tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9846559652466911672024-03-17T22:03:21.647-05:00SEW FUN QUILTSsewfunquiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05786221439001854576noreply@blogger.comBlogger443125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-63067249488588192422013-03-16T12:41:00.001-05:002013-03-16T12:41:17.541-05:00Just Had to do it!Just had to do it!
I have been MIA for a couple of months due to some serious surgery, and am finally getting some of my energy back....yippee!! Thanks to all of my wonderful friends who sent me cards, FQ's, emails, texts & well wishes. It really did help me to know you cared.
So....that said... and today being National Quilting Day I just had to come on here and wish sewfunquiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05786221439001854576noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-9359596983127234912013-01-07T12:01:00.000-06:002013-01-07T12:04:38.382-06:00Love is in the Air!and not because Valentine's Day is coming......
I've wanted a tablet for about a year now, and thought I'd wait to see the new Surface by Microsoft 'cause it looks so light and the "click on" keyboard really appealed to me. So, I started doing research on tablets a couple months ago and passed on the Surface RT, went to the Surface Pro, but found out it was way TOO COSTLY for my budget.
sewfunquiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05786221439001854576noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-15591904514782751522013-01-04T10:27:00.003-06:002013-01-09T12:53:08.739-06:00Trying to Clean Up MessesThe New Year and January always brings with it many goals and so many things I want to do. What about you?
Messes! especially messes in my sewing room! Arrrrrgh!
There was really no way I could start or finish up any of my sewing/quilting projects until I tackled this mess.
So, while my expert computer guy was cleaning up and fixing my computer remotely, I sewfunquiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05786221439001854576noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-4123147494127311472013-01-03T13:03:00.000-06:002013-01-03T13:03:06.481-06:00Christmas with my Red Hat Sisters!First of all......
Happy New Year to Everyone!
Whew! I got that over! NO, I'm not going to talk about my plans for 2013, nor about New Year's Resolutions.
I promised my Red Hat sisters that I would blog and share about our Christmas party.....so have to keep my promise to them.
Our Chapter of The Red Hat Society is called Rubies and Garnets and is one of the first chapters formedsewfunquiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05786221439001854576noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-27560225164159015382012-12-06T08:41:00.001-06:002012-12-06T08:41:32.249-06:00Are You Sure It's December?Do ya'll remember the commercial with the old lady saying......"Where's the Beef"? Well, I'm saying............where's Winter in Southern Texas?
Are you sure it's December? Here's what I saw in front of my house yesterday.
We've had such warm days in San Antonio that some of the trees are late in changing colors and dropping their leaves.
Here's a sewfunquiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05786221439001854576noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-52353206127537491502012-12-04T15:38:00.001-06:002012-12-05T09:21:09.583-06:00Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Read All About It!What picture comes to your mind when you think of quilters? Do you see the big oak tree with several ladies sitting under its shade, a pitcher of lemonade on a table close by...all working on a patchwork quilt...sewing each stitch by hand...sharing all the "newsy gossip"???
This "picture" of quilters from years gone by is similar to our current quilt bees and quilt guilds sewfunquiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05786221439001854576noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-78930306605934335962012-12-04T14:24:00.000-06:002012-12-04T14:24:43.184-06:00Snowing in San Antonio, TxNo, it's not really snowing in San Antonio..........but I can dream, can't I?
Living here is wonderful in the wintertime, but my heart always longs for the glistening sparkling crystals on fresh snow.
So it is that I'm always looking for Christmas prints that have snowmen on them, or snowflakes, with glitter resembling the glistening sparkles. Here's the post where I first sewfunquiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05786221439001854576noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-51227340507112246462012-11-30T05:00:00.000-06:002012-11-30T09:26:24.732-06:00Just Had To!
I love snowmen and always look forward to seeing the new Christmas prints in the fabric stores with fat, happy snowmen all over them. I don't know why, but maybe growing up in Colorado and playing in the snow has something to do with it.
Just had to buy these fabrics the other day. Yes, I just had to! Did I need them? Golly no, not really. Did I want them?&sewfunquiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05786221439001854576noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-77161141041693018172012-11-28T10:57:00.002-06:002012-11-28T11:16:38.589-06:00Busy Times!I've been a little busier than normal since Thanksgiving, and I'm sorry for not posting.
