one shabby chick

Migraines and Harry

Spent the weekend lying in bed...with a migraine. Not sure what caused it but it was pretty bad on Saturday. Took some pills and by Saturday night was feeling a bit better.

Luckily we didn't have a soccer game yesterday (I would not have been able to play) so I laid around feeling a little dizzy and watched a marathon of Harry Potter movies.

Which is why I'm just getting around to announcing the winner of the scrap giveaway today....

And the winner is (using my trusty random number maker):

#35 - Lynne - I sent you an email!

Hope everyone has a wonderful Memorial Day and I just want to say THANK YOU to all the men and women that so bravely fight for our freedom and for their spouses who support them so bravely at home!

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More eye candy

Got the rest of my fabric purchases today.

Bought this fun stack off of Heather - she was so sweet to split a set with me that she picked up at Quilt Market.

I am really loving the new prints - I think some totes are in order.

And how cute is this panel?

Or these little houses?

Too cute! I'm already envisioning a quilt out of them.

And I didn't fall too hard for Prince Charming but I do love the raindrop prints so I got some of those.

In laminate too. Zip pouches anyone?

The quilter's linen is for some pillow covers for a customer/soccer buddy.

And my sister is having a baby shower for one of her friends on Saturday and asked me to add some applique to a few little shirts.

An L...

and a little square...

A quilt for Brooke

We have a wonderful little community where we live. It's a pretty small town.

But a big part of that community is our church family. Everyone just feels like family - and right now one of the families in our church is really going through it.

You can read about some of it on this blog here.

Their daughter, Brooke, is in the ICU right now and today they are going to perform a tracheotomy. I can't even imagine how they are feeling.

My mom has gotten to be really close with Brooke - she takes her to the movies and stays with her when her parents are out of town and she's been going to the hospital every day so she's keeping us informed.

I wanted to do something..anything...to help and besides praying, I knew I could make her a quilt.

I had planned on piecing one together but time started to be of the essence so I used this star top from my ufo drawer and added a blue floral border on to it.

I finished the binding yesterday and my mom took it down to the hospital.

Please keep them in your prayers...

Scraps and things

We are winding down with school - just math and reading left which we will continue into the summer.

I'm going to try and be good about going to the beach more this summer - thinking of getting a little kick board and getting in shape while at the beach too.

But I do plan on loads of sewing too...

Finished some blocks for Ayumi for Ringo Pie. Her theme was all things mail...

And I made two.

This is supposed to be washi tape since I saw this picture and loved the colors. My pencils are a little wonky...have you seen the blocks for this month?!

I finished up the custom pillow.

It has their initials and anniversary.

And I started a new quilt today with LouLouthi...

I'm using this pattern. I added in some Denyse Schmidt dots and pink seeds too.

I also cut out a bunch of squares for a patchwork top.

And I have a bunch of little curved triangles from my circle blocks. I can't bear to throw them away so I thought maybe one of you might want them.

I'll throw in some strip pieces too.

Leave a comment if you are interested and I'll randomly pick a name on Friday (that should give me enough time to finish making all the blocks).

Comments are now closed! Will announce a winner this afternoon!

Champions

Well...Hubby's team won the championship yesterday! So exciting....they got to play in the nice stadium too and it was a fun game. I had a game later in the afternoon and was so tired after cheering (loudly) for his team :-)

Working on a new quilt after seeing this one on Pinterest.

Finished up this diaper bag for a customer...

and a camera strap and pillow (it's almost done) for another customer.

and Katy's "scrap vomit" block for Busy Bees:

Should be getting some fun mail this week after my fabric purchases last week - can't wait!

And I FINALLY watched my first Harry Potter film yesterday. I'm on book 3 now. I think I'll read the books first and then watch the movies...

Projects

Working on catching up on things this week.

I have one project taking up most of my time which I can't share right now - sorry! {I will as soon as I can though!}

Finished up these quilting bee blocks for Jessica for Busy Bees. We got to play with her new fabric!

Just didn't have enough gray for the final border around the second block. But she said she has plenty.

And I'm working on a diaper bag/tote for a customer too.

I have started listening to Harry Potter on audio so it makes for some fun sewing (yes, can you believe it?! I have never read any of the books or seen the movies...but now I'm through the first book and am starting on the second one.)

And as I was writing this post, the mail came and I got my wonderful swap package from Melissa.

Lots of goodies and a gorgeous pouch!

Look at all the embroidery! Thank you so much Melissa! I love it!

And the other reason why I blogged today....

To tell you all Tula Pink's new line is at Fabricworm!! I just saw it this morning...

I already snagged some of those raindrops - I am seriously in love with them! And they come in oilcloth too! Ack!

** Edited to add:

Just spotted LouLOUthi by Anna Maria Horner and Erin McMorris' new line, Summersault at this Etsy shop!

In the backyard

Summer is already in full force here.

The kids spent some time playing in the sprinkler today.

And I got out the camera.

Fried

Oh man, I am so sunburned.

Yesterday Hubby played in his semi-final soccer game. They were the underdogs. After an EXCITING game plus two 10 minute overtimes, they won in penalty kicks. Way more exciting than one of my games!

Then I had a game later in the afternoon with no subs so now I'm quite toasty. And a little dehydrated.

I did finish up my Pretty Little Pouch items for my swap partner this weekend.

I started quilting the first block I made and just wasn't too happy with how it was coming out. I cut it in half and made a little pouch out of it which I liked way more and am sending it along with these two pouches since they all match well.

Hope my partner will be happy.

I have a few custom things I need to work on this week - camera strap, pillow and a tote.

I'm also going to make a quilt for a friend of ours. Her mom's blog is here and is so encouraging to read and it just causes you to put things in perspective and to realize what's really important in your life.

Her favorite colors are blue and red so I'm trying to think of the perfect pattern to use.....

That takes a while

I always forget how long of a process it is to upload things...I cannot imagine having a fabric shop {or any shop that has a lot of inventory} and doing that on a regular basis!

So I got most of the things loaded into the shop. Still have little skirts and some baby quilts which I will try and see if I can get in tomorrow.

I may be too tired since we are spending the day here. It's our last homeschool field trip...I guess that means I have to find my bathing suit - ugh!

And my eldest can't go...he has a staph infection so he's hanging out with my mom instead. Poor guy - he's pretty bummed he's missing out!

Hoping for a sunny day - weather has still been weird here and there was thunder and lightning earlier. Happy Friday everyone!

Happy, happy Day

Ok so first of all...I'm going to be an Auntie. For the first time ever (well, from one of my siblings - Hubby's side has a ton of nephews and nieces).

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And it's my sister-in-law and my brother who we all thought had decided to not have children. We are SO excited.

I'm already planning the first quilt {one a month is too much right?!}. Something like this, or this, or this.

Been feeling blah but I went to work on my Pretty Little Pouch Swap item today - I wanted to do little stars ala Ms. McPorkchop. These are pretty fun but tiny!

Not sure what I'm doing for the back or the quilting....thinking a bit of hand-sewing for this one.

And since I had that de-stash, I now seem to be adding to the stash.

Got these from Fabricworm. The colors are gorgeous.

And these Munki prints from Kerri.

And I just ordered some of this line from Fabric.com since I had a coupon (and it's 7.98 a yard so with a coupon it's a good deal!).

OK - off to the ballet performance at the local convalescent home!