We Have 3 Winners!

I enjoy sharing my breakfast teatime each day with my sister when we talk on the phone every morning. 

 We share our day's plans with each other......along with a lot of other stuff.  Sisters tell each other everything, don't ya know?

Rather than go online to the Random Number Generator, I asked my sister to choose the Winners of my Giveaway by picking 3 numbers.

AND ........the winners are:

Lime Green Quilt Squares - Jennifer from Hoodies and Flip Flops blog

Sewing Motif Fat Quarters - Lisa from Life Full of Laughter blog

Fall Fabric Appliques - Barefoot T from Quilts By Thunder blog 

Congratulations GO out to all three of you.  Please send me your names and addresses so I can get your prizes in the mail. 

 Hope ya'll had fun with this.



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Hey...wanna win a FREE Giveaway??

Since I didn't do a FREE giveaway last month, there will be 3 separate prizes this month.  Why 3?  I don't know........guess I just like that number better.

1.  30 Lime Green Fabrics 5" Squares - (one of the many sets/colors for sale in my ETSY Shop) - These are die cut with my GO cutter.  What??  you didn't think I'd  mention my ETSY Shop??? or my AccuQuilt GO cutter??.....(you gotta be kiddin' me!) 

2.    4 Coordinated Fat Quarters, one with a sewing theme.  I've just got a small amount of this sewing theme fabric left in my stash, so thought I'd share.  I made a lot of different things with it for my sewing buddies as Christmas gifts several years ago and it's no longer available.

 

3.   Paper Backed Fusible Appliques cut with my GO cutter - Fall theme; leaves, acorns, pumpkins & one black cat.  (FYI - in case you don't win this set of appliques, they are available in my ETSY shop too.)

To get a chance to win one of these Giveaway Freebies all you have to do is become a new follower of my blog and leave a comment.   If you are already a follower, then GO tell someone come back here, leave your comment then tell me you did that.  You're on your honor here.....I'm not your mother, ya know? 

Want more than one chance??  GO  (I love my AccuQuilt GO cutter and love to capitalize the word when I use it in my blog!)  tell another person to follow my blog for a chance to win a freebie, then tell another person, another person, AND another person, etc.  Each time you tell someone, come back here and leave a separate comment.  (Posting this on facebook, twitter or on your blog will count too.....just leave a separate comment each time.)  

This giveaway will end at midnight on Tuesday (8/16/11) and the winners will be randomly chosen by number and announced here on Wednesday, August 17th.   Have fun with it and good luck.

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The Giveaway is now closed.  Thanks everyone.

I'll Never Get It Finished... But My Sister Will!!

Seems like life and things keep getting in the way of my finishing up my kitchen.  Some of you might emember when my kitchen was all torn up 'cause I was getting new Pergo flooring laid.    You can read it here.

My sister loves to re-decorate and is constantly changing things around or changing colors in her house.  She's fast and doesn't mess around or procrastinate like I do.  She was over here visiting one day and my windows were still bare.  She told me to go get my big bin of 30's reproduction prints and she was taking them home.



(Yes...sometimes she's bossy, but hey......she's my big sister, and sometimes big sisters get a little bossy.)


Here's one of the windows with my 30's Repro Prints valances she made.    Sorry the sun shines in that window and the picture's not very good.......but you get the idea.

So...here we go again a couple months later (we live about 1/2 block from each other) she's here again  asking me "when are you going to hang those things on the walls and at  the ends of the cupboards like you planned??"

DUH??   I never have an answer for her.

 "Go get the hammer (yup!...bossy again.) and some nails"   I always do what she says. (Well....almost all the time.)   Bossing me again, she then told me to go tear a few strips of fabrics to match the valances. 

Here's what she did that day.

and



I now have two of these orange daisies on the sides of the cupboards....just like I planned.   I love the little crocheted dishcloth dresses. 

and.....

This kitchen cart sits under one of the cupboards, so she plops down one of the old yellow & white crocheted dishcloths that was with the crocheted dresses and puts my little watering can on it.

Wonder what she'll do next? 

There's a couple more places  to hang some things........or

maybe she'll come back & clean out the cupboards??

Winning through Exercise!

