New notion!

In all my years of sewing, I have never gotten a fabric turning tool. Today, that all changed.

A quick trip to Michaels- mid project- and I now am

the proud owner of the

Clover- Easy Loop Turner

Heather Ross - Lightning Bugs and Other Mysteries - Goldfish in Bags, White

I was fortunate to win a fat quarter of this hard to find,

out of print fabric on ebay last week.

I also love the selvage!

Check these out!

I found these great "containers" about a month ago at TJMaxx,

and now I have a collection around the house.

Is it just me, or does anyone else think

of selvages when you see them?

No matter, I love them, and am finding many uses

for them. I think I NEED more :)

Nightstand for quilting books and magazines:

Kitchen for mail and fruit

Sewing room for thread

Fabric Friday #2

I am using these Alexander Henry fabrics to make a bag for my daughter.

All pieces are cut out, and I am at the beginning stages of construction.

I hope to show the finished project for the next fabric friday!

Selvages!

Thanks to my friend SL who saves selvages for me :)

Happy Thanksgiving

My favorite things about Thanksgiving....

spending time with familyu, and of course

stuffing, sweet potatoes with marshmallows, and pumpkin pie!

Thankful for so many things; a wonderful day with my family

Selvage placemats are finished!

and I love how they came out!

the background fabric

I used Insul-bright so they also function as hot pads!

I'd like to send a huge thank you to the women who have shared their selvages with me!

Babyliss Pro BABNT3072 Nano Titanium Ceramic Ionic Iron, 1"

Thanks to my hairdresser Steve, for recommending this great product to me.

I have been using a CHI flatiron for a few years,

but knew it was time to replace it.

This one is so much lighter, and really is

far superior in the straightening! Love it!

I found it on Amazon for about $40 less than
I could have bought it locally!

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00176B9JC/ref=oss_T15_product                                                                                                                          

Look what I found!

In my never ending search for cute reading glasses, I found this 3 pack tonight! How cute are they????

How I spent my Sunday...

Grocery store..a pre-Thanksgiving ZOO

Making binding for my selvage placemats

Cutting out fabric for my daughter's new bag

Tonight, DD and I have a date to watch TV!                              

My newest fabric!

http://patsloan.biz/arabella.aspx

Love it!!!!!!

Now to decide what to make??????????

Fabric Friday!

Michelle at Rosebud Quilting has started Fabric Friday!
I found it thru a link at http://parkcitygirl.blogspot.com/-
home of the blogger's quilt festival

http://rosebudquilting.blogspot.com/

On Fabric Friday, show any handmade item {quilts, tote bag, wallhanging, clothing, etc.},

or show us your fabric stash, or recent fabric purchase, or

show how you decorate with fabric or fabric items.

Here is my contribution!

Selvage placemat made with Insul-bright

so they can also be used as trivets/hot pads.

The garlic pattern is the background fabric

I still need to stitch down the back of the binding,

but I love how they came out!

Scroll down to yesterday in my blog to see

the other placemats I am working on!

Found- Quilt sampler magazines from years past on ebay!

That means 40 more stores to read about :)

Placemats sewn....

I used a product called Insul-bright,

http://www.warmcompany.com/ibpage.html

so these will also function as trivet for hot dishes

It was very easy to use, and the mats are a nice weight.

and trimmed

anyone recognize any fabrics that may be in your stash?

Showing the background

RJR Fabrics- Farmers market- garlic

Tomorrow I hope to get the bindings on!

Placemats pinned and ready to be sewn

weird that some pictures came out dark/bad lighting.

Hoping to sew them tomorrow!

Backing fabric for the selvage placemats

with the selvages cut off, of course!

Off to Mouse Creek Quilt shop!

Fabric for the selvage placemats is top on my list. Hopefully, I can post pictures when I return!

Selvages!

I have quite a nice amount of selvages collected again. Woo hoo!

Getting organized

new novelty fabrics:

sone of my black and whites:

                                    

new "arizona" fabrics:

                                    

scissors, stitch rippers, and my new bobbin savers:

read about them here:

http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog/productdetail.jsp?pageName=search&flag=true&PRODID=prd29777

my thread- which had been scattered around the house

Always is so good to have my sewing room organized to begin a project!

A rainy, dreary day.......

but I am off, so that means I can stay home and sew all day!!!
So much to do, what to do first???
I hope to be able to post photos
later of my progress!

First up- cutting selvages off AZ fabric

Thinking of a new project....

and it involves selvages, and redoing a few things- window toppers, pillows and a blanket.
hmmmmmmmm

A wonderful gift!

My BIL and SIL were recently on a cruise to New England and Canada. While in Bar Harbor, Maine they spotted this, and thought of me. I love it, and it looks great among my shoe collection :)

Fabric for the selvage quilt border...

Doesn't work AT ALL..... :(

At least I was able to audition it. Still love the fabric, and at least I will be able to use it for the bag I am making DD.

Just got home from visiting my selvage quilt top. Black border it will be!

Catch up day!

Picked up Babe from the kennel, unpacking, LAUNDRY, supermarket.

I am going to be updating my posts from last week with photos of fabric and details of my visits to some awesome quilt stores!

heading home

Our time in  is coming to a close- nice visit!

AZ sunset

Layover in Salt Lake City, Utah

Another state added to the list!

2 more great quilt store visited!

Friday, I headed to http://www.quiltzaz.com/ with my DD

Featured in the Spring/Summer 2009 issue of
Quilt Sampler Magazine!
The staff couldn't have been more
friendly and woncerful to chat with.

this will be an a line skirt for DD:

Fat quarters for me:

lining for DD's tote:

We also found a great pattern for a handbag!

Saturday, we went to Sedona, and visited:

http://www.quiltersstoresedona.com/index.htm

These fat quaters for me, and black authentic moda fabric for DD's tote:

Featured as a top 10 shop in the
fall 2008 issue of Quilt Sampler magazine