WINNER ... WINNER ... WINNER

WINNER ... WINNER ... WINNER I used Random.Org to generate a number for my 100th post giveaway and the winner is # 81 ... who just happens to be ... Valerie from Pumpkin Patch Quilter. Congratulations Valerie!!! Please email me your address and I'll get the goodies in the mail!

Besides the giveaway I have nothing new to report...we were on vacation last week so we were at the lake and then spent 3 days down in Amish Country on the motorcycles. The weather was beautiful and we had a great time with our friends! Retirement is sure looking good after last week ... and i only have 23 years before i can retire ... UGH!

Hope everyone's week is off to a great start!

100TH POST GIVEAWAY

YEAH!!!! It's my 100th post and I'm having a GIVEAWAY!!! I am giving away 2 charm packs created by my quilt store and two 1/2 yard cuts of Nature's Chorus by April Cornell.

You will have 3 chances to enter your name and I will draw the name out of a hat on July 13th. Here are the different ways you can enter...

1. Join my blog as a follower (if you already are, that counts!)

2. Post about my giveaway on your blog

3. Leave me a comment and let me know the name of your favorite quilt pattern. Be sure to let me know in your comment what you have done so I know how many times your name should be entered.

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

Swanky Start....Brrrrr

Hello!!! Yesterday i dropped off the quilts for my nephews at the quilters and they should be done in about 3 weeks ... i can't wait to see them, they will look awesome!

So last night i needed something to do so i started a new project. This jumble of material...

will eventually become this quilt...

I'm using the Swanky jellyroll and a bit of yardage and can't wait to finish this girly quilt.

So, we have a ranch house and when we put the air conditioner in our bedroom window, we can close off all the other rooms, bathroom and laundry room and the AC in our bedroom will cool down the entire house. Well my husband tends to "crank" the AC when he gets up, especially the last few days because it has been so hot and humid in Ohio ... so last night when he was at work i went to go to bed and about FROZE when i walked in our bedroom! i looked at the thermometer that sits on the dresser and here is what it said ...

It was 59 degrees in our bedroom and freezing! I was definitely regretting that i took the electric mattress pad cover off ... i so would have cranked it on high for some heat! I shouldn't complain, i should just be happy that we have AC!

Well, this is my 99th post, so my next post will be a GIVEAWAY and i will have several different ways for you to enter your name....stay tuned :O)

HO HUM...

Hello everyone!!! Well, it's been almost a week since my last post and I was hoping to post more often, however, i have nothing to post about! This weekend I bought backing fabric for 2 of the quilts (Alex & Matthew) and Michael's was bought a week earlier. Below is a pic of the cute bag given to me when I was at the Door Mouse purchasing fabric. They are making them for their 30th Anniversary this year so that customers can bring them back to put there fabric in. Just another step for them to go green...isn't it pretty!

This weekend we went to ballgames for Alexander's team and they were great to watch and he did SUPER but you always feel so bad for them when they lose :o(

Other than that just a little bit of riding. Hope everyone is having a great week!

Hour Bag Fabric

My Cousin and I went shopping last weekend and i was on the hunt for backing material for the boys' quilts ... i found Michael's backing and binding but had no luck with Alex and Matthew's.

While we were shopping i happened to come across the CUTEST fabric and decided to make a bag with it ... the bag my cousin happened to be carrying ... it is called the Hour Bag. She found the pattern on someones website and it is absolutely adorable! Maybe if she sends me a picture of it i can post it in the near future...in the meantime, here is the fabric i bought to make it...isn't it just awesome! i LOVE how bright the green is. The green will be the lining and the floral the outside...how fun and summery!!! I plan to do some sewing this weekend but haven't decided what i want to start. Maybe i'll get the rest of the backing fabric and get those finished! What a good idea!!

Don't forget ... i'm coming up on my 100th post and i will definitely be having a give-away with several different ways to be entered.

SWIRL

I am so excited to say that Michael's quilt is finished! It looks awesome and Michael did a great job picking out some awesome colors! The orange is so bright that it just gives a WOW factor to this quilt. Michael has chosen solid black for the backing with orange binding and that too will look great! Michael has chosen the name SWIRL for his quilt. Tomorrow night i will get the backing put together for Michaels and then i will start doing some piecing for Alex and Matthew's quilts and I have to purchase some more fabric for their backings and bindings also...darn, i guess that means a trip to the door mouse ... oh what a fabulous store!

ps...i'm coming up on my 100th post so it may be time for a give-away in the near future :O)

Mmmmm...no words necessary

Design Your Own Fat Quarter Bundle Give Away

How awesome does this give away sound ... stop over at The Fabric Shopper and check out the awesome giveaway! You get to design your own FQ from Whipstitch on Etsy. There are also several chances to win.

