TGIF.......

What a week !!!  Having six girls around the house takes a bit of patience.
We are always out of nail polish remover. Barrettes and pony holders disappear into thin air. 6 hairbrushes in the house. But only mine gets used. I could go on and on and on.................
But let's stay focused here.
The sewing areas in our home are.........well let's say.......small. In our previous home. We had a entire room for sewing and crafting. In this house we make due. The laundry room is the cutting area and the landing has the 2 sewing machines, desks ,design wall and dress form. Fabric is everywhere we can stuff it.
This week I had one of those ideas in my head I just had to get out and on the design wall. I thought of a plan to get it done.So, I was desperately trying to finish the chores ect. by lunch and sew in the afternoon before school let's out. My two oldest daughters home school.   They are always around. But neither of them have been sewing much lately.  I thought my plan was no fail.  HA. I should have known better.
Monday was o.k. I got some cutting done and was off and running. Tuesday my oldest girl asked if I had a dress pattern she could sew ( uh oh).Then, do you have an extra couple yards of fabric I can play with mom??? (oh no).Wednesday my one butt laundry room had two butts in it. I can't get mad she is sewing , creating, I am so proud....as I run in to her for the fifth time going from cutting to sewing. Then , I hear myself saying things like. Where is the scissors? Did the rotary cutter have a flat spot? Honey, those are my quilting pins. Ouch! I just stepped on one.You can't use that bobbin in that sewing machine.  By the end of the day
it looked like a tornado had ravaged the sewing area . But the sun dress was done and I had a couple more blocks on the wall.
Thursday will be a sew-a-thon day right ? She is done.
I get the chores done on Thursday ,run upstairs to sew .....and she is resizing the dress form (%$@#). "Watcha doin honey ?", I say. " I have a great idea for another dress mom" she says. I scream really loud in my head!!!!! Smile and say ," Awesome ! Project Runway watch out."
We continue the little dance for another day.....Untill SuperGirl starts hanging around watching what we are doing. "Hey, Mom what are all these triangles for ?" She says. " They are just left over from the sawtooth blocks I am making." I respond. Before I could catch my breath.....Three butts in the one butt laundry room.
And three sewers on two machines. I still don't want to discourage, so on we go. The tripping , the tornado and the stressed mom with the not so authentic smile. Proud as can be!!!
I hope this weekend will find us finishing our projects happily and with out injury.
Here is a peek at the progress..
The first sundress. By the oldest..

Triangles sewn together to make the top of a sundress. By SuperGirl.

And the finished blocks for my new project...

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Mama's got a brand new bag...........

My weekend sewing was pretty darn productive. In honor of National Quilting Day I started a new quilt.

I'll just say......" I am seeing stars,and I like it!!" I am using the same fabrics that were featured in

"The Giveaway". 

It's going well. Can't wait to share.

Also, when I was reading all the comments about spring sewing I was inspired by the gals who said they were going to make a "Spring Bag". I thought I would give it a shot.

     So, I got out all my purse patterns..That I never got around to making... I opened them , read the instructions, measured fabric...................then.............threw out the patterns and winged it.

Please tell me I am not the only one that does that.

Here is what I ended up with.

Spring bag looks a little silly with winter background.

 Can't beat an Amy Butler fabric for a bag.

If you want some I found some here.

    It is decor weight but I still stiffened it with some iron on Pellon.

     I bought at JoAnn's . It sits up without falling over. I like that.

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Happy Quilting Day !!!!!

This time last year I was putting the finishing touches on my first quilt. The "Chocolate Coins" in the left bottom corner of this pic. We cuddle that quilt a lot in this house. Since then I have become a bit of an addict,  so have a couple of the girls. This collage is something of a year in review... quilt and patchwork.
Click on the picture if you want to see it bigger....

I hope the next year is full of finished quilts. 

Here's to all the quilters out there. Virtual high five!!

You all bring tons of love in every creation.
Big Hugs!!!!!

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I Love Comments.........

You know....Blogger does not make it easy to answer your comments. And I want to answer your comments.I love you guys!! I have gotten alot of inspiration from ALL of you.  ..So I am going to try a new comment system.
I hope it works. Here goes. I might have to try a couple .I am not so tech. savvy ..... This is THE only time I wish I were 16 again. If you have a minute. Say Hello , So I can see how this new thing works. Thanks!!
Stay tuned

Update..... So far it's not bad accept I am losing comments.(insert sarcasm)  Arrgggg!!!! 

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ZigZag Quilt Top pieced.........check!!

I finally finished something!!!! Well, the top at least.It was one of those weird UFO's. Every time I would start piecing it. Another idea would pop into my head and to the bottom of the list it would go. Now that it's done (sorta) I love it. Wished I would have finished it earlier!!

I am a little scared to quilt this one. I do not have the foggiest idea what  pattern to quilt it with. Or for that matter binding. Ideas anyone???

I used the Zig Zag pattern from Anna Marie Horners website.I wanted to use her fabrics. But had to pull from the stash. I did cut the triangles slightly larger.

I used my stash of Kaffe Fassett fabrics and a Kona Cotton in black. It is a whopping 70"x 96" inches.

Another reason I am scared to quilt it. I think it would be a big fight with the sewing machine. She does not love to quilt anyway. 

This was also hard to get a good picture of. The colors REALLY pop in person .

This was the quilt waaaaay back when on the design wall.

I hope I get the whole thing fished someday. Sooner rather than later of course. 

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Drum Roll Please.....................

Today's the day. The Winner is Courtney from Not so Homemade She was comment 151. I used random.org to pick the winner. Then played on the website for quit some time. I love randomness.
I also loved reading what everyone is up to this spring! Lots of sewing machines humming all over this land.
I have truly been inspired . I think I am going to make a fun quilt and a spring bag myself. Oh geez I better work on the UFO's too.
Thanks to all of you who entered. And to all of my new friends I hope I don't disappoint!!!
May everyone's spring be sunny and creative!!!  Now let's get sewing  people!!!

Courtney, I am shooting you an e-mail. If you come here first send me your address and I will drop your
fabric in the mail.

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Anyone in the Mood for Catfish???

O.K. so I was on the phone with my Mom the other day. You know when your on the phone and the other person is talking and your listening, but not really, because your crafting/sewing in your head????? Or is it just me?? Well she was talking about how catfish just isn't catfish unless it is fried in bacon drippings........And this is what popped into my less than stable mind.

Is she not cute?

MerKitten??

She has lovingly been named Purrrrcilla.

And is now in the hands of her new BFF Bridgitt who is 4.
I found the template for the kitten half over at Cherryskin
And winged the rest.or should I say tailed?

Last Day to enter the GIVEAWAY so enter!!

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