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?

winners

The last house block arrived from Mary today.

The neighborhood friends were entered into the blogland register.

A little hand pulled out a name

12 times!!!!

Julia at Green quilts

Melinda at Melinful

Mary at needled mom

Marsha (sarah's friend)

Sue at Quiltzyx

Karen at selvage blog

Riel at quispamsisquilter

Phillipa at rest is not idleness

Sue at Sewing magpie

Karen Notley at Sewing tales

Linda at Stray stitches

All WIN one of these piles of 9 houses!!!

AND

Susan Snooks at patchwork n play

wins a quilt top:

Thanks to Em.

And thanks to Charity....
(who sent these little houses)

YOU'RE ALL WINNERS!!!

Your prize????

A CHALLENGE!

You will be receiving one of these little houses.

Your challenge....

if you deem to accept it is this:

Make something.

Make something little.

Make something big.

I will probably add a little sidebar on my blog.

When you make something with your house....

Email me.

Let me know.

I will add you to the sidebar.

And we'll all have fun

ADMIRING!!!

If I have enough of the little houses I will also

mail one to the winners.

If I don't I hope the winners will let me know

when their quilt top is done so I can add THAT to the sidebar.

Last, but not least,

here are some of the blocks

that arrived in the last couple of days...

Just because I thought You'd like to see them.

;)

Thanks so much for joining me in this

Neighborhood Celebration!!!

Endings and Beginnings

I'm coming to the end of this quilt.

Finally.

It's been waiting for me to quilt it and I've finally decided

where it's going!!!

I've decided to send it to Victoria's Basics Quilt gather.

I figured giving this one away would be a great way to BEGIN my year.

A few pins and some quilting swirls....

then I can pop it into one of those handy dandy

priority boxes...don't you love those things?

I've used one of them almost every week....

sending little things to my daughter who's away at school.

The fabric in those two black blocks is my favorite in this quilt.

They look kind of retro....

and I love the way they fit in with the ocean theme!

It was in my stash....

came from who knows where....

But to me...

It's wonderful!!

OOPS!

Looks like I'm at the end of this roll of batting too!!

Maybe a trip to the fabric store is in my future!

;)

And...

Here's my beginning.

This quilt has been on my mind for a long time now.

I've been collecting fabric over the past year and thinking....

about patterns....

about designs...

What would be the BEST pattern/design to use???

I NEVER came up with a great answer.

A lightbulb never went off.

And you know what??

I want to make a quilt!!

Soooo...

I'm just beginning a simple Disappearing 9 patch.

Oh Good.

I don't have to "stew about it" any more.

Now.... I just get to sew....

Happy New Year!

Sometimes it's the little things in life that make me so happy.

Like...

My dining room being totally clear of anything because...

We just had new windows installed and the furniture had to be removed!

I didn't plan all that open space....

But...

I was sure happy to have it today!!!

In a couple of days These houses will be on their way to their new homes.

I'll wait...

just in case we have some stragglers.

;)

And...

Here's the last couple of bee blocks for the year.

Christmas trees for Tammy.

I'm hoping that 2011 brings a lot more quilting adventures!!

I love adventure!

Especially when it involves a needle and thread!!!

And fabric...of course!