a question and a sneak peek

First off, who else is having problems updating their blogger template?  I finally have the time and energy to put into fixing it and it's causing more problems than you can imagine.  I can't upload templates nor can I change any HTML.  I'm getting perdy ticked...a switch to wordpress may be in order...

Anyways!  Here's a sneak peek of something I'm working on!

The top picture is pretty much all of the awesomeness contained in the picture above.

That's all for now!

Show & Tell

So, I decided to do KarrieLyne's Charm Pack Quilt Along even though it's been LONG over :p  I had a layer cake of 12 days of Christmas by the awesome Kate Spain so I sliced that up and used it.  I have to get more of white, I'm seriously considering just buying a bolt of Kona White, it's my go to solid and I buy anywhere from 3-5 yards at a time and it's gone just as soon as I buy it.  I did a version of these blocks in the Bee Splendid quilt along she is hosting so I'm excited to see how this turns out!

 These are all the blocks in their container.  I made the decision long ago to not make start any quilts that don't have a container.  I bought more containers.

 This is the pile left after trimming about half the HSTs to 4 1/2" square.

And lastly, two spiderweb blocks for this months Bee Splendid gal!  LOVED doing these blocks. 

to all my wonderful readers

WIP Wednesday

 Ok, so my first ever WIP Wednesday!  I *finally* have photos of stuff to show y'all!

First up is my hexagon siggy piece from my Bee Splendid ladies.  I asked each of them to do a hexi in a fabric that they thought represented them and this was the end result!  I'll show the quilt once I get it finished.  It's gonna rawk!

I also won a charm pack of Fandango from KarrieLyne!

I've been meaning to show this to y'all for a LONG time!  I was inspired by Texas Freckles hexagon quilt piece along and decided to make one of my own.  I work on it when I have time or when I'm bored.  It's really neat to see it coming together!  Not sure if I'll get to the 1152 needed for the 50x60 size, I'm only sitting at 300 something hexies basted right now :/

 

I also made myself a bag on Sunday.  I had the Flea Market bag pattern from Grand Revival beckoning me ever since I bought it a few months ago and finally bit the bullet and made it.  I'm not too impressed with the size, thought it was going to be much larger but over all it I like it!  I used Sew Why? Sew Wow! and Apples and Pears by Alexander Henry.  I didn't put any pockets or closures on it because I'm only using it to carry around my laptop, charger, and a couple files I need right now.  

not going to try to rotate this ;)

I just used a lightweight fusible interfacing and it gave it some decent body to it, I might use something a bit heavier if I make it again.

SnowMG

Holy heck is this blizzard awful!

I had to work before the storm hit, im now at hour 23 of being awake. I stayed over night because my company deployed extra crews and is covering call offs.

Right now were rescuing one of our crews stuck in snow drifts half way up the side of the ambulance. There is a city of chicago plow stuck behind them.

I probably wont get home until friday sometime.

Ive been driving with my emergency lights on for visibility bc our ambulances are mostly white.

I saw an abandoned CTA bus.

People, its BAD!

Please stay safe and for the love of sanity, DO NOT DRIVE!!!! Its way too dangerous for us to be out here, so its definitely not good for you.

Nothing is worth risking your life over in this storm.

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For Sale!

For sale is a Moda Half Moon Jelly roll.  It's $25 plus $5 for priority shipping.  I will also include a free copy of my pattern Peaks and Valleys.  If you're interested use the contact me button above and I will get back to you.  I do accept paypal!

have you discovered swagbucks??

This site is awesome!  You can earn points just by searching, purchasing, having SBTV (swagbucks TV) on in the background, and by essentially just clicking a mouse.  Every search doesn't yield points but I've averaged about 8-10 pts when I get points on a search.  You can get 4 points every day just by using your tool bar, clicking through the NOSO offers, doing a survey, and participating in the daily poll.  There are a bunch of things that you can save up for, the best deal though is an amazon.com $5 gift card.  You can redeem points for up to 5 of each thing per month, so essentially you could make $125 per month just by using swagbucks! 

Between swagbucks and my banks own rewards points I'm trying to save up money to replace my photography equipment I sold to pay for paramedic school.  With my bank, I can get $100 amazon gift cards, and I'm already halfway to earning my first $100 and I've only been banking with this particular bank since December!

And just remember, you can use amazon gift cards to purchase quilting books, fabric (yes amazon has fabric!), and a bunch of other goodies!  This is also great to earn some extra Christmas money too!

If you're interested CLICK HERE to go on over to swagbucks and start earning some amazon cash (or other goodies)!  You will also get 30 points just for signing up!  **in the interest of full disclosure, registering through my referral link above will earn me 30 points per person that signs up.  promote it on your blog and start reaping the rewards!!**