Still here...barely..

Yeah.  Almost typed that as barley.

So..yeah.

I have a ton of pics to take and show you.
I may have killed my industrial machine.
(Still having tension issues with the Horizon as well.)

Made 18 blocks for my scrap vomit.
Made it through the last day of school this year.
Felt incredibly loved by the kids and parents.
Then dragged myself for a strep test (was having chills all day).

...AND....I have strep.
Started the drugs, slept on the couch with dog and cat and am woefully behind on EVERYTHING.

I don't think I'm going to get much more done on my FAL list and it's driving me nuts.

I'll be back tomorrow.
Hopefully with photos.

Catching up...

I still have a crazy long 100 day Hustle and 4th Quarter FAL list.
I've faced the reality that it's not all getting done.
Partly because more stuff is being added to the list.

On for today:
finishing the journal covers
working on mom's Christmas tree skirt
working on either the hand quilting of the HFWYG quilt or the Hexy MF

Voting is also open for the Travelin Pic blog hop.
I'm #4 in the Americas group.

While I'd love it if you vote for me, I'd also love for you to check out all the amazing work from around the world.  It's totally solidified my obsession with EPP and gotten me back on gear with the Hexy MF.

Also...trying to stuff in one more giveaway tonight!

Winners...

I don't really have a lot to show today.
I'm working on a couple of journal covers for Christmas presents.

So...*drumroll*
The winner of the Traveling Stash is:

#6 is Lisa at Six Munchkin Stitching!




The winner of the Rivoli (3 half yards) is:

#20 is Dresden Quilter.

Emails have been sent.  If you won and are reading this before you check your email, please email me your shipping info!

Giveaway Day!

It's

I'm giving away this:




They are 3 half yard pieces.

If you'd like to win, please leave a comment below.
The giveaway will close Friday, Dec 7, at 8pm EST.  I will randomly pick a winner.  (I'd love it if you follow me, but it is NOT a requirement.)
I will ship internationally.

If you are looking for the Traveling Stash giveaway (which is open just to the US), go here.

Some progress, finishes, and the Travelin' Stash..

So,  I have some very belated finishes to show you.

First up, the quilt for my Aunt:



She requested batiks.

Then, the Mod Pop.  It still needs washing, but it's hand quilted now.




I am doing a spinning stars block for my month in the Boo Bee:



My stash of Guising is going into this one, along with most of my Halloween stash...some from Sewing Summit.

I basted my How Far Will You Go QAL quilt.  I am going to hand quilt it.  But, I just couldn't do it today.  The sewing on borders and basting took most of the day.





In other news.....
I won the Traveling Stash!
Here's a peek:





I haven't decided what I'm keeping and what I've putting in.

Would you like to win it?

Rules:

1. Be an active blogger. Post about receiving the box and the giveaway on your blog in a timely manner.

2. There's a note in the box that logs where the box has been. Please add your info and place the note back in the box.

3. There's a list of Rules and Guidelines in the box. Please read and follow these and return the list to the box.

4. You may take anything you like from the box. Just replace every item with comparable quilt shop quality items equal to the amount taken.

5. Ship the box to the next person in a reasonable amount of time.

6. Due to the amount of postage shipping is only within the USA.

Are you in? Want to play? Here's what you need to do:

1. Leave a comment on this post. What do you see in the pictures of the stash that you'd like to swipe for your very own?  Any ideas what you might do with it once you get it? I'd love to hear your ideas.

2. Followers, old and new, get a second entry. Just leave a separate comment telling me that you are.

3. For a third chance, blog, facebook or tweet about this giveaway, then leave a separate comment telling me that you have.

I'll leave this one open until Thursday night, so I can contact the winner on Friday and get it traveling!


I've got a 

coming tomorrow, entirely separate from the Traveling Stash.

Travelin' Pic

I'm still kind of new to EPP.

(I've stalled out on my Hexy MF.)

I need practice.  So I was really excited when Laura and Katy posted up the



(Plus meeting them both in person at Sewing Summit was awesome!)
I went through a LOT of travel pics and finally chose this one:

It's from some graffiti in Barcelona.  I'm kind of addicted to taking pics of graffiti when I travel.

Then I went fabric hunting.  I decided to leave out the green, as I couldn't really find the right color in my stash.

I picked some tree fabric from my trip to Savannah, the last of my yellow Parisville, and some Toomuchery.  I found a brown background I actually liked.

I went with a Spring Carnival pattern, as I'd wanted to try that one for a while and had gotten the templates at Sewing Summit from another Katy  (imagingermonkey Katy).

I finally finished the quilting and binding today.

I think I love it.

(unstuffed)



(stuffed)




(closeup)



I'll try to add in a daylight pic, but it's late and I wanted to get my pics up.

I've got a few more finishes coming this weekend.
(The Mod Pop is done, as is my Aunt's quilt...and hopefully so will at least one other quilt this weekend.)

Thanks for putting up a challenge that let me practice my EPP!

Bring on the 'Stache!

Ok, so I entered into

I spent a long time trying to decide what to make.  

I actually still have another version floating around my head, but I like how this one turned out.

I was inspired by a knitted version I saw for Movember.

Yeah, I can knit, but could I applique?

I've pretty much only appliqued using a product like Steam a Seam to hold it all together and then sew.

I also don't really use fleece to sew (except for a dog bed).  Plus, I kind of had to wing the pattern.

This time, I had planned on hand sewing it on.  Then I discovered fleece is REALLY hard to hand sew.

So, back to the machine it was.

The How To Bit:

Cut a piece of fleece, about 9" by 30".  (I cut the kid ones at about 7" by 25", which I hope is big enough but I didn't have a kid head around to test it on.)

Cut a piece of liner the same size.

Cut out a stache, using a different colored piece of fleece.

Applique the stache onto your main fabric.  You can get all fancy and choose contrasty threads if you want.

Pin the stache side and the liner wrong sides together.

Sew the long side seams.

Turn inside out.  Press, if desired.  Press a seam allowance of about 1/2" under on one side.

Tuck the end inside of the other end (to close the tube).  Hand sew the seam.

Wear your stache with pride!

I'm going to wear my outside at recess duty.  The kids are already asking if I'll make them some.

What do you think?