Free give-aways....

I generally don't post or sign up for free give aways...I NEVER WIN!  But I figure - hey free material - why not try it.  Now this one has a few more steps than others but if I win - it will have been more than worth it! 

Go to this site and sign up - well don't sign up so I can win - but take a look around her site - its got some cool fabric!

http://koolbeenz-blog.blogspot.com/2011/05/cotton-blossom-farm-give-away-6-who.html?showComment=1304368678887#c2808884214632143206

Finished Unfinished Works in Progress

I had started out making these squares with a ribbon to make a cancer quilt - each ribbon color representing a different type of cancer. Something went wrong in the cutting and half the blocks came out the wrong size AND to top it off - I wasn't crazy about all the different colors. I'm not a matchy matchy person but this was too unmatched for my tastes. So they have been sitting here and I buried them so I didn't have to think about what to do with them. Then someone commented on how high my pile of unfinished work was....so that got me motivated....I turned all those squares into tote bags!

Updates on Life

Well it has been a few days since I last posted. 

I've been stewing over the being kicked of quiltingboard.com and lack of response from the "higher-up's" of the board.  However, today it was evident that they got the emails because they changed their terms of service and some of the forum rules. 

Plus I feel a little better about it all after meeting about 14 people who had the same thing done to them.  I've come to realize that no matter how great of a place I thought it was and how much I liked the people there was hidden drama that wasn't evident right off the bat. 

Soccer is still soccer...I am however beyond disillusioned with the adults involved.  That in and of itself makes it hard to get motivated to do anything or help anyone.  Even the people who deserve and need the help are suffering because of my new "attitude" toward the whole organization.   Again, another issue of drama that I don't need in my life and I would cut it out if I could - but this change has to wait until the earliest September or the latest February 2012.  I just have to hang in there until then. 

Happy Easter (and some Easter projects to boot....)

Of course in true form of starting projects late so they can't be sold or even given to people before the actual Holiday - here is what I did over the past few days:

Front of Table Runner

Back of Table Runner

Back of Wall Hanging

Front of Wall Hanging

Table Center Piece back

Table Center Piece Front

First time trying applique and binding on something roundish....not too bad!

Yes I know its Easter...but I'm still not sorry

Well I must say - I thought I would let this issue go, but I haven't. 

I'm still not sorry and won't apologize to PatriceJ on quiltingboard.com

No apology has been forthcoming from her either.

I have gone back to the message boards - still reading and following people and their projects but as much as I miss the board and my friends, I think I would miss my dignity more. 

This is a topic that has come up a lot this week in my house - why should you apologize for something when you know in your heart you did nothing wrong? 

We are split between - don't do it and - if you want to participate just be the bigger person, say your sorry and move on - you will know that you don't mean it.....

I'm not torn on the answer....I'm not doing it....I might forgive her for being wrong and disrespectful and power hungry and oh yeah - just plain mean....but I won't apologize just to get back on a message board! 

Another Work in Progress

I started this quilt with a new pattern I found - I modified it because the instructions were complicated and I had seen some tutorials that made it much easier to accomplish the same pattern. 

I loved the way the squares came out but the quilt itself wasn't going to be big enough.  So I decided to invert the colors of the blocks and add to it.  You know - Pink star inside instead of brown....

Well amidst all the drama today when I sat down to sew I wasn't paying attention and sewed all 6 blocks together wrong.  So the stars were not inverted in color.  I had two choices - tear them all apart and start over OR make it work....I decided to make it work....

My DH said he really likes it the way it turned out - it looks like a kaleidoscope to him. 

So now all I have to do is square up each block; sew together; find a backing and then quilt it and add binding.  Believe it or not all of that except the actual quilting is the easy part.  Coming up with the quilt block designs is hard for me. 

On a lighter note....

Today for the first time I tried quilting applique. 

I had some scraps left from a quilt I had made 2 of my nieces.  I scrappy quilted them together and then cut it into the shape of an egg.  Appliqued the bunnies on the front....added a back and quilted.  Not bad for a first try! 

I'll try again tomorrow witth easter egg's instead of bunnies!  Not sure what I'll do with them besides hang them on my wall but maybe it will keep me from sending more emails to PatriceJ!