
How do you DO it!!! I can hardly keep up with my sewing/quilting projects. PLUS regularly cooking and cleaning for my family!! It blows my mind with all the amazing quilters that get SO much accomplished!!

If someone can please share with me their secret for adding more hours in the day, I would greatly appreciate knowing about it.

Until then..................

Lot's of stuff........... and a winner!

Stray Stitches is having a wonderful giveaway. She is celebrating 700 followers by giving away 2 Charm Packs of Good Fortune by Kate Spain. Go HERE to sign up.

Ruby Slipperz is hosting her Mystery Monday giveaway. 5 Fat Quarters of YOUR color choice. Check it out HERE.

Tonya's Sewing Room did a review of Lapel Glue Sticks and is giving two glue sticks away! Sign up HERE.

Michagoose's gander is having a book giveaway. Take a look HERE.

The Jolly Jabber is also hosting a book giveaway. A copy of Sew What You Love. Go HERE to sign up.

Amanda Murphy Design is offering some Modern fabric and patterns.

And you can always check SewCalGal's Giveaway and Contest page for any updates.

Fun Tutorials can be found on Cheryl's blog Polka Dots and Rick Rack.

Also check out these FREE patterns -

Wes End by Ivory Spring

Free Block pattern

FREE BOM's

And if you would like to read about 9 Free Photo Editing sites, check out Susan's post.

Soooooo.............

now to announce the winner of the My Memories Software................

Congratulations to Carline from Lady of the Cloth. I've sent you an email Carline, so please get back with me about the details.

Please remember that if you are interested in this Software, my readers are being offered a discount code. $10 off the purchase of My Memories Suite Scrapbook Software and $10 off the My Memories.com store. Use this code to receive the discount - STMMMS28559

Have a great quilting day!!