Stitcher's Angel received her gift!

Well, I got a lovely comment/email from Cici letting me know that she received her parcel in Sweden safe and sound! If you remember , in my last post, I gave a sneak peak of what I was making....here are the finished products....

I used a tutorial over here for this awesome collapsible bucket that is made out of canvas. I did not want to use canvas so instead I lined it with Timtex. The pin cushion is from my Quilts and More mag and is by Heather Bailey. I pieced the top piece of fabric though for a matchy look. And last but not least the Stitching folder is from this pattern by Renee Plains. Instead of the wool I used an angel applique from Nancy Halvorsen's book Angels Among Us and added my own stitchery touches. Most of the fabric is Moda and some is from my long stashed away Robyn Pandolph fabs (from when she was with Moda). All in all I had a great time both finding these gifts and then making them. So.....

...I am glad that they arrived to you safely! I also must say thanks to my accomplice, Stina, who was gracious enough to answer some questions for me so that I could make sure I was choosing things that Cici would like! Of course I would like to extend a BIG thanks to Helen for hosting this really cool swap!

Also, I found a great giveaway the other day...if you have not been to Camille's blog lately, hop on over there quickly and enter to win-get this- a quilt made by Camille!!! Isn't she just awesome to do this?! There is not much time left for this though so get and move on! There are also some great ways to get extra entries if you want to increase your chances! Thanks Camille- you are the coolest!

Well, I am off to see if I can get some of my Etsy stocked up and of course to do some work on my numerous WIPS! I will hopefully have something to show soon and maybe a sneak peak of the pattern I am working on!

Cara

P.S. A while back our guild had a sew in day for ConKerr Cancer and I have learned recently that Cindy Kerr, the founder of this awesome charity, has been chosen as one of 10 women to receive the 2008 Women Of Worth award. This is a wonderful charity and this is our chance to help out once again. Please go to http://www.womenofworth.com/ and vote for Cindy and if she is selected, ConKerr Cancer will receive $25 000! Hurry on over and vote as it ends November 24th! You can also help by making these pillow cases and donating them. Thanks for supporting this cause.

A Big Thank You to Margaret!

A little bit ago I signed up for my first swap since coming to blog land - a pin cushion swap! Yesterday the post-lady handed me a parcel and I immediately was excited! Of course I rushed inside, grabbed my camera and proceeded to open my parcel. Here is what it contained....

GORGEOUS! Is about what I can say! And so a great big, huge THANK YOU! to Margaret for my wonderful pin cushion! I love it! It is so very 'me'! She is so sweet to also include some other little goodies that are just delish- a porcelain Espana thimble for my collection, a cute 'I Love Quilting' book marker, a pretty fat quarter and some sweet hand-dyed flosses for my next stitchery! (I have just the quilt to use them in: ) ). I must say Margaret, you made my day and also made my first bloggy swap so nice!

Here is a closeup of the beautiful pin cushion and it's perfect stitchery!

Before I go I also wanted to say THANK YOU as well to Linda for organizing such a wonderful swap-ortunity!

Happy Swapping!
T.T.F.N.

Wonderful gift and some other goodies...

Well it has been a while since I posted but I had to go to Canada for my Nana's funeral service. While I was there I was staying at my Aunt's home and we were talking about quilting ( she is getting ready to be a grandmother and made her a beautiful quilt for the baby!) and I was showing her some patterns I was making for pincushions. Well she disappeared and came back with the cutest little pincushion that had cathedral windows on it. She said her quilty friend that she used to sew with made it and gave it to her and now she would like me to have it for my collection!! Of course I took it and thanked her profusely! I love when things have a special meaning.

As for my quilting, well it definitely has not been happening...although I did managed to work on my Piece and Plenty block 7 and 8 on the plane ride and a little at my Aunt's. Otherwise it has been a busy week., I did manage to spend some time giving the Nook a little bit of a clean out in time for spring and hopefully some new orders to come in. In that time I purged a little and rekindled the desire to do some projects. I also made a new bulletin board for my cutting table area. When I started reading the blogs I discovered on someones blog (forgive me, I could not find your post again- I know there were no pics, just a mention of it! I will post the link when I do find it!) a post about making fabric covered buttons into thumb tacks. So here is my efforts on the same! I also had this little magnets that seemed to be the perfect size so I made some of those to since the board is also magnetic.

And last but not least, the Nook's clean out prompted a visit to my LQS to purchase some supplies for a couple of small projects ( more to come on them) and this is the fruits of that visit! Of course when I got there there were so many new things that have come in this past month that it was hard not to come out with more! I had missed our "Strip" club this past week and the quilt was just beautiful!!!! I may have to go back and get the kit! At least it will entice me to clean out the to TBQ and WIP lists before purchasing the pattern!

As well I discovered Lynette Anderson's free stitchery BOM and have decided to do it! That is what the skeins of floss and the cream fabric above were bought for! I am excited to get started! SO off I go....oh ya, I just want to say welcome to Stefanie, the quilt buddy, and hopefully we will get to see some of her WIP's soon!

T.T.F.N!