Lookee What I won!

Okay, first of all, WHO stole the month of MAY? And JUST How did June get here when I wasn't done with May? Sistermine said on Monday that we would not be able to get the "thus and such" done for Father's Day  'cause we'd have to mail it before camp. I was thinkin'  "we have plenty of time before Father's Day, it's not til the 14th of June" she's like "um Bobbie that's less than two weeks away" It just can't be June already! Oh well, sorry Dad- you might get a "thus and such" for your birthday- (that's not til November) Sistermine gotcha something cool for Father's Day. 

I won a few goodies during the SewMamaSew giveaways and some of them arrived this week! I got fun stuff in my mail box 3 days in a row! (and I am hoping for another one when I get home)



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I won this oh sew adorable Brown Bear bag from Karen over at KarenChatters I just love Eric Carle. Right now,I am using this bag to carry fabric and supplies to MySweetMommie's and SisterMine's houses. But if I can talk myself into it, this bag is going in my gift stash for the next baby shower -- I do so love the polka dots and the red top stitching- She did such a great job on it!  Thank You, Karen!

I love the way the frog is jumping out of the pocket!

I also won this sweet eye glass case from Josee over at the Charming Needle    I probably will not be using it for eyeglasses- I wear my glasses to bed (gotta see what I'm dreaming) so I will use it to hold my phone! It fits perfectly! I love the quilted design on the wool and it even has a touch of turquoise which happens to be one of my favorite colors this year and the posies on the drawstring part are sew sweet! I love it! Thank You!

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I also received a lovely necklace from Jayme at Finding Sweetland but will have to post pictures  another day- I didn't bring it with me! Maybe tomorrow I will have it and the other package to post about! I just found it in the pocket of my Brown Bear Bag! I was afraid I lost it! Isn't it beautiful? I love the colors and the little bit of sparkle! Thank YOU!

Sistermine and I cut out at least 8 gazillion pairs of culottes on Monday ( OK maybe not That many but at least 8 or 10 pair)- Camp is next week and she had a couple girls change their mind about going. She used up all of her stash so asked if we could raid mine. I had culottes to make for one of our girls so we just made a day of it! It was really nice to go to the already cut out fabric and whip up those culottes! I got a pair done in under 1 hour and I am sure that the rest will go faster now that I know the pattern! When our dear CaMom heard that we needed fabric she boxed up 25 yards and shipped it priority mail! (that's in addition to the three boxes o' treasure that she sent parcel post) She is way too good to us!

 Now why, if they are so easy,  didn't I get all my culottes stitched up? For that, you will have to wait until tomorrow! I was having way too much fun with a few other projects! I also learned how to use a new foot! Sounds like dancing lessons!  

 

As you can see from the pictures AbbyDoo was rather excited about the Snow White panel I got for her at the thrift store- She cut out the pieces while Sistermine and I cut out culottes. She also learned where not to touch the iron - just a small burn, with a little Kara-Vita lotion, she was fine. Mean ole Aunt Bobbie (and Mommy) made her try again and she did great!   

She jumped up and down and all around
She *is* her mother's daughter! Such exuberance!!!

She jumped up and down and all around

Til Tomorrow!

Granny's Domestic Bliss

I have been working on my "Granny's Domestic Bliss" quilt off and on for a while now.

If Granny could tell me the secret of domestic bliss, I know she would say FORGIVENESS.  That sends my mind to Ephesians 4:32- "Be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you." Wow! That verse packs a punch- how often are we kinder to strangers than we are our own family?  I wanted to illustrate that verse with this quilt, so I ventured off into the hitherto unknown (by me) world of FMQ... free motion quilting- I have this great idea in my head and if I can just get my sewing machine to go along, I think it's gonna work.

So far the biggest problem seems to be seeing where the needle is going- from everything I've read, I think I need to find a different foot for my machine? Until then I am just going slowly and picking out the bad stitiches. 



bee



Here is the top border. I may go back and add antennae to the bee and I am not sure if I like the "n" in kind.

  

kind

 The side borders will say Bee Forgiving and Bee tenderhearted. <----- I hope!   The bottom border will say Ephesians 4:32 or just a row of hearts.     I quilted an echo flower on two of the blocks and an echo heart in 2 others.  It's slowly progressing and I am learning patience. :) I haven't taken good pictures of the echoes, I will try to remember this weekend.

 I am sew excited! I get to be part of the next Blog Hop beginning July 1st! I have sew many RWB ideas running thru my little mind!