Pay It Forward Gift

My Pay It Forward Gift arrived from Cindy this weekend and it was fun to receive the post card in the mail without it being in an envelope. The butterfly was hanging on by a thread but it arrived safely. There also is a black mark down the middle (see the white fabric) that looks like it got stuck in a machine at the post office but it arrived! Now I will have to figure out what I have to pay it forward to the next lucky person.

I've got bunco at my house this week so I'm busy putting away all my stash and stuff. This will be the first time the ladies have seen my new wall and my closet so I have to tidy up the closet also. Amazing how things pile up in just 4 short months.

As soon as I can I'll post a block to send on to a new home! I know which one I'm going to send I just have to find it!

The Winner is ...

All the names went into the bowl and two names came out!

The winner of the pink tea party fabric is Kate ...

and the winner of the brown and aqua paisley is Linda!

Ladies please sent me your snail mail address and I'll get your fabric packs out to you. Email your info to me at southka@yahoo.com. Thanks everyone for checking out my fabric packs.

Travel Time

I've had these post cards prints (they are printed on cotton) for the longest time and I never knew what I wanted to do with them. The lady on this silk just reminded me of someone who was all packed and ready to head out on a trip.

The post card reminds me of an old time luggage tag and after I attached it to the block with the buttonhole stitch it set the theme for the entire block. I need to root through my stash and see what else I can find.

I'm thinking she could be headed overseas...maybe the Eiffel Tower charm I received in a swap...and one of the airplane charms I've collected over the years. All kinds of ideas come to mind!

Lunch time stitching

I had a few spare minutes today and I started stitching on a few blocks. This is Gerry's RR block and I still need to add to it but I got a good start.

I finally picked up my April TIF block and added another seam.

I found this really cool trim a couple of weeks ago and it fit great on my July block. I managed to accomplish a lot in a little amount of time.

Yo Yo's again...

I found another great tutorial for making Yo Yo's .... Mary Ray shows us how to use the new Yo Yo maker available on the market today.

She also has a tutorial on how to make the perfect mitered corners when we are ready to finish our projects.

Definition of a Blog

I was reading an interesting post on the 'DailyBlogTips' blog about blogs - are they a thing of the past or are they here to stay? My opinion is yes they will be around for a long time to come or until something better comes along. If for no other reason then blogs are easy to use and update.

Of course if you just read my previous post about figuring out a formatting question I might not think they are that easy! But even I, who has little experience with blog formatting, was able to figure out the answer without too much effort so yes I still think blogs are easy to use and easy to figure out.

The author discusses his definition of a blog and asked the readers to post their definition of a blog on their own blog so here goes mine ....

My blog is a chronological log or online diary of my life. Because blogs are easy to update and a great reference of what I have accomplished I tend to keep up with it a lot more than I did my website. Since a blog often reflects the personality of the author it is also a great way to get to know people who share the same interest as I do.

What about you ... do most of you blog and do you think blogs are around to stay?

Thanks to one of my readers...

I have to thank one of my readers who left me a comment about why I didn't title my post. I've always wanted to do this but never knew how! So after the comment came in today I did some investigating and finally figured out I had one of my format settings set to 'no'. I switched it to 'yes' and now I can add titles.

Thanks to the person who left me this comment. I knew there had to be a way but I never took the time to figure it out. I learned something new today!

Shopping - 40,000 Hits

I went shopping yesterday and found these two very different but lovely fabrics! I've put together two of my new mini fabric packs that I introduced on my CQ Treasures blog last week, using these two fabrics as the focus fabric.

And to celebrate that I'm going to reach 40,000 hits on my blog today I will hold a drawing on Wednesday evening, August 13th - 9:00 pm EST. All you have to do is post a comment on this post between now and Wednesday and your name will go in the hat. IF you click over to the CQ Treasures blog and post a comment there you will get your name added to the hat 2 additional times. That means you could have 3 chances to win one of these fabric packs!

Yo Yo's

My Yo Yo pincushion.

Yo Yo's

Yo Yo's have been around for years. I even saw a yo yo maker at the store recently. But they are so easy to make I figured it would take me longer to figure out how to use it then to just make one by hand.

I made these two while I was in Omaha. The pink one below is actually two yo yo's - one is tucked inside of the other one - face to face - added a little stuffing - added lots of beads and I ended up with this cute little pincushion.



I found a tutorial by Heather Bailey for anyone that might want to learn more about how to make a yo yo.

Gerry's RR Block

The last block in the RR has arrived at my house today. It is a small block so being last I don't have much space to work on but it is a really pretty block and I think Gerry will fall in love with it when she gets it home! I really like the bright, cheerful pinks and yellows in the block. I think I will have to make a block using these colors! Another combination to try out this year!

Welcome

A big hello to all the new visitors that have stopped in for a visit this week. After a mention on Sharonb's blog and Carole Samples new blog a lot of you came by to see me. Hope you come back soon! Be sure to stop by Carole's blog if you haven't checked it out yet. She is sharing a lot of her knowledge with us and I can't wait to see what she will post about next!

I also want to thank every one who left a link for me to check out Fabric Post Card construction. I've spent several hours discovering new blogs and sites. What did we ever do without the internet?

Someone asked me how I made my spider on the RR block. I just used a straight stitch for the legs and body. He is a little wonky in shape but I figure that's ok for a spider!