and the winners are....

We had sponsors this month for our FNSI giveaway.......thank you again and again and again from Mary and Barb at Me and My Sister Designs for these great gifts!! Due to their generosity, we were even able to pick 4 winners total.....2 here and 2 on HEIDIS blog.
the first winner who gets the above goodies is:
#137---Andrea at Iowastatefairchallenge.blogspot.com
she is making a very cute make life quilt!

the second winner for the above goodies is:
#152 Jen at Thequiltyhome.blospot.com
she is making a very cute quilt also using Bliss.

Please send me your addresses via my email.

HEIDI has the other 2 winners on her blog, so be sure and pop on over to see if you might be a winner! (all winners are chosen using random.org)
you all had some great projects like always!



have a wonderful Thanksgiving week everyone!

FNSI results

heres my pincushion donut. it looks so real ....
i didnt put the beads on because i wasnt sure if i wanted the colors i had bought (in the bag pictured). i might go on the hunt tomorrow for some diff colors of beads.

it isnt very big....LOL.

i also stopped at my LQS while running errands early in the evening and bought this kit. its an owl pincushion from Bunny Hill Designs called Bitty Owl. the quilt store had an adorable one made up and the heart in the center was the make life fabric from sweetwater. (see my kit). i just couldnt resist!

dont forget to check back tomorrow on my and HEIDIS blogs for the winners. Me and My Sister designs sponsored this one as our first sponsors too! a big THANK YOU to both of them!

time for me to run....i have a date with Carrie, Samantha, Miranda and Charlotte. Am i the only gal who hasnt seen the 2nd Sex and the City movie yet?

rooms all ready....

how sweet it is going to be to get my machine going and do some fabric cutting in this room! i feel a little spoiled!!! i need to do some fun decorating and would LOVE a design wall....but as of right now im jumping for JOY! im sorry i keep talking about this room, but I have never had a craft space before....I was sewing in a tiny corner of my living room. i had stuff stashed in every corner of my house. i even had a fabric stash in my bath tub cleverly hidden behind a shower curtain. pathetic...but i know we all do what we gotta do for our crafts!

heres what im working on tomorrow night for Friday Night Sew-In! how FUN are these pin cushions. anyone who has been paying attention knows i have a thing for pin cushions. they look so real....almost gives me a hankerin for a donut.

see this cute little fella? the dog....not buzz lightyear. LOL---well, this sweet innocent face did some digging around my sewing room today. thankfully he didnt decide to chew my NEEDLE CASE he had drug out....or i guess id be at the vet right now. i know your saying "how could you be mad at the worlds cutest lab". well, im still not talking to him.

inspiration

ive been paging through the new quilts and more mag and found some cute ideas for this friday night sew in. do you have your projects ready?

I also bought this book tonight. her quilts are adorable and look pretty easy to make. Camille Roskelly at SIMPLIFY has always been one of my favorite bloggers and designers. its easy for me too because she is local here and my quilt shop carries a TON of her stuff. they are even mentioned in her book.

have you all signed up for this coming friday night? if not, click HERE. dont forget to blog about your night and projects on saturday....because thats how you get into our drawing. even if you only stitch a few lines, blog about it. we all have that night that doesnt happen, but hey i feel if you picked up a needle, or cut some fabric....its a sew-in baby!

my boys both have birthdays this week...i know i know...its just craziness to have a kid so close to xmas. but i did BOTH the same week/month....not year. LOL

anyway, ive got a busy week planned. one is hitting a milestone birthday and its been a little rough on me. LOL im feeling "my age" i guess. turning the big 4 0 this year was bad enough (it actually didnt bother me) but having a child become a legal age to vote is strange!!! i think its going to be hard to cut that cord for kid #1. im sure by kid #2 ill be like "yeah, whatever...see ya!". giggle giggle.

(im having trouble getting my paragraphs to separate....forgive the sloppy blogging)

out of the loop

i dont know anything that has happened lately.....
are there new fabrics out? does moda still exist? did the fabric world swallow anyone up?

is it REALLY xmas in 50something days?

we started this house process when it was still an OVEN in vegas.......i cant believe ive missed so much. im surfing and getting some very CUTE ideas.

anyone have a good idea for an easy xmas project? any good links?

