Magazine winner

I let Robbie pick the winner of the magazine. He chose lucky Di from over at Quilting is Blissful! Congrats DI.

In my mail box

I've received and purchased a few things lately that have been arriving at my house. My poor mailman, between what goes out and what comes in, he is pretty busy at my house.

My sister has been a Grover freak since she received a stuffed one the day she was born. She is now 35 (I don't think she reads this blog so I think I'm safe saying her age lol). I bought this book new on Ebay for a whopping 99 cents! The shipping was low too, so a good deal.


I'm thinking about making a couple blocks like this one in the book. Plus I need a couple Super Grover blocks too cuz that's her fave Grover. I've also learned recently that she is now into the Pink Panther too. I wonder if they have and Pink Panther fabric? He should be easy to replicate in a block too. I'm leaning toward minkie for the characters...I think. I know I want it to have some texture. This will be for Christmas this year.



I've been wanting to try locker hooking since I saw it on a PBS craft show awhile ago. I was waiting to find a kit with at least a pattern, the canvas, and a hook for a decent price. Once again, around a dollar on Ebay. I have learned to be patient on Ebay and I can usually find a good deal here and there. Not sure what colors I will use on the pillow top though. Might make it a Halloween orange and black since that is a fave holiday around here.


I saw these bags over at Quilts Illustrated. I had them bookmarked for a couple months and decided what the heck...I want them, so I bought them! I made some extra cash from selling the craft books that I no longer use on Ebay. Since I had some fun money left after paying the bills, I decided to splurge a bit for myself. I need a new purse - who doesn't? Now all I have to do is go out shopping and find the perfect fabric for them.



I won this wool felt from a contest I entered over at Skip to My Lou. It also came with a pattern for a lunch sac and lunch items. The wool is from Prairie Point Junction's Wool Felt Central. I've never worked with actual wool felt before. I'm sure once I do I will be hooked. Not sure if I will make all of the lunch sac and food though. I might make some of it and then play with the rest of the wool felt. I also saw lots of bright and fun colors over at Wool Felt Central that I would like to go back and buy. If you're looking for wool felt, go check them out. They seem to have very reasonable prices and everything ships fast.

I WON ME SOME MODA LOVE!!!

I had to pop in and tell y'all right away!!! Some how I managed to find myself over at Green Fairy Quilts. I'm sure it was one of those times when I was following links on other blogs. I love wandering around from blog to blog. She has some of the greatest quilt patterns. It's hard to choose a favorite. I love Butterfly Mania . The Turtle Walk is also cute (way down at the bottom of the page).

Anyways...I entered her Moda jelly roll contest and won this!!! Judi is even including one of her patterns too. I have never worked with jelly rolls or Moda fabric. I love all their colors. It will be fun to actually get to try them out!

This is coming at a good time too. I had a severe asthma attack this weekend and ended up in the ER yesterday for many hours. After all that suffering it will be nice to sit down and sew again. I don't trust myself to sew when I don't feel up to par. I always end up having to fix too many mistakes.

Can't wait for it to arrive :) Thanks again Judi!!!

Things that came in the mail

The UPS man stopped by last week and surprised me with the 2009 Crochet Pattern a Day calendar! I submitted my snake scarf for the 2008 calendar. SURPRISE!! They put it in the 2009 calendar :) I am October 7th...YIPPEE! There are many patterns contributed by fellow Crochetville members.

Then later in the week, the mailman brought me this goodie. Now, I knew this one was coming. I was just waiting for it to get here. I won this as part of a blog give-a-way. Forgive me for forgetting which blog it was from. I seem to be losing my mind as I get older. It doesn't help when you read 148 blogs daily. I love Bloglines . It really helps me keep track of my fave blogs. Of course those blogs send me off to other blogs and my list gets longer each day!

Anyways...this is the box set of the first year of Craft: . Craft: has been on my wish list for awhile now. I love the articles and the projects. We already made the play doh. Robbie (9) had fun making and playing with it. It is still squishy 3 days later. We store it in a ziploc baggie.