We have a WINNER!!!

We have a winner for the Friday Night Sew-in Giveaway! Go on over to Bobbi's blog to see if you are the lucky winner!

And if you want in on these giveaways.. all you have to do is participate in our next Friday Night Sew-in... the next one is coming December 18th. That will be the last one before Christmas - just in time to get those holiday projects finished.

And I have to say - I've met some awesome women thru these Friday Night Sew-in's. This world is full of sweet and crafty people!

After the New Year - we will be having them once a month. And we will also have a blog button coming soon!

Now go see who WON!!!!

Reindeer on the loose..

No not really. But we did make some reindeer t-shirts this weekend. First, we made one for Grandpa.. and then we made one for each of the boys to wear in our Christmas picture. The last time we made these was in 2006.. so we were due for some new hand/foot prints. The antlers are their hand prints.. and the face is their foot. So cute. I've been saving the old ones and hopefully when they are teens.. I will add them to a t-shirt memory quilt.

Below they are both wearing their individual shirts by the fire... Sunday morning. We were trying to get a good Christmas card shot.

Next I made these little pouches this weekend. My Mom was telling me about a Christmas lunch that she is going to with her friends on Friday. She wanted to bring a handmade gift for each person. She had been trying to crochet them all something, but her arthritis was giving her trouble. So I offered to make these for her - they hold a tea bag.. and they have a poem on each.

The poem says:

One Christmas Day

At half past three

Brew yourself a cup of tea

I'll think of you and you think of me

while sitting near

the Christmas Tree

Now I just need to get the package with Grandpa's shirt and the tea pouches to the post office.

Also - if you are still wondering who won the Friday Night Sew-in Giveaway.. we will announce tonight. Bobbi will actually do the drawing from her house this time.. and she is mailing out the goodies. So come back tonight and see who won!

Friday Night Results

I hope everyone who participated in our Friday Night Sew-In last night had a productive one. I did get a lot done - but not as much as I had wanted.

First I made this crayon bag for a friends little 4 year old. His b'day party was today.

Next - I had made the top and back of this quilt a while back. I had been waiting to quilt it and was having issues with my machine. Whenever I tried to do any type of free motion - the back looked horrible. So, I decided to pull my Mom's sewing machine out of the closet and give it a whirl.. it worked perfect. So I was able to finally get this lap size quilt done. I used "Authentic" by Moda.

I still need to do the binding - I'm hoping to do that tonight after dinner. I wanted to get it done this morning, but with my busy house I wasn't able to do it.

So for all of you who participated last night - don't forget to post about what you worked on last night. We will be drawing a winner for the giveaway tomorrow!

A new skirt.. for the Christmas Tree

Lately I have been wanting to make something with pinwheels.. and I wanted to make my own Christmas Tree skirt. So I went digging thru my fabric stash and found a Moda Glace Turnover that I forgot I had bought off ebay.. impulse deal. And I'm happy I did.. because this is what it become.

I mixed it with white and I think it really made the colors pop.

The finished size is approx 47 x 47

My husband loves it too.. he wants me to make a pinwheel quilt for our bed. That will have to wait until 2010.. sometime.

Another Friday Night Sew-In... Tell everyone! (and a Giveaway too)

Me and my sewing buddy, Bobbi, will be hosting ANOTHER Friday Night Sew-In. And once again.. we want everyone to join us!

Joining the Friday Night Sew-in is the perfect way to set some time aside to work on those projects you need to get complete for Christmas. And this time - it doesn't have to be a sewing project.. maybe you have a knitting project.. or some scrapbooking for someone special.. it could be anything.

So, join Bobbi and I - next Friday - December 4th.

Here are the "rules".

1. Enter your blog info below.

2. Make a post on your blog - letting all your readers know about the sew-in. Spread the word.. we could all use the virtual sewing support and encouragement.

3. On NEXT Friday - 12/04/09 - Get your house settled, put on your comfy jammies.. maybe make a cup of tea.. and sit down to work on some of those holiday projects (or anything else that you want to work on).

4. Then, sometime on Saturday - Make a post about what you worked on.. show us a picture or two.

Then - on Sunday 12/06, we will enter all participants into a GIVEAWAY for something fun! Maybe some fabric.. or a sewing gadget or two.

Pictures of my day...

Today was all about the kids.. no sewing.. no cooking (except breakfast)... nothing but fun. We loaded up our bikes.. drove to the Zoo downtown.. and spent all day. My legs are killing me.. probably won't be able to walk up the stairs to bed tonight. lol

Here is my oldest.. looking at the turtles.. getting ready to head into the Zoo.

I won't share all my pictures.. cuz I took quite a few.. but here are a few. Here is the Elephant..

And here are a couple monkeys.. er.. ah.. I mean, my two boys giving me their "hurry up and take the picture" smiles.

Here is my youngest.. the gagger.. he can't handle smells AT ALL!!.. needless to say, he couldn't go into the petting zoo.

And this is Fast Eddie... you can't tell from the picture.. but he was running!! lol

Time for a snack.. we packed apples and lil cutie oranges in the bag. Yummy. Then we were back on the bikes and rolling.

My personal favorite.. the giraffes.. I could spend all day watching them.

Hugging the Komodo Dragon.. ok.. this is the statue. The real Komodo Dragon is behind the glass. But looks real doesn't it?!

And the orangutans.. I love this picture.. it turned out great. They were so funny - we had fun watching them.

The exhibit had this bag "Daddy".. plus two women.. and one baby. He was adorable. And it really looked like the baby wanted to jump up to play with all the kids watching him. He kept putting his hand up towards the kids. I couldn't get a good picture of that though.

And.. when we returned home - "Buddy" had arrived. He comes to our house the day after Thanksgiving.. and he stays until Christmas. He flies back to the North Pole each night to report to Santa. And every morning.. he's in a new perch.

You can talk to him.. but he's not allowed to talk to you. The kids use him as a confessional.. it's pretty funny. They also occasionally tattle on the other one. Buddy is going to be a busy little elf the next few weeks.

Cool Hot Pads.. can they be both?

My favorite etsy store was selling these kits to make these super cool hot pads. Sweetwater is also the designer of the fabric line "Authentic".. which is used for the binding on these pot holders. So cute - not sure if I should keep them.. or give them as a gift.


And finally - here is a picture of the giveaway items that I am mailing to Maria. She won them for participating in our recent Friday Night Sew-in. I will be posting another Friday Night Sew-in in the coming days.

So tell all your friends.. and stay tuned!