I only seem to post about giveaways lately - but this one is special. This blogger - Katie - is giving away a quilt to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society - a cause near and dear to her because her husband has been battling Lymphoma for three years. Go check it out and make a donation if you can - every little bit adds up!
http://seekatiesew.blogspot.com/2010/09/quilt-giveaway.html
Have a pieceful day!
Friday, September 24, 2010
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Mini Swap - rec'd and sent
Swap mini from locodowo
Originally uploaded by piecefulchaos
I received this gorgeous mini from Laurie (locodowo) in a swap on Flickr - the Quilt Swap Boot Camp. It was a swap I ran for new swappers - it was a small group but I think a good time was had by all!
Here is the quilt that I sent to my partner -
Have a pieceful day!
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Go Cutter Giveaway
Just a quick post to share that Karrie over at Freckled Whimsy is giving away a Go cutter - so if you want one of these as bas as I do hurry on over and enter. While you are there check out her blog- its fantastic! She has an awesome Quilt a long going on right now!
UPDATE!!!! - Here are some more Go Cutter giveaways for the fellow obsessed!
Heather at A La Mode Fabric
Jackie at Canton Village Quiltworks
and
Paulette at SweetP
Karen at Sew Many Ways
Good luck!
UPDATE!!!! - Here are some more Go Cutter giveaways for the fellow obsessed!
Heather at A La Mode Fabric
Jackie at Canton Village Quiltworks
and
Paulette at SweetP
Karen at Sew Many Ways
Good luck!
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Pincushion Swap
Pincushion from Midland Design
Originally uploaded by piecefulchaos
I participated in a couple of pincushion swaps this summer on Flickr. This is the pincushion I recently received from Midland Design - isn't it adorable? I just love it! I collect pincushions and love all different kinds but animal/whimsical types are my favorite. Now I just need a good place to display all of them!
Oh, and I am trying something new -the Blog This feature on Flickr. I've been neglecting my blog since I really got addicted to Flickr so if this works and maybe I can blog from Flickr I will have no excuse!
Monday, August 16, 2010
My son got engaged!
Here's a picture of the happy couple right after it happened!
We just couldn't be happier! She is a wonderful girl - they've been dating 6 years since high school so we feel like she is already part of the family. To top it off, my son got a job offer this week as well (he just graduated college) so there was lots to celebrate this week!
Have a pieceful day!
We just couldn't be happier! She is a wonderful girl - they've been dating 6 years since high school so we feel like she is already part of the family. To top it off, my son got a job offer this week as well (he just graduated college) so there was lots to celebrate this week!
Have a pieceful day!
Monday, May 17, 2010
No excuses
I have no excuses for being away from my blog for this long. I had stuff to say, just never seemed to get here to say it. The longer you are away, the harder it seems to get back into the swing. So here I am and hopefully I can get back into the swing of it.
I have a bunch to catch up on but I am going to start with the most recent - this weekend was the quilt show for a local guild - I used to belong 20 years ago but they meet during the day so I can't participate anymore. The show was great -and even better I got to meet a friend from one of the swap groups I belong to on Flickr!
This is Andrea (Quiltedoma) and I at the quilt show. It was so cool to meet someone from an internet group in person! Andrea belongs to a local guild that meets at night and invited me to a meeting. She might come to a group I belong to also.
Also today I received my placemat from the placemat swap on flickr. Lori (lollydo) made me this great placemat:
It is double sided! Hexagons and spider web blocks - two of my favorites!
Have a pieceful day!
I have a bunch to catch up on but I am going to start with the most recent - this weekend was the quilt show for a local guild - I used to belong 20 years ago but they meet during the day so I can't participate anymore. The show was great -and even better I got to meet a friend from one of the swap groups I belong to on Flickr!
This is Andrea (Quiltedoma) and I at the quilt show. It was so cool to meet someone from an internet group in person! Andrea belongs to a local guild that meets at night and invited me to a meeting. She might come to a group I belong to also.
Also today I received my placemat from the placemat swap on flickr. Lori (lollydo) made me this great placemat:
It is double sided! Hexagons and spider web blocks - two of my favorites!
Have a pieceful day!
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Giveaway Alert!
Sorry I've been gone awhile - just didn't have the blog mojo working lately. But I do have some things to say so I will be back with a new post as soon as I upload some pictures. In the meantime....
check out the giveaway at Sunflower Quilts - a book, charm packs and a download of the new ezine Fat Quarterly that will be debuting next week - I just heard about this project and it looks awesome!