My oldest sister had total hip replacement surgery yesterday, so was playing chauffeur for her the last week or so to all the Pre-Op appointments, errands, groceries, etc. She is in horrendous pain, but surgery went well.m Now comes the physical therapy for her...learning to walk withsewfunquiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05786221439001854576noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-33694366368074766942012-11-22T10:15:00.001-06:002012-11-22T10:15:28.377-06:00Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!
Today is a day to reflect, be thankful, enjoy family and friends and eat like there's no tomorrow!
I'm thankful for so many things.....but #1 this year......
I'm thankful to be an American and to have
our freedoms...thanks to our Military.
and #2....
I'm thankful for my hands......
I hope you are all are enjoying your day and sewfunquiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05786221439001854576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-28707278480619213362012-11-19T05:00:00.001-06:002012-11-19T05:00:08.632-06:00Are You an Early Shopper?I don't know if this turkey is saying "Hi" or waving goodbye........
Are You an Early Shopper??
It seems lots of stores, businesses, and online shopping places are in a hurry for your Christmas shopping dollars this year and offering early shopper sales.
Last week I started grumbling bah-hum-bug about it and then realized ..."hey, wait a minute....I've got an online sewfunquiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05786221439001854576noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-81445721914152152622012-11-18T09:31:00.000-06:002012-11-18T09:31:55.335-06:00Giveaway Winner and a Little Shopping!Before we get to the winners of my latest Giveaway, let's talk about shopping.
Do you like to shop? Well.....I don't! I'm not your typical shopper and actually don't like it at all; it's tiring, it's time consuming, it takes me away from my sewing, and it's costly!
I stopped drinking coffee in the mornings about two years ago and switched to English Breakfast black tea.sewfunquiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05786221439001854576noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-78342081056915143232012-11-17T05:00:00.000-06:002012-11-17T08:32:14.866-06:00Some Fun Inspiration! This book looks like fun if you love Charm Packs. Who doesn't?
It's called 3 Times the Charm! by Me and My Sister Designs, published by Leisure Arts Publications.
It's all about some new quick and easy projects using charm squares. I wonder if some of my Colorway Fabric Squares in my Etsy Shop, along with some Kona white cotton would do the trick??
If you have some sewfunquiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05786221439001854576noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-85366647907632139772012-11-16T12:13:00.003-06:002012-11-16T13:08:06.745-06:00Lesson Learned ....Again!If you're a regular following of my blog, you probably saw my post here about Vesuvius Mama's Blog (Erin) and the fact that she is coordinating a block project, along with her quilt guild for the Sandy Hurricane Victims! I shared Erin's blog post with several friends, and posted it on facebook.
Here's the blocks I'm sending to her today:
The fabrics for these do not show sewfunquiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05786221439001854576noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-47740441334253279842012-11-10T12:37:00.003-06:002012-11-10T12:37:48.140-06:00A Little Saturday Fun! and a Giveaway!
My gosh...the days just whizz by for me, and it's been a busy week and just going to get busier the closer we get to Christmas. Are you getting ready? Well...maybe I can help you with this new giveaway today....keep reading.
I was checking my email this morning and went to Sew Cal Gal's Blog and saw that I was the winner from her Friday fun giveaway! Yaysewfunquiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05786221439001854576noreply@blogger.com50tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-83792078207005994172012-11-06T15:12:00.001-06:002012-11-06T15:12:07.102-06:00Did you vote today?Lots of Flag Waving today!
Today is the BIG Presidential Election voting day and everywhere you go and everywhere you look, someone is talking about the candidates and voting in this election; with all of us anxiously waiting for the results tonight. In the meantime, I thought it would be fun to share something lighter.
A quilting friend of mine on oursewfunquiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05786221439001854576noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-69642176301916970322012-11-05T05:00:00.000-06:002012-11-05T05:00:17.292-06:00Same Project...Different Day!When I start a new project, I always think..."ok..I'll have this done by ....??" but never seem to give myself enough time. I think I could meet those projected dates if I didn't have other things to do...like computer time, grocery shopping, cooking, cleaning a bit, laundry, errands and cat messes, etc.
