Special request

a baby quilt with houses.

OOOoh!!!

It's going to be so CUTE!

 

Can't wait to make some more little tiny houses.

;)

Focus

I did some sewing yesterday

and decided....

My scraps needed some FOCUS!!!

I had this house block...

sent to me during our annual

NEIGHBORHOOD blogland PARTY

from Marjorie.

She sent Two blocks, if I recall.

One for the party and one for ME!!!!

 

I think I've had it almost two years....????

It finally found the PERFECT home!

Love When that happens!!!

 

It's The perfect FOCUS for my newest

DUMP AND SEW

project!!!

;)

Winners

I'm sending out two more little houses to

Eva and Heleen.

You both need to email me an address!

Thank you everyone for playing along!!!

I can't wait to see what all my neighbors

DO with their little houses!!!

Let me know...so I can add you to the list over there

on the right sidebar!!!

It would be GREAT if you wrote a SHORT blog post about it,

then I could add THAT link to the list!

If you don't have a blog....just email me a picture.

I'm also working on a new quilt pattern

using some fabric like this.....

and this fun fabric....

 

I've got a deadline....

so I'd better F*O*C*U*S!!!

Two More!!

I sent out little houses to all the blogland neighborhood participants,

And look what's left??!!!!

Two more!!!

Would you like to

*make a little something with one of these?
If you win....

*Let me know - with a comment or email.

*You'll have your project listed on my sidebar.

Leave a comment!!

I'll choose two more players sometime on Monday

when I make it back to this wonderful

blogland neighborhood!

;)

Please do not comment IF you sent me a house block.

Your little tiny house is already on its way to YOU!!!!

plans change.

I sent out a BUNCH of little tiny houses today...;)

then....

I got to work.

What was I going to make with MY little house???

First thought:

Good thought:

PINCUSHION!!!

Yes!!

That's what I'll make with my little house.

I'll be able to use it frequently and remember

my great neighbors.

We all know plans change.

As I was digging around...

Looking for the perfect fabric I found...

The perfect orphan blocks
AND
the perfect NUMBER of orphan blocks!!
I couldn't have planned it better!

They were someone else's cast offs

that I enjoyed sewing together a few months ago.

Then they sat.....wondering where they'd end up!

They didn't have to wait too...too....long.

Who knew they were waiting for a little house to join them????

The seams don't all match up,

and the points aren't ALL there....

But, you won't tell...and neither will I!!!

That's what good neighbors do!

friendly neighborhood

Who knew

when I bought this prime real estate last summer

it would turn out so nicely?

Quilt Blogland happens to be, in my humble opinion,

the NICEST Neighborhood around!!!

Rent is cheap,

Yard work is nil,

No housekeeping!!!

And....the company I keep here is truly amazing!!

There is never a cross word spoken...

don't you wish real life was like that???

Hey!!

We even rub shoulders with the rich and famous!

We visit them and sometimes they come over to our humble abodes!!!

After spending some quality (HA!) time on the couch yesterday,

I had time to ponder.

How can I celebrate this awesome place???

Have a party??

Sounds a bit difficult.

I know!!

We can build a quilty neighborhood.

Here's my idea.

Let's all make a 12" square house block.

Any kind of house.

A fabric house, of course.

Write your blog address on your house.

If you don't have a blog...no problem. Just your name will do.

I know the non-bloggers love our neighborhood too. Right?

I will collect these houses and some lucky winners

will be able to make a blogland quilt with them!!!

And hopefully share the pictures of the finished quilts with all of us!

Since I'm running the show, I guess I'm out of the running/winning. :(

I will collect houses until Jan. 1.

I will send each winner 9 to 12 house blocks.

The number of winners will obviously depend on

how many of you send in a house. :)

How does that sound??

How many blogland quilts will we create??

I hope you agree with me...

We live in a great community here!

Come on!!

Let's celebrate blogland!!

Aren't we a great bunch??

Yes!!!

Rah! rah! rah! and all that jazz. :)

So...if you're interested....you've got to leave me a comment.

I will then send you my real life, mortgage due dates,

needs cleaning, noisy, kind of address!!!!

There is no deadline. No commitment.

You can tell me you're going to do it...

and then not do it!

The catch:

I need to receive your block by Jan. 1, 2011. ;)

I'll be celebrating the new year with

a bunch of blocks!!

Sooooo....

all you need to do is....

Make a 12x12" house block.

Leave a comment to let me know you want to win!

I'll send you my address!!!

Then of course...you've got to mail the block!

You may be the winner of one quilty neighborhood!!

Easy. Peasy.

One more thing!!!

Tell your friends!!!

The more the merrier.