p.s. i quilt: how about a giveaway?!?!

Here's a great one! Go enter now.

p.s. i quilt: how about a giveaway?!?!

PURPLE BAG - WORK IN PROGRESS

This is the latest W.I.P. (Work in Progress) I've been doing. These pictures do not do show these purple batik fabrics true to color. I adjusted the camera, but still not correct. Trust me.... they are gorgeous vibrant majestic purple Indonesia batiks.




I am making a special travel tote bag for a good friend of mine who is going to Germany in 10 days and she is a Purple Lover. The embroidered "P" is her initial and will be on the front pocket, and I plan on doing some hand beading too.

So, off the computer and into the sewing room.

HURRAY! I finally got some sewing done!

I've been kinda puny for a few days and haven't felt very good, but finally got a chance to sew and worked on some simple sling style bags to put in my Etsy store. My favorite one is the turquoise zebra stripe with the embroidery on the front. Then there is a froggy one, pastel pink flower patchwork one, & Autumn leaves one. There's many more ideas swimming around in my head for these simple, yet practical bags for using as a purse or for shopping bags, so am sure you'll be seeing more of 'em as time goes on.

They look smaller than they are in the picture, as I was trying to get them all squished together for just one picture. They are 20" tall x 12" wide....nice medium size....fully lined.

Which one do you like the best?

HAVE U SEEN THIS ONE??

There's a great giveaway going on:

http://quilthollow.blogspot.com/

in honor of her one year anniversary. Go check it out, she is a long arm quilter and does some beautiful work.

RED HAT SEW SASSY DAY!

I belong to two Red Hat groups; one is called Sew Sassy and the othe one is Rubies & Garnets.

Our Sew Sassy Red Hatters meet once a month at a quilt shop for sewing and yakking. We bring our sewing machines, supplies, and any project we want to work on and also take a sack lunch. It's always a lot of fun and I seem to get quite a bit of sewing accomplished. Today I'm going to take my STAR BOM and my ANGEL BOM to do. I've posted pictures of some of the blocks from these two projects before.

We dress casual for this sewing meeting and yes, we do wear our purple & red outfits. I have a real tiny red straw hat that just clips in my hair (we HAVE to wear our Red Hats, of course!) and I have a pair of purple capris and a purple & red blouse I made for myself.

BTW I did hear from the winner of the Birthday Giveaway (Carol) and she was thrilled, naturally. Thanks to all who participated. It was great fun!

WE HAVE OUR WINNER - BIRTHDAY GIVEAWAY!

Happy Birthday to me!

AND.... drum roll please......ta.da....ta.da...ta.da..ta.da

I had 225 official entries for a chance to win my Birthday Giveaway of 18 different sewing/quilting related items. I had more on the comments, but some people did not have a blog to post a link to my Giveaway.

AND the winner is:

CONGRATULATIONS TO: Carol R. from Georgia. Her blog is: http://sewperfectlybagged.blogspot.com/

She was entry # 97 posted on July 9th. Let's all go over to her blog and FILL HER comment box with congratulations!

Please send me your address, Carol, so I can mail your 18 wonderful goodies!

Thanks to all who entered!

WE HAVE OUR WINNER!

LAST DAY TO ENTER MY BIRTHDAY GIVEAWAY!

Hi Bloggers! What fun it has been to do this FREE Birthday Giveaway! Here's the last item to be added............a fun cat paws fabric fat quarter.

We have 10 different cat fabric fat quarters and 8 different sewing/quiting notions!

Tomorrow is the BIG DAY to announce our winner! There have been many entries, so please be patient with me and the time of day for the announcement.

TODAY is the last day to enter, so make sure you leave a comment here on my blog, AND post your final link to my blog about this FREE Birthday Giveaway.

Many thanks to all who have participated! It has been a lot of fun and I have enjoyed meeting a bunch of new followers!

2 DAYS LEFT TO ENTER BIRTHDAY GIVEAWAY!

Today's item being added to my FREE Birthday Giveaway is my original Baby Quilt pattern I designed, called DAYS GONE BY. I used reproduction fabrics....hence the name! There will be 18 sewing/quilting related items awarded to a randomly drawn lucky winner on my birthday, July 19th.

It's easy to enter. All you have to do is to leave a comment here on my blog AND post a link to this FREE Birthday Giveaway on your blog. You can enter as many times as you want, just make sure you do BOTH things each time. You can go to the older posts to see all the different items.

I am very close to reaching my goal of 100 followers on my blog, and am very thankful to all of you for helping me attain my goal. I've sure had fun adding new items everyday. Thanks to ALL OF YOU!

