For the Sewing Room

Thanks to Carla of Creatin' in the Sticks who did

 an absolutely amazing job as cheerleader

and to Madame Samm of Sew We Quilt 

for all of her hard work as the head cheerleader.

I don't have a "Sewing Room."  I would
say it is more of a sewing wall. 
I don't have very much room to keep a lot
of extra things in this area, but
the kids do join me quite often at my space.
They do some ironing or visit so
I made them a quilt to sit
on the bench and warm up if need be
while they visit.


 



 

 

I decided to practice my Ruffles

since we have a little

Ruffle hop coming up.

I heard someone say that

everything looks better with a Ruffle. 

 Hmmm... I wonder who that was?
 

 



 

 Let's

just say after all the practice I had on this

I should be good to go.  Right?

 

 

I did a little thread painting on the center
corset.  I have never been more nervous doing
it on a project before.  If I messed it up it would
have been a little disastrous.
 I also used Aurifil 12wt. #1147 in that coordinating

color in my sewing machine again for the thread

coming out of the giant needle.

 I love how it turns out and will continue to

play with it a lot more.

 
 



 

 

Go and check out these other amazing Sewing room artists

  

January 29th
 

Why-Knot-Kwilt

 BumbleberryStitches

  Quilt Doodle Designs

 Sew Incredibly Crazy - you are here

 Thimblemouse and Spouse

 Words & Stitches

 The Cosmic Quilter

 

"Sew" glad you stopped by to visit.
P.S.  If you are interested I am having a
little giveaway over here.



 

 

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Sign Up For THINK Ruffles!!!!

If you are looking for the Grow your Blog Post

it is HERE. 

Are you ready to get a little
Ruffled?

Let's say I haven't done a
whole lot of ruffles in my sewing career. 
A couple over the past
years and I mean years!!!

So what better time to try it out,
Right?

So, I am the cheerleader for the
THINK RUFFLES

All you have to do is drop me an
email @ amywarner at rocketmail dot com
with the subject

THINK RUFFLES
and all the important details
like

Your Name
Your E-mail
Blog Name
Blog URL

Blog Hop Guidelines

1) create something with ruffles
you can show past projects too...but you have to have at least 1 NEW project

2. take great photos  - a good thing if you are aiming for

our POST Of FAME each day!

 BEST in Wow and Creativity .

3. have your blog post ready at midnight EST 

so the world can pop in and cheer you on too.

4. turn off your word verification - you really do not want to 

miss that chance of hearing how GREAT YOU ARE!

5. place button ( on side bar, copy code ) 

 on your blog once you hear you are IN,

YOU want your Friends to cheer YOU !

6. most important on your day, 

Add the list of fellow hoppers on your day to your

 post so everyone can find them as easy as they found you

( and please leave your blog link on too) 

 

7. and most most important….

Be a CHEERLEADER! 

YOU will be surprised who is WATCHING!

JOIN US in OUR UNIVERSAL QUILTING BEE

- we can all use more CHEERS! 

I can't wait to cheer you all along!!!

 



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Grow Your Blog - Giveaway Closed

Hi, My name Amy.  This is my very first year to participate

 in the Grow Your Blog Hop at
2 Bags Full

 

 

Well, I thought I would tell you a bit about
myself. 

I started blogging almost two years ago
after a little contest I entered,
before that I really didn't even have a clue
what a blog was! 
This was also the time I started quilting.
Since then, I haven't stopped.
I love meeting new people and
some great friends along the way.

Here is just a few things that I blog about....

 

 

I love to do just about anything crafty and
share it with all of you. 
I also love to join hops
over with Mdm Samm at Sew We Quilt.
It is a great way to challenge yourself
and meet some great artists.



I am having a little
Giveaway,
But it is a surprise...

I LOVE surprises..

Do You trust me??
Maybe a little fabric
or some great thread?

Here are the rules!!

1) It's open to anyone and all you have to do is leave a
comment telling me what your favorite hobby is. 

