Holy Cow, that is GORGEOUS!!!

My dear mother brought me some fantastic new fabric from Loving Stitches in Fayetteville yesterday and I have attacked it like a former diabetic chasing a twinkie truck! It's from one of Moda's new lines and it's called Eva. They are the most lovely colors (pinks, lime green, and burgundy). And I get weak knees when I get around pink and lime green. They are such happy colors! Anyway-sies, I saw some one walking around with the neatest purse and I've made a makeshift pattern of a larger version of it. I used my new fabric, and if I can locate my stupid camera (I wonder if my pet blog borrowed it to take pictures of his new friends, the dust bunnies who live under the sofa, again?) I'll show you a picture of the finished product! I've found a pattern for a tulip purse and an oriental style one that I have to try next! So, here's a ponderable for today... Do sheep shrink in the rain? Okay, sorry, that's not the question, but I can't help myself. Here's the real question... what is the best way you know to hold your binding in place when you are hand stitching it on? Kudos to the person whose answer is the most original. I personally hold my binding , which is always made of the sparkling feathers of a rare purple goose that no one has ever seen, on using the fairies that I captured in the night by leaving a trail of broken Fritos and bits of DMC embroidery floss into a trap made of a refrigerator box that I've set up in my vacuum closet. Bet you didn't know that fairies love Fritos and cross stitching! Learn something new everyday!
Well folks, I am off to try to make some sense of my work table, and work on the hand stitching that I am doing on a quilt for a customer since her hands are not allowing her to finish it herself. Her husband is going to love his gift! Maybe I can bribe the fairies into helping me finish, since my blog is busy making a gingerbread house in the kitchen.
Hope I've made you smile a bit and have a brilliant day! -Connie

Ooo! Ooo! Teacher! Pick Me!!!

The day I found my blog was a magical day. I had been wandering through the tangled jungle of the internet world, when all of a sudden, I see a clearing ahead! And in that clearing, there amongst the waving silvery grasses and clover, was that cutest little blog I ever saw! Its eyes pleaded with me to take it home, make it peanut butter pancakes, and let it snuggle with me while I read quilting magazines be firelight. My adorable blog is so soft and cuddly that I didn't have the heart to tell it that I might not have time everyday to play with it. But, like eveything else important in life, you make time for your blog, because you can't allow it to become lonely, as a sad baby blog like mine will loose all of its hair and get "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" stuck in its head. I would consider that cruelty to animals!

My blog is a friendly critter and it needs lots of pals and attention. So here I am, looking for new buddies for my blog. If anyone out there has a cute, fluffy little blog of their own and wants to arrange a play date, let me know!

So, what do my blog and I do together? Well, I love to quilt! Madly, madly, love to quilt! I've turned my living room into my studio. I have priorities here and a room to sit in seems to be a waste of space unless I can have a sewing machine in front of me at the time. There is fabric everywhere, pins sticking out of weird surfaces, and bits of unfinished projects littering every surface. It's the most beautiful display of chaos that you've ever seen! My pet blog LOVES to hang out in my studio! It loves to dig in my scrap baskets and find brightly colored bits to make its nests with. I can't even throw the tiniest bit of my beloved fabric away. I'll think of a brilliant use someday and be glad that I have them, I'm sure! Yes, this is my attempt to justify my hording. I'm pathetic, I know! I hope there are those who also are weak willed when it comes to scraps. Hello? Anyone out there?

So today, I wish to put myself and my baby blog out there in the world and maybe find a few friends along the way. I want to talk about quilting, new patterns to try, new shops, guild gossip, brilliant ideas, tips for the new quilter and well as the experienced one, great websites to check out, and anything else that there is! We can have discussions, debates, and food fights, whatever suits your fancy! We will bring about a revolution in sewing deign! It'll be a glorious day for the fabric world! Hurrah!!! (Maybe I should switch to decaf...)