Pin Cushion Swap - sent and received!

A few of the gals in the Tran-Quilt-Ity yahoo group got together for a pin cushion swap. The swaps had to be mailed by 9/30, but I wanted Becca receive mine before 10/1 because I made a similar pin cushion for the Fall Into Fall giveaway and I didn't want to ruin her surprise.

Here is the pin cushion I made for her. Her favorite color is Lime Green. :)





I also sent her some goodies, but I forgot to get a picture of them. I included a green seam ripper, green pins and a lime green smooshie dude with 'hair' and eyes. I really wish I had remembered a picture. :( I'm hoping that Becca will post some soon. :)

And here is what I received from Cheryl. A black doxie cushion and a begging dog figurine! :)



The dog is working wonderfully on my sock monkey thread catcher that was a little light on the stuffing and slides off the table when it's too full. :)



Cheryl included a note in the box that said I could embellish the dog as I saw fit and I think that the only thing that it needs is a sparkly eye. I haven't added it yet.

Thanks, Cheryl, for the goodies and thanks to Becca for hosting the swap!

The dogs were pretty pleased with it when I let them sniff it. They got along great - no snapping at each other! lol

Although, I think that Maxie wanted it to take a nap with him.

Stash Report Week 40, 2010

Well, I definitely did something this week.... I BOUGHT again! lol I bought the fabric for my granma's 80th birthday quilt for her bed. Lots of fabric was purchased, but it will definitely be use this year! I may even cut it out before retreat in 2.5 weeks. Not sure yet if it is something that I want to take with me to retreat because it will be a lot of strip sewing, but it is also mindless sewing that I could do while chatting with others. :) And if I am cutting kits, I may as well cut that into a kit! :)

I also used some fabric - some strips and FQs for the Amish puzzle pin cushions I made last week and ... AND!!! I got the top assembled for the Bento Box quilt and I prepped the backing and the binding! Woo hoo!!! Lots used!

Well, I didn't realize how awful this picture was! I will have to take a better one for tomorrow.

Fabric added this week: 15.38
Fabric added year-to-date: 322.12

Fabric used this week: 7.23
Fabric used year-to-date: 190.85

Fabric Used: -131.27

Maisy was cheering me on while trying out the SIS quilt! lol

Fall Into Fall Giveaway!

EDITED FOR WINNER!!!

Michelle said...

Great giveaway prizes...love the pincushion! I love all the smells of fall...but probably pumpkin spice the best. :)

October 3, 2010 9:42 AM  

 

Congrats to Michelle!!!

I really meant to have this post written and ready to post first thing this morning, but I didn't get my hand made item done until late last night.

For those who don't know, Debi has organized a Blog Giveaway with over 140 bloggers participating and several businesses. Everyone is posting giveaways today and will be drawing the winners on October 15th so you will have plenty of time to visit each blog and enter. For the list of participating blogs, go to the Fall Into Fall Giveaway blog!

For my Fall Into Fall Giveaway, I have these lovely items for 1 lucky winner!



A Spiced Apple candle, a couple of patterns, pins and an Amish Puzzle pin cushion. The Spiced Apple is one of my favorite fall scents!!

Here are a couple of close ups of the pin cushion.




To enter my giveaway, please leave a comment and tell me what your favorite scent of fall is. No Reply commenters will not be eligible to win unless an email is included with the comment. The winner will be posted on October 15th!

EDITED TO ADD -  Out of the first 30 comments, 6 are no reply comments that did not leave their email. If you didn't leave your email here, how many other blog giveaways have you entered and not left your email? You are missing great chances for winnings!!! See this post to check on your profile and see if you are no reply!

Good luck! And I hope that if you like what you see here, you will come back and visit often! ;)

And as my regular readers have probably noticed, the recent posts have been a little light on the dog input. Maisy took care of that for this post! Maisy had to help me with making the pin cushion! lol