Friday Night Sew In

Last night was Heidi and Bobbie's monthly FNSI and I had planned to work on sewing down binding..

 

A friend always says, "Man plans... God laughs!"   ...and my FNSI plans took a definite detour when my son called and asked if he and two of my grandsons... and my grandpuppy Gussie... could spend the night.  Love seeing them... and my daughter and my granddaughters came over and joined us for dinner.  After we ate, we started putting together a 4'x4' raised bed box thing that will be finished tomorrow.... my Mothers Day gift!

After we got the boys in the bed, my son asked if I could sew on a couple of patches... one on my grandson's Boy Scout uniform and three on his.   By the time I finished, it was 10pm and definitely time to start thinking about bed since we KNEW the boys would be up at the crack o' dawn.

Not the sewing I had planned on... but sewing nonetheless!

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Yesterday was also the birthday of Linda of Stray Stitches...   who, in celebration of this happy event, is having a give-away of some beautiful fabric!

Eight half-yard cuts of a fabric line called Jasmine by Pamela Mostek for Clothworks... gorgeous!  

If you'd like to enter the giveaway... hurry on over and sign up!  The giveaway ends on Monday, May 30th!

And the winner is...

This is my first time using Random.org's Sequence Generator and I'm happy to tell you that it works just fine.  Don’t know how to copy/paste it to my blog but I imagine I’ll figure it out someday.

  

With no further ado, the winner of the Heart and Flowers mug rug is Pokey!

Pokey said...

     It is a pretty mug rug, and would be well loved at my house, more likely in my classroom!
     So nice to meet you, and read about your adventures in quilting through the internet. Isn't it great? I've grown so much myself, and look forward to learning along with you, Pokey

I have emailed Pokey to share the good news!  Thanks to all who participated…

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In other news, I did go to my LQS’s Super Bowl Sunday SALE and picked up a few things, including Insul-Brite because I want to try making some pot-holders using fabric scraps in my bins.  I might just do a tutorial on it if the pot-holders turn out decently.  

After yesterday’s flurry of activity, I’ve been on a much slower pace today…  auditioning pinks to decide on which to use for the first border on the pink double 4-patch quilt top.  Decisions, decisions, decisions…

Did take a little time to make another mug rug…

This one’s for my DS, who probably wouldn’t care much for the pretty, flowery fabrics I’ve been using!  It's kinda masculine looking, don't you think?