Yeah for the Bingo!

I hope everyone had fun doing the Holly Jolly Bingo over at In Stitches.... I know I did....

There was a lot of excitement over the last 18 days...
My poem was in the top 8,
This blog was mentioned on day 8
I won this lovely quilting kit... designed by Diane Nagle using the Siena collection from P&B (here's the link to the free pattern).

And, congrats to the winner who seems to be Darlene at this time....

I hope everyone else had fun... now to unpack and dust off the sewing machine and get to making that quilt!  .... and a couple or three UFO's I have lying around...

Merry Christmas everyone and a joyous and prosperous New Year!

Merry Christmas to All...!

Merry Christmas to everyone.  I hope you're doing well on your Holiday Bingo!  I have about 9 more words to go... has anyone called Bingo?  Good luck!!

Of Giveaways and Things

How's your Holly Jolly list coming?  I've gotten about 4 out of 25 words so far...

Here's a giveaway from p.s. I quilt... feel free to share the love... or these fabrics if you win... ;)

Bingo Blog Fun!!

The Quilt Shoppe will be doing it's Holly Jolly Blog Bingo again... I'll be playing along... will you?  Good luck!!  Now to pick my 25 bingo words!

Coordinating Fabrics... and Boxes...

So I just completed a cross country move... NY to CA.  Well, three months ago now.  I spent the first month just trying to get adjusted to my new surroundings and doing all kinds of exploring.  Now that it's getting colder, and I actually have some free time I have started thinking about my quilting.  So I went into the office I haven't been into for a while and started opening up boxes... and more boxes... and bags... whew!

It's amazing how much fabric you can accumulate very quickly.  I counted about 5 packages of brand new fabric I bought because I liked the fabric and "planned to do something with it."  I found 2 BOM UFO's, 3 UFO's in progress, a quilt kit or two, and lots of random fabric.  I have two or three finished quilt tops waiting to be sandwiched.  I got into purse making and have a bunch of silks and damasks for that.  I have teddy bear fabric in long plush or velveteen pieces.

And, as you can see, my poor little Singer is sitting under a bunch of teddies on the table... waiting to come out of the box... I really have to get more coordinated.  It's a little hard because we're in a rental, and I don't want to really go whole hog until I can properly set up.  Or maybe that's just an excuse to think about this tomorrow... maybe I should take a break and start looking at fabric online...?  Those quilt tops are going to need some backing after all....