oooo...books!

Chronicle Books is hosted a $500 giveaway in *swoon* books!

Here's the haul I would get with the winnings:

World of Geek Craft (19.95)
1->2->3 Sew (24.95)
Amy Butler’s Style Stitches (29.95)
Whip Up Mini Quilts (24.95)
Subversive Cross Stitch (14.95)
The Exquisite Book (29.95)
The Orphan of Awkward Falls (16.99)
Little Bits Quilting Bee (24.95)
Denyse Schmidt Quilts (24.95)
Microworlds (19.95)
The Big Book of Casseroles (19.95)
Plenty (35.00)
Noodles Every Day (22.95)
Show and Tell (24.99)
Chuck Dugan is AWOL (19.95)
The Golden Mean (17.95)
The Doorbells of Florence (18.95)
Alexandria (19.95)
Sabine’s Notebook (17.95)
Griffin & Sabine (19.95)
Ten Little Zombies (9.95)
Food Play (16.95)
D.I.Y Delicious (24.95)

Total: $500.98

They'll also give $500 to the charity of the winner's choosing.
I'd choose it to go First Book. They give new books to kids in need.
Having seen schools as a student teacher that barely had a library and having been blessed with parents who rarely had to say no to a book purchase or a a visit to a well stocked library, I know how much of an impact having books can have. Anyway, First Book is active both in the US and Canada and has given away over 85 million books so far.

Oh..and as if that wasn't awesome enough, they will pick a winner from the folks who comment on the winner's post.
So, comment, y'all! I might win, and so might you!

overdue post...

Well, I *meant* to post my finish on Friday.

I actually had finished it on Thursday.

Here's my Dead Simple:


I caught up (very late last night) on my Skill Builder blocks:


Here they all all together:


I got my last Nubee block done and mailed:



I've gotten some lovely packages this week.

My pincushion from the Sewn Spaces swap came from edyB1 with added goodies

(It's kind of hard to see in my pic, but she used this really cute cricket fabric!)

A while back I won a gift certificate to Marmalade Fabrics.
I finally decided what to get:



I had been lusting after the viewmaster fabric for a while now, and it was on sale!

Gen X sponsored a Japanese charm swap...I shall be petting these pretties for a while.


Craft Buds sponsored an Aqua, Yellow, and Gray swap.


Still on tap for this weekend:
cutting fabric for mom's quilt
cutting the pieces (and making the fronts) of 5 pouches for friends
New Bee on the Block block
cut into fabric (catch up 4 blocks) with the Gen X QAL
cut fabric for at least 2 241 bags to sew on Friday
sort packages for my Black, White, and Gray swap...AS SOON AS TWO PACKAGES GET HERE. (I'm impatient to sort and want to get them out on Friday)

*sigh* There is probably more.

Still not done. WIP Wed. 9.16.11

Well, I was hoping to be done.
I got distracted by having to go pick up cat food at the vet.
And then trying to find the dining room table....
among other pieces of furniture which were buried.

So, I got a later start than intended.
I only made it 3/4 of the way done.
I'm calling uncle.

I've had a headache for a couple of hours.
The antibiotic I'm on seems to be amplifying it.
Plus I'm just plain tired.

So...bummer...no finish today.
Here's some teasers:



I still have 3 skill builder blocks to do,
one Nubee block,
and a New Bee block.
...is it me (and my slap happy headache) or does that remind ya of the Twelve Days of Xmas song?

Um...yeah...going to bed.

coming tomorrow...

machine binding is on the Dead Simple.
I just have to handsew (*cough* just *cough*) the binding on the other side.

Soo....hopefully there will be a finish to share tomorrow.
And, I have one more Nubee block to sew.

What are y'all up to?

Gah...tired!

I just quilted my Dead Simple.

Damn that thing was HEAVY.
I backed it in flannel. Anna Horner Folksy.

LOVE LOVE LOVE.

I still have to sew the binding on, but I need a break.

Phew.

I pulled fabric for a wonky Xmas (not Xmas themed) star quilt for my mama.

I still have one more bee block to sew for my Nubees hive.
I also have my block for New Bee on the Block.
For no good reason, this one is intimidating me.

To Do
Another Stocking for Stocking for Kids (or maybe 2)
Nubee block for quiltaunti
New Bee for Nov.
Hero Block
Wonky Star quilt for mom
241 bag for me
gifties for dancer friends

A plethora of bee blocks

I've been working on 4x5, 3x6, and Nubees today.
All of these babies are packaged up and ready to mail:


I've also started quilting my Dead Simple. Um... maybe about 1/4 of the way through. It's heavy.
I backed in flannel. Gonna be so so luscious.
Can't do any more because I have to be able to move my arms tomorrow for the show.
It was nice to sew given I got to rest my left foot.

Phew.

and we have a winner.....

True Random Number GeneratorMin: Max: Result:11 Powered by RANDOM.ORG

(I haven't learned how to do a screen shot, so an attempt at cut and paste was all I could do..)

#11 is Kathy from Kathy's Quilting Blog!!!!

Kathy, an email from me should be wending your way shortly, but email me if you see this first!