Another give away

http://tatteredgarden.blogspot.com/2011/10/quiltalbum.html?showComment=1320429887872#c5782594367625777705

Give Away

http://oldroadprimitives.blogspot.com/2011/11/its-giveaway-time-again-at-old-road.html

First quilt for sale

Well I finished a quilt and put it up for sale. Got a few bites but no real offer. Hope it will sell.
I call it "Purple Peace". It is the first star I've done.

Tip

You know all those selvages we cut off the material? Well I was very glad that I have been saving them. I came across a cute backpack made out of them, and decided to start keeping them. Well I have not gotten around to making one but was making a quilt out of some stash I have had for a while. Well turns out I did not have enough of the teal at the top of this picture (sorry it downloaded smaller than it was). Anyway I pulled out my box of selvages (remember the manufaturer puts their name on them) and looked them up on the internet. I found some and was able to order some more and there-by will be able to complete the quilt.

Here is one of the blocks from that quilt. It has three each, teal, blue and purple. I think it is going to be gorgeous.

Lots of projects

I have so many quilts in the works that I cant seem to get done with them. I am going to concentrate on one from start to finish this weekend. I just have not gotten very good at the actual quilting, so I have a lot of tops done that need quilting. I wish I knew someone with a long arm that wouldn't cost me so much to do it. :(

Cute Thread caddy

I came up with this because of the buttons. I saw them at Walmart and thought they were so darn cute.
When I was putting together my sewing room (pics of room in another post, check it out). I needed something to do with those large spools of thread (the ones for sergers).

Had my wonderful hubby cut a piece of 2x6 board (he rotered off the edges, so sweet) and drill holes to fit dowel rods, which he cut to size for me.

I used some plastic tubing from the hardware store, in the plumbing department. (Take the dowel with you to fit the tubing. should be snug fit).

Cut the tubing to small pieces and hot glue on the buttons.
Slip them in place and they hold you spools. Look much more cute than the plain janes you can buy and cost was cheap.

Used some picture hangers on the back and hung it on my peg board.

FWFS

Fort Worth Fabric Studio is having an awesome give away. Check it out.
 http://fortworthfabricstudio.blogspot.com/2011/07/july-giveaway.html?showComment=1310763066142#c2657751130980688400