Not much sewing has taken place the last 2 days but tomorrow night i hope to get the blocks all measured and start sewing the rows together.

Hope everyone has a wonderful Wednesday!

Whirly Gig Blocks Complete

HOW SWEET IT IS! i so can not believe i finished getting all the whirly gigs cut, ironed, sewed, ironed, pinned, sewed and ironed again! Here are the stacks of 90 whirly giggle blocks and i'm so glad i have gotten this far. Now i can just trim them up and start putting the rows together...What a great feeling :O)

Whirlys and Giggles Cutting

This morning i started cutting the whirly's and the giggles for Michael's quilt and have come to the conclusion that it's going to take me all weekend just to get them cut! So, about 30 blocks in to the whirly's i decided to cut some giggles and sew them together to see how it was going to look and Michael ... i think your quilt is going to look SPECTACULAR!!!!

Another Give Away

Twiddletails is having a give away ... stop by and leave a comment :O)

Beginning Michael's Quilt

Well, it's 7:00 pm on Friday evening and in the last 2 hours i have cut all 360 squares for Michael's Whirly Giggle quilt. So now i'm off to dinner with the girls for mexican and i'm SURE that will consiste of a margarita or two or three...so i don't believe i will be cutting any more this evening! But...first thing Saturday morning i will set out to get all the whirly and giggles cut so i can begin putting the blocks together.

Have a GREAT evening :O)

Quilt Give Away

GIVE AWAY!!!! How beautiful is this quilt! Well you can win this! Be sure to stop by Sheri Howard's for your chance to win this quilt.

Test Whirly Giggle

Hello! I haven't been doing much sewing since i finished Alexander's quilt, but tonight i spent some time using some Joann Fabric material to do a whirly giggle table topper. I wanted to do a test run before i started cutting Michael's fabric for his quilt. I'm happy with how the blocks came out and it was very simple to do. So now i'll put these blocks away and put them together another time so that I can get started on Michael's...just one more quilt and all 3 for my Nephews will be done ... WOO HOOO! Don't take that comment that i'm not happy to do them for the boys cuz i think they will look awesome in their rooms and it's something they will have for a long time and for that I'm honored :O) So after Michael's quilt is completed i'll do the backs for them and off to the quilter they go! Then i can start working on a few Christmas ideas I have in mind for people and then it's on to the 11 future quilts that I have already bought the material for! I'm such a sucker for material, but when I find Moda on sale and at a great price, i just can't pass it up! Hello, my name is Lisa and I'm addicted to Fabric! YIKES!

Have a great week and i'll post some pictures this weekend of the progress for Michael's!

Give Away

Be sure to stop by Vickie's blog because she is having an awesome giveaway and there will be 4 winners!!

Not much sewing going on ... i'm waiting to start working on a Whirly Giggle quilt but hope to have pictures later this week and since hubby is working this weekend, i hope to get alot of sewing done!

Have a great week!

Alexander's Quilt Completed

Hello!!! I so can not believe it has been 1 week since my last post...holy cow!

Well, i haven't done much sewing but boy did we get alot of riding in! Saturday we rode up towards Indian Lake and i forgot to put on the sunscreen ... uh yeah, i was a bit fried to say the least...but that didn't stop me Sunday and Monday, however, i did remember the sunscreen those days :O)

So this evening i started doing some sewing again and i pounded out Alexander's quilt and i must say ... it looks AWESOME! Alex did a great job picking out his fabric and he so knew what he wanted! The colors look GREAT ... Way To Go Alex!!!

So here is a picture of Alexander's Wonky Block quilt ...

Alexander's Not-So-Wonky Quilt

Well, this evening I worked on Alexander's quilt and completed the remaining 4 blocks...i'm very happy with how the 4 I did tonight look, but the one i did the other day is driving me nuts still! So, i think i'm going to take it (the middle block) apart and straighten out the red part that i made wonky...i sorta think this quilt looks awesome with the blocks squared off because of how busy the material is. It would be wonderful if i could finish this quilt this week, but it is suppose to be beautiful and in the high 70's every day thru Sunday and then just a slight chance of rain on Monday ... so i would venture to say i will have my behind parked on my Harley a good portion of my available time...but i'll finish it soon Alex ... i promise!

