Jenny from elefantz Giveway

Check out her blog. She's got a fantastic blog and a great new giveaway!

Thank you to Barb at The Quilted B!!

I recently posted that I had ordered the cutest reindeer wall hanging from The Quilted B and here's a pic:

The fabric is from Scandinavian Christmas by Lynette Anderson and I adore it! I have too many projects started already but this one is moving to the front of the line.

Look how cute everything is packaged!!!

And just for ordering from Barb, she included this adorable pin cushion! This photo doesn't do it justice.......it's just too cute. I love the extra touch of the cut-out tag and button shaped pin!

Thanks Barb! I'll be back again!

A new love

While Halloween is my favorite event of the year, Christmas holds a close second place. That being said, I've found a new fabric to love for the holidays. It's Lynette Anderson's Scandinavian Christmas and I've gone crazy. I ordered the cutest reindeer wall hanging from The Quilted B (their photos are copyrighted so I can't add a picture but it's worth taking a look). Then I found a stitchery pattern and the most adorable buttons.......seriously, is this cute or what?

Look at these adorable buttons! 

Now I'm on the hunt for this pattern and the Scandinavian Christmas fabric:

I hope the UPS man, the FedEx man or the mailman bring these goodies soon!

Happy Friday! Make your weekend groovy!

Stacy

Halloween Treat Bag

I had some leftovers scraps of Sue Zipkin's Clothworks Halloween fabrics from the quilt I made recently and saw the cute post she had for a small bag. I decided I needed a bigger bag and here it is:

I put a lime green flannel inside and used a heavy duty ribbon for the handles. I probably should have put a pocket inside but if the bag's full of candy, what do I need a pocket for?

 I used this bag when I went to the Pacific International Quilt Festival in Santa Clara, CA yesterday and I got lots of awesome reviews!

Thanks for the great idea Sue!

Giveaway from Jenny of ELEFANTZ

Head on over to Jenny of ELEFANTZ's blog and enter her glorious giveway!

Jenny of Elefantz Giveaway (click here). Good luck!

Stacy

I hate it when I run out of fabric before I finish my project

Has this happened to you before? I finally got this project out so I could FINALLY finish and realized that I'm shy the slightest amount of the green dot. DARN! So it's off to the fabric store to see if I can find more.

And as if that's not irritating enough, it happened a second time. I started a scrappy table runner with Halloween fabric and ran out of the green check. So I added the black circle piece and I kind of like it because it looks like an eyeball. Spooooooooky!

I started this super cute heart quilt from the Moda Bake Shop. I'm using Candy Kisses from Sandy Gervais and I have enough jelly rolls strips to make more than one. This quilt goes together super quick so I'm definitely going to make multiples.

This little stitchery is going to become one of many Christmas ornaments for my family. I'm making one for each household and since this my first year as a married gal, I think I'll continue this each year. Next year the ornament will read Wish. The green flannel will be the border. What do you think?

My dad passed away about 20 years ago and his friend found this baby quilt of mine in my dad's stuff. She thought I should have it and I can't thank her enough for giving it to me. My parents has been divorced a long time and apparently my dad kept this quilt on his dresser. I didn't know my dad very well so this made me feel wonderful and sad at the same time. I love the funky fabrics and especially the backing. I wish I knew who made it for me.

Here is my September block for Little Miss Shabby's project. I am loving this BOM and have even kept up with the stitcheries. I can't wait till I get to stitch them all together.

Happy Tuesday! 

One of my favorite sayings........

I love this plaque. We have it hanging above our headboard in the bedroom. We also have one in our trailer hanging over the bed in there too.

WIPs

Since it's been so long since I've blogged, you'd think I had tons of stuff to blog about. However, with ongoing house repairs, a wedding, new nieces and nephews, a few vacations and friends and family coming to visit, I really haven't gotten that much done.
However, here are a few WIPs I'm working on.

I love pinwheel blocks and I decided to do a pinwheel/stitchery quilt. It's my own design so we'll see how it turns out.

My quilt room is green and white and so I figured I should make a quilt with those colors to hang on the wall. I love these fabrics!

I finished this table topper but scalloped edges definitely aren't my thing.

I couldn't find a laptop bag that I liked (it's more of a notebook than a laptop) so I made my own.

I love the handles!

Welcome Back!

Welcome back to me! It's been almost a year since my last blog and lots of things have happened in the past year.

In February, I got married and we spent a blissful week in Hawaii on the most fabulous honeymoon. Heavenly!!

In May, my family entered our team in the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life and our team, with a mere seven members, raised over $10,000.00!! We also received the spirit award (which means we were the silliest and loudest team).

Lots of other things have happened, motorcycle trips, camping trips, spending time with family and friends. We even managed to lay new concrete in our front driveway and are in the process of putting in new carpet and new siding on the house. We're doing most of it ourselves so it's hard work but the reward is worth it.

And last, but not least, I bought a Grace quilting frame a few weeks back and I'm so excited!!! I haven't quilted anything on it yet as I'm still playing with it all but soon I'll be whizzing through my quilt tops!

