Foto Finish - Green

Foto Finish - Green-my favorite color, how could I resist!

Lichen on a fallen Hemlock tree.  The fallen tree one of the victims of an Asian aphid.  Taken April 4, 2009 on a sad hike through what was once a well preserved old growth forest called the Joyce Kilmore Memorial Forest.  The greens drew my eye and have fascinated me ever since.  I keep it as my desktop image.  The lovely variegated colors would make a wonderful fabric.

Check out more Foto Finishes at Cat Patches!

Keep dreaming...Colleen



I love the bargain bin at Sew Original,
 buy one already discounted remnant and get the second 1/2 off!



Changes and down time

I have been a little quiet this week and last week on my blog.  I haven't finished sharing the goodies from two weekends ago and I had at least three other topics I wanted to blog on but sometime in the last two weeks I hit a wall.  I have blogged a minimum and have not felt motivated to blog more.  Actually I think flickr and the DQS10 is mostly to blame.  I have been trying to be chatty as I figure out my design plan.  I hope to catch up this weekend. 

Meanwhile I wanted to share something on the personal front.  I have made it known how five years ago I was diagnosed with cancer, went through chemo and lost all of my hair.  Before I started chemo I donated about 14 inches of hair to Locks for Love.    I have spent the last 5 years letting my hair grow back out.  It came in really dark and curly, though has straightened out and lightened up a bit.  It took a while to get used to it as I used to have dark blond hair.  I freaked in my shower for the first 2 years when I found the dark hair.  LOL!  So last night I went with my sister to her hair dresser and ... prepared for another donation.

This time I decided to send my hair to Pantene Beautiful Lengths.  The wigs they make are donated to people who need them through the American Cancer Society.   My sister also talked me into a not too drastic color which actually is very close to my original natural blonde. 

It is like traveling through a time warp to my hair this color again.  And isn't it funny how we always look a little demented when we take a picture of ourselves in the mirror.

I have been packing up my mug rugs to send for the swap, of course I again sealed the package before I took a picture of all the goodies I am sending.  I added a fat eighth of an adorable birdcage fabric with 2 coordinating fat quarters.  I also added a small roll of ribbon with little birds on it, three matching skeins of embroidery floss, and a scrappy pin cushion I made from the mug rug scraps.

Keep dreaming...Colleen



$.75 fat quarters!  $.50 vintage glass ware! 
More goodies from the Quilting and Needle Art Extravaganza.

Here is shop info.



The winner is...

Just a quick blog to let you know the winner of my 90's Stash giveaway, pinks and reds...

 and an Egyptian print...

#31 Linda of Stray Stitches!!!  Yeah!!!

She said

I included your giveaway in my post today:

http://straystitches1.blogspot.com/2011/02/few-stitches.html

 

I'm so excited she won, she deserved to!

 

BTW some of the commenters had their blogs set to No-Reply.  I actually drew another name first but she was set to no-reply.  See this tutorial at Pleasant Home to fix this problem.

  One last thing, I compiled the list of fabric lines commented on in this graph.

As I said to one commenter, "Yummy!  So many lines...so little time $$."

Keep dreaming...Colleen



Old house right next to the old windy country road.



Just a peek of a WIP

Here is just a peek of the major element of my DQS10 quilt in process of being sewn . I drafted the block to be paper pieced.  There are 10 segments some with teeny tiny pieces. A long time ago I was really into it.  I forgot how much fun it could be!

 What do you think?  Can you tell what it will be?  There will be something appliqued on top.  Did you see I used a square from the sacred charm square pack?

BTW if you have not entered my giveaway go here.

Keep dreaming...Colleen



Another view from last Sat., it was so clear you could see the Blue Ridge Mts.



Goodies and a Giveaway (mine)!

So I need to finish my show and share about the Quilting Extravaganza from yesterday's post.

The Cottage Quilt Shop from Taylorsville, NC had some fabric and machines set up for demos. 

They were also selling thread and these genius little bobbins with a magnet in them.  I got two as freebies! They sew so smooth and the thread is wonderful!

I also found these two sweet fat quarters, the one you can't see is a darling bunny repro print.

BTW the glass items I am displaying the fabric in I bought down the street from the Statesville Civic Center at the Westmoreland Antiques and Collectibles in the bargain basement for $.25-$1.00. They will be used to make pincushions for me and some other lucky people.

I love these kitschy fish!  And their all mine!

Five minutes after I walked into the vendor area they picked door prizes and I won a wonderful pattern of my choice from this lovely lady...Annie of Annie's Keepsakes.

I picked this pattern for cupcake pincushions and also bought some sheets of wool felt for future flower and felting projects. 

These lovely ladies from Bill's Sewing Machine CO were just a laugh a minute! 

I found a couple of red and black fabrics for a block swap block and a green print for a bag pattern I have been wanting to make.

Enough Saturday goodies, I will share more later in the week.  Now I have to share these goodies I won in some blog giveaways!

This rotary cutter from the Fat Quarter shop I won on a blog whose name I lost-ugh!  It's wonderful! Thanks!

Then last Friday I received an email from Jessica at Quiltyhabit saying I won her first ever giveaway of a Moda Origins charm pack!

Plus...scraps from her scrap bag!  And you know I love other people's scraps...Look Amy Butler's Soul Blossoms!

Thanks Jessica!

And now for my giveaway!  I have been 90's stash busting again, this time in the pinks and reds.  I found some yardage you may want to use for some Valentine's Day projects.

These pieces range from 1/3 to almost 7/8 yards.  Two pin dots, a heart, and an all over print.

This wonderful red Egyptian print has gold accents.  I may find some ribbon or a few other goodies to add to the mix.

To enter:

1.  Leave a comment below telling me your favorite new fabric line (I'm loving me some Soul Blossoms).

2.  Facebook it and leave a comment below.

3.  Blog about it and leave a comment below.

That's three chances to win.

Contest ends Monday, February 7 at 5pm when I have the random number generator pick a number.  Good luck!

Keep dreaming...Colleen

A great view of Pilot Mountain across a corn field and country side, from Andy Grifin show fame(Mt Pilot).