Folks, We Have A Winner

 Sorry it has taken me so long to post this but I finally dusted off Mr. Random and he chose a winner.  Lucky number 25, Grendelskin, who said, "I'm thinking of things in a whole new light all of a sudden! I need the book anyhow to participate in Konda's next quiltalong so if you pick my name you'll make me very, very happy!"

A hearty congratulations goes out to Sally!! 

 Send me your mailing address so I can get the book sent out to you.

I decided to work on one of my August commitments in my Bee Vintage block bee. 

 I managed to get one block made last night before it got too dark.  

(I don't like to sew at night even though I do it a lot)

This is the block for Liz. 

 I hope she likes it.

  She asked for the Mini Bow Tie block.

I like it and it was a really easy block to make.  

I wouldn't mind making an entire quilt out of this one.

  It just might need to go on my to do list!

  I have one more August block to make and then

 I need to think about what I want to get finished up for the month of August.  

I am thinking about a couple of QAL type things too. 

 Decisions, decisions!

What do you have planned for your weekend?

~XOP~

More Bee Vintage Goodness

I received 3 more VS blocks in the mail the other day. 

These first 2 are from Colleen. 

Aren't they beautiful? 

This one is from Sheetal. 

Such a great fussy cut center! 

 I can't wait for the rest of the blocks to show up! 

I also managed to get my mini quilt cut out and laid out for Konda's quilt tour.  

My day is September 25th so it has to be sewn, quilted and bound by then. 

 I may even make 2!! 

 I am loving that I could cut it out and lay it out in less than an hour!  

Be sure and check back for the quilt tour.

I am going to draw a winner for the Simply Charming Mini book on Friday (August 3rd). 

 Please go here and leave me a comment to be entered into the drawing!

My good friend, Cori has decided to carry the Heather Ross Line, Crafty Chloe in her online shop. 

 If you don't happen to have a Hancock fabrics near you or you live overseas you can buy it from her.

Cori's online fabric shop now has most of the Crafty Chloe fabrics in her shop. 

 If you can't get them at Hancocks she has them available and will ship overseas. 

It is $4.75 per 1/2 yard.

If you haven't seen it it is adorable!  

My favorite are the creepy doll/sock monkey and the pin people.

(photo borrowed from Better off Thread)

Although that dog is pretty cute too!!

If you happen to be watching the Olympics please give a cheer for our friend Allison Schmidt.

She is swimming in the 200 free finals today.

She took the silver medal in the 400 free, just out touched by the French woman.  

Good luck Schmitty!!!

~XOP~

It's a New Baby!!

We had the miracle of birth happen at our house last night.

A baby turkey hatched out of the turkey eggs we put into our incubator. 

 My DD1 had a male and female turkey and the female began laying 

so we thought we would try to hatch some more turkeys.  

Apparently it is not supposed to be an easy thing to do, hatching turkeys, but we got one at least.

It was so newly hatched in this photo it was still wet.

I also want to invite you to the next stop on the Blog Tour too.

  You should go over to Brooke's blog and check out her post today.

I did manage to finish up a little quilt, it just needs to have the binding finished. 

 I call it the underwater quilt.

I think I will be listing this one in my ETSY shop soon.

I leave you with some photos of Fatty McFatty (Aiden)

She was just relaxing and hanging out on my sewing table taking a bath.  

May you all have such a restful weekend!!

~XOP~

It's My Day For The Mini Blog Tour!!

Comments are now closed.  Winner will be posted August 4th Saturday.

It's *finally* my day to blog about Konda's new Simply Charming Mini quilt book!! 

 YEAH!!

 This is one great book!  Konda's directions are so easy to follow and I can't wait to make one or two or more of the quilts in this book!!

 I was riding home from work with DD1 and was telling her about the tour and

 that Konda wanted us to talk about what you can do with a mini quilt. 

 It's kind of a thing, this response, but she said, "What can't you do with a mini quilt?"  

And we laughed! 

 It is kind of true though, they are very versatile.  

This began the following (sorry)

You can use it to decorate your dog  (a mini quilt I made for DD1)

Or use it for catoflauge  (I just made that word up!!)

Can you just see how they blend into their surroundings??

Or for real you can do what I do which is switch them out in my bathroom as wall decorations.

I trade them out seasonally.

Honestly, I think that a LONG time ago I saw this photo and it totally began my obsession with mini quilts.

This photo is from the Sentimental quilter. 

 When I saw this wall of mini quilts I just flipped!!  

Isn't it amazing? 

 What a great way to decorate a room!

I also love this photo, it's similar, from Hillary Lang

I hope you have enjoyed this post about "What can't you do with a mini quilt?" as much as I have!

Now for the details about winning a copy of Konda's book. 

 Leave me a comment and I will  do the drawing next week sometime.  

I will draw a name, but I need to have a way to contact you! 

 If you are a no-reply blogger I will draw again. 

 Leave your email in the comment if you are unsure, trust me you do NOT want to miss out on this book!!!

~XOP~

Day Two of the Mini Book Blog Tour

That's right, today is the second day of the book tour and the stop today is Nanette over at Freda's Hive.  You are going to want to stop over there and 

check out the amazing mini quilt she made using Marmalade and a pattern from Konda's new book. 

 I love the fabric and I love Konda's book too!! 

 Leave a comment on her blog for a chance to win a copy of Konda's book.

Ok now, don't forget to stop back here tomorrow for my stop on the tour and a chance to win a copy of Konda's book from me too!!

Just in case you need a little eye candy, here is how my knitted fabric scrap rug is coming along. 

 It looks kind of funky because I can't spread it out very well yet, but it is growing!!

I hurt my back and took today off of work.  

I did a lot of laying flat.  

I did manage to get a few things done although nothing I can share pictures of. 

 I made the binding for my dad's quilt, and totally cashed in my birthday "binding coupon tonight

 and handed it over to the binding Queen.  

Thanks Pauline! 

 I also made and attached the binding to one of the quilts I pattern tested for Jacquie.  

Now to hand stitch it down! 

 I LOVE how this quilt came out and can't wait to share it with you guys.  

The pattern will be available in the near future. 

 I also worked on another secret project. 

 One step closer to being able to share!

All right, enough with all the secrecy.  

Stop back tomorrow for a chance to win a copy of Konda's new book. 

 It's a really good one!!

~XOP~

Mini Blog Tour Begins Today

 Day One of the Mini Blog Tour

Just popping in to tell you that the Mini Blog Tour begins today over at these blogs.

Lissa Alexander http://modalissa.blogspot.com

 

Emily Herrick http://crazyoldladiesquilts.blogspot.com

 

They will be telling you all about mini quilts and how you can use them.  

 

They will also be giving away a copy of Konda's new book. 

 

So be sure to stop over and leave a comment for a chance to win!!! 

~XOP~