okay I need help

and not the kind you lay on a couch and pour out you problems kind of help....

 

I am looking for a great beginner quilt\piecing book

 

at one time I thought there was a book called the quilt bible but I may be wrong... don't tell my husband I said that

 

 

If any one out there can help me send it along

 

 



Merry Christmas

to all

 

 

It has been awhile

but I am back

 

We have some Christmas Cheer coming your way

Christmas on Main Street

Dec 7th

5:30 til 9:00

20% off all Fabric

30% off Christmas Fabric

30% off Fiskars

sissors

rotary cutters

blades

 

Mention you saw this blog post

with this coupon code

STQC12

you must quote this code for discount

to recieve and extra 5% off

 

We will not be punching loalty cards this night

 

New lines in store

Flutter

Sweetest Thing

by Riley Blake

 

See ya there

October

I love this month

I love the colors of the changing trees

I love feeling warm in my home

and I love Thanks Giving

my family all come home and we eat and eat and eat.

 

Then we have

 WITCH N STITCH

4th annual

 

 

 

Once again we will put on our DRESSES

pull on our HATS, and lace up our SHOES

grab our favorite BROOM

and fly on over for the WITCHES BALL

DON'T BE LATE

 

iF YOU NEEd anY inFORmatioN

FLy Me An EMaILi WOULd bE hAPPy TO aNSWER

 

howdoo@telusplanet.net



I am still here

who new it could be so long

4 months

but I am back and ready to go

this weekend I will get thing back in shape

I will add regularily the new fabrics coming in

new product that have arrived

and what we are doing in general

 

for now I am going to show you my new favorite notion

 

Love these, and even though I own a quilt shop it does not mean I carry everything, even I have to look for just the right fabric



Market and a new Purse

I have had a crazy first four months

January

 seemsed to flow in nice put the kids on the plane back to Texas

Put the Christmas fabic on sale

Insuance came in to put our basement back together

Nice

Then Febuary

the store was busy

my husband was traveling which means I have to go to the farm and do chores

Then the Lethbridge Guild asked me to talk, so we decided, okay I decided to make all new quilts for the show and share

 One of which I used my new favorite ruler from JennyPedigo over at

www.sewkindofwonderful.blogspot.com

You want to see some amazzzing things go here now (but come back)

Its called Urban Birthday

Made this little gem with Kate Spains Central Park, I love this line and are so close to out

Then we made this little gem from her tutorial from her blog

I love how this looks a little more traditional

you can almost see the double wedding ring in there

 and can I say these two beauties sold us alot of these

ya that is the ruler behind it all

easy to use

gentle corners so no pinning

and perfect every time

 

March creeped in and the Shop along with Chicken Feeds a town over was having a retreat at the end of this month

So you guessed it

this is the project that I taught at the retreat

ya Urband Birthday

in a line of fabric from Riley Blake

Its a little softer with the off whites, I think it was a hit

April was uneventful kind of, we had alot of prep for the shop hop that takes in 7 shop here in Southern Alberta

May 1st hit and Shop Hop was full on I am guilty of taking no pictures

we were a little busy

the weather was nice and it was easy for people to get around

And if I can only get through this week I leave

May 14 for Quilt Market in Kansas

and because of one on my new friends I will be carrying this amazzing bag

picture stolen from sew kind of wonderful blog

Is it not just the coolest bag ever

Okay here are the rules

if you are going to quilt market in Kansas and you see me with this bag I need a business card for your name to go into the draw, all you have to do is say I love your sew kind of wonderful bag listen to me ramble, hand me a card

and wa la you are in

Okay see ya there

stay tuned tomorrow and I will show you another amazzing thing that I wish could have made it to market



Something to Blog About

I have had a lot to talk about just no time to talk

We have been getting our house ready to sell we need to move to the farm

Grandaughter 3rd birthday

Heading off to the chicken/ bunny sale

yes we brought Davey

feeding baby lambs 3 to 4 times a day

hatching baby chickens

had the retreat throught the quilt shop

and next week the shop hop here in Southern Alberta

Are these the cutes posters ever, thanks to Rebecca C, she did an amazing job for us.

Check back tomorrow with a little Millies Closet show and tell

If you can't wait hop on over to

 beeinmybonnetco.blogspot.ca

The wonderful Lori Holt master fabric designer to the stars

this would be her line



The Day After

The day after Valentines and I have things to show you

first

My 16 year old daughter is an amazing cake decorater

and she made these cute sweet tart cupcakes for V day

oh and her joke on the forever single

I am happily Married

Second

I started working on this pink quilt, first I made the blocks

12" but they were so big it looked like I was in a hurry

to get the job done so I shrunk them to 8" and they are much better

and remember I am still sewing on my kitchen table yuk

I cut the strips in lights and darkes

I am using the black in the irish chain to pull it all together

with

This demask from Adornit

I think this would look good in teals as well

just not enough time

and Third

the grand children in our lives, they are so special

and we love them more than they will ever know

Davey had Valentine pictures took with her mom and a few

of just her

look at those bare feet, they are so small and the smile.  The whole family can not believe she posed so well for the pictures, usually she is all over the place being silly

And then there is this little guy, no pink for him he is ready

 for St Patricks day

Mr Sugar surprised me with flowers, he really is a great guy, I told him no jewlery this year as our money is going to the flood in the basement, you know how it goes.  Since we are replaceing things any way lets do something more expencive that insurance won't pay for,ya like that