Have a pieceful day!
check out the giveaway at Sunflower Quilts - a book, charm packs and a download of the new ezine Fat Quarterly that will be debuting next week - I just heard about this project and it looks awesome!
Have a pieceful day!
Friday, March 12, 2010
Swaps - incoming and outgoing!
I haven't been doing a lot of quilting lately - if it weren't for swaps I wouldn't have done much at all! Here are some of the swap projects that have been coming and going in my mailbox:
first the DQS8 that LauraJ sent me:
I also participated in the Pillow Talk Swap on flickr - here is the pillow I sent to my partner (without the pillow form)-
I also particapated in a Valentines Swap on flickr in February, here are what I received and sent:
It looks a lot more red in the picture - it is actually very pink!
I have a few more swaps and valentines projects to show but I will save them for another post.
Just a note - I turned on comment moderation due to a huge amount of spam lately. Hopefully it will stop and I can turn comment moderation off!
Have a pieceful day!
first the DQS8 that LauraJ sent me:
I also participated in the Pillow Talk Swap on flickr - here is the pillow I sent to my partner (without the pillow form)-
I also particapated in a Valentines Swap on flickr in February, here are what I received and sent:
It looks a lot more red in the picture - it is actually very pink!
I have a few more swaps and valentines projects to show but I will save them for another post.
Just a note - I turned on comment moderation due to a huge amount of spam lately. Hopefully it will stop and I can turn comment moderation off!
Have a pieceful day!
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
January funk
I know I'm not the only one because I've read it on several other blogs - I've been in a bit of a funk this month when it comes to quilting. I think I am out of it now - I got motivated by working on some possible quilts for Doll Quilt Swap 8. That group always motivates and inspires me! I wish it were continuous.
I did return to the scene of the crime so to speak - my friend Ann and I took a ride to that LQS that is going out of business for some more $3/yd goodness. I got some backing for some donation quilts and a few other one yard pieces but what I was most pleased with was this:
This was a shop sample and it was selling for $60. I thought it was cute and it was something I would never make and could never make for $60.
Other than that the only thing I've done all month is make a makeup bag for my youngest DD -
I have two more to do for my oldest DD and one of her friends - these are quick, easy and fun to make.
I hope the rest of you that were in a funk are finding your way out of it - I know I'm glad to be feeling more productive finally!
Have a pieceful day!
I did return to the scene of the crime so to speak - my friend Ann and I took a ride to that LQS that is going out of business for some more $3/yd goodness. I got some backing for some donation quilts and a few other one yard pieces but what I was most pleased with was this:
This was a shop sample and it was selling for $60. I thought it was cute and it was something I would never make and could never make for $60.
Other than that the only thing I've done all month is make a makeup bag for my youngest DD -
I have two more to do for my oldest DD and one of her friends - these are quick, easy and fun to make.
I hope the rest of you that were in a funk are finding your way out of it - I know I'm glad to be feeling more productive finally!
Have a pieceful day!
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Stash building - 53 yards worth!
Now if you read yesterday's post carefully, you will note that I did NOT say ANYTHING about reducing stash this year - which is a VERY good thing considering my unplanned trip to the LQS today. That would be the LQS that is going out of business - and sent an email this morning that ALL fabric is now $3/yard.
So what's a girl to do when you get an email like that? You call a girlfriend - in this case Florence (better known to those who read the comments on my blog as "Anonymous") and off we went. We got there a 1/2 hour before closing and quickly got down to business. About 45 minutes later we walked out very happy and proud of our purchases.
Now its not for me to tell tales of what Florence bought... so I'll just tell you about mine. The picture above shows the damage - if you enlarge it you can see more detail - its hard to photograph 53 yards of fabric without a wide angle lense! Most of it is 1 yard pieces but there is an 8 1/2 yard piece of flannel for backing, 5 yards each of a pink and a blue flannel for baby items, 2-3 yards each of 3 different black and white fabrics and a lot of 1 yard pieces of various beiges, novelties (for pillowcases, donation quilts, etc) and other "basics".
At the cutting table I told Florence that after this I could not buy any more fabric until the Quilt Fest of NJ in March - the first big quilt show of the year. I told her she would have to hold me to it - her response - "yeah, right."