A couple of months back I was browsing through the Jolly Jabber when I came across some Halloween fabric from Sue Zipkin. I fell madly in love with Sue's line of fabric Gone Haunting and emailed her right away to let her know of my adoration. She kindly invited me to share my project with her and seven weeks later, when I did finish it, she asked if I'd like to be a guest blogger. How wonderful! Who doesn't love to show off their work? So when you get a chance, please check out Sue's blog. Her fabrics are just beautiful!

 Here's my finished quilt top using Gone Haunting. Each year my husband and I throw a Halloween Party (Halloween is my most favorite event of the year) and we invite our family and friends from out of town to stay the night with us. Each guest gets to sleep under a different Halloween quilt (I've made quite a few).
This year, this quilt is going on my bed!

Happy Tuesday everyone!

Blog Hop

I can't wait for the blog hop to start! Only six more days!!!!
Fall-o-ween Blog Hop - Boooooooooooooo!
10 designers and 10 days of blog hopping. What more could a Halloween lover want? Uh, maybe someone to help me make up my mind on a halloween costume. I'm thinking of going as Flo from the Progressive Insurance commercials. She cracks me up. Or Jack from Jack in the Box. Who says it has to be a guy? Maybe Jack is short for Jacqueline!!

I'm super excited about attending Tracy's Plumcute Designs stitchery class in Livermore this Thursday.
Quilting in the Garden
I'm taking the day off work (which is even better) to attend the class and enjoy the beautiful outdoor quilts. The weather is supposed to be beautiful, if somewhat warm. Luckily I like the heat.

Enjoy your Tuesday,
Stacy

Halloween baglets & Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

I call these my Halloween baglets cuz they're a smaller size bag......but still big enough to hold lots of halloween goodies. The labels are from Sweetwater's Label Club and they are perfect. When you join their club (I think it's only around $6), you get four labels plus a personalized label with your name on it and a pattern for their monthly project. This month's pattern included a bag but I decided to put my labels on some canvas bags in my stash of craft stuff...............

I think I need to add some black/orange trim on these also.

Here's a close up of the label. I put them on a black/orange background before applying to the bag.







Forgot to turn the automatic date off my camera again.....apparently my camera is stuck in July.

This set of salt & pepper shakers is THE CUTEST!! My friend Dino was in Pismo Beach, Ca and saw these....he knew Scotty and I would love them and you know what, he's right!! They have a magnet where the lips are so they kiss. Adorable.

Last weekend we went to an outdoor concert at Villa Montalvo......Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. They are a jazzy swing band and we go all out.....dressing the part even! Oh my gosh, what a beautiful venue.

My Scotty looking like one cool cat!!

Alicia and I being silly. What a beautiful evening for an outdoor concert.

Winners and more finished projects

Alice, Deanna and Stephanie left messages on my blog about Halloween so guess what......all three of them are getting a Halloween goodie package!! Yippee! Ladies, please send me your snail mail addresses via my email address (bdkitty2@hotmail.com) and I'll get your packages out to you.

On another Halloween note, http://www.ericas.com/ has an awesome selection of halloween projects and fabric. Check them out when you get a chance.

Look at the adorable charm pack and buttons I received from Alice and Joy. I've become obsessed with charm packs AND buttons so I was very happy to win these lovelies. My button jar is beginning to bulge. Guess I'll have to get a larger one soon.

These little gems are finally finished also. I've been SLOWLY rearranging my quilt room......making everything easier to get to.... and needed a couple of cute bookshelf toppers. These turned out perfect for the colors of my room......cream, white and spring green. I put some brown on the back of one of them......not sure why but I guess I liked it.



Hope you all enjoy your day!
Stacy

UFO finally finished!!! Yippee!

This is the Crown Royal quilt I finally finished for my Scotty. He asked for this quilt well over a year ago and he took possession last night. It was alot of work but he loves it so it was worth it. He's 6'2" tall and he's holding the quilt over his head so it's definitely long enough for him.
The bad part is I had my 'automatic date' feature turned off my camera and I took these pictures last night and somehow the date feature is back on. And of course, it's the wrong date! Argh!!

Don't be alarmed......we did not drink all the Crown Royal it took to make this quilt. We bought some of the bags on ebay and alot of our friends have been giving us bags also. For those of you not familiar with Crown Royal, it's a whiskey that comes wrapped in a purple felt bag. Anyway, Scott will be the envy of his friends when he goes on his 'guys weekend'.




Close up.

This is the label on the back. Cute, huh?

Not-so-spooky Halloween Cat & Giveaway........Yippee!!

Is this card hee-lar-ee-ous or what?? I was looking at Halloween goodies last night and found this adorable card. He's definitely more of a 'fat cat' and less of a spooky cat. I'm soooooo excited for Halloween! It's my favorite holiday and I love to decorate myself and the house. I'm not sure what I'll be this year......I have a ton of ideas but the hardest part is picking a costume. I usually make all my costumes.....I think my favorite was the year I dressed up as a giant candy corn. I made the costume out of squishy foam sheets and orange/yellow/white fabric. I sooooo wish I could find a picture of that costume but I think those were in the box of stuff I lost when I moved back to California. Hey, guess I could make another one!!

