Fun Giveaway

Hello everyone,
Hope you are into a cute giveaway today. Run over to Kim's blog and get in on the cute giveaway she has for one of her Moda Bakeshop bags. It is the Charmed Gift Bag.
http://bittybitsandpieces.blogspot.com/ You'll love it.


I haven't done much quilting this week as work has kept me very busy. I'm almost finished with my blocks for the Halloween Spooktacular with Jane. I popped over and looked at the blocks she has received so far, they are gorgeous! I can't wait to get all of them back. Take a look at Jane's blog and see the blocks....spooky......
http://janesfabrics.blogspot.com/

Happy Quilting,
Shelia

Halloween Swap Progress

It's been a busy week this week but Mom and I have managed to get a lot completed on our Halloween Swap Blocks.

Here is my 9-patch for the swap.

Then Mom was able to get her 9-patch done.

These will look great with the swap. We can't wait to see the other blocks from all the swappers.

Then onto our other blocks for the swap. Mom chose ghosts for hers and I chose bats.

That is the Ghosts for mom's blocks. I think they turned out great. Can't wait to get one of those for my quilt.

A close up of the bat's eye's. Scary hugh! I had fun making these creepy little guys.

This Halloween swap is going to make a wonderful quilt. We should be able to get things in the mail to Jane by the end of the week. Now to wait on the swap exchange and that surprise package arrival in the mail!!

Happy Quilting,

Shelia

Camera Problems

GRRRRRRR!!
My camera is giving me problems so I am not able to post pictures of the projects that I completed this week while on vacation. It has been a very productive week.
I'll post pictures when I get the problem fixed.
But in the mean time, Helen at Hugs and Kisses is having a wonderful giveaway. Check it out at her blog. http://hugsnkisses.typepad.com/hugsfromhelen/
Good luck to everyone,
Shelia

Quilting Heaven

Today is the 3rd day of my Stay-Cation and I am in Quilting heaven. Today is my 20th Wedding Anniversary. God truly blessed me with a wonderful man who appreciates my quilting passion. This is a wonderful vacation and I am so glad that we decided to spend our time with the projects we love to do. I'm quilting and my husband is building his dream garage. Adding 1800 sq ft to our existing garage so he can work on his antique cars. Old cars and quilts truly make a good pair!

I've quilted 3 projects and have the 4th in the longarm now.

Above is one of the projects that I've finished quilting. It's a scappy bargello using Bonnie Hunter's pattern. It finished in one day and was easy to quilt. I've attached the binding and now just to whip it down.

I also completed 2 quilts for my mom, first a scrappy butterfly quilt she made a couple of years ago and a 4-patch swirl from the class that she and my granddaughter and her took together from Lynn Busbee. We had a great time and hers turned out beautiful. I'll try to post a picture of it later.

This is the project that is currently in my machine. It is my gift from my secret sister at quild last year. She made me a fall mantle cover. I love it and hope to have it finished early this morning.

Mom, Susan and I went to Longcreek Mills and Mary Jo's yesterday....we had a blast. Spent lots of money at both places. It is so much fun to travel with friends and fellow quilters.

Better get back to work so I can get something else finished and loaded into the machine.

Happy Quilting,

Shelia

1 Day Until My Stay-cation

I can't wait until my vacation starts. Some friends will be dropping by during the week to quilt and have fun.

I will have 9 straight days to quilt, quilt, quilt! Who could ask for more?

My husband is working on the addition to his garage during the week also. We decided instead of spending alot of money going somewhere for our 20th anniversary that we would stay home and do the things that we love.....of course quilting is top of the list for me.

I'll post pictures of my progress through my UFO's for the week. I hope to get many projects finished during those 9 days.


One of the days of my vacation some of my bee friends and I are going to J-Creek Fabrics in Waynesville, NC and on up to Mary Jo's fabrics in Gastonia, NC. An all-day shop-a-thon.


I have so many projects that I want to get quilted so I can enter them into our quilt show Oct 3-4, 2009. I'll post more about the show later. It is going to be great.

Happy Quilting,
Shelia

Race For The Cure

Today we formed our team for Race for the Cure, Susan G. Komen foundation. I'll be walking the 5k race on September 26th. Please join me in helping support this cause. Below is the link to my pledge page. Will you help me support this foundation and sponsor my walk?
http://my.e2rm.com/personalPage.aspx?registrationID=682675
Thank you for helping us with research and providing mamograms to those in need.
Please help me by posting on your blog also so we can reach this goal. The lives of so many quilters have been affected by breast cancer. Thank you for your generosity and for passing this on to your blogs.
Shelia