As most of you know if you follow me on Facebook,  or Twitter  I have been a member of Silver Sneakers exercise program for several years now.  Silver Sneakers is an exercise program for seniors over 55 through our AARP Advantage Insurance and is FREE!     My sister and I go 3 times a week to a Spectrum club that's about 30 minutes away from us,  and use the machines, free weights and swimming pool.  It has become a regular part of our lives and we are much healthier and stronger because of it. 

Our Silver Sneakers advisor at our Spectrum club is awesome.  She is 84 years old and lifts weights, does pilates, yoga and is very inspiring to all of us seniors. 

Besides offering special Silver Sneakers classes several times a week, our senior advisor organizes pot luck luncheons, line dancing, open house events and special events with speakers. 

At one of the pot luck luncheons a while back, they asked for testimonials on how the Silver Sneakers program had changed our lives.  I submitted mine, telling about my quitting smoking and losing weight as a direct result of the Silver Sneakers programs. 

Look what I won!   Ain't this just peachy?

I needed a new sports bag to hold everything I use when I go swimming at the club.   Living in San Antonio, I carry a water bottle everywhere.....kinda like that old American Express ad......"don't leave home without it".


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BIG Milestone!

I had a BIG Milestone birthday last week & celebrated it with gusto.  

Even the King (Braveheart) had to have a Happy Birthday pink tiara.

 Two of my grown kids; Scott (from CA) and Lisa (from IN)  flew here to help me celebrate with style!   We won't talk about how old I am,  but I think you'll be able to figure it out from these pictures.

I loved all my cards!

We all laughed about how many times we went out to eat 'cause they didn't want me doing all the cooking.  Fine with me!

I've been on a new eating plan and am losing weight (13lbs so far).  I have been dreaming of chocolate fudge cake with fudge frosting and told my sister that's what I wanted for my birthday.  Being the good sister that she is, she obliged me! 

I'm ready to take a big bite of it!

You can't see him in the picture, but my son was standing right behind me.....

Yup!  you guessed it!  He pushed my head just a little!

Sure was good!

I hauled in the loot too!

I know I forgot some things.....but here's new clothes, new swim towel, drinking bottle, shower caps for swimming, woodwick candle, a Nook color Reader, Ebay & Visa Gift cards, Shower Gel, another fancy candle, red satin wallet, and a personalized pill case.  

and on the back of it.

That says it all.........doesn't it?

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Wonder Why?

Nothing puts a smile on my face more than Moda charm packs! 

Wonder why?

Maybe it's dreaming about all the things I can do with them?   Maybe it's cause I get a little sampling of the whole line?  Maybe it's cause they are 'color divided'?  All tidy and organized?  And the main focal fabric is on top?  Easy to store?  Label paper band so neat & easy to read?

Who cares?   I just love Moda Charm Packs!

Thanks to Fabric ala Carte for their great giveaway I won!  It's a Moda charm pack and I've got a BIG smile now.  This one is Clermont Farms by Polly Minick & Lauri Simpson.   Fabric alacarte also has a blog, so pay her a visit today too and tell her Sew Fun Quilts sent you.  http://thescrappyquilter.blogspot.com 

What are you smiling about today?

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I'm still playing!

This is the little sign that's on the door into my sewing room, just for fun.

(oops....it's a bit blurry and crooked....but, oh well.)   I love playing in my "Sandbox" and I have lots of fun toys in there too. 

 Come on in and I'll share some of my "playing" with you!

I love batiks!  and this is a Bali Pops from Hoffman Fabrics in California called Zinfandel.  I found another perfect batik to go with the strips.  The picture just doesn't do them justice!  They are way more vibrant than the picture.

Last September I won a great CT Publishing Giveaway and received some of Alex Anderson's fabrics and her latest 4 books for easy strip quilts.   One of the patterns in one of the books gave me the inspiration to do some "fun playing" with these batik strips. 

So........I'm still sewing away and "playing!" 

Love the easy strip piecing and sewing!  WhooHoo!  This is one of those times when the humming and rhythm of the sewing machine works its magic on my attitude.....especially when I'm HOT!     I'm just sharing some of the WIP (work in progress) with ya'll.  

Here's some of the partial blocks.

And another set of partial blocks.

I'll show more when more of it is finished.

Want to come "play" with me?  I'll even share some of my toys. 

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