Sampler Quilt

I am finally making a sampler quilt! I have been quilting for 8 years and have never made a sampler so I figured it was about time. Lori our guild president is teaching a sampler quilt class at our common threads meeting for anyone who wants to make one. Needless to say I did not think twice about joining. In the photo above are the fabrics I am going to use. Yes, it is going to be a bright one. :-) Since it is winter and a little drab outside I wanted to do something cheery. I don't know if I will use all the fabrics pictured, but I want to have lots of options. I even have a couple that did not make the picture that I might use. The directions were to pick a large print for the border and find at least 4 fabrics with the colors in the border. More is better to give a quilt more interest. Well, as you can see I have more. LOL! We had our first class the end of January but not all my fabrics had came in by then. Now I have all my fabrics so I need to get cracking. Our 2nd class is this Thursday and I am supposed to have one block done and 2 back grounds cut out for 2 other blocks. The quilt will be approx. 50" x 50" when it is finished and have nine, 12" blocks. I will be posting my progress on the sampler quilt as I go.

Happy quilting everyone!

I Am A ONE World - ONE Heart Winner!

I am a bit late posting about this but I am so excited to say that I was a OWOH winner 4 times over. I was a winner at:

The Vintage Dragonfly - I won a pack of vintage ephemera from Danielle
One Vintage Housewife - I won a pair of baby booties that Jolene made
Fated Follies Studio - I won My Big Ideas embellishments from Jenny
Creative Life And Times - Not sure yet what I won, it is either sewing/art supplies or 2 home made cards from Molly. It will be a surprise! :-)

Thank you ladies I am so excited and can't wait to get my prizes. I will post a picture of all my prizes when I get them. If you have some time take a look at these wonderful blogs. If you missed the whole OWOH thing and don't know what I am talking about visit here. :-)

I plan on doing some prize giveaways in the near future so check back so you don't miss out!

My Swap Creations

The first photo is of a heart that I made for a valentine heart stuffie swap. This little heart went to my swap partner in Toronto Canada. The second photo is a pin that I made for a sewing notions pin swap. The pin went to my swap partner in Malaysia. The pin is made up of antique buttons, ribbon flower with rhinestone, pink silk bow, hat pin, 3 little thread spools (I made), little needle book with tiny needles inside, brass hand charm and embroidery scissor charm with a beaded chain I added to it. I really enjoyed making this little pin.

ActNow B.C. Walk Challenge Weeks 11, 12 & 13

Here are the stats for Team T.A.L.C. (4 members) Weeks 11, 12 & 13 Jan. 27 - Feb. 16
NOTE: Steps are not total steps in a day but actual exercise steps.

Week 11
Total Team Steps: 115,214
Total Team KM: 89
Tanya: 64,981 Most steps! Great Job!
Anita: 35,320
Lisa (me): 7,740
Clair: 7,173

Week 12
Total Team Steps: 86,970
Total Team KM: 67
Tanya: 42,705 Most steps! Great Job!
Anita: 25,503
Lisa (me): 9,297
Clair: 9,465

Week 13
Total Team Steps: 110,571
Total Team KM: 85
Tanya: 62,959 Most steps! 4th time in a row! Great Job!
Anita: 30,335
Lisa (me): 7,549
Clair: 9,728

Some of you may have noticed that our team steps have increased by a huge amount. The reason is because some of our members have been skiing and snow shoeing. I have been really wanting to try down hill skiing but because I have a bad knee I have avoided it. I am considering wearing a knee brace and trying it out, possibly tonight. We have night skiing here and Mondays are not to crowded, so if I'm going to make a fool of myself I would rather not have a big audience. LOL! Will let you know if I try it out.

Happy walking everyone! :-)

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Happy Valentines Day! OWOH Winner!

Happy Valentines Day everyone!

DRUMROLL PLEASE!!!
And the winner of my 2008 OWOH giveaway is:

Melissa from mspeegle.blogspot.com

Congratulations!

Melissa has won a beautiful tooth fairy pillow from

Lisa Michelle Design.

I did the draw the old fashion way. That's right, I printed and cut all 214 entries while my children had great fun folding them. I had to do a coin toss to figure out who was going to do the honors of drawing the winning name. My son won the coin toss and picked a name and my daughter read the winning entry post. :-) Thank you to all who entered my giveaway. This was so much fun and I look forward to doing it again next year. :-)

OXOXOX

Lisa

ActNow B.C. Walk Challenge Weeks 9 & 10

Here are the stats for Team T.A.L.C. (4 members) Weeks 9 & 10 Jan 13 - Jan. 26
NOTE: Steps are not total steps in a day but actual exercise steps.

