I LOVE YOU!!
I *love* that so many of you follow my shenanigans on GFC and Bloglovin'.
I *love* that so many of you go out of your way to leave me comments! THANK YOU!
But sometimes...I get sad...
Why?
Because when YOU follow ME on Bloglovin', I want to follow YOU back!
and...
when YOU leave ME comments, I want to reply to YOU - but a lot of you are no-reply bloggers ! (if you leave comments on other people's blogs but never receive a response from them, you're probably a 'no-reply blogger' :) )
So sad...........................
Do you want to know how to fix these problems?? I would love for you to fix them and then come back here and comment so that I can search for your blog on Lovin' and/or reply to your new non-no-reply status :)
I've written tutorials on how to fix both if you're interested:
How to claim your Blog on BLOGLOVIN' (and gain more followers there!!)
How to fix a "No-Reply Blogger" status (and how to check if you are a no-reply blogger)
In other news - no sewing to report...we're still drying out from the flood, trying to clean the carpets again. I've yet to turn on my vintage machine, but my computerized Singer is working, thank goodness (I lie - I have sewn - I had to darn a pair of socks for hubby and fix a dog toy for Orson).
On to Bee blocks tomorrow. Wish me luck.
xo
I *love* that so many of you follow my shenanigans on GFC and Bloglovin'.
I *love* that so many of you go out of your way to leave me comments! THANK YOU!
But sometimes...I get sad...
Why?
Because when YOU follow ME on Bloglovin', I want to follow YOU back!
and...
when YOU leave ME comments, I want to reply to YOU - but a lot of you are no-reply bloggers ! (if you leave comments on other people's blogs but never receive a response from them, you're probably a 'no-reply blogger' :) )
So sad...........................
Do you want to know how to fix these problems?? I would love for you to fix them and then come back here and comment so that I can search for your blog on Lovin' and/or reply to your new non-no-reply status :)
I've written tutorials on how to fix both if you're interested:
How to claim your Blog on BLOGLOVIN' (and gain more followers there!!)
How to fix a "No-Reply Blogger" status (and how to check if you are a no-reply blogger)
In other news - no sewing to report...we're still drying out from the flood, trying to clean the carpets again. I've yet to turn on my vintage machine, but my computerized Singer is working, thank goodness (I lie - I have sewn - I had to darn a pair of socks for hubby and fix a dog toy for Orson).
On to Bee blocks tomorrow. Wish me luck.
xo
I'm happy to announce the winner from my most recent giveaway, sponsored by the lovely Linh at LiMa Sews!
Using random number generator, #143 was the winner....
Cathi, check your email, I've sent you a nice message!
A HUGE thank you to Linh for sponsoring yet another GORGEOUS giveaway! And if you didn't see my TGIFF this past week, you should see the quilt she long-armed for me!
In other very unfortunate news - we were hit here in Chicago with some pretty major flash floods, and, our basement didn't come out unscathed.
Unfortunately, I sew in the basement. And store all of my fabrics there (luckily, most of them in plastic bins - but not all).
As we dry out here from a water-logged state, all sewing projects are on stand-by. Still waiting for my vintage Brother to dry out before I plug her in again, praying all the while she still works.
My apologies to those whom I owe bee blocks - I'll be contacting you soon...I'm going to be a little late this month, I'm so sorry.
Hi all, and welcome to
I'm honored to be hosting TGIFF this week!
And, truth be told, a little relieved to finally be done this project.
I started this "Quick Quilts" snowball quilt back in October, I believe. My mum saw it in the magazine while visiting my house and asked me to make it for her.
We then perused color schemes and fabrics, and she fell in love with Joel Dewberry's Aviary2 Line (in the Granite palette).
We decided to jazz it up a bit, and combine another popular yellow-and-grey line, Dear Stella's Maasai Mara in Gray:
The solids in the quilt are grey (Kona) and creme (Connecting Threads).
I pieced the back, both for a stylish look and, truth be told, out of necessity. I ran out of the Kona Grey and had to improvise last minute. But, I'm actually really happy with how it turned out - I almost like the funky-improv back better than the front!
