mountain baby blankets. {2nd post for today.}

so here i was just jumping around blogland.

and i popped over to nettie's blog.

nettie was saying that she couldn't bear the thought of blanket less babies.

and that's all it took.

i was a crying mess in about 2.5 seconds.

i followed the link to rachel's blog.

and rachel went into detail about these babies.

{for more story details go here.}

well basically rachel is taking action!!!

she's has personally started a project to help provide these babies with blankets.

mountain baby blankets.

they don't even have to be quilts per say.

please go to rachel's blog for details if you wanna help out.

i know i HAVE to do something.

the thought of babies being cold, and blanket less is too much to bear.

it's heartbreaking.

i know this is post #2 for today...but i just wanna spread the word.

i know that quilters give back more than anyone.

especially when children are involved.

i'm a guest blogger.

today's post will be found HERE.

i was lucky enough to be chosen by michele to be a guest blogger on quilting gallery!!!

{thanks michele.}

if yall have never been over to the quilting gallery, go now!!!
it's like the mother load of all quilting blogs complied together.
you can have your blog added to the list.
you can even search for quilt shops.

so hop on over for my 15 minutes of fame!!!
and if you leave a comment over there...
come back over here and tell me on this post.
i'll do a little giveaway.

that's right a little giveaway.
a few fat quarters free to a good home!!!
i'll draw a winner tomorrow.

p.s. see yesterday's post...the bee inspired group was announced.

and the winners are...

{yall can click to enlarge.}

yayyy to the winners!!!

please shoot me an email at:

ssg3369{at}hotmail{dot}com

{with 'bee inspired' in the subject line please}

i need yall's mailing addresses asap.

along with your blog link and your flickr link.

please & thank you!!!

for all the other people that were interested...

see sarah and join her quilting bee.

she would ♥ to have yall!!!

and thanks so much for signing up!!!

everyone is more than welcome to follow along via our flickr group.

and in case anyone is wondering...

quilters were picked via the old 'name in a hat' method.

and i'm sorry that this post is SO late.
{i wanted to post this around 8ish.}

but my daughter melanie is running a high grade fever tonight.

:O(

brushfire quilt project.

remember how i told yall i wanted to help out australia???

well today i did it!!!

i made a brushfire quilt block.

this was my 1st experience with the maverick stars block.
{as yall can probably tell.}
but my heart was in the right place.
promise.
:D

this was made with pat sloan's nikki fabric.
{with the exception of the blue fabrics, those are from my stash.}

overall i'm pleased with the outcome.
this will be in the mail to tia by the weekend.

to learn more about the brishfire quilt project click here.
{or the button on my sidebar.}

p.s. bee inspired group members will be revealed tomorrow!!!
yayyy!!!

200th post!!!

yayyy!!!

today is my 200th post!!!

what better way to celebrate then to have a giveaway!!!
but not just ANY giveaway...

a giveaway to myself!!!

i am ALWAYS making things for other people.

so in celebration of my 200th post, i decided to do something for moi.

the past fews days i've been putting together this cotton blossoms runner.

{remember how i told yall i played in some cotton blossoms fabric the other day???}

this is what i was doing.

it was SUPER easy and it's SUPER cute.
yall can find the tutorial HERE.

{thanks camille.}

friday & saturday i played with the squares.

{moved them around more than i care to admit.}

yesterday i pieced it together.

today came the binding, labeling, the washing & drying, and photo shoot.

and guess what!!!
i finally took the plunge and tried my hand at stippling.

{my 1st time!!!}

i can stitch in the ditch and outline quilt perfectly, but this, not so much.

i'm signed up take a machine quilting class soon.

it's full of flaws character but i ♥ it!!!

p.s. tomorrow is last call on sign ups for bee inspired.