CAT LOVERS UNITE - FREE GIVEAWAY

I'm adding another cat fat quarter to my FREE Birthday Giveaway today!

There's just 3 more days to enter for this BIG FREE Birthday Giveaway as it ends on July 18, and the lucky winner will be randomly drawn on my Birthday, July 19th. There are 18 sewing/quilting items to be awarded to some lucky blogger.

Just comment on my blog AND post a link on your blog about this Birthday Giveaway for a chance to enter. You can enter as many times as you want, just make sure you do BOTH things each time.

My goal is to have 100 followers of my blog and we are getting close to that number. Thanks to all of you. I hope you are enjoying this one. I am sure having fun checking out other blogs and getting acquainted with all my new followers. We sure are a busy bunch, aren't we??

HELP NEEDED!

HELP ME! I NEED 29 more followers to reach my goal of having 100 followers at the end of this FREE Giveaway, AND there are only 4 days left! Come on...all you bloggers...won't you help me reach my goal and enter for a chance to win 18 wonderful sewing/quilting items??

Today, I added a spool of peach colored ribbon to the big stack of goodies! It's getting bigger and better with each passing day! Wait until you see the last item I add.......shhhh! It's a secret until Saturday, the 18th.

All these goodies you see in the picture are part of my FREE Birthday Giveaway to be randomly drawn on July 19th, my Birthday. There will be 18 different items that go to some lucky winner!

It's easy to enter; just comment here on my blog AND put a link on your blog to my FREE giveaway. You may enter as many times as you want, just make sure you do both things.

BIRTHDAY GIVEAWAY fabric 4 today!

Another darling cat fat quarter has been added to the other items for my Birthday Giveaway on July 19th. Too Cute!

Ok..let's count the stuff so far:

pink plastic box

8 cat fat quarters
cat buttons

thread

seam ripper

elastic

bees wax

Scroll down & look on older posts to see close ups of the individual items. I will be adding 4 more items to this HUGE GIVEAWAY for some lucky lady on July 19th, my birthday.

It's easy to enter, just leave a comment here on my blog, AND post a link to it on your blog. You can enter as many times as you want, just make sure you do both things to enter. I am getting closer to my goal of 100 followers with each passing day. Thanks so much for helping me reach my goal.

My FIRST WIN on Giveaways!

Since I decided to do my BIG Birthday Giveaway, I have found other free giveaways to enter. I received notice yesterday that I WON the C&T Publishing weekly giveaway for a copy of the Fantastiques Whimsies book. They call it the 21st Century version of Paper dolls, and can hardly wait to play with them.

I loved paper dolls as a kid and even machine embroidered out a complete set for my youngest grand daughter a few years ago. Years ago, my sister, Sally, and I would argue over who got the old Montgomery Ward catalog first when the new one was published. It wasn't easy to find the right "clothes" pictures turned the right way for the way the "model doll" was posing, but we sure had fun doing that.


Click on the "I Love Quilts" box on the RH side here and it will take you to their blog, announcing my win! I have the "purty" Pink quilt picture above it, and the link below....but for some reason haven't been able to combine them properly. I've just got to learn how to do this stuff better. Anyone give me some help on how to do this??


Now, doesn't it just make you want to enter my Birthday Giveaway??

You could win this great quilt kit!

This Giveaway is for the Pattern and
Fabric Kit for this quilt...PRETTY!

http: katicupcake.blogspot.com/

Here's a BAG Giveaway!

Here's another great Giveaway for the cutest Blondie (Dagwood) bag.

http://quiltinjeanie.blogspot.com/

Go check it out!

BEES R BUZZIN'! HAVE YOU HEARD??

BUZZZZZZZZZZZZ!

The Bees are buzzin' about my FREE Birthday Giveaway and flying around to tell everyone about it! It's a "HONEY" of a deal!

Today I added some Beeswax to my stack of 18 different items to be given away on July 19th, my Birthday! This is great stuff to condition your thread to prevent tangles & knots for your hand sewing. I love to use it when I'm sewing on buttons by hand. A new sewing/quilting item is being added each day.

It's really quite simple to enter for a chance to win all of these great items. (View the older posts to see each item that I've added to my Birthday Giveaway!) All you have to do is leave a comment here on my post, AND post a link on your blog about my giveaway. You can enter as many times as you want; just make sure you do both things!

My goal of having 100 followers is getting closer and closer to being a reality. Thanks to all who have helped me in spreading the word about it.

Have a great day!