The painters are here tomorrow and say they will be done friday

right

carpet and hardwood comes  next week and with a little luck I can show you some finshed stuff in a couple weeks

right

if not I will shoot some photo's as we go along

Hope Your week is good



Busy Time

Boy here it is february

time flys when your busy

and right after Christmas there is so

much to do, all the christmas has to come down at the

shop and new samples have to be made

and put up

I have been working on so many things

I started and finished this

I made it as a table runner but it did'nt turn out to be

my favorite, so I added a

pocket so it can be a

couch caddie or bed caddie

or just us it as a table runner

It sure is a cute line of fabric

just not for a table runner in my house, red and carmel walls

but Davey's bedroom that work great



It's a New Semester

January in Canada brings a lot of things

usually cold (not much knock on wood)

a little more sunlight

and a new semester for my high schooler

For the last two year she has been using a hand me down

bag from her sister, that was from Old Navy

that fabric was cool

but we washed it after Christmas

and the handle fell right apart and the bag is not far behind

You can see the tiniest of holes starting in the bag body

so Monday night we took that old bag

layed it out for a pattern

cut out the fabric

sewed it back together and this is what she has

She really likes asian themed fabric

we found these in our travels

and she loves them

I put this project off for 30 days, saying I didn't have a

pattern

but in the end it took me less than an hour with no clue what I was doing and wa la, oh and it is reversable

she is happy

You know it was one of those things like sewing on a

button, you put it off for so long and then when you

get around to sewing it on, you say to yourself, that wasn't so bad



Let me share

Christmas this year was awesome even with the

more than a dozen set backs

all my kids were home with the grandkids

their great, can't live with out them

I made both of the little rascals

a Grinch quilt for christmas and thought I would share it with all

of you, it is made with one of my favorite patterns



the big block on the right hand side with the red stripe across it

is a pocket we filled it with the book and the video

Davey likes to pack her doll in the pocket

Here is Davey giving me the thumbs up of approval

If you look close you can see the crazy grinch gifts I quilted

hope you get a little inspiration

start now for Christmas 2012

The Ghastlie News

Here it is January and I can't wait for Ghastlie season

wait any season is Ghaslie season

would you not agree

I Love the Ghastlies, each and everyone of those

wickedly cute family members

 I quilted this quilt just last week

She made it for her daughter in laws Birthday this month

see anytime is Ghastlie time

So the Good news is I ordered 12 New pieces

to the Ghastlies today for arrival in May

so Stay tuned for some Ghastlie fun

New Favorite Toy

Mr Sugar gave me a Kindle Fire for Christmas

and probably wishes he hadn't

I am on my fourth book

and it has only been one month

since I got it

Oh and did I say how much I love, love, love it

and these are the books that have me hooked

don't click to look inside I borrowes these from her website

www.mariebostwick.com

I love the storyline, and it helps you believe that every problem can be solved with fabric and friends

The fifth book will release in April 2012

I can not wait, I think I will take two days off from work and read all day

these really are good books, I'm just sayin

And look at the cute case Mr. Sugar bought for me

Ya the glasses have to tag along

Talk to ya tomorrow I have some Ghastlie news



Winter, it's just not fun

we finally broke out of the deep freeze

but now we have the chinook winds

and it is still cold, just not freezing

Even our ducks wish it was nice outside

Sad State of a Sewing Room

It has been three weeks without a sewing room

yuck

and this is what it looks like

this is the door into the sewing room

you can see the counter where my machine normally sits

and my lonely television

these are the cupboards they did'nt have to pull out

the boxes are full of our electronics,  I made them bring them back after they said it takes 4 weeks for them to be checked out, 6 because of christmas, we will take our chances that they won't blow.....

so far so good we just dont' have sound on the television and the 

xbox is not working, this is tragic to eveyone but me, they have not made a sewing game for it yet so I could care less.

Mr. Sugar does not find this funny he just wants it fixed

the floor is not so pretty, it never really is, I throw everything on the floor as I sew

I have the store to sew at but everyone wants to visit, and so do I

so finishing anything in a timely manner is not going to happen

I just miss sewing at night and sometimes all night long

for now I will just lay in bed and teach Mr. Sugar sewing terms.....



Happy New Year

Its been a few days I know but things have been crazy around here
so read to the end for the two winners of my give away

things were going great till.........
eye infection (both eye's) hot tub at a hotel
Dec 12th

kids coming home for christmas
Dec 14th

basement flooding
Dec 15th

no flooring, holes in the ceiling and walls leather funiture ruined

furnace in store needing a new motor
Dec 19th
through the timing out on my long arm with TWO quilts to go
Dec 20th
Mr Sugar with the help of Mike at Handi Quilter had me up and running two days later

sister coming home
Dec 23th

Christmas
Dec 25th
no pictures my house was full and I was busy hosting

grandson's first birthday
Dec 28th

new years
Jan 1st  2012
All my kids, mom and sister came over
no pics

mom's 70th birthday
Jan 2nd
no pics

sleep sleep

today

So here we are a few days late on the give away, better late than never

The two winners are

Kate has left a new comment on your post "Four more sleeps":

Great tutorial!!!! Many thanks for the idea and for sharing it. Happy Holidays.

and

queenopearls has left a new comment on your post "Four more sleeps":

Tammy, this is a GREAT tutorial! :) I can't wait to try it. Thank you!!
~Christina in Cleveland

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