And the winners are...

I am telling you what! Even though my trip was only a single overnighter a couple hours away it has thrown off my whole week. I had a million things to do today and only got half a million of them done. One thing NOT on my list was forgetting to pick my 7th grader up from school. He has a short day on Friday which is normally not a problem. But today, because I had been gone the last two days and not done carpool, I forgot it was Friday. So there I was having lunch with a friend (it was business people! She's sample sewing for me :)  when I realize my phone was buzzing. I answer a moment too late and notice 3 missed calls and several texts from my husband. Lunch cut short and I drove home as quick as I could to get him. UGH! He was fine but I felt horrible. Still do. Worst Mom of the Week award goes to me today.

 

Now that I've confessed my goof up today let's get on to bigger and better things!!!

 

I've divided up the goodies into 7 bundles. Then I went through and as-randomly-as-I-could picked some winners. But here's the problem peeps- TONS of you (and I really do mean tons!) aren't even followers. So sadly, I had to pass on your name as a winner and pick someone else. FINALLY I found 7 followers and now you will be rewarded with some goodies!

 

The Hall of Fame FQ bundle and 

a cone of Signature cotton thread goes to-

BGreene

 

2 patterns from Fishsticks:

The Everyday Camp Shirt and

The Inside or Out Pocket Pants go to-

Paulette

 

A pack of Steam A Seam 2 sheets and

2 patterns by For the Love go to-

Sue

 

A signed copy of my Geared for Guys book goes to-

Barbara

 

The ModKid pillow trio pattern and

a lovely charm pack of Bella by Lotta Jansdotter goes to-

 Johanna

 

The Jack and Jill hat pattern by Izzy and Ivy and

the Kitschy Corset Apron pattern by Brassy Apple go to-

Candice

 

And the Drunkard's Path ruler by Creative Grids

along with a back of 50 Flower pins goes to-

Ann

 

Congratulations to all the winners and thank you for being such wonderful followers.

(You will recieve an email from me shortly)

 

In other EXCITING news- tomorrow I am kicking off the Geared for Guys REMIX blog tour.

 

Come back here tomorrow for more information and look for this button on your favorite blog!

SURPRISE!!!

Thank you all for the kind Birthday wishes. I had a FABULOUS birthday!

My Girlfriend's Quilt shop is amazing. And the staff there is to sweet. The trunk show and class went smoothly and then we spent the rest of the day and yesterday slowly making our way home stopping at every quilt shop we could.  :o)

 

But I promised a surprise party today and here it is:

 

 

I have all kinds of goodies to give you. I'll let you look at the picture and drool for a bit. I have tons of errands to do and deliveries to make so I'll be back this evening with a list of the winners and what they will be recieving. So if you haven't commented yet- you have a couple more hours!!!  :o)



This post is brought to you by the number-

 

 

 

 

Yes folks, today is my BIRTHDAY!  Can you guess how old I am?  :o)

I was going to put 35 pictures of the number 35 but I figured that would be a little much.

 

I decided I'm going to throw a SURPRISE PARTY in honor of my birthday.

Leave a comment (make sure you're a follower!) and on Friday I'll randomly pick several followers to receive a surprise gift from ME!

 

Now go on eat some cake, or some ice cream, or both and celebrate with me!

Update

So obviously I've worked on the blog a little. Here we are into week two of school and I feel like I'm settling into a routine. I even started working out in the mornings! I shouldn't have said anything- I might jinx it.  :o)

Anyhow, I just wanted to give you a little heads up on a couple things here. I've added a couple new pages just below the header: Pattern Corrections and Events.

Here's the deal- no matter how hard I try to be perfect (sometimes a lot, other time not so much- depends on the day :o)  I often fall short. Listed here are some minor and some major corrections to a couple patterns in my Geared for Guys book. PLEASE take a look so you don't get stuck.

As for events, I thought it would be fun to let you all know when and where I might be teaching and what-not in case you're in the area and want to come hang out. Tomorrow I'll be celebrating at-

In Logan, UT doing a trunk show and a workshop on Improv Piecing.

 

Take a peek at the Events page to see other places I'm teaching and click on the links for info. on how to sign up.

 

Ok, so I know this was a boring post.

 I've got to get my rear in gear and pack up these quilts to show tomorrow while I still have peace and quiet in the house. The countdown til school gets out begins....

 

NOW!

1 Week down!

Well the kids started school this week and we've all made it to Friday. It's been a really good week overall. The kids like their new teachers. My 7th grader "Loves" Jr. High but hates P.E. (he's the Gamer in the family and not used to so much activity). My 5th grader is pulling together his recess basketball team. And my 2nd grader happened to get the same class as her 1st grade crush and they sit in the same group - FACING each other! The hubs isn't taking it so well.  :o)

 

I, on the other hand, have reached levels of productivity that I haven't reached all summer.

 

 

I've been playing with a little 'Candy'. This one is Simply Color by V and Co. LOVE!!!

 

 

I've also been playing with some Cotton Couture from Michael Miller Fabrics . These little guys came from the color card that I had (and incidentally took apart :o) 

 

I also managed to finished up a couple months of Bees Knees blocks.

 

And check out the Sewing Summit blog today where their 4 Favorites 4 Friday is featuring: ME!

 

Lastly- for all those that have ordered patterns either from my Etsy shop or wholesale - half of the orders that were placed while I was on vacations were shipped yesterday and the rest are going out today. And now I'm all caught up!

 

Better run- I'm already late for my hair appt.