2) If you are a already follower, new or old,

you can leave a second comment saying you follow.

That is 2 chances to win.

The giveaway is open until February 15th

when the winner will be announced.

 

Good luck!

Congratulations to Vicki!

 

Thank you to my  friends new and old for visiting.

 

 

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Wake up to Kona Hop

Hello, Sunrise!!!

There is nothing like a beautiful bunch a Kona fabric,

 Aurifil thread, Amanda Murphy's book

And a blog hop to get the creative juices flowing.

Thanks again to our lovely sponsors!!
After, drooling (shh, don't tell anyone)
over Amanda's amazing
designs, I decided to try this...

I made one pillow and it was lonely so....

I made another.

The pattern was from Amanda Murphy's

Color Essentials book and I couldn't be happier with them. 
I used some geometric quilting.
It was a lot of twisting the fabric
but it worked so well with Amanda's
Designs.



Well, what do you do with a lot of extra fabric?

You make another project

It was my own design. 

A Little Sunshine!

I used Aurifil 12 wt. in my sewing machine to outline the star

 and I loved the results.  I found a little tutorial here.


Go and check out all the amazing artist today

January 20

More Stars in Comanche

Buzzing and Bumbling

Quilting Quietly

Grammie Q’s

The Quilted Cat

The Quilting Queen Online

Lauraluvsloons

Sew Incredibly Crazy - You are here

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Vanity Desk

I often have hair brained ideas. 

Some of them my husband rolls his eyes

and shakes his head at

and others he's the one encouraging my madness. 

This one was a little of both. 

One of the kiddos was in desperate need

of a little room makeover. 

It was brown and I really

couldn't stand looking at it much longer and neither

could she.

 

 It has been a

a long process of painting different pieces of furniture.

Ripping out carpet and painting a floor,

which I will show off later. 

Now, I thought I would show off

her vanity/computer desk.

 

We bought some premade cabinets at the local home improvement store. 

My hubby and I spent the whole day priming and

painting the different components of her new desk. 

Yes, we painted oak cabinets. 

I think my husband shed a tear as the paint was being brushed on.

The pink is Valspar Frosty Berry and

we did the old-fashioned brush it all on.

I wanted it to look very girlie so we added

furniture legs to the front. 

They are mostly just for show, but

sometimes it is all about the details.

 



Every vanity needs a mirror! 

Someone gave us the mirror but it was gold. 

It now wears Frosty Berry oh so well.

 



 

It turned out even better than I had planned. 

I can't wait to show you the whole floor finished.

 



 

 

The lovely place I link to

Freemotion by the River

Made By Me

Chic on a Shoestring

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What's the Word?

Some of my favorite blogs have picked a word of the year. 

Words are definitely something to live by, right? 

 I really don't believe much in New Year's resolutions. 

I figure if you want to change something,

why are you waiting for the New Year. 

Words have a great meaning, once they are

written or spoken they are quite powerful. 

 

Let's just say that the last few weeks have been a stressful time. 

One of my family members has needed me more than blogging,

my favorite sewing or handwork project

and I have come to the realization of what my

word of the year is.....

 

 

Yes, I know what you are thinking.

What an odd word?

I do agree, it is a bit strange.

But as my life continues to change and

evolve, I want to be the cream.

The individual that rises to the top. 

During the last couple week, I have

realized who has gone above and beyond

what was expected of them.  The best of the best or

the CREAM!!

And then there has been the others

who have just chose to do nothing

or have sat idly by. 

I, myself have tried to be the

cream, but there have been times that

I have complained or have not been

the person I strive to be.

 

So, This is why I choose my word,

Strange as it might be! 

My sister found a quote which

resonates with my word of 2014.

 

I give more of myself to others than anyone expects.

 

I am unsure who said it

but they are words to live by.

 

 

 

 

P.S.  I hope you join me on the 20th when I share my Kona Blog

Hop project.  I can't wait to get back to my sewing machine.  :)

 

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