$1 deal

I have been sooo good.

I have not purchased fabric in a while.

How long is a while??

I'm not sure...

But I know it was before Christmas...

At least!

You know.

I know.

We all know....

I have plenty!!!!

Then I saw these.

Remnants.

$1 a YARD.

Most are under a yard.

That = under a dollar for each piece.

What would you do???

;)

I DID TOO!!!

I ran out.

I knew I was getting low on batting.

But this to me looked like enough for ONE MORE quilt.

It isn't.

What's a quilter to do?

Do some PIECING.

Big batting pieces.....

Zigzagged together!!

I use a large stitch and a large size zigzag.

This is one of the few times my little old singer

gets a "job". ;)

My first machine still hums along....

But she can't do the machine quilting like my Juki can...

and my juki and little featherweight can't do zigzag.

So.....she waits for these little jobs.

Does anyone else use up batting pieces this way?

Or......am I breaking all the rules???

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!

Friends.

Thursday morning often finds me in the company of friends.

Creative friends.

Isn't Linda's hand quilting beautiful??

Friends that know how to make sweet gifts, like Jenn.

Bibs and little blankets for the babies to love.

Aren't those little ribbons perfect???

Ellen knitting and some discussions about recipes!!

The perfect kind of morning.

I DO love my Thursday mornings!!!

The only requirement for ME is that I clean the house!!

That's one of the blessings of having company.

The house gets tidied up!!!

Sometimes a little less than other times. :/

There are also the friends that can't come over on Thursday mornings.

It would take WAY too long!!

Like Nina from Norway!

I was so happy to receive this today!!!

I'd seen it on her blog...admired it....then I got to hold it!!!

WOW!!!

And you know what???

I now have the PERFECT number of houses to send out to the winners!

:)

I also have JUST the right amount of these little houses!

YEAH!!!

Everyone gets to play along!

I'm OFF to the post office!!!!

waves

I've been quilting waves.

Around and around they go.

More ocean theme on the back!!

This quilt was free.

Yes. Free.

Everything came out of the stash....

That explains the pieced backing.

Plus a good portion of the ocean themed front

came from a fellow blogger last year!

Thank you Mama Pea.

I'm always so happy to be able to use what I have!!!

You can see the waves a little bit better here, I think.

Does it make you want to hear the ocean??

It does me.

I love the sound of the waves!!

Oooh! Wouldn't it be fun to add sound to quilts???

Hmmm...wonder how we could work that out?