My Declaration!

I, Sew Fun Quilts, (aka Judy) do solemnly swear and declare as of today that I am on a FABRIC DIET.

Now...just what does that mean?    (Silly me....whatever I want it to mean.)        Only fabric that is protein?    Restricted buying of fabric??  Oh No!    Only fabric that is veggies and fruit?   mmmmmh.  Perhaps,  that's a good one and just might work for my "Fabric Diet".

I've been trying to keep my fabric closet shelves tidy, neat, organized by colors (for my jelly rolls and quilt charm squares I sell in my ETSY Shop) and I keep increasing the number of colors I am offering.  Here's the latest....browns & dots, that have been added to my shop.

When you have so many stacks of at least 10 different fabrics in each colorway on your selves,  it becomes a S  P A C E problem.   Then.....I'm forced into slowing down on just buying fabrics 'cause I like them, hence my "Fabric Diet".  So, I'm not GOing to buy any more fabric for the rest of April and GO on a Fabric Diet.

Well....what's a quilter to do when "healthy fabrics" are given to her....like these?   These were given to me when I was in Indiana visiting my daughter and we went to one of her quilt groups that makes quilts for foster kids.  I bought several yards of fleece to donate to them for the backs of their quilts and they gave me these. 

Then............. I'm forced to GO and buy some special variegated thread to quilt a table runner I'm making........and what do I find?

Well......it's "healthy fabrics" so it won't count on my Fabric Diet.

I just had to buy a little tiny bit.........can you imagine????  I only bought 1/2 yard of each of those.

Ok...Ok...back to my declaration.  I'm not buying anymore fabric in April! 

(not unless I just HAVE to HAVE a couple small pieces..that is.)

Thanks for visiting.

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.

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.

A QUILT POEM TO SHARE

This is a poem I received from a quilting friend, and thought it was a great one to share on my blog.

I THINK GOD IS A QUILTER

I think God is a quilter

Who takes His needle and thread

To piece our world from nothingness

And give it form , instead.

I think God is a quilter

And everything I see

Are pieces from His careful hand

From tree to bumblebee.

I think we see God's stitches

His texture everywhere;

The velvet moss, the grainy sand,

The silk strands of hair.

I think God is a quilter

Stitching tight and tiny rows,

Adding to my scraps and pieces

Seaming everything He knows.

I think He cuts the patterns

From what I'd throw away.

He shows me how to use each scrap

in His redeeming way.

I think God guilts a pattern

From everything I live;

But He can only stitch the quilt

From what I choose to give.

I think God is a quilter

Stitching strength where I am weak.

Showing me that life He touches

Embraces everything I seek.

I think God is a quilter

From the patience in each thread;

Proving length of time no barrier,

Treating time a gift, instead.

I think guilts are lessons

God uses just to teach

That our pieces and our remnants

Have kaleidoscopic reach.

So, in the life I'm living

With pieces everywhere

I'll give them to the Quilter

To stitch with loving care!

I'll give them to the Quilter

Unwanted though they be

And with His work of quilting

He'll make a quilt of me.

From the book Quilted With Love by Debbie Salter Goodwin

It's almost bedtime, but wanted to post the picture of the sewing tweet block I embroidered out yesterday. There's little items that pertain to sewing & quilting; fabric, thread, needle, scissors, thimble & pins. Embroidery Library is going to be creating and selling a different 'tweet' every week this year, and they are so cute. I am thinking about making a quilt with the different ones that are appropriate for me......like a hobby/journal quilt of my different interests.

Quilt Bee was fun today even though there was only 4 of us; still enjoyed it totally. I worked on my Angel BOM blocks and have 2 of them completed except for the detail work of hand embelishments which will be added after it is together; buttons, halos, hair, faces, ribbons, etc. One of the ladies worked on a new Stack & Whack quilt with gorgeous fabrics and a dark purple batik smeary fabric for her backgrounds. We have decided to meet twice a month for 2009, so some UFO'S can be finished by all of us.