Busy holiday week

Well, today is a frantic race to the finish line…and the finish line is tomorrow at 5:50 pm!  That’s when we leave for Vegas to visit Aunt Susan and Uncle Will for Thanksgiving!  All of us are super excited…  I am really a packing procrastinator…and I’ve barely started.  But, rest assured, we will be ready for tomorrow!

In the meantime, I’ve been working on a few things to get ready for the holidays.

Remember this?  From sometime in the summer? Well, now it’s COMPLETELY finished and looks like this: I’m so happy to have this one finished.  I used a professional quilter for the first time since my first quilt…and I’m absolutely THRILLED with the results.  Hopefully sometime today or tomorrow I’ll be dropping off two more quilts for her to work on!

Also, I’ve been working on my Picnic Schnibbles for the November challenge.  Here is how it looks right now…I’d really like to have this finished in time for the reveal on December 1st, but I’m definitely not holding my breath!  That would require me to finish it either today (probably NOT) or in the day or two that we get back from Vegas (more likely!).

I also just finished the center block for my BOM.  It’s really pretty…As always, it’s using those Glace fabrics that are gorgeous!  This is actually a fairly good representation of the colors.  That bottom left corner is a bit washed out from the sun…but the center is really really close to life…

On the cross-stitching front, since finishing Jack’s stocking, I’ve been working on Mirabilia’s (Nora Corbett) Bluebell Fairy/Pixie.  She’s really cute!  It’s definitely quite a change from my Shepherd’s Bush/LHN designs that I’ve been working on lately.  All of that shading really makes a huge difference.

OK, that’s it for me.    Off to go do some packing for Vegas.  I will definitely have some pictures of our adventures there.

I hope that you all have a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving and enjoy your time with Family and Friends…and eat lots of pie :)

2 finishes today!

As promised…long ago…here is Jack’s stocking.It has been sent off today to mom who will be doing the finishing for me.

Also, I finished my Cindy Lou Who Schnibble for October…just a tad late!I used Sweetwater’s au.then.tic line of fabric for Moda.  I had been eyeing this fabric for a while, and this was such a fun way to use it!  I went back and forth on whether to use a back border or a green one…and I’m glad I chose the black in the end.  The backing fabric is the green with black writing.

So, on to the next project…one of 8 million :)    

wondering…

where I’ve been?

Well, it’s been kinda crazy around the Brown household lately!

Work is busy.  Home is busy. 

I have been sewing and stitching.  A bit on Jack’s stocking…still no pic (sorry!).

…a bit on a little who baby that I didn’t finish in time for the October deadline…

…using a little bit of this…

I can’t wait to start this…

…and equally excited about this…

using this…

And just because it wouldn’t be a true blog entry without the obligatory kid picture…here’s us on Halloween…

Happy stitching, sewing, quilting…or whatever your heart desires!

Fantastic Giveaway!

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Hope you win!

Sick, but still posting

Wow, I had no idea that this week I’d be running an infirmary over here!  We’ve had Swine flu, pretty sure…and now I’ve got it too!  I’m home from work today with Nicholas, who started running a fever (again) and I also have fever today :(

Even so, here’s a few pictures of what’s on my table these days.

Remember that picture of what I cut out last week?  Well, here are the first few blocks.

And for those who guessed, it is Wild Thing by Thimble Blossoms using Santorini by Lila Tueller.  I am LOVING how this is turning out!  I think it’s just an excellent way to showcase this fabric!

I also got and finished Month 5 BOM from FQS!  Ironically this block was designed by Camille of Thimble Blossoms :) The color is a bit off in the picture, but as always, it’s using those Glace fabrics that are to die for!  Love them more every month when I work with them.

And since I’m up to date on the monthly blocks, I figured it was time to work on the center star and start some of the sashing and cornerstone stars…since there’s going to be a lot of them…

So, I pulled out the fabric…(even washed out, they’re gorgeous!)…and I started cutting away.

Do you get nervous when you cut into big chunks of yardage?  I found myself getting nervous last night…like I was afraid to use it or something?!  Weird…

That’s it for today.  Hoping to get a few stitches in Jack’s stocking today.  I think that’s about all I will have the energy for…what with this fever and all :(

See you all later…

Yet another AWESOME giveaway!

Maybe you read my blog, and you’re not a quilter.  But, you’re probably a stitcher, and we need fabric for finishing…

So…either way, you NEED to check out this giveaway.

http://pumpkinpatchprimitivequiltshoppe.blogspot.com/2009/10/its-happy-halloween-giveaway.html

She’s giving away 27 FAT QUARTERS…yes you heard correctly…27!!!  Red Rooster’s  Pumpkin and Spice line.

(picture from Pumpkin Patch Primitives website)

See…told ya it was a good one!

great giveaway for you quilters out there!

kati cupcake has some very super cute patterns, and now she's got a line of fabric, too!

v and co. is hosting a giveaway, so go check it out here.

Good luck to you all (and me too!)

Back to work…

In more ways than one.

I was off on Friday, so it’s back to work work.

But also, I feel like I’ve been off from crafting.  This weekend I got back to it.

This is what is on my project table now. Can you guess what it is?  Or what it’s going to be?