ARE U TIRED OF THE CAT FABRICS YET??

PURR! PURR!

This is one of my favorites & I always thought I'd make me a blouse with it 'cause the fabric is so soft!
Oh well.....

Want a chance to win all this sewing/quilting stuff??

Just leave a comment on my blog and post a link on your blog about this FREE Birthday Giveaway. I'm adding a different item everyday to the pile and will randomly draw a winner for it all on July 19th, my Birthday.

My goal is to have 100 followers on my blog, and YOU could be one of them!

Thanks! Have a great Sunday!

U CAN NEVER HAVE 2 MUCH CAT FABRIC!

More Kitty Fabric for my FREE Birthday Giveaway ~ HAVE U ENTERED YET??






There are 11 items so far, with 7 more to go!

18 items will be given away on my FREE Birthday Giveaway on July 19, my Birthday.


It's easy to enter...just leave a comment here on my blog, and post a link for my Giveaway on your blog. You can enter as many times as you want; just make sure you do both things.

Hope you're having as much fun with this Giveaway as I am! Good luck!

8 DAYS TO GO FOR FREE BIRTHDAY GIVEAWAY!

10 items so far, 8 more to go!

There's no way this bright pink box added to my FREE Birthday Giveaway is going to hold everything for the winner, but it will sure help keep the small things in one place; seam ripper, buttons, thread, elastic......and who knows what else?? I like these plastic boxes for holding small things you need to take to a quilting club meeting.

It's easy to enter for a chance to win 18 different sewing/quilting items for my First FREE Giveaway in honor of my Birthday! All you have to do is leave a comment here, and then post a link to my blog on your blog. I will be adding 8 more items to this stack of stuff for the winner, randomly drawn on my Birthday, July 19th.

My goal is to get 100 followers, and I sure need your help to do that! Thanks.

more and more blogs giveways!

another wonderful giveaway......besides mine, that is.

http://welovequilting.blogspot.com/

Green Fairy Quilts: It's finally here! 99th post here I come with a huge giveaway!

Green Fairy Quilts: It's finally here! 99th post here I come with a huge giveaway!

CATS & CAT FABRIC OVERLOAD! GIVEAWAY!

I am as cat obsessed as I am sewing/quilting obsessed! I have 4-5 bins of cats fabrics, so here's another fat quarter of some Siamese beauties for my FREE Birthday Giveaway! The pile is getting bigger & better each day!

Each day through July 18th, I will be adding another sewing/quilting item to my FREE Birthday Giveaway in hopes to get 100 followers on my blog. All you have to do to enter for a chance to win this FREE Giveaway is comment on my blog, and put a link post on your blog. You can enter as many times as you want, just make sure you do both things each time; comment and post a link. The winner will be randomly drawn on July 19th, my Birthday.

Many thanks to all of you for helping me spread the word!

Here's another FREE birthday giveaway!

Another quilter who has a birthday giveaway:


Go see it at: http://imjustaguywhoquilts.blogspot.com/

Here's today's new addition in my stack of items for my Birthday Giveaway.

To enter, just add your comment to my blog, and post a link on your blog to my Birthday Giveaway. There will be 18 different sewing/quilting items that go to one lucky winner on July 19, my Birthday. You may enter as many times as you want, just make sure you do both things each time; comment and post a link. My goal is to have 100 followers. Won't you help me??

Here's another FREE birthday giveaway!

MANY LOUD MEOWS heard round the WORLD!

All of these cats are MEOWING loudly trying to tell everyone around the world about my FREE Birthday Giveaway! Take a look at all the sewing/quilting goodies we are collecting for this big celebration and we are only on day 7, with 11 more days to go! Each day through July 18th, I will be adding one more item to this BIG FREE Birthday Giveaway. There will be a random drawing for the winner on July 19th, my birthday!

All you have to do to enter is leave a comment on my blog AND post a link to this giveaway on your Blog. You can enter as many times as you want, but just make sure you do both things each time! My goal is to have 100 followers and we are over half-way there! Thanks for helping me reach my goal.

FREE GIVEAWAY CAT BUTTONS R 2 CUTE!

Here's the latest addition to my FREE Birthday Giveaway; hand painted cat face buttons...just too cute! I will be adding new things everyday for 18 days for my FREE Birthday Giveaway. The winner will be randomly drawn on July 19th, my birthday. WOW! 18 different things!


Easy to enter......just leave a comment here on my blog and post a link on your blog to my FREE Giveaway. You can enter as many times as you want, just make sure you keep posting about my FREE Birthday Giveaway on your blog too!


