pride

Pride is not something you're supposed to be full of. It's not a Godly thing. But ya know, sometimes you need to have some pride. And in my opinion, one of the things that you can have pride in is your work. Now I'm no "super quilter." You don't see me creating masterpieces that win world wide quilt shows. Moda isn't seeking me out to design their fabrics. Quilt magazines aren't contacting me to design patterns. But, I do take pride in my work. If I make something that I personally feel is "less than adequate" I chalk it up to, "don't make one of those again" and then sell the quilt as a second with the full disclosure of what I felt was flawed. There are folks out there that may look at the quilt and think, "Flawed? Um, it looks good to me." But we quilters know. We can tell. It's important to be honest about the things that you sell; the things that people are spending their hard earned money on.

Where am I going with this? Well, no where really. I just wanted to let you know how I felt. I guess it was part brought on by a quilt that I purchased and part brought on by the blocks that I won from Cathy. I was super impressed by her sewing. The blocks were gorgeous. I haven't seen, in person, one of her finished quilts but I would be willing to bet my hard earned dollar that they are lovely and well made. You can see her finished quilts here and below is the finished quilt top from the blocks that she so graciously gave away.

Thanks Cathy, I hope I did them justice and made you proud! ;)

20 days to go....

Well, that's what my pregnancy ticker says at least. I don't think it's really hit me that in less than 3 weeks I'm going to have another little one here in the house. It also still hasn't hit me that this may very well be my last pregnancy. I've pretty much been pregnant or nursing since 2005, so it does feel a little funny to think that I may not be pregnant EVER again. But I am SO excited for Mason to be here- I wish it was today........except for all the sewing I still need to do.
Today I'm canning pears (maybe green beans too) and hopefully I'll get some more sewing done. I think late nights with my machine are in my future. Mason's quilt is not done. Um, not even close. I still have to finish up my Christmas quilt for the shop. I have 2 quilt tops that are almost ready to be quilted- they just need the backing and batting cut out first. A Christmas present quilt who's top is almost done. 5 more aprons to make. More Yo-yo garland to sew since the last one sold in just 2 days. And all to be done in less than 20 days! I guess I'd better get to sewing and off this computer!

new quilt

I added a new quilt to the shop this morning and it is so cute!

I also started work on a new Christmas quilt using Deb Strains "Winter Song" fabric collection. It is turning out so gorgeous that I'm sort of secretly hoping no one buys it from the shop so that I can just keep it! (Those quilts are always the ones that sell the next day after listing them!) I could always buy more fabric and make another one for myself but I personally just have something against making the same quilt twice.
I'm also working on a top with some blocks that I won from Cathy's blog. Luckily I have some extra fabric from the same collection on hand here at the house.
Why all the quilting all of a sudden? Well, Gavin is gone hunting! :) I don't know why, but that seems to free up some more of my time! Tee hee.

Quilt of the month for October

Already October! Where does the time go? Again, I'm slightly behind seeing as today is the 3rd and it just hit me that I didn't assign a quilt for Quilt of the Month! So here we go. Katie Jump Rope fabric made up into one super cool quilt. Here's the listing if you'd like the info on what Quilt of the Month is all about. Enjoy!

peas and carrots anyone?

Um, guess what I just found?? Peas and Carrots yardage from American Jane for $3.99 a yard! Wholy guacamole! I can't believe my luck. I don't know exactly how much they have and hopefully I didn't just buy everything so that when you go to look it's all sold out. (No, really I didn't, there should be some left!) But here is the link just in case you're as much of an American Jane junkie as I am and you can't resist good fabric on clearance. :)