Big news for Friday Night Sew In

have you all heard? nov 19th is the date and we have our very first sponser for friday night sew in! Me and my sister designs has graciously sent some goodies for the next FNSI! Heidi and I got to meet Barb and Mary last spring during a bag making class in phoenix. They are truly a couple of FUN gals!!! Their fabrics are adorable and i LOVE LOVE LOVE their patterns.

click HERE for the signups .... if you havent done so already :)









here is a glimpse of my sewing room....its a total disaster! im trying to unpack the rest of the house before i tackle this bad boy. Its REALLY scary when you move and see ALLLL the stuff you have "hoarded" for sewing. i have wayyy toooo much fabric. i was trying to hide the totes from my husband during our move, but his buddy kept saying "O M G BOBBI HOW MANY BOXES GO IN THE SEWING ROOM?"
(note to self, dont ever let him help us move again---or label the boxes with a secret code)

i know its hard to see, but i have a view of our front yard from the window. we face a park and some mountains are off in the distance. im hoping it will be a calming place to create.



we are all settling in, but our family dog is having a wee bit of trouble adjusting to stairs. he has almost knocked us down more than once. the first night he sounded like a HORSE. he is a HUGE yellow lab and also scared of the larger space we have. its kind of humerous and sad at the same time.


well, i might not get to post again until 11/19......but i hope to have some nice room pictures to show you by then. i refuse to let that room go much longer than a week. im getting the urge to make something.

FNSI winners and a surprise

sorry for the delay folks!!! here is a prime example of how my life has been lately. i go to work around 7ish this morning......and didnt notice THIS until lunchtime!!! need i say more?


yep....your seeing it correctly. 1 black and 1 brown shoe. i was wearing all black too so i couldnt even say "hey, its a new trend". OY VEY!

yesterday heidi and i were chatting about how to handle this months FNSI. all of my stuff is packed....including my machine and fabs. so we decided to do something a little special. we were feeling the guilt of having so much going on in our worlds these past few months. we LOVE doing friday night sew in and LOVE that you all participate!!! sooo.....my first winner will get this....

a charm pack of moda ORIGINS by basic grey and a roll of this fabulous tape to mark things such as rulers when you have a million 3 inch squares to cut (for example).

the TWIST is we are also giving another winner on EACH of our blogs a little FQ pack just for being so patient with us!!!

thats 4 winners total !!!! (2 on each blog)

hip hip hooray!!! be sure to checkout HEIDIS blog for the other 2 winners.

the winners on my blog are:

#71 MADELYN --- www.hookssticksandwheels.blogspot.com--- you get the Moda Origins charm pack and gadget

#101 SUNNY --- www.sunny-quiltingdreams.blogspot.com -- you get the Moda Origins 4 FQ pack.

please send me an email and ill get your packages out.

now my goal for novembers FNSI is to atleast have my sewing machine found amongst the boxes and maybe be able to find my scissors. :)

bad blogger of the year goes too......

ME! i cant believe ive neglected my blog so much since june! ive had such a busy few months.

last night was friday night sew-in and i have nothing to report. along with going through a blog block, im going through a crafting block also.

but i do have something fun coming up........something ive been working on for months......


heres a peak...... see this big empty room? well, this will be my new sewing room soon! WOOHOO
i have been sewing all this time in a corner of my house off the living room. not ideal....but it worked.

my new room is going to be huge. my crafty father even made me a new desk to sew on. im so excited....but the fun is just beginning for my family. everyone hates to pack and unpack right?

tomorrow ill sit down and surf blogs. i cant believe there were 133 people who joined in! VERY COOL. is everyone working on xmas presents?

check back tomorrow for the winners of FNSI! dont forget to check Heidis blog also for the other winner.

9/11

september news....

Friday Night Sew-in date is here......September 17th.
be sure and click the link to heidis blog for the september Friday Night Sew-In signups!


Ill be absent this month from the FNSI for this cute couple :)

My nephew, who has always been more like my little brother, is all grown up now and getting married. WOOHOO


we adore his fiance! but how couldnt we....she gave us this cute little fella a few years ago to add to our family tree.



im sure we will have to drag him out of the pool for the wedding......cuz this little tyke will be in a tux!!!