No more excuses! Here's the update on the "Zipper Bags Project".
sewfunquiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05786221439001854576noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-80443691889283347092012-11-02T09:44:00.002-05:002012-11-06T23:15:07.859-06:00Quilt Blocks for Sandy VictimsCalling all quilters to help make quilt blocks for the victims of Sandy!
So heart wrenching to see all the loss as a result of Sandy's wrath. I have been feeling totally helpless and wanting to find someone that was coordinating making quilts for the victims. Hurray! I have found just that person! Erin at Vesuvius Mama Blog.
Go visit her blog here&sewfunquiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05786221439001854576noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-9921229811518793782012-10-31T13:14:00.000-05:002012-10-31T13:14:01.839-05:00More........Happy Halloween!
I'm making More..... No, not s'Mores!
More zipper bags......
with the help of of one of my supervisors watching me closely....naturally.
I like for the outside fabrics for the bags to be quilted with cotton batting. Easy, peasy simple FMQ is the way I do it.
Loopy loops on this one.
For sewing things like this Isewfunquiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05786221439001854576noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-82777755142888469172012-10-29T14:46:00.004-05:002012-10-29T14:50:11.518-05:00Bloomin' All Around MeWinter might be on it's way, but I've got flowers "Bloomin' All Around Me" in my sewing room. I'm making zipper bags - cosmetic bags - gadget pouches; all different colors, and sizes. These zipper bags have been selling pretty good in my ETSY shop, so I'm making more of them.
I love to pull out scraps of floral prints, find coordinating fabrics for the linings,sewfunquiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05786221439001854576noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-30853710455044909522012-10-26T05:00:00.000-05:002012-10-26T05:00:01.888-05:00Do You Have One?Since I finished all of the Farm Animals snack mats in my last post, I've been making these......
little Christmas fabric pillow tree ornaments....33 of them for my ETSY Shop.
I've been a Quilting "Notions Junkie" since I first started quilting. So, I've got every little gadget, gizmo thing you can think of that helps me with my sewing and quilting. Some sewfunquiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05786221439001854576noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-4012304168882450052012-10-24T05:00:00.000-05:002012-10-24T05:00:04.840-05:00More FMQ Fun!A while ago I shared some of my FMQ (free motion quilting) practice pieces and if you missed that post you can see it here.
Time is always in short supply around here so I decided to stop practicing and start quilting all 12 of the Farm Animals snack mats with FMQ and just GO for it!
I did some basic stippling.......
and some meandering sewfunquiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05786221439001854576noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-15376517893347347742012-10-23T06:00:00.000-05:002012-10-23T06:00:11.233-05:00Storing (Hiding?) Your Stash!If you need more ways and places to store (hide?) you fabric stash, I've found the answer!
The last time I bought a blanket it came in one of those big heavy zipper plastic bags. Boy, those are wonderful for storing quilts, blankets, afghans, heavy winter jackets, etc.
But, by far the best thing I use these for is to store my ETSY Shop quilted items in them. Keeps sewfunquiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05786221439001854576noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-68166755553807665452012-10-18T06:00:00.000-05:002012-10-18T06:00:15.382-05:00Can't Just Sit!When I'm not quilting I like different kinds of hand work. I just can't sit in my chair and do nothing......I get too antsy and think I'm wasting time. So, here lately I've been doing some simple knitting with cotton yarn making dish cloths. I love these dish cloths; they last and last, they rinse clean and don't get all yucky. Some of these willsewfunquiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05786221439001854576noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-15903853194917489932012-10-17T06:00:00.000-05:002012-10-17T06:00:07.209-05:00WINNER and.. another GREAT GIVEAWAY! The winner of last week's FREE Giveaway was picked by my random generator...(my sister in WY).....scroll down a bit further for the winner.
Where's the pictures? I don't like posts without pictures, so I'll just share a quilt called Beach Kitties I made quite a while ago. I still have this one and everytime I look at it......I smile. Nothing bettersewfunquiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05786221439001854576noreply@blogger.com2