Distractions... with a capital D!

such a simple post today filled with naughty distractions! it's no wonder i've gotten a LOT of everything done... and finished absolutely none of them! LOL OOohhh... well, Monday's tomorrow and i have a good feeling about my efforts! :)

it all started last week when i stumbled across my new crica 1968 New Home Janome sewing machine! This beauty still had all her bits to her and she's a JANOME!!! i heart her sooOOOoo...

then a whole crop of patterns arrived to further add to my distractions... yet, i'm i feel pretty damn good about it! hahaha...

it didn't help i had to finish up a little swappy-poo item either...

or decide if my new bundles of Robert Kaufman Radiance was going to possible make the best patchwork quilt EVER!!???... which it IS! :P  doesn't hurt that it looks like a Carmel Apple with Aneela Hoey's Little Apple fabric mixed in it!!  LOL

and to top it off... anytime the family wants to pull me away from the household duties to partake in a little Autumn fun... i always go!

yeah... i'm thinking next week i''ll be better! ( wink, wink )

xo, Heather

Interstate lOVE Song. the Quilt.

it dawned on me this weekend, that i've been hoarding one of my quilts from you... my Interstate lOVE Song Quilt... this one is a MUST have on my sofa! everyday. ;) why you ask... well kids, because not only is it made with the delish... Anna Maria Horner's Innocent Crush fabrics... but, the lovely Angela quilted in the lyrics to Stone Temple Pilot's Interstate Love Song ( which is my husband's and my song )!!!

I am a hopeless romantic and try very hard to squeeze any and all the passion i can muster up into my masculine world!! this is a perfect example of said efforts!! with the help of some lovely friends... Thanks Angela for your extreme attention to this quilt and Miss Duff for your clever suggestion of song Lyrics! I think we made a great team!! ;)

this is a very dear quilt to me!! I would love to give both of my boys a quilt with a secret message quilted with in it!! i better get busy! hahaha!!

Xo, Heather

sometimes i wish...

i was a poet. because then, i'd have the talent to turn yesterdays crap-tas-tic quilting adventure into a masterpiece of wisdom

( or some other such baloney ! )

all i wanted to do was prep my postage stamp quilt for my boy toy's Birthday today ( and yes, i actually did think i could whip this monster out with the help of my new serger... so naive of me! ) ... who knew, that it would take all stinkin day! ;P i really should have realized something was off ( and by something, i mean.... me! ) when it took almost an hour of pulling fabrics to decide on the sashing???

and since this quilt is very Deep in color, kinda Dreamy and Romantic looking to me... i grabbed my very favorite Ikea flat sheet to back it with! most of you know what a sheet floozy i truly am! i have to have a soft/ satin-ish feeling backs on my quilts... i just have too! i love it soooOOOoo much!

that's when the fun ended for the day though... because in a complete brain fart moment during a ridiculous sale at Joann's Fabric, I thought i'd try there 80/20 blend of batting! wrong move. real wrong. never again kinda wrong... ya feel me! now, maybe some of you all have the magic touch with this stuff, but i clearly do not. in fact, i'll give you the three words i was snarling all day while working with said batting.

Flat Cotton Ball!

now add some basting spray and you've got yourself... one big o'le cussing party of fun on a 70 X 80" quilt! Let's just all say a quick prayer of "thanks", that my children were at school for that little show!! can we??... good grief! Thankfully, i did beat that hurdle and my quilt is prepped and ready to be quilted... thankfully, i'm so thankful it's over... thank you quilt for being sandwiched!

now...  to go try to make a cake from scratch! and i'm so not a baker... i feel round two coming up pretty solidly for me today! sigh... hope's yours will be less challenging!! LOL

Xo, Heather

Oaks Park Quilt.

Thanks for all your sweet messages towards the mini situation i experienced last week!!  hahaha... i wasn't in the car when it was hit, so really... it could have been so much worse, it's hard to complain about the inconvenience. :) 

however, i did get a minute to finish up my Oaks Park baby quilt this weekend, and i will admit... it's a bitter sweet ending for me. i rarely make baby size quilts, cause i have no babies!   but, i'm going to try to brake my rule more often to get a chance to play with my yummy Heather Ross fabrics!

now that this quilt is finished, and i'm loving it, but again... have no baby,  ( bleh )... it really would be silly to keep it. ;(   so, hopefully when i put it on Etsy... someone will buy it and love it as much as i do!?? hehehe...

i can't wait to see what happens this week! LOL

Xo, Heather

it's not my fault!

it's Emily's! that clever minx has me not eating, barely running, and juiced up on caffeine just to keep up with my mind while playing with her fabrics! it doesn't matter though... i can't stop, better just cave. hehehe...

i think my youngest is really going to lOVE his Christmas present!

and since i'm a girl... i had to make a bag out of the laminates!

ps... Emily is checking on the release date on these bad boys! :)

because i was working with laminates... i didn't use a pattern, but here is my inspiration for it!! i'm off kids... way too much fun over here to stay on the computer long! LOL

Xo, Heather

another week...

another start to a quilt! LOL this one has been a long time coming for sheba ( in want and in time ) :P postage stamp quilts are one of my all time favorites, since they have that lovely simple/ yet sophisticated effect when finished!!! sigh... i'm really going to love him.

sending out much love to my friend Elizabeth and her generous spirit with her friends... without all her lovely fabric gifts she bestows on us... this quilt would be lacking in contrast for sure! xoxoxo

i have a sneaking suspicion... this is going to be a really good week!

xo, Heather

OOohh... yeah!

OOohhh... yeah, it's party time over here! i truly don't think anything gets me more excited than redecorating my home! now mind you... i'm not a nick knacker per se, but i love me some { seasonal change } going up in the house!! my hearts already beating faster at today's play! LOL

man... i wish i new how to crochet! i'm missing a fab granny square afghan to go with all my efforts... sigh, maybe one day!?? :P hey, what colors are you using in your home this Autumn season???

xo, Heather

now, this is the life!

the boys are at school, house is quiet & clean, i'm watching the entire series of Charmed on Netflix... all while playing with fabric! i lOVE fall!!!

have a fabulous weekend kids!!!

Xo, Heather