Because, What is Blogging If Not Shameless Self Promotion?

Updates to the etsy shop. You guys have no idea how many 3" squares I have. So many. I'm working on a few new things, and of course, the quilt is happening, so more crafty-ness is coming. Anyway, like I said, blogs = free advertising. I'm not too proud to admit it. Also, this is the last week that the tote bags come with a free Yarn Love print, so if you want one of those without, you know, having to pay for it, time is of the essence and whatnot! Exclamation! 24 moneys for a totebag and de-lightful print! Ha-Cha! (Ok, sorry, that's the last huckstering you'll get from me for a while.

Tim Gunn Would Be Proud.

I am so glad that you guys have experienced this too, it makes me feel a little better about it. I have had quilts that eventually I "came around" to, but I was just sure this would not be one of them. So, The seam ripper came out, and I MADE IT WORK.
Ha-HA!Anyway, it is sammiched and ready for quilting now, and I cannot wait to show you the finished quilt! I love it again! Hoorah!

Trial, But Mostly Error.

Do you remember, dearest blog-friends, my excitement? My promises of quilts-coming! Quilts Ahoy! And do you know, dearest blog friends, what it feels like when after getting 1/2 way through something, to discover that it is hideous? Like, it was looking a little sketchy up to this point, but then you see the whole thing and it suddenly comes into focus, and it is UGLY? It is disheartening, my friends. It makes you sit sadly at your computer screen, flipping through flickr, and wondering, how did this happen? How did it all go so terribly, terribly wrong?
Ack. And, having dedicated so much time and effort and fabric (!!) to the task, you know it must be, somehow, salvaged, and you look with dread at your seam ripper.
That is where we are my friends. I wouldn't wish this fate on any of you.

Spoonflower Obsession.

IT'S FREE SPOONFLOWER SWATCH DAY!!!Which means, I finally forced myself to put together the fabric design I have been thinking about for, oh, three months now? And, it was FUN! And, I love it! And, I am addicted to making the fabrics now!!
AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
Woohoo!
(This birdie is just a little preview of things to come...)

The Invisible Quilt Machine.

For the last week, I have hardly pulled myself away from our dining room table. Well, dining nook table. Whatever, anyway, both the computer and the sewing machine are currently located there, and When I haven't been sitting at one, I've been at the other. So, with all of this sewing and computing, where are the blog posts? Well, they're coming. I swear, by the end of this week, I will have some quilt goodness for general consumption. And just in case you don't believe me, check out that fabric. It is CUT! Into STRIPS! If that doesn't indicate a quilt a-comin', then I don't know what does. (Rather purple, isn't it? Decided that my purple/red fabric stack was there for a reason, and I would find out what that reason was.)

ha-HA!

I found more thread! MUST remember to centralize thread loaction!
(This image illustrates my triumph.)

Ack Ack Ack!

I guess it is fortunate for me that the bane of my existence is running out of thread RIGHT AT THE END of a project. And, hating going to places where they sell thread, which are all at least a 15 minute drive. Intense problem, right? But what is blogging, if not a forum to whine. Thankee, all.
(It is beautiful, if insanely hot, today. Photo conveys my threadless mood. LCA.)