This was my very first:
- queen size
- long-armed quilt
... and I love the way it turned out. My mum hasn't seen it yet, but I'm sure she'll like it.
For the long arming, I used my sister-bee mate (for Simply Solids Bee), Linh at LiMa Sews. She is FANTASTIC. I LOVE how the quilt turned out.
Linh uses pantographs when she quilts; she's still building her library, so if there's a pattern or style that you want, she's super open to adding a new pattern to her library, which is great!
Her turn-around was AWESOME! I think for me from the time the package left to receiving it back was like 10 days??? YA! And her prices are really reasonable.
I'm really glad I went with her for this project. I would have taken more than 10 days myself to straight-line quilt it on my home machine, IF I could have gotten all of that quilt through my narrow throat space!
And, I loved that she sent me teaser pics of the quilt before I received it - it got me all excited again about the project.... here are some of the teasers she sent me:
And, without further adieu, I give you the finished product:
And the pieced backing:
And a close up of the binding, which I love - it's the Woodgrain print from Dewberry's Aviary2 line:
So! It's DONE!! WAHOO!! Time to party. Tee hee. Can't wait to bundle it up in a nice bow and hand it off to my mum - who has already commissioned ANOTHER quilt.
(I'm one busy lady, I guess!)
Time to start the next project (Or - what a concept - how about finishing another WIP? haha)
And now, I can proudly display this!
I'm honored to be hosting TGIFF this week!
And, truth be told, a little relieved to finally be done this project.
I started this "Quick Quilts" snowball quilt back in October, I believe. My mum saw it in the magazine while visiting my house and asked me to make it for her.
We then perused color schemes and fabrics, and she fell in love with Joel Dewberry's Aviary2 Line (in the Granite palette).
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| Image courtesy of JoelDewberry.com |
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| Image courtesy of Dear Stella.com |
I pieced the back, both for a stylish look and, truth be told, out of necessity. I ran out of the Kona Grey and had to improvise last minute. But, I'm actually really happy with how it turned out - I almost like the funky-improv back better than the front!
This was my very first:
- queen size
- long-armed quilt
... and I love the way it turned out. My mum hasn't seen it yet, but I'm sure she'll like it.
For the long arming, I used my sister-bee mate (for Simply Solids Bee), Linh at LiMa Sews. She is FANTASTIC. I LOVE how the quilt turned out.
Linh uses pantographs when she quilts; she's still building her library, so if there's a pattern or style that you want, she's super open to adding a new pattern to her library, which is great!
Her turn-around was AWESOME! I think for me from the time the package left to receiving it back was like 10 days??? YA! And her prices are really reasonable.
I'm really glad I went with her for this project. I would have taken more than 10 days myself to straight-line quilt it on my home machine, IF I could have gotten all of that quilt through my narrow throat space!
And, I loved that she sent me teaser pics of the quilt before I received it - it got me all excited again about the project.... here are some of the teasers she sent me:
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| Sorry it's laying on a bed - I don't have anywhere to hang it, and it was pouring rain on photograph day! |
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| The improv-pieced backing. I really like how it turned out with the black and creme contrasting! |
So! It's DONE!! WAHOO!! Time to party. Tee hee. Can't wait to bundle it up in a nice bow and hand it off to my mum - who has already commissioned ANOTHER quilt.
(I'm one busy lady, I guess!)
Time to start the next project (Or - what a concept - how about finishing another WIP? haha)
And now, I can proudly display this!
Good morning everyone!
This is the last day in our April Showers Mug Rug Hop! I hope you've been having as much fun as I have on this hop!
Here is the hopper's schedule for today!
I'd just like to thank everyone for hopping along with us - it has been a lot of fun, and there sure were a lot of mug rugs made! Coffee tables everywhere are rejoicing!!
This is the last day in our April Showers Mug Rug Hop! I hope you've been having as much fun as I have on this hop!
I'd just like to thank everyone for hopping along with us - it has been a lot of fun, and there sure were a lot of mug rugs made! Coffee tables everywhere are rejoicing!!
Hi All!