My goal is to have 100 followers on my blog........won't you help me??

CAN'T EVER HAVE ENOUGH CAT FABRICS!

We can't ever have too many different cat fabrics, so here's another fat quarter to add to my FREE Birthday Giveaway. My user name on Ebay is Sewmeow, so you know I have collected all different kinds of cat fabrics! If you want to visit my Ebay store, SEW FUN QUILTS, the address is in the right hand sidebar.

In case you haven't heard about it, I'm having a FREE Birthday Giveaway! I will be adding one new sewing/quilting item everyday for 18 days and will randomly draw the winner on July 19th, my Birthday!

All you have to do to enter for a chance to win is to leave a comment on my blog, AND post a link on your blog about this FREE Giveaway. Enter as often as you want, just make sure you do both each time.

Help me reach my goal of 100 followers and you might win a bunch of wonderful sewing/quilting goodies! Good luck!

Thanks for stopping by!

Another Great Giveaway!

Here's another great giveaway:

"Tell a Friend" about http://www.quiltqua.com/ and win a Frosted Fat Quarter bundle by Holly Taylor. You can post on your blog, newsletter, on other's blogs, etc. Then send an email to: quiltqua@gmail.com and tell her what you did to "Tell a Friend" about her Giveaway. Enter as often as you wish. Winner will be chosen randomly on July 31.

Here's HELP for eating too much today!

I'm adding a package of elastic to my BIRTHDAY Free Giveaway today in case you EAT TOO MANY hamburgers & hotdogs today on July 4th BBQ's & picnics and need to expand your waistband on your shorts! I always try to be thoughtful!

Each day through July 18th, I will be adding one more item to my FREE Giveaway in celebration of my Birthday. The winner will be announced from a random drawing on July 19th (My birthday)!

All you have to have a chance at winning, is leave a comment on my blog, and post a link on your blog about my FREE Birthday Giveaway! Everytime you leave a new comment and post another link on your blog, you will be given another chance to be the BIG WINNER! Soooooo, keep those comments coming!

My goal is to have 100 followers of my blog.

CAN'T SEW WITHOUT THREAD - GIVEAWAY

Have you ever been right in the middle of sewing a project and run out of thread?? This has definitely happened to me and more than once. I now try to keep several spools of basic colors on hand; white, black, light & dark grey, tan & beige. I also like to have bright red, bright purple, yellow, green & blue on hand. So, this being the 2nd day of posting about my Birthday FREE Giveaway, I just had to add a spool of Coats & Clarks thread. YOU JUST CAN'T SEW WITHOUT THREAD!



Everyday for 18 days I will be adding one more sewing/quilting item to my Birthday FREE Giveaway and will draw one lucky winner on July 19th, my birthday.



All you have to do to enter for a chance to win is to leave a comment on my blog and post a link on your blog to this FREE giveaway. For more chances to win, check back everyday and leave another comment and post another link on your blog. Help me get 100 followers on my blog and you could win some great sewing stuff!

Here's a link to help make it easier: http://sewfunquilts-sewmeow.blogspot.com/

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you have a great sewing/quilting day!

SEWMEOW'S 1st FREE GIVEAWAY!

Yes, it's happening! July is my Birthday Month and I decided to celebrate it with doing my 1st Free Giveaway! The hint I showed you yesterday of what I was going to give away was a fabric of kitties quilting and sewing! Each day through July 18th, I will add one more item to the FREE giveaway. WOW! 18 different items, and all of them are sewing, & quilting related! The winner will be announced on July 19th, my birthday!



All you have to do to be entered in my Birthday Giveaway is post a comment on my blog then post a link on your blog about my FREE giveaway!



http://sewfunquilts-sewmeow.blogspot.com/



Easy, simple........and fun! Tell all of your sewing blogging buddies!



Here's a picture of the 1st 2 items; 2 kitty print fat quarters!

FREE GIVEAWAY COMING!

Haven't blogged for a few days, as had some extensive dental work done under anesthesia, and have been living on pain pills and just sitting (sleeping) in my chair, or in bed Still swollen & sore, but don't need the pain pills anymore; just 3 ibuprofen, thank goodness.

Today is better and going to go do some paddling around in the pool this a.m; not vigorously, but just to do some moving around. I amm used to being active, and this sitting, laying stuff is not for me.

Have been thinking about doing a FREE GIVEAWAY. I think I will start it tomorrow....I'll give you a couple hints;

1. the name of my blog

2. these 2 pictures

Be sure & check my blog tomorrow for the details.