Sew Cal Yard Sale!

Sew Cal Gal is sponsoring a Spring CLeaning Yard Sale all month! So below are my  items.  I will add to this as I find more things to get rid of destash.  Please email me or leave me a comment.  I prefer if you have a paypal so I can send you an invoice.  It makes it easier on shipping and keeping the $$ straight.  Postage will be based on weight unless you live close enough to pick up.

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#1 Scraps from fat quarters-strips, squares, rectangles

$3

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#2 Loney Toons Sports fabric-22"x38" plus attached scraps-1997 date

$3

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#13 Two Leather Gingher scissor holders NEW , large and medium (scissors not included, just to show size)

$3.50 each or 2 for $6

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#4 XYRON Personal Cutting System, new in the box with extra mats, blades and design books.  

$35


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#5 School bus by Fabric Traditions 1996, Susan Wright-1 yard

$4 


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#6- Lazy Crazy Quilt by Thimbleberries-56"x44"

$7

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#7-Dr Suess print, Spring Industries 2003-1 yard(more available)

$4
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#8 Color Block in two colorways by International fabrics 1993-both 18"by44"

$5



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#9 Moda Whimsical Wabbits-1 yard plus very large attached scraps

$5
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#10 Christmas fabrics
Blue with Santa and sleigh-FQ
Green with Violins and music-32"x12"
Red with gold stars-26"x33"

$6
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#11 Cats on black, Timeless Treasures, 1986 -1 yard

$5
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#12 Cats on white, 13"x45" plus large attached scraps

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#13 basting gun-barely used, lots of tags

$8

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#14 Book-Best Selling Bazaar Patchwork-like new

$4

#15 Book-Cotton Theory Quilting-like new-bought at Betty Cotton's store!

$10

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#16 Book-America's Regional Quilting

$5

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#17 Vintage Crochet patterns and magazines

$8

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#18 ABC print- 1 yard

$4



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#19 Heart star quilt print by Fabric Traditions 1992-4 yards plus

$15
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Keep Dreaming...Colleen

Front of pillow receive in swap at Triad MQG made by the fabulous Jennifer!

Back is another fabulous DS quilts print!

What I've Been Sewing

First I wanted to let you know one of the reasons why I have not been posting as much.  I've started a new excerise training program at our local Fleet Feet store called No Boundaries.  Between dealing with my type II diabetes and the effects the medicines I take for it, I have lost the will to move.  I have always been such an outdoor person that I decided I needed to do something.  Through better regulated eating I have been slowly losing weight, though still have about 50 pounds to go.  Now I have a plan to get me to the activity level I need to do every day.  Plus there is daily guidance.  Mondays and Thursdays we meet at 6pm, all 150 of us, and run (though I walk) the prescribed distance and then we stretch together.  Im loving it!  I have always loved to walk but now have constant encouragement-there are 20 plus coaches/mentors.  My goal is to get in shape and continue to lose weight so I no longer need the medicine that has given me such bad side effects for the last couple of years.

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So back to sewing.  Tuesday is Triad Modern Quilt Guild and as swap Mama I am hosting a Travel Pillow swap.  Here is the pillow I created for my secret partner.  

I used my EZ Dresden ruler and pulled out 20 + scraps from my special scrap bin, so each blade is different.  

I offset them on a Kona Ash background. 

 I freehand quilted in 5 different pearl cottons.  I did not plan out the design but just let the color and the space dictate the design.  I put in my first hidden zipper on the side and it was simple!  I can't find the link I used, but Design Sponge has a good tutorial doing it the same way.  

So here again is the finished pillow!  I love how it turned out!  It look nice on my studio chair.  I may have to make one for myself!

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I'm also making a pillow for the Pillow Talk Swap.  Here are some of the fabrics.

I love using instagram on my iphone for quick pictures.

And have started to play with the design.

Can you tell that they will be Polaroid pictures?  I still have fabrics to play with.  I plan to piece the whole top and then use my embroidery machine to add captions to the photos.

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I forgot to blog about Superbowl Sunday.  Not so much about the game as I am not that into sports.  But I usually hang with mom and dad and make some good finger foods.  Mom supplied veggies & dip and chips & salsa as well as shrimp.  Dad vetoed the usual favorite of pigs in blankets.  So I decided to make Pioneer Woman's Spicy Whiskey BBQ Sliders. 

