i wish i may...

where's that genie in the lamp when you need him???
i need these books...like yesterday.
lol.

lucky or blessed?!?!

i am either very lucky to get this amazing little doll quilt...
or i am totally blessed...i can't decide.

:O)

yall are looking at the cutest little doll quilt known to man.
well one of them anyways...the other one is HERE.
i am SO lucky blessed to own them both!!!

this adorable little quilt was made by a fellow georgia gal, claire.

{yall can find her under her flickr name: milliemorgan.}

she made this JUST FOR ME for the doll quilt swap 6.
and she totally just gets me. lol.

i gotta tell yall...

when i opened my package, i cried like a baby.

{i know, i know...here she goes with the crying again.}

i ♥ the quilt. ALOT.

but what made me cry was the pincushion.

WHAT!?! <--- i heard yall say that. lol.

just keep reading.

the fact that she made me something that reflected my home state...

let's just say it was touching to say the least.

thanks SO much claire!!!

it was fun to go back through the teaser pics & see my comments about this quilt.

{for those that don't know, our swap partners were secret.}

this little quilt is amazing!!!

i ♥ the fabric choices!!!

i ♥ the scalloped border!!!

and i really ♥ how it looks on my dining room table!!!

so...i'm SUPER lucky.

and i'm SUPER blessed.

oh and do wanna know something funny???

when i look at this quilt, for some reason, it reminds me of nanette.

i don't know why, it just does. lol.

p.s. we've had very ireland-ish weather here, so please excuse the pic quality.

books for barter.

okay yall.

i have been doing some spring cleaning in the rachel quilty stash.

today's unwanted treasures...books.

i don't wanna just hoard these books anymore.

what's the point??? lol.

i've used them and now i'm done with them.
all of them are in mint condish. promise.

so here's where yall come in.

if you want any {or all} of these books, email me and we'll talk turkey.
{we can barter for a few fat quarters, a charm pack, or whatever.}

ssg3369 {at} hotmail {dot} com

currently:

all books are still available.

lots of scraps went to donna for a sweet charm pack by moda.

quilts for baby went to krista for a candy kisses charm pack by moda.

both christmas books went to pat.

{i'll update this post as they go.}

p.s. to see full cover pics of all of these books: see my flickr photostream.

my all time fav quilt. {bloggers quilt festival.}

so this is my all time fav quilt.

i made this for my granddaddy last year.

the quilt was my version of a symbol of his love from my grandmomma.

most of my everyday readers know this quilt's history.

so to my new visitors via bloggers quilt festival...

if you wanna catch up on this quilt and it's story...follow this list:

endless love: my newest project

unveiling the endless love fabrics

well worth the work

endless love: phase one

endless love: phase two

endless love: phase three

endless love: on hold

momma to the rescue

endless love: complete!!!

{please excuse the older post blahness.
they were transplants from my old blog.}

to see more quilters share their fav quilts of all time...go HERE.

{and thanks amy for hosting this!!!}

thanks for stopping by.

yall come back now, you here.

bee{ing} productive.

these 2 lovelies were made for meredith.

{this is my april block for bee inspired.}

and this little number was made for john.
{just because he asked me to. lol.}

so that was my day.

{along with catching up the laundry.}

hope yall had a productive day too!!!