A wee bit of Polaroid swap fun!

Kris over at Duke Says Sew What was posting on Instagram that she was hosting a Polaroid Swap.  This has been on my To Sew list for oh...EVER!!!!!  I resisted but not very much because last night I cut a bunch of fussy cuts ( using the tutorial on Occasional Piece), made a huge mess and now have this pile of what I think of as HAPPINESS!!!!

I trimmed up a few that will be staying with me...I love the Laurie Wisbrun chair complete with an ottoman!!!!

The Heather Ross horses is possibly my favorite!

Now I need to actually fill out the swap paperwork, go count them ( I have no idea how many I made,LOL!) and ship them off!!!  I am so excited!!!

First Finish Fishy Friends

Thank goodness!!!!! I finally have a finish for 2012!!!!! Fishy Friends was completed on Saturday and I was also able to finish Darth Vader's poorly constructed cape collar on Sunday. It was a very happy weekend of sewing for me:o)

This is also the first quilt that was completely made with Aurifil thread. I am completely lovin this thread. 

The back has a whole small sea of those cute guys!

The front  is simple lines so the wonky fish will be the highlight { that is my hope anyway}

I did a randomish diagonal grid for boyish fun. The binding is machine sewn.

I love Bjorn :o)

Linked to {sew} modern monday

and

Finish It Up Friday

GIVEAWAY DAY!!!! Heather Ross giveaway :o)

Who does not LOVE Giveaway Day!?!?! The two days a year I get to sit in my jammies, drink coffee and enter fun a fabulous giveaways for all sorts of really cool things!!!!! 

Thank you Sew Mama Sew for organizing another awesome day for the rest of us!!!! Don't forget to go check out all the other goodies being offered!!!! 

Here is my offering this time around...

SIX Heather Ross fat quarters :o)

I needed to set up a separate giveaway blog so for your comment to be counted please...

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO ENTER GIVEAWAY

Saturday sharing of Pyrex, fishy friends and a wee review

Tuesday Morning, the store not the actual day, I LOVE...love...love. For one thing they have Playmobil for reasonable prices and secondly, they have sewing gadgets that I would never pay full price for at any other store.  I have been trying to blindstitch. Anyone that knows me knows I avoid hand sewing like the black plague. I will do anything NOT to hand sew. I have bad eyes and arthritic fingers ( wahmbulance anyone) so I will find ways around handsewing. I love when other people do it. It is beautiful and takes a certain something I just do not possess. Maybe that is called patience ;o) On to my new gadget...

I am working on a gift for someone and have decided I love them SO much that I will attempt this hand sewing thing once more.  I was almost completed with the project (there will be a tutorial on this, it is CUTE) and got to the handsewn part and I could not thread the needle!!!!! I could not even SEE it with my glasses on! This is what I found to help...

It has two little led lights on the opposite that are worthless! I tried this last night and they provided NO light at all!

You can stand it on a table or hang it around your neck. I hung it around my neck and it was very easily adjustable.

It really does help with making things clearer and BIGGER!!!! Look at the pretty Aurifil thread!  I am really happy I found this product! I can recommend it for the $9.99 I spent! Thank you Tuesday Morning!

Onto the Pyrex that I completely lucked into!!!! The Buttercream set!!! Happy Dance!!!!

Finally, I was able to add some fishy friends, and I am super excited since I will be using that beautiful Aurifil thread on this quilt and I need to get the top done so I can :o)

Hope your Saturday is a great one!!!!!

Kim :o)

Sunday playtime

I should be...putting up a tree, doing laundry, going for a run...but...

this is so much MORE fun!

Attempting wonky log cabins :o)

Have a great Sunday!