Excuses! Excuses! Excuses!

I have  good excuses for not posting the last 2 weeks.  First off, my camera broke.....(no pictures to post)...and just my words get very boring!   So, I decided to just do some work and more work...cutting and sewing, and quilting for my Etsy Shop.  

Bought a new camera (Nikon S4100) and just love it!  So, today I'll just flood ya'll with pictures of new things for my shop.   To find out more about the items, just click on the title above the pictures.

New Color: Aqua - Teal - Turquoise Fabric Jelly Rolls 

New fabrics for my Bubble Gum Hot Pink Jelly rolls

New: Batik Fabric Charm Squares

New:  6 Moda Java by Deb Strain Mug Rugs

There's six different ones!

Another mug rug, but way smaller - Love that Aqua again.

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Sold Batik Table Runner - (making another one)

Another Time Saver Kit - Watercolor Quilts

I have more excuses than good sense....so stayed tuned next time for some more;   new floor in my kitchen, before and after pictures.  Help!   No more....I want to get back to sewing!



Thanks for visiting!

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden.....just a GIVEAWAY!

Let's get right to it....short and sweet.   Here's all about my FREE Giveaway for April.

I love to make watercolor quilts and here's one  I made many years ago using  pre-cut 2 inch fabric squares.   I added 3 machine embroidered butterflies  fluttering around in the flowers, with the sun shining brightly over the garden.

Have you ever wanted to 'play' around with doing something like this?    Here's your chance with my Giveaway.


Here's  an example of some of the lighter two inch fabric squares that could be used to make your own watercolor quilt. 

And here's some of the darker ones.....

For my giveaway one lucky winner will receive  200 of these pre-cut 2 inch fabric squares....both light and dark.

Here's the scoop for 5 chances to win:

1.   Become a follower of my blog, and leave a comment on this post.  If you already are a follower, tell me.

2.  For another entry, tell a friend about this giveaway and leave a comment that you did so and you gave them the link to this post.

3.  For another entry, post about this Giveaway on your blog, then leave your comment telling me.

4.  For another entry, post about this giveaway on Facebook, then come back and leave another comment telling me you did.

5.  For another entry, post about this on Twitter adding @sewfunquilts in your post, then come back here and leave another comment.

You have until tomorrow, 4/22/11 at midnight CDT to enter.  The winner will be randomly drawn and announced here on my blog on Saturday 4/23/11.  (Please make sure I have a way to contact you via email in case you're the lucky winner.)

Have fun and thanks for visiting!


P.S.  Just in case you don't win, I'm now offering these same squares in sets of 100  in my Etsy Store here

WANTED: FABRIC SCRAPS MAGIC FAIRY??

I need help! Is there a Fabric Scraps Saving Magic Fairy out there somewhere???



My fabric scraps saving has got to stop! I used to save all of my quilt fabric scraps & sell "surprise scrap grab bags" on Ebay. I stopped doing that, as could only get $1-$2 for a Priority Mail Tyvek envelope full of them. I even sold 2" squares for watercolor projects in sets of 100 different print squares. Lots of cutting on that one, my friends! Then I sold 2" strips to use up the bolt ends. Also, stopped doing that due to the Jelly Roll frenzy and the popular size changed to 2 1/2" wide.

So, NOW....what to do with all of these scraps?? When I was cleaning up from another project and scraps were everywhere, I knew there had to be something better to do with all of this mess! Well sure.... make scrappy string blocks, naturally! I started cutting squares of backing fabrics out of muslin and started sewing 2 nights ago. Great project when you don't want to concentrate on doing something intricate, but yet you still want to sew. I like to do this at night while also watching tv for an hour or so. You'd be surprised how many blocks you can get made in one hour.

I've only done this 2 nights in a row now, and have over 23 blocks made.

What to do with all of the little tiny scrappy pieces??? I save those too!! I save all of those itsy teeny pieces, selveges, thread clumps, batting scraps, trim edges, etc. in plastic grocery bags. When I have 2-3 of these bags totally full I give them to a quilter friend of mine. She uses these scraps as "stuffing" for doggie pillows for the local shelters & Doxie Rescue Foster homes. Fleece works very well for the pillow covers, and you can make them big or small, depending upon the dog breed.

Now you know why I am looking for the Fabric Scraps Magic Fairy!

My sewing room is becoming a scrap room!

Thanks for stopping by!