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.

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Giveaway Winner.. and a funny picture

And the winner of the Giveaway is Maria Wilson!! Congratulations Maria.

Send me your address at hfoltz (at) cox (dot) net and I will mail you some fun stuff.

Now for a funny picture. Some of you may know that my youngest is a spunky 5 yr old - he keeps me very very busy. A lot of times when I sew - he's in my sewing room with his paper and crayons drawing pictures. Keeping Mom company. Well, on Friday night during the sew-in.. he drew this picture.. of me!

HILARIOUS!!! I only wish my.. um.. 'eyelashes'.. yeah.. eyelashes were that perky in real life!

Have a great week!

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Friday Night results...

Well our Friday Night Sew-in was a big success - we went International!!! So exciting to know that we all decided to give ourselves the gift of time. Time to work on the things we enjoy so much!

If you would like to see all who participated - you can read the original post.

I did not know where to begin! I have so many projects in my queue. So I decided to think of them in terms of priority instead.

So I finished the top of the quilt that I'm doing for Quilts for Kids. If you haven't heard of this organization - you really should check it out.

They sent me all the fabrics and I just had to sew it together. I just need to get some batting tomorrow so I can finish it and get it back in the mail. Then it will be given to a child in the hospital.

Now the most important part of the Friday Night Sew-in - The Giveaway!!! I have some super cute things that I will be giving away. I will announce the winner tomorrow. Even I don't know who it is yet.. so stay tuned!!!

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Reminder..

Don't forget that tomorrow is the Friday Night Sew-in!!!

Do you have projects that you need to get done for the holidays?
Do your household duties sometimes get in the way of your sewing, knitting or scrapbooking?
Do you love that feeling when you've finished a project you've been putting off?

If you answered "YES" to any of these questions - then you need to join some of your fellow creative bloggers tomorrow night.. for a Friday Night Sew-in!!!

Here is the original post with all the details and also where you can sign up and link to your blog. Trust me - you won't regret it! Pin It

I'M LATE....!!!!!

Sorry... this is not an announcement of the baby kind. At this stage in my life, the words "I'M LATE" have an entirely different meaning! Thank Goodness!!!! LOL

I finally finished my October Quilting Bee block for Anna. I'm so sorry that it's taken me this long! But it was my first such block and I hope she likes it! I wanted to get more creative with maybe adding a tree.. but I was afraid to mess it up. I will be mailing it tomorrow.

And now I just have to share something sweet. Nearly 12 years ago last summer, before kids.. we brought home a cute little white fluff ball... we named her Biscuit.

Then, for our very first Christmas with her, I thought it would be fun to get Santa hats for my husband and I and take a fun Christmas picture.

Well, when I pulled the first Santa hat out of the shopping bag.. our little Biscuit went CRAZY!!! We let her have the hat.. and after swinging it around a few times.. she settled down and started to suck on the white fur. Eventually falling asleep. So adorable.

Anyway... to make a long story short.. She gets a new Santa hat each year since.. I picked one up for her this past weekend.. and this is how she's spends her evenings.. suckling on her "mama" as we call it.

It just shows that you are never too old for comfort!!

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I made a bucket.. now what?

I am hooked on Sweetwater - and I fell in love with these 'buckets'. I purchased the pattern and made one of them last night.. cute huh? The Sweetwater Etsy shop is addictive.. be ready to fall in love if you head over there.

So when I showed my husband he said "Nice.. so what are you going to do with it?" And that question literally stopped me in my tracks... Because I don't have a clue!

I have the labels from Sweetwater to make some for Christmas - I will use Christmas fabric and I might fill them with things like pinecones and use for decoration - or I might fill with cookies for a friend..???

Any other ideas? Please share.. I could use the help.

Also - don't forget to sign up for the Friday Night Sew-in coming up. If you can't make it.. maybe you know someone with a long holiday to-do list - tell them about it!!

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Friday Night Sew-In!!! Join the Fun!!!

Me and my sewing buddy, Bobbi, will be hosting a Friday Night Sew-In. And guess what?! You can join us.

We are all very busy - especially this time of year with the Holidays knocking on the back door. I know each of you reading this post probably has a project that you need to get crackin on!

So, join Bobbi and I - next Friday - November 20th.

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 - 11/20/09 - Get your house settled, put on your comfy jammies 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 11/22, we will enter all participants into a GIVEAWAY for something fun! Maybe some fabric.. or a sewing gadget or two.

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