a visit from the tooth fairy

she lost her first tooth today!!! i can't believe we have yet another milestone under our belts. I remember the day I sat rubbing her gums in desperation to make that very tooth break through so she wouldn't be miserable, now it's safely tucked away in my sock drawer. *sigh* they grow up so fast!



yes her eyes are closed b/c the flash on my phone is a wee bit bright!

how i spent my sunday

yep, feels good to be home again. did some more ride time and knocked out 3 calls. this is totally the field i was meant to be in.

so excited!

this arrived in the mail today


all in time to start rachel's pinwheel sampler quilt along! this stuff is my new favorite.

charity quilt done and sent!

I finished the quilt! It has been shipped off and hopefully will make some little girl very happy! I stippled the entire thing and used 6 bobbins total! They asked that be heavily quilted so I think I did that pretty well :)





I named it Dreams Come True because of all the fairies and it just seemed to have a magical type vibe to it. So, there it is, my first finish for 2010! My goal is to finish 10 this year. We'll see how that goes :)

gasp! wanna trade??

I got my hushabye layer cake today and I'm really sad to say I'm not in love with it. I like the fabrics much better online than in person. I would love to trade for a Verna layer cake if anyone wants to. Must have ebay and/or etsy references, please use the contact me button underneath the header if you're interested.

new goodies to play with!

So, yea, um, I went kinda click happy and bought a bunch of fabric.



figgy pudding, blush, alexander henry, some joanns stuff, and I also have a hushabye layer cake and blush charm pack on the way. um, yea. kinda went shopping, but just a little.

I got free shipping on the figgy pudding jelly roll, free shipping on the blush jelly roll plus it was only $26.50(!), free shipping on the blush charm pack, and the stuff at joanns was all on clearance. yea, I'm justifyin' it all :p

What started the buying frenzy? Well, I had wanted the figgy pudding for a LONG time and now that it's becoming scarce I decided it was time to pounce. Got a jelly roll, a turnover, 2 yards of the green damask, and 1 yard of the white peppermints. I'm planning on using the Strippin' Time pattern from Green Fairy Quilts.



The blush you ask? Well, yea that's just because it's awesome and I <3 basic grey! I'm a huge fan of their scrapbooking paper so it's only natural I'd adore their fabric. Plus $26.50, with FREE shipping?! Um, ok!



Ah, yes Hushabye. Love that one too. I joined Rachel's Pinwheel Sampler Quilt Along and it called for a layer cake, I saw it and immediately thought Hushabye. So, I bought one the last ones floating around on Etsy. Should be here early next week!

The Joann's stuff was just plain on sale. 50cents for fat quarters, and that awesome little roll of brown goodness? That's binding, yup, 12 yards of 2.5 inch binding. For $3.97. Yep, in my cart, plus it goes very well with the figgy pudding and blush.





In other news, I finished up all my blocks for the modern siggy swap over there in my sidebar, I've started piecing the blocks from the scrappy christmas block swap hosted by modernjax over the summer, and I played around with making some string blocks.

my charity quilt

Downy is sponsoring an organization that collects quilts for charity that benefit sick kids in hospitals. You can find all the information, and request a kit here. I requested a kit on a Tuesday and UPS dropped it off on Friday so they come really quickly. All you have to provide is the batting, thread (no monofilament), and return shipping. As you can see the pattern is very simple, I encourage all you quilters out there to get a kit and participate!