Have a pieceful day!
So what's a girl to do when you get an email like that? You call a girlfriend - in this case Florence (better known to those who read the comments on my blog as "Anonymous") and off we went. We got there a 1/2 hour before closing and quickly got down to business. About 45 minutes later we walked out very happy and proud of our purchases.
Now its not for me to tell tales of what Florence bought... so I'll just tell you about mine. The picture above shows the damage - if you enlarge it you can see more detail - its hard to photograph 53 yards of fabric without a wide angle lense! Most of it is 1 yard pieces but there is an 8 1/2 yard piece of flannel for backing, 5 yards each of a pink and a blue flannel for baby items, 2-3 yards each of 3 different black and white fabrics and a lot of 1 yard pieces of various beiges, novelties (for pillowcases, donation quilts, etc) and other "basics".
At the cutting table I told Florence that after this I could not buy any more fabric until the Quilt Fest of NJ in March - the first big quilt show of the year. I told her she would have to hold me to it - her response - "yeah, right."
Have a pieceful day!
Friday, January 1, 2010
Thoughts for the New Year...
I have come to the realization that quilting resolutions or even goals for the new year are just pointless for me. I can start out with great plans but then a class or new technique or something catches my eye and the excitement of that carries me away from my plans - and that's okay, this is a hobby after all! It is supposed to be fun and inspire creativity. So I "resolve" to go in whatever creative direction the wind carries me.
That said, there are a few things I will try to fit in between the creative wind and the inevitable gift and swap projects I will commit to. This year those things revolve around trying to finish projects that create guilt by remaining unfinished (or in some cases unstarted!). Some are flimsies that need to be quilted and some are projects I bought a pattern and fabric for and never began. I have been holding off starting new projects (except small ones) due to the nagging voice reminding me of these projects. The curious thing is they are all projects I still love, it is not that I've lost interest in them, just got sidetracked and never got back to them. So this year I would like to finish them!
On the creative side, I would like to work on improving my machine quilting skills this year. This will require a little more patience than I've had in the past - patience to practice on muslin, not actual projects and patience to take a little more time to do a more involved quilting design instead of something "quick" to get it done. I would also like to work on more "artsy" projects - dolls, art quilts, painting on fabric, embellishments, working with fabrics other than cotton, learning new techniques, etc.
Lastly, though I don't think I can expect to make scrap quilts this year along with all of the above, I would like to start cutting for scrap quilts - Kathie always cuts for more than one quilt at a time and I would like to start doing the same as well as cutting some of my scraps into usable units. Maybe 2011 will be the year of making scrap quilts if 2010 can be the year of cutting for them!
And because I hate a post without a picture, here is a cute pic I snapped of DS and our dog Dooley. DS and his girlfriend are here for Christmas break from college and sleeping on the pull out sofa - after his girlfriend got up to go to work, Dooley jumped in her spot - I texted her and told her "you've been replaced"
That said, there are a few things I will try to fit in between the creative wind and the inevitable gift and swap projects I will commit to. This year those things revolve around trying to finish projects that create guilt by remaining unfinished (or in some cases unstarted!). Some are flimsies that need to be quilted and some are projects I bought a pattern and fabric for and never began. I have been holding off starting new projects (except small ones) due to the nagging voice reminding me of these projects. The curious thing is they are all projects I still love, it is not that I've lost interest in them, just got sidetracked and never got back to them. So this year I would like to finish them!
On the creative side, I would like to work on improving my machine quilting skills this year. This will require a little more patience than I've had in the past - patience to practice on muslin, not actual projects and patience to take a little more time to do a more involved quilting design instead of something "quick" to get it done. I would also like to work on more "artsy" projects - dolls, art quilts, painting on fabric, embellishments, working with fabrics other than cotton, learning new techniques, etc.
Lastly, though I don't think I can expect to make scrap quilts this year along with all of the above, I would like to start cutting for scrap quilts - Kathie always cuts for more than one quilt at a time and I would like to start doing the same as well as cutting some of my scraps into usable units. Maybe 2011 will be the year of making scrap quilts if 2010 can be the year of cutting for them!
And because I hate a post without a picture, here is a cute pic I snapped of DS and our dog Dooley. DS and his girlfriend are here for Christmas break from college and sleeping on the pull out sofa - after his girlfriend got up to go to work, Dooley jumped in her spot - I texted her and told her "you've been replaced"
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