I'm a winner and some cute little pouches!

I'm finally writing about the wonderful charm pack that I won from Terry at Quilting with Terry and the Cats from the In Your Words Blog Hop. It had 40 charms of small floral prints. At first I wasn't sure what I would do with them but then I found this great tutorial from Terabyte Farm for boxed pouches! Once I started I could not quit making them! Thanks to Terry I had loads of charms to use!!! Here are some of the ones I made. I still have one more cut out and several charms still left after that. What fun!

I love how this one turned out! And the cute little pull from Zipit on Etsy was just the right added touch.

Here is a view of the bottom of the pouch.

Here is a very bright elongated pouch.

A view from the end. I love blue and green!

A navy and red creation!

Another bottom view.

I do want to add that if anyone needs zippers of any kind, length or color this is the place to check out!!! Zip it on Etsy I have been going to her store since she first opened. She also has the cutest zipper pulls you could ever want to add a little "zip" to your clutches, pouches and purses...Sorry for the bad pun!

Great Fabric find and I mean great!!!!!!!

Good thing I never claimed to be a great blogger! I really meant to post several weeks ago about my great fabric find but as per usual for me, I procrastinated!!!!! My roommate called me a couple Fridays ago to tell me there was a fabric sale going on in the Mennonite section of town. He didn't know how much anything was and could only tell me there were tables of fabric filled with rolls of it. I told him they were actually called bolts and that I really didn't need anymore fabric. Did that stop me from driving over there? Heck no! At first I didn't think there was too much to my liking since a lot of the fabric was geared to Mennonite dresses, etc but then I looked closer and found several pieces that "spoke to me"! The fabric was from liquidation sales and each bolt seemed to be marked down to quite reasonable prices. Then I spied the prices on the tables...everything was marked down by 30% to 75% more! I picked out several "foody" pieces, a red checked daisy piece and an "almost ticking" piece. Along with that I bought 2 yards each  of 5  solids.  I ended up with 20 yards of fabric(yes, I know I said I didn't need more fabric) that cost me an exorbitant $17.83! Yep, you read that correctly! 20 yards of fabric for under a dollar a yard. The "almost ticking" piece is 60 inches wide and I got 4+ yards of it at 62 cents a yard!!!!. I have already made a cute little bag with it and I figure it will make a great quilt backing.

Here is the complete purchase.

These are the prints I bought. 4 yards plus of the striped fabric and 2 yards each of the other prints.

These are the solids I bought. Not great color on the pinks. The one on the far left is a soft pink, the one on the right is a rose color and the piece on the far right is a lavender.

 Can you believe what a great buy I found? So much fun and less than $20!!!!!!

Have you heard that Mrs. Pickles is having a Quilting Secrets blog hop ?

Starting Monday December 31st, Mrs. Pickles is having a Quilting Secrets blog hop. She has 6 wonderfully talented quilters joining her  in sharing a few of their Quilting Secrets! She has also arranged to have some spectacular prizes, too! So be sure to drop by on Monday for the fun!

I Have Winners!!!!!!

I had such a great time this week with the Sew Mama Sew giveaway! I am sorry I couldn't reply to each of you but I just couldn't keep up but be assured I read them all  and enjoyed each and every one. Now for the fun! The winners.

First the winner of the Fabric Paper dolls is Lori of Ohio .  She had such a nice comment: Oh my Grandgirlie would be sooooo delighted to have these! They are Adorable! Yep...played with paper dolls alot when I was little...had a bunch too! Remember my Aunt used to cut the Betsy McCall's from her magazines too.

Since I had such a nice response to the Fabric Gift bag giveaway, I decided to give away a second set of bags.

The first winner is Anna of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Her winning comment was: We use reusable bags all the time- my mother uses fabric bags for our Christmas stockings now. These bags look great and Would be a perfect gift for my mom as our family keeps growing larger these days.
Thanks for participating in the blog hop.

The second winner of a set of Fabric Gift bags is Megan of California. Her comment was :
I use wrapping paper, but only because it's easiest. I've actually been using the same two (extra large!) rolls of reversible wrapping paper for about 10 years. Yay Costco! However, I love making reusable stuff, so I do have a couple of reusable gift bags... I'd love to add more to my collection though!

Again I want to thank everyone who dropped by and visited. Since I am almost to 100 followers, maybe another giveaway will be happening soon! Congratulations to the three winners!

Sew Mama Sew Giveaway 2!!!!!!

I love the Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day(Week) so much that I decided to have two giveaways this December! I am so glad that they moved the date forward so that Christmas giveaways can be included this year. I have a set of fabric Christmas gift bags for a giveaway. There are many several sizes included so you can wrap all kinds of gifts!

The is lots of glitter on these bags even though it is hard to see.

Santa, gingerbread men, and a lovely Christmas village adorn these bags.

Here is a close up of two of the glittery bags so that you can tell they are glittery!

Here is a close up of the village on the small bag.

Each bag has an attached ribbon so that you can tie everything up with a bow! The best thing about these bags is that they are reusable! No more paper and ribbon to throw away! Just put the bags away til next year and then refill them!!  I will include some name tags to go on the ribbon so you will be ready to wrap as soon as you receive the bags!

Just leave a comment about your favorite wrapping technique(bet you can guess mine!) to win the set of 8 bags. For a second chance become a follower! Be sure to post a second comment so I know! I will ship internationally.

Don't forget to check out all the other great giveaways from Sew Mama Sew. The giveaways start on Monday December 3rd and ends Friday December 7th.

Sew Mama Sew Giveaway!!!! Part 1

Finally it is here! The Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day.....or week actually! My first giveaway is some cute little "paper dolls". Well, they are really fabric dolls but you know what I mean! I got the fabric last Christmas so that I could make them up for my granddaughter and this giveaway! They are so much fun to make...a little tedious but fun! The dolls have a stiff interfacing to make them stand up. The clothes are backed with flannel so that they stick to the dolls. I used to love playing with paper dolls and I hope that little girls still love them!

Here is the doll with one outfit.

Two of the little girls

Three of the girls all dressed up and ready to go!

Don't leave me behind!

As you can see, I have embellished the outfits with all kind of bling!You do know that diamonds are a girl's best friend...along with emeralds and rubies!!!! (Remember that I have added the stick on gems if you have a small child under 3.)

If you would like to win a set of these dolls for that special little girl, just leave me a comment. Any comment will do but if you have a fond memory of playing with paper dolls that would be especially fun! ( My favorite paper dolls was an Elizabeth Taylor set. We played and played with her. Of course back then she was very young and very slender with loads of fancy Hollywood clothes!) For a second entry, become a follower. Be sure to leave a second comment telling me so. I will ship internationally.

Thanks for stopping in and visiting and don't forget to visit all the other fantastic sites on Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day.  The Giveaway starts on Monday December 3rd and ends on Friday December 7th.

Have y'all heard? Sew Mama Sew is having their annual Giveaway Day(sounds like only one day this year) again. It is scheduled December 3. If you have never participated or visited on the Giveaway Day, make sure you do this year. Lots of great Giveaways and a chance to visit lots of new blogs! I have a couple of giveaways planned so come back on the 3rd and see what I am offering!