Hope everyone has a great week!!

Wonky Block Number One

Ok ... so tonight i worked on the first wonky block for Alexander's quilt ... not sure i'm diggin this one ... i seem to have a problem making cuts that are not straight! I made 2 cuts that were crooked and i just wanted to straighten them out because they just aren't suppose to be crooked!!! HELP!!!! I think i'm going to make two of the outer black strips crooked...YIKES! Tomorrow i will work on some more and hopefully they will go together easier if i just tell myself it's ok to not have everything right!

Calendar Quilt April and May Blocks

I can't believe how time is flying by! I am so not one to have unfinished projects laying around, it absolutely drives me bananas!!! So ... I have finished my blocks for this calendar challenge ... yep, all 365 strips! I will post a block each month, but hope to have it assembled and quilted by the end of the summer.

Here is my block for April... and here is my block for May...

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!!!

Opinions Wanted...

This is a loaded question, but i would love to know your opinion...how bad does the orange binding i used on my Fresh quilt clash with the border? I am debating on taking it off and doing the binding in the same material i used for the orange border ... what do you think? Is it bad enough to remove or would you just leave it as is? It will be used as decoration during the spring months. And while we are on opinions ... what color thread do you use on your quilts? I tend to use cream on most quilts, however, i am going to be doing a darker colored quilt soon and will probably use a charcoal color rather than cream since that will match it better ... do you match your thread color to all your quilts???

Ta Dah...Matthew's Quilt Finished

how AWESOME is this!!! Matthew's quilt is finished and all i can say is Matthew you ROCK! You did an awesome job picking out this fabric and your quilt turned out so cool!

German Chocolate Cake...YUM

THIS..... PLUS THIS....

EQUALS THIS....

ADDED TO A GERMAN CHOCOLATE CAKE EQUALS THIS....

YUM-O! I'm not a fan of coconut, but i LOVE this german chocolate frosting. It is a home-made recipe from my MIL and it is wonderful!

German Chocolate Frosting

1 cup evaporated milk

1 cup granulated sugar

3 egg yolks

1/2 cup butter

1 teaspoon vanilla

Stir on medium heat until thickened...about 12 minutes

Add 1 1/2 to 2 cups Angel Flake Coconut

1 cup chopped pecans

Mix well and let cool for about 10 minutes and then frost cake

Matthew's Quilt Coming Along

Good Evening Peeps! Hope everyone is having a great week! Monday and Tuesday night i spent working on Matthew's Almost Irish quilt...the blocks are all cut, the 4 patch blocks are assembled and now i'm ready to attach all the blocks together to make the rows. My plan is to get the rows assembled Friday evening and then on Saturday attach the rows to each other to complete the quilt. It sounds like a great plan, so let's just hope it happens, however, the more i think about it, i'll plan on finishing it this weekend rather than Saturday! I just realized there are 11 blocks across and 13 rows :O)

The picture below is just a layout of about 12 blocks to get a feel of what it will look like. Matthew really likes the fabric of the top left block, so i think i'm going to cut some more of that to throw in...this quilt is going to be great and it sure screams MATTHEW!

Note to Self...

Note To Self ... NEVER NEVER NEVER buy this fabric again .... Oh my goodness...it made me dizzy just cutting it and that was with my glasses on ... maybe i should have taken the glasses off and had a few margaritas !!! Love the fabric, but had to cut it with a pair or scissors so that my checks were straight. So, the material for Matthew's Almost Irish quilt is cut out and ready for me to start sewing! YEAH!!!

Hope everyone is having a GREAT weekend!

Free Fabric -- Woo Hoo

How exciting is this! The store I purchased some of the fabric for the boys was having a sale that day and because I spent a certain amount, I got a certain amount to spend at another time...so since I was from out-of-town, i picked out the fabric and they cut it while i was there and then just mailed it to me a few days later. So...here's the fabric...isn't it pretty! This week-end is suppose to be low 60's and cloudy, so i think it's going to be a weekend of yard work and a cook-out...I'm so excited for summer and it just seems like it is never going to get here...I know...it's only May 1st!

Have a great weekend!