I hope you're all having as much fun as I am, hopping around from post to post on this wet & rainy hop!
There have been some very creative mug rugs made - you should check them out!
Today's schedule:
Hi all!
Happy Tuesday. I hope everyone is having a creative week so far!
As "The Other Blog" (the blog where those creators whom have no blog can post their creations) has closed down, I've agreed to 'host' a guest post for Eleni today!
Here is her post:
Thank you Eleni - very beautiful mug rug - I love that rooster!
Here is the schedule for today's hoppers:
Happy Tuesday. I hope everyone is having a creative week so far!
As "The Other Blog" (the blog where those creators whom have no blog can post their creations) has closed down, I've agreed to 'host' a guest post for Eleni today!
Here is her post:
Hello everyone!
This is day no7 of the Apring Showers Mug Rug Blog Hop!! Thanks to Madame Samm (Sew we quilt) and Erin Davis (Sew at home mum), we get to create some wonderful mug rugs and share them with each other.
This is my first blog hop - had no idea what it was, but wanted to join in anyways - and since im fairly new to sewing and quilting, i tried my best. I ended up hand-stitching my applique pieces with blanket stich - since i prefer this stitch for this kind of work, but my machine does not have it, i have to do it by hand! and finally i hand-quilted around the flowers and the rooster, plus the sun and its rays to add some more texture.
So, here it is! I am from Greece and I live in Chania, Crete, in a small suburb close to the city. The house i rent is situated between some plots of land with olive, lemon and orange trees, some goats and lambs, chickens and roosters etc... Now that spring is finally here, the roosters are highly active -in general- and all day long all they do is eat, chase the chickens around and cock-a-doodle-do (in english) or kikirikou (in greek)...i believe you can see the picture here!
So this is dedicated to the roosters with a funky twist!!!
The image i used to trace my applique is taken from artedalucimar in her FB page, whom i thank again for letting me use her image.
So, hope you like my mug rug - which apparently became quite large but i still like it- as much as i liked making it!!!
Have fun hopping over to the other fab blogs as well!!!
Thank you Eleni - very beautiful mug rug - I love that rooster!
Here is the schedule for today's hoppers:
Happy Monday everyone!
Here are the hoppers for today! We've had some magnificent mug rugs so far!
Here are the hoppers for today! We've had some magnificent mug rugs so far!
Hi all!Welcome to Day 4 of the April Showers Mug Rug Hop!
Make sure to stop in at everyone's blogs on the list during the hop - I hear that many are having giveaways to celebrate spring's arrival!
Also, make sure to leave a comment on each blog as you are our cheerleaders, and even the cheerleaders have a chance to win a prize from Mdm Samm's blog with all of their great comments on each of the participant's sites!
Without further adieu, today's schedule! (Entire schedule found HERE).
Hi all!Today is Day 3 of the April Showers Mug Rug Hop!
Make sure to stop in at everyone's blogs on the list during the hop - I hear that many are having giveaways to celebrate spring's arrival!
Also, make sure to leave a comment on each blog as you are our cheerleaders, and even the cheerleaders have a chance to win a prize from Mdm Samm's blog with all of their great comments on each of the participant's sites!
Without further adieu, today's schedule! (Entire schedule found HERE)
Hi all!Today is Day 2 of the April Showers Mug Rug Hop!
Make sure to stop in at everyone's blogs on the list during the hop - I hear that many are having giveaways to celebrate spring's arrival!
Also, make sure to leave a comment on each blog as you are our cheerleaders, and even the cheerleaders have a chance to win a prize from Mdm Samm's blog with all of their great comments on each of the participant's sites!
Without further adieu, le schedule!
Hi all!
In the month of April, when the rain is falling, what better to make than a mug rug?
And for those who don't know what a 'mug rug' is: it's something to set your drink on, bigger than a coaster and smaller than a place mat.
With me so far? :)
Enjoy your cuppa (tea!) and since your Rug is nice and big, add a couple of cookies and a glass of water, too.
(and because I miss my Timmy's coffee...a little taste of Canadiana:)
I like how it turned out! Looks pretty good on my side-table :)
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