Week 9
Total Team Steps: 56,917
Total Team KM: 41

Tanya: 14,140
Anita: 34,390 Most steps! Great Job!
Lisa (me): 5,345
Clair: 3,042

Week 10
Total Team Steps: 37,233
Total Team KM: 26

Tanya: 13,981 Most steps! Great Job!
Anita: 10,098
Lisa (me): 6,901
Clair: 6,253

Happy walking everyone! :-)

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One World One Heart Give Away

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED.

Welcome to the ONE World-ONE Heart 2nd annual give away event hosted by Lisa Oceandreamer from Heart of the Nest and Imagination Cafe. The idea behind this is to bring bloggers together from around the world who may never ordinarily meet. It closes the gap of the blog community and enables us to interact, discover new and wonderful people, and in the process possibly win a prize or many prizes along the way.

What am I giving away?
One beautiful Tooth Fairy Pillow or pillow you can use to hold a keepsake or just hang for decoration. The pillow has a little silver frame in which you can personalize it with a picture or an initial. I have Tooth Fairy Pillows for purchase in my store
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NOTE: If you are from a country that does not allow feathers please still enter and let me know when you comment. If you are the winner I will send you a different nice handmade gift from me.
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What to do:
To enter my giveaway leave a comment and where you are from on this post. I Love to see where everyone that comes to my blog is from. Having a blog is not a requirement to enter my draw, anyone is welcome. If you do not have a blog please don't forget to give me your e-mail addy or check back on February 14th to see if you have won. The drawing will be held on February 14th Valentines Day! Last chance to enter will be February 13th. Good luck!
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For a list of more blogs with giveaways go here.

Go here for a chance to win a BEAUTIFUL easter basket.

You won't want to pass this one by!

Also check here for a chance to win this book. Two copies will be given away February 4th.

ActNow B.C. Walk Challenge Weeks 4,5,6,7, & 8

Here are the stats for Team T.A.L.C. (4 members) Weeks 4-8 Dec. 9 - Jan. 12
NOTE: Steps are not total steps in a day but actual exercise steps.

Week 4
Total Team Steps: 51,225
Total Team KM: 36
Team Average: 12,806
Most steps: Clair! Way to go with 22,213 exercise steps! Great Job!
My Steps: 10,589

Week 5
Total Team Steps: 37,368
Total Team KM: 27
Team Average: 9,342
Most steps: ME! Yeah! I had 15,002 steps. (pat on the back) :-)

Week 6
Total Team Steps: 25,266
Total Team KM: 17
Team Average: 6,317
Most steps: Anita! Way to go with 9,762 exercise steps! Great Job!
My Steps: 7,496

Week 7
Total Team Steps: 49,885
Total Team KM: 33
Team Average: 12,471
Most steps: Tanya! Way to go with 28,858 exercise steps! Great Job!
My Steps: 3,969

Week 8
Total Team Steps: 79,788
Total Team KM: 58
Team Average: 19,947
Most steps: Anita! Way to go with 38,420 exercise steps! Great Job!
My Steps: 12,117

Happy walking everyone! :-)

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The Pink Artist Project

"The Pink Artist"

is a community of artists joining together to create one joint art doll to benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure. When doll is complete, it will be mailed in to Art Doll Quarterly™before finally being auctioned off on eBay at a later date.
ALL PROCEEDS WILL DIRECTLY BENEFIT CHARITY.

I am so happy to be apart of this project. My sister-in-laws mother is a cancer survivor, so I am doing this for her and all of the other beautiful ladies out there that have had to fight and are fighting cancer. What you can do to help is make two 2" decorated squares with a fabric base. For more information and to join click hear or "The Pink Artist" Button to the right and lets help find a cure for cancer.

Monica is heading up this wonderful project!

Let's do what we can to help her!

Squares must be sent by March 1, 2008

I'm Still Here!

Wow, it's been a month since I posted. Hope everyone had a great Christmas. It has been a really fun and exhausting Christmas/New Years. My husbands two sisters and family were here for two weeks from Florida and my parents also came up for a week. It was so much fun getting to visit with everyone. I have been snowmobiling this winter and am having a blast. I was really sore the first couple of times out. My legs felt like rubber. LOL. Along with visiting with everyone, snowmobiling and late nights I managed to upholster my first chair. I have to say I was very impressed with myself. :-) It is a bistro looking chair that I bought at a second hand store for $5. The back and seat are upholstered and the frame is black wrought iron. I will post a picture of it as soon as I find my battery charger for my camera (lost it in the move a couple months ago). Oh about the Walk challenge, I am still doing it. I have one team member who has not given me her stats for a month now. I will post the stats for that as soon as I get hers. Talk to everyone later.