They were easy to make!  I halved the recipe and made 6 sliders.  

 Don't look too hard at my messy presentation.

They were very good!  Everyone loved them including me!

 I also whipped up a batch of PW Strawberry oatmeal bars for dessert.  Yummy!  

And Dad agreed!

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Today I'm working on basting two tops.  First my red and white challenge quilt.  I kind of got sidetracked on this but need to step it up. I will use more of the Bliss red and white for the binding.  I'm entering this in the quilt show and only have a month to quilt it.

backing

Second I finished up this quilt top.  I'm also entering this in the general quilt show.  I will straight line machine quilt this.  I have to get one small piece of fabric because I ran out of  the Jay McCarroll and used up the Freespirit Dogwood Gray for the backing.  I will put a scrappy binding on this.  

This was a project from the Modern Quilt Guild challenge.

Keep dreaming...Colleen

I received this in the mail.  My prize from #talknt twitter chat party.
Moda was the sponsor and I received a bag full of mini charm packs and a United Notions pouch!

Yard Sale Saturday Destash part 2

Bonnie Hunter over at Quiltville is sponsoring a Yard Sale Saturday!  So below are my destashing items.  This is part two as when I rearranged my sewing room last week I accidently lost them from the pile I have been collecting.  So I didn't have them ready to sell with part 1.

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#11 Scraps from fat quarters-strips, squares, rectangles

$4

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#12 Loney Toons Sports fabric-22"x38" plus attached scraps-1997 date

$3

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#13 Two Leather Gingher scissor holders NEW , large and medium (scissors not included, just to show size)

$3.50 each or 2 for $6

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#14 Gingher seam pickers NEW SOLD

$5 each or 2 for $8


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#15 A pair of NEW Gingher bandaged scissorsSOLD

$4 for both


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#16 New Gingher Chrome Emroidery scissors in box-style  Epaulette SOLD

$18


Keep Dreaming...Colleen

Kalli-cat sleeping in her quilted sleeping 'bag' I made for her from my stash.to help keep the fur off my bed.
She is not happy I am lifting it up.

Yard Sale Saturday Destash!

Bonnie Hunter over at Quiltville is sponsoring a Yard Sale Saturday!  So below are my destashing items. 

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#1 Alex Anderson Book-usedSOLD

$5

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#2 Book-Best Selling Bazaar Patchwork-like new

$5

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#3 Square in a Square set-like new, used barely for one workshop.  Includes ruler and instruction manual, Square in a Square book, Unopened instructional video and even bag!  I bought this after a guild presentation, took the half day work shop and realized I don't follow cool techniques well.  Of course everyone else in the workshop made gorgeous quilts! It is a $45 value!SOLD

$25

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#4 Book-Cotton Theory Quilting-like new-bought at Betty Cotton's store!

$10

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#5 Book-America's Regional Quilting

$5

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#6 Vintage Crochet patterns and magazines

$8

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#7 Two pieces of American Jane fabric

Happy Camper Red Pin dot 44"x28"

Snippets yellow paper doll 1 3/8 yardSOLD

$12

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#7 8 fat quarters -from Timeless Treasures, Maywood Studios, Westminster, P$B textiles with bonus 12" square scrapSOLD

$8

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#8 Gerber Daisy fat quarter by Donna Dewberry for WestminsterSOLD

$2

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#9 Child print 22"x20" and Passion for pathwork print @7"x40"SOLD

$3

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#10 Paper Dolls Around the World by Sibling Arts Studios for Blue Hill fabrics 23"x44" 8 different dollsSOLD

$5

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Comment below if you are interested.  Please make sure you have an email attached to your comment or I will go to the next person on the list.

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 Items are priced as marked and shipping will be based on weight of items, unless you live close enough to pick up.  I ship cheapest with delivery confirmation.
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I would prefer if you have a Paypal account so I can easily invoice you and you can easily pay me.  If you don't it only takes a second to create one.  It is really worth it if you shop online.  Recently I had a problem with a purchase I made on line through Paypal and was able to easily get a full refund with their help.

Keep Dreaming...Colleen

Just had to show little Piggiedelic the Polka Dot Piggie one more time!