Gearing up to Strip

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Have I mentioned before that I’m a stripper. Yes, I said Stripper!  And not only that but I joined a group of strippers too!

I got to give my row in person to my fellow stripper Jovanna a couple of weeks ago when I met her and the lovely Shanna in person!  I love meeting my online friends in person. Anne fell instantly in love with the both of them and we had a lovely afternoon together. I also received Shanna’s amazing row in person that day, check it out below!

Holy Buckets Batman, isn’t it just STUNNING!!! Do you see the lovely curved block smack in the middle?  Remember it for later.

The first order of business was to select fabrics. I had to head to my favorite LQS, Ruby Street Quiltworks to pick up a couple of browns, but the rest I had on hand.

Next order of business, test blocks. Shanna’s only requirements are that each block contain a triangle and be between 12″ and 14′ finished.

I started making test blocks using the new Hex N More Ruler by Jaybird Quilts (look for a review to come soon) and I also made one using my wonderful 60 degree diamond ruler.

My favorite test block so far is the one that I designed using the Quick Curve Ruler (look for a tutorial some day soon!)

So here’s my progress so far as a stripper. What do you think?

In other news, my appointment on Monday was thoroughly depressing and I will be having 4 more subsequent follow up appointments over the course of the next 3 weeks.  Wish me luck!

Don’t forget to enter the giveaway from Fat Quarter Shop, it ends tomorrow night!

 

 

Hands

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This morning I am heading up to the army hospital to see the Rheumatologist.  This is not my normal doctor, that one is deployed in Afghanistan…oddly enough, at the same base as my husband.  Today we will be discussing how my medications are treating me and more options for treatment. So wish me luck that all goes well and I can walk out of there with a new game plan to get my hands functioning at a better level.

Sponsor Highlight & Giveaway – Fat Quarter Shop

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Happy Friday Everyone! Today I have Fat Quarter Shop here and I’m going to talk about “the most beautiful time of the year”.  I love Christmas, not because of presents and toys but because it is when I get to see my family.  Fat Quarter Shop has one of the largest collections of holiday fabrics that you will find anywhere.  In fact they have a separate site for it all, The Christmas Cloth Store.  I have spent the last 2 years working with fabrics in my stash to make my Vintage Christmas Sampler quilt, now that I have finished the top, I can now start fantasizing about some new lines because I have used what I had on hand! Woohoo!

Here are a few of the Christmas lines that are on my list for Santa:

Holiday by Michael Miller

Joy by Kate Spain

Freshly Winterkist by Monica Solorio-Snow

These lines couldn’t be more different than the vintage fabrics I’ve been working with and I just LOVE them. What I love most about Fat Quarter Shop’s Christmas Cloth Store is that you can find ALL types of lines there. Vintage inspired, traditional and modern. There is something to be said for a one-stop shopping experience!

One of my favorite lines right now is Cherry Christmas by Aneela Hoey.  It is fun and modern. Fat Quarter Shop recently sent me a layer cake and I’ve been tossing around the idea of making Anne an Advent Calendar…hopefully that will happen before December 1st rolls around!  They also have a layer cake for you too!!!

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Pumpkin Hunting

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Happy Hump Day Everyone!  Yesterday Anne and I had such a fun day.  It was sunny out and according to the forecast it wasn’t supposed to rain (it had been raining straight since Friday). Well, silly me, I believed the forecast. That will teach me! I told Anne that after kindergym (organized chaos for 2-4 year olds) we would head up to the pumpkin patch, then I decided that before we went to the pumpkin patch we needed to pick up rain boots, after all we were heading to the pumpkin patch after 4 days straight of rain.  Turns out that was my smartest move yet!

We got to Hunter’s Pumpkin Patch and the sun was shining brightly and it was so warm we left our raincoats in the car (are you seeing a problem…because I didn’t).  We started out in the Hay Maze (smaller than the corn maze which guaranteed me that I wouldn’t have to carry a tired toddler back out).

Then we found a HUGE slide!

Then all of a sudden the huge pumpkins became rather interesting…

We took the tractor pulled wagon on out to the pumpkin patch, Anne loved the ride.

Now what you aren’t seeing is any pictures of us picking pumpkins because as soon as we got into the actual pumpkin patch, the skies opened up and dumped buckets and buckets of rain on us. It was the fastest pumpkin picking session ever!!!  By the time we got back we were fairly well soaked.

Do you like our new boots?!?  Considering we didn’t have our raincoats I was mighty happy to have our rain boots!

October do.Good Stitches Blocks

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As I’m sure you all probably know after a year of me posting…I’m part of the Trust Circle of do.Good Stitches. This month we are doing a girl quilt. We were requested to make Wonky Stars following the tutorial from The Silly BooDilly.  Pink background with white stars. Here are the blocks I created.

Next month I am the quilter for my Circle and I need to figure out what I am doing. I think I would like to do a boy quilt because, well let’s face it, I make an awful lot of girl stuff!

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