In the mail and other odds and ends

Well I just haven't felt like blogging this week. I don't mean to say nothing has happened because it has...just didn't feel like transferring pictures, making pictures or anything. I spent Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday night watching Dancing with the Stars. Yep I did! and I LOVE it. I love watching Max dance...anyhow I digress....back to quilting....I was very happy friday when a package arrived from Hens and Chicks for me! Heidi took time out of her busy schedule to cut me a kit for her latest giveaway. It is awesome. AND several small packages have arrived from 10 quiltshops...of the Patchwork Party 2008. I joined, well sort of. I bought 11 blocks..I still have one shop to order from. I haven't decided on a setting for them either. I just really liked the Cottage fabrics for this round...so I took the plunge.
I have been working on multiple projects and finished one today. I hope to finish another tomorrow...and make pictures and blog about it. Is that too ambitious?? could be....

Sew...

I was able to make saturday a productive crafting day afterall. It was fun. I mean don't get me wrong I did do 6 loads of laundry, dishes and meals and baths for the girls. In between I finished up a couple of WIP's. This is a pincushion I started about a year ago. I put the finishing touches of beads and stitched it together and stuffed it with Lizard liter. It's kind of heavy but I really like how it turned out. This snowman is a rug I hooked with a pattern by the Potted Pear. I was stuck on turning the raw edge, mostly because I hooked this before I learned about rug hooking tape and sewing it on BEFORE you start hooking! Anyhow, I managed to stitch the tape after I hooked it and slip stitched it to the back. It's ready for winter decorating finally. (It's been hooked for over 2 years).
Ah and here's Chew Chew my female cat, she's cozying up to the wool pillow I just finished this week...she's no dummy LOL.
Ah and through the day of organizing and finishing WIP's...I ran across this little girl. I had made this about 7 years ago..but didn't get her stuffed. Well when DD1 spotted her, I had to finish her immediately...ok I didn't finish her until this morning. I also made the bunting and started another one identical for DD2 whose freaking out over this doll. It is a Butterick pattern.

ANd last but not least I DID finish my Mystery BOM block #4. Whew...busy busy....and I hope to have more to show in the coming days....

It's been a week?

I can't believe it's been a week since I last blogged. I have been so busy at work..which is good, plus it was fair week. I only went one evening with DD1. That was fun. We spent the 2 hours with her little friend and HER mom...who's my friend (poor english?). They had been without power for 3 days. Hurricane IKE devastated Texas and did a number to Ohio and other midwestern states as you know. Anyhow, we were fortunate to have never lost power. So I offered our showers/home to them until their power came back. They showered but they didn't stay. We were certainly glad to help at any rate. I did do some crafting this week. I started this wool pillow with the Oxford punchneedle about 2 years ago. Yep 2 years ago, before we moved. I have had it on the hoop that long. I finished it this week and I will tell you it feels so good to have completed it. AND I still love it. It's very primitive looking but brighter colors which I like. Here's my Merry and Bright table topper in the works. I am embroidering the ornament hooks. I started my Fat Quarter Shop Mystery BOM block 4 but it's not done yet. So I am hoping to have some more finishes in the next couple of days.

What a weekend

Where do I begin? well that's start with the positive....I picked up my last quilt from my machine quilter on friday. I have the binding half sewn on already. I love the flowers and vines. This probably one of the fastest quilts I have ever made start to finish. I started it in July....mmm maybe mid-month and am nearly finished. It usually takes me a year to finish one!! LOL Here's a close up of the quilting.
Now for the rest of the weekend.....Friday night I arrived home from my second trip to Jo-Ann's in one day....it was 9:30pm...our mail box was up right and normal. When we got up saturday..it was like this:
It seems some IDIOT backed into it and then decided it wasn't important to let us know who they were. They drove off....but left behind bits and pieces of their tail-light. Now peeps..I have to tell you you that my husband and 2 other neighbors tried to up-right it. Well....it weighs like a ton literally...literally 2000 pounds. So you think that person that hit it knew they hit it???? I bet so...and I am betting they were drunk or something...I'm just speculating here. Anyhow, we had the sheriff out and filed a report. I doubt we'll find the wahoo that hit it. In the mean time my DH spent 3 hours breaking it up to move the bricks....each brick weighs 5 pounds and so it took several wheelbarrels full to move it to our back yard. We put up this for now...
I wonder how long it will be before someone hits it? I shouldn't ask....really I shouldn't.
So this weekend was kind of a bummer. We started positive and worked through some negetive. I hope the crap is out of the way for the rest of the week.
My DH also assembled ANOTHER cabinet for me and put it up...2 more to go...plus he put up some shelves too...ALL today. Superduper man I tell you!!!
I finished my Secret Stitcher's Angel swap stuff...um I did a quick calculation on shipping..and Oy Vey..I can't even go there.....ok so that's enough out of me for the night....I hope I can post more this week. Work could be a stickler though..OH and it's fair week...how could I forget.

It's a secret...

My Stitcher's Angel sent me a lovely postcard this week. I've wanted to blog about it every day but work and other garbage were in my way. She's a neat gal from Tasmania. I have no idea who she is...the element of surprise is soooo fun for this swap. I am working on my items for my S.A. partner. I don't want to show everything...yet. I can only show bits and pieces. I mean what IF she's a regular reader?
Wow I NEED to iron that! LOL...I didn't see the wrinkle until the picture enlarged it 100 times!
Anyhow, I spent FAR too much time taking my car to have repairs yesterday. They finally gave me a rental and I need to pick up my car today. I did make it to Pat Catan's, Jo-Ann's, and Country Charm...my LQS. Oh Cindy at Country Charm had so many new things. She buys fabric that may be 6 months old in terms of when collections are released...but she sells yardage for $5.98! You can't beat it for quilt backs. I also picked up my last quilt from the machine quilter. He's getting backed up now. But turns out I don't have any to give him..which is good for my pocket book! I will blog it hopefully tomorrow...to show what he quilted for me. So much blogging...so little time.