My quilting comback!

Has it really been 4 months since I posted? whoa. ha. This quilt was commissioned by a friend who has waited diligently for this. Since Aug. I have had to deal with moving twice, a terrible breakup, and losing my job! I kinda lost touch with quilting, but quickly remembered how therapeutic it is for me. Well IM BACK! the quilting queen has returned and is ready to rock n roll! So enjoy the quilt keep an eye out for many more to come!

De-Stashing!

Hey Everyone! So lately I was in a mood to de-stash slightly so I made up a ton of scrap designer bundles from my stash to sell! I am on a mission to make some money so I can buy some new fabrics! lol! what a great idea right?! So if any of my readers are interested I can offer you 20% off just let me know on etsy that u heard about it from my blog! :P

http://www.whoopdedoo5.etsy.com

Pay It Forward!

I'm super excited about this post! A while ago I responded about a pay it forward on http://threadsofconversation.blogspot.com/ blog! So today I received this amazing package! I had almost totally forgot about it! Super awesome!! Now its my turn to pay it forward to someone so if anyone is interested in takin' part in my pay it forward just shoot me an email to whoopdedoo_5@hotmail...I will pay it forward to the first person to email me! :) Thanks so much doris! your the best! I love the pincushion! hehe!

Chimes Market Day

So my friend Calee (chimes) is like super crafty! She has recently opened up her super AMAZING etsy store.

www.chimes.etsy.com

She does alot of painted ceramics and just got into quilting so keep your eyes open for her amazing quilts! Shes always coming up with something crafty! :) She also has great taste! She sells her crafts at mostly at "Market Day" in Des Moines, Iowa so if your in the area go support her!!

http://chimesdesign.com/blog/2009/07/20/market-day-deals-and-steals/

polka dot quilt progress

I saw this terrific quilt in one of my many quilting magazines and knew that I MUST make it! so I pulled some great prints out of my stash and got to work...this is my first attempt at applique so be kind :)

Mcgruff's New Outfit!

I went to this awesome little shop in Chicago called "tail's in the city" if you are a doggie lover like me I suggest you try to make it there if your in the big windy city! Its soooo totally worth it! :) Mcgruff loves to dress up too. He can put is head and legs in the shirt on his own because he loves it so much...after he is dressed he prances around the houses like hes king! lol He always likes to go bye bye when hes dressed up also because he can show off and get all the treats and attention! ha! :) hes my baby!

My chicago/bachelorette trip!

This past weekend I planned a girls weekend to chicago that turned into my bachelorette party also...so two of my friend flew in from DC, one came from Wisconsin and 1 from Iowa. We met up at the Marriott in Chicago...friday we ordered in the famous chicago pizza and just had ourselves a few drinks ;) lol...saturday was all day downtown where we sorta ended up splitting into two groups cuz we wanted to do some different things. Overall it was a splendid weekend and we all had a blast! :) Here are a few of my favorite pictures!!

June Quilts!

These are my two latest creations! I only got two done this month. I have a feeling I will be doing alot more quilting! :)

http://www.whoopdedoo5.etsy.com

Happy Fathers Day

Since I can't be with my dad today I figured I would share some photos of him. Brock and I will be celebrating Fathers Day with him on July 4th instead. Since he lives like 5 hours away, its hard to get away so much. The first picture is of my father when he was in college just a little younger than I am right now. The second picture was taken not to long ago! lol what a change! :)

I know I shouldn't but....

we got some new prints in at our store today....well not exactly new but since we buy fabric in bulk we get extra discounts so sometimes we get TONS of boxes and have to store it upstairs in boxes until we have room, anyways I pulled some of it down today to put online and found some great prints! A total of 9 yards...I used to just get one yard of each print I liked, but I found I always needed more so if I like a print I totally get 2 or more yards of it...you never know what you can use it for! haha...so heres what I found! :) enjoy!

So many Sewing Projects!

I've been crazy busy with all my sewing projects lately so I thought I would share what I have been buying/sewing! I couldnt believe all my collections once I got them all out and stacked them up! lol I just finished a park slope and mermaid quilt which I haven't taken pictures of yet but here are my collections and projects in the works! :) enjoy!


This picture is of some of the collections i've recently bought. They include:

1.) in the pink
2.) Twiggy
3.) Neptune
4.) Wildwood
5.) Frosted memories
6.) Arcadia


These fabrics I am doing a dot quilt which I found the in latest american patchwork magazine I believe. It will be my first big attempt at applique. I shot some pictures of the quilt I am going to do also.

The next few pictures are of my black and white quilt, the red is for the binding...which I thought would really make the quilt "pop"! I'm doing the coin stack quilt pattern for this one. The other two are some other projects that I have cut and ready to go just haven't had the time to finish them! lol

Part 3 of Esty!

Part 2