Finito...FINALLY!!!!

If you know me, you know that I am not a finisher of things! I go full throttle into things and all too soon it loses it's excitement and allure and becomes work and then my attention is diverted to something that will give me a more instant gratification. I am embarrassed to say that this project took me fifteen months to complete! So humiliating! It was the quilting that kicked my heiny! Maybe those swirls were a bit too ambitious for this novice ( I still consider myself a beginner even though I have been sewing for six years.). I unpicked them a million times. I am learning a lot though. In my perfect quilty world I would have a long arm quilting machine and the room for it. Hello! Reality check...all I have is my little Bernina and my wittle sewing closet so I will just learn to make due! This little beauty is going to my friendy friend Tracy for all the times she drove my kids to school and for just being so amazing!

Next on the To Do list:

• Quilt and bind and send snowman wall hanging to bloggy friend


• Sew Easter dresses and skirts for the girls and maybe a tie for the boy IF I have time.


• Finish my Gingham Rose quilt. (All the blocks are sewn I just have to piece it together and quilt it.)


• Finish my mom's sampler.

Let's just hope that it doesn't take me over a year to get it all done!

fun.

Ch ch check it! An instant pick me up...happiness in a tune! Makes my toes tap! fun. an indie pop band with the former lead singer from The Format. Good stuff, Maynard!

Always An Enterer Never A Winner!

I am a sucker for giveaways, especially when the giveaway involves delish fabric! However, no matter how many I enter, I just never seem to win a darn thing! I figure that maybe THIS time I will get lucky...or the next time or the time after that! I'll just keep trying! ( I use the word just a lot. I had to remove a few because there were just too many...see! I just did it again...oops...I have a serious problem!) Amy@ Park City Girl soon to be Amy's Creative Side is giving away this goodness!

I am a tad bit addicted to quilting blogs and tutorials! If you wanna make something you just google it and add "tutorial" to it and presto...there is inspiration at your fingertips and people out there who have done the hard work and are willing to walk you through it so you can just (he he) breeze through a project. I keep adding blogs to my favorite folders thinking,"Oh I can make that!" or, "Why didn't I think of that?!" It inspires me to actually get to work creating, that if these ladies can do it then I don't have to just (sigh) dream about sewing amazing things I can do it and you can do it too! With that, I am off to create!