Does anyone out there love/like/despise/don't care about Halloween? Let me know and I'll put your name in the hat for a halloween treat giveaway!


Enjoy your day!
Stacy

My seatbelt was driving me nuts!!

So I made this handy little seatbelt cover. I know they have them for sale at the auto parts stores or Target but I wanted a CUTE one. And it stops my seatbelt from rubbing my neck. Yes, it's the little things that drive me crazy but this is no longer one of them! Yippee!

I haven't been doing any 'fabric' crafts since Scott and I got engaged (10 days ago)....... it's been nothing but wedding plans. Trust me, we've thought of eloping but we both have semi large families and they've all expressed how they can't wait for us to tie the know. We've looked at all sorts of locations from San Jose to Monterey (my favorite) and tomorrow we're off to Gilroy, the garlic capital of the world. I didn't realize it was so expensive to get married.......and we're not even planning anything lavish!! So I've been working on ideas to save us some money. We'll be creating our own stationary (Save the Date cards, invitations, thank you notes, etc), the flower arrangements (simple is the key here), the table decorations and the wedding favors. It's all very exciting and overwhelming at the same time. And I get to go dress shopping!!! And new shoes!!!! Yeah, like I need another pair of those.

Much love to you all,

Stacy

You're never too old to be giddy! Or to get married!!!!

After living together for almost five years, Scott asked me to marry him this weekend. It was very romantic...we were at Lover's Point in Pacific Grove (near Monterey, CA) and he did the whole getting down on one knee and everything!!!

He's a wonderful man.......and he supports my quilting habit! Ha! I have to admit......it's been a LONG time since I've had to think about a wedding. There's alot to do! Luckily we're having a small ceremony/reception so it shouldn't be too much to worry about. Guess the most important things we have to figure out are where and when. Ooooh, and dress shopping! That should be fun (I hope).

Now it's time to hit the treadmill......I've definitely packed on a few pounds over the last few years and I've gotten get those extras off so I can fit into a dress. Wish me luck!

Stacy

Woo-hoo! I got it fixed!!

Apparently my work computer has a bug because it wouldn't let me upload photos. My home computer is much happier and is letting me do what I need. Yahoo!!

I have a desk I bought at Target to use in my quilting room as my sewing table. Trouble is I always have too much stuff on the desk and it's hard to cut fabric on it, let alone sew anything. Target has a coordinating desk that I was going to buy and use as my cutting table but they wanted $150.00 and that seemed like alot of money. So my wonderful man decided he would make a table for me. We bought the supplies and he put it together.......he's very good at that kind of stuff.....came up with the pattern on his own (my kind of man!). We got it all painted and hocus-pocus.....I have a cutting table!!  And it goes perfectly with my desk

New Cutting Table

Desk from Target (all the stuff came from me)







I tried some baking last week......I haven't made pies in YEARS and this one turned out really good with one exception. I covered the pie before it was completely cooled and the crust got soggy. Not to worry.....we added some vanilla ice cream and it was delicious!!!!

Here is the super cute needle keeper I won from Becky over at The Patchwork Posse. Isn't it adorable?? She even included some needles (very thoughtful).

Okay, now that I have my blog back up and working, I'm feeling much better. Whew!!!


Hope everyone's having a great week!! Thanks for stopping by!

Stacy

I have been trying to post onto my blog for five days now but for some darn reason, the pictures won't load. ARGH!!!!! Anyhoo, I'm posting my blog anyway and will try to get the pictures later.

I have a desk I bought at Target to use in my quilting room as my sewing table. Trouble is I always have too much stuff on the desk and it's hard to cut fabric on it, let alone sew anything. Target has a coordinating desk that I was going to buy and use as my cutting table but they wanted $150.00 and that seemed like alot of money. So my wonderful man decided he would make a table for me. We bought the supplies and he put it together.......he's very good at that kind of stuff.....came up with the pattern on his own (my kind of man!). We got it all painted and hocus-pocus.....I have a cutting table!! And it goes perfectly with my desk. Here's where I wish I could show the pictures. Okay, I'm going to figure out what the problem is!!! I can't take it anymore!

We have a winner!!!

Congratulations on my first giveaway winner: Whosies!!! She wrote: love the bags!!! totally cute and summery too- http://patchworkposse.com/ Make sure you check out her website!

I'm working on finishing up some UFO's for joy's blog (http://joysquilts.blogspot.com/). Make sure you check out her blog too! She has the neatest bag (that was going to be a wallhanging) idea!!

GIVEAWAY!! Yippee!!

I've been saying for a while that I've been working on some shopping bags. And I finally got some of them done!! So to celebrate, I'm giving one of the bags away!! Yippee! Free stuff!!

Please just leave a comment and on Monday I'll pick a winner. In the meantime, here are a few of the bags I've finished.......

Pretty Blue and Green

Cute Frogs!!

Rust, Cream and Brown






I have another one but can't seem to find the picture. Oh well! I hung some quilts this weekend too. I'll have to take some pics of those.

Happy Day!!
Stacy