Little Bits of This & That

Very Merry winner.....

We have arrived home from Portland...tired but happy. Busy times but it was alot of fun to see everyone and all the fabulous booths. The city of Portland is a fun place to visit and I think my favorite thing was all the roses bushes, HUGE roses bushes, that grow around the city.

The Rhododendron plants were also crazy huge (well, compared to what we can grow here) and beautiful!

I did remember to take a couple of pictures of my booth this time...

They aren't the best because I used my phone but at least I got a couple.

I will post next week about all the new small patterns that I now have available for you. If you want a peek at them, you can check them out on the Checker Distributors web-site. (This is a wholesale site for shop owners but you can see all the new patterns there...I will post some links soon on retail sites.) SHOP OWNERS..please note the price on them has been corrected. They had the price listed at first as $12.00 retail but have fixed them to the REAL PRICE of $5.00. I freaked out when I saw this because I don't want you to think my prices jumped up like the gas prices!

All the new patterns will be on my site soon. Just waiting for my lady to upload them.

Now...for the winner of the Very Merry book.

The winner is Debbie B who said:

I love the BOM Charming and Quaint. You have certainly been hard at work.

Thank you all for all the nice comments you left about the new patterns.I really appreciate all your kind words. 

If you have done the last Mystery I would love to have a picture of it to share on my blog. Please send/email the picture by May 30th so I can post them. I will also be having a prize for one of the quilter's who shares with us.

More new stuff coming soon! Also, you follow me to can see what I am up to on Instagram. I am actually getting good at using that app!

Heading to Portland.....

Boy do I have alot to share with you. I know it's been along time since I have posted and I am sorry about that. I know owe you a tutorial on how to do the binding on our last Mystery. I will try to post that next week when I get home and then we can have a project parade...it's been awhile so you may have to dust off your project before you send me a picture. I haven't been just sitting around, I have been working very hard designing new patterns for Market. Tomorrow morning, very early, I will pick up my good friend and we are off to Portland for Spring Market. We are in booth #703. Please stop by and say hi!
And if you are going to Market I hope you will join me for Schoolhouse on Thursday at 2:15 in room C125. I will be showing my new block of the month called Charming & Quaint......

There are 6 different blocks, you make two of the same each month for 6 months.

I will talking about my new Sweet Stitchin Club and the Christmas Cheer pattern that it uses.....

And the final thing I will be talking about in School house is my new Christmas book Very Merry.....

There are 15 projects in Very Merry and they all use the new Christmas fabric lines by Moda that will be shipping very soon to your local quilt shop.

And since it has been so long since I have posted, I figure I owe you a giveaway.....so leave me a comment on this post about one of my new designs and you will be entered to win a copy of the Very Merry book.

I will be back soon to share more with you. I have 15 new single pattern I have to show you too.

I will be posting pictures from Market on Instagram and you can find them HERE.

Mystery #5....this is it!

It's the final day for Mystery #5....today we put it all together!

Click here to download Mystery Mondays #5 Part 9.

I hope you have been able to keep up. I tried to keep the piecing easy and not too overwhelming.

Have a great Monday!

P.S. Sorry I am so late in posting this. The kids are home for Spring break and I just     can't seem to get everything done I need to.

P.S.S. There are a few funky angles in the binding so I will post a tutorial soon to     help you with that.

Mystery #5....

It's Monday morning again which means sewing time. It's snowing and windy here which makes for a good sewing day.
Click here to download MysteryMondays #5 Part 8.

W.I.P. time.....

Last summer I knit up a cute yellow sweater. I just love it but there are three parts of it that I need to fix. I learned a new cast off that gives a much better, stretchy ribbing....something that will hold it's shape but stretch when needed. So I am going to fix both cuffs and the bottom edge.

I started by picking up the stitches around one cuff~

I then cut off the casted off edge and started to pull out the stitches~

I got the stitches back on the needles~

And now I am on my way. I think I am going to make the 3/4 sleeves into full length and add 2 or 3 inches to the bottom edge too. I will keep you posted on how it goes.

I also have to share with you a project that I casted on this morning. I have a good friend who is receiving a new grandbaby in a few weeks so I grabbed this book that has some really great projects in it~

I wanted something quick but cute so I picked these booties~

I wound up some cream Cascade sport and casted on...I think it's going pretty well~

I thought cream would be a good color with spring right around the corner and would go with just about any cute little outfit she will be wearing. Now to get them done in time....what are you working on?

Mystery #5....

Ready for a bit more sewing?

Click here to Download MysteryMondays #5 Part 7.

I have to say that I look forward to Mondays and posting the hints for you. It's great to start the week with a bit of sewing. Of course this morning I am alittle tired. Really don't like the time change but the sun won't set until after 7:00 pm tonight so I hope to get a walk in before the sun goes down...that is the great part of the time change!

Mystery #5....

It's Monday again and that means a bit more sewing on the Mystery.

Click here to download MysteryMondays #5 Part 6.

Hope you are keeping up on the sewing. I am trying to keep it easy so there is no pressure, just fun!

Sharing the goodies

Thank you so much for all your kind words about my two new books. I enjoy reading all your comments and love that many of you shared with me about your own bag obsessions and love of flowers.

It's now time to announce the winners of the new books....and the winners are~

Winner #1~

Pam Peterson and she said: We should be neighbors - I love flowers (and I even like to grow them!) and have made many purses and totes (that I don't really need, but just love!). Why did you have to write more purse patterns? More to make! Thanks for sharing your beautiful talent!

Winner #2~

Jocelyn and she said: I'm with you Sherri. I love flowers. I have been planting pansies and impatients in my yard already :-) And your book looks lovely. So many pretty designs.

Winner #3~

Deb G in VA said: I love your new books! I like the idea of a treat bag and I've been on the lookout for a new bag pattern. Thanks for the giveaway!

Ladies, please email me your snail mail address and I will pop your books in the mail to you.

I have more to share next week so please stop back!

Mystery #5....

It's Monday morning again and that means another clue.

Click here to download Mystery Mondays #5 Part 5.

It's a little more sewing than last week but not too much.  I will try to share some pictures of my project next week.

Be sure to check back tomorrow to see if you are the big winner of my two new books. If you haven't had a chance to leave a comment, hop on over and leave one today to be entered to win.

Two of my favorite things....

I already confessed to you that I LOVE bags. (And there seems to be a lot of you just like me out there!) The other thing I love but don't have much time for at this stage in my life is flowers. I just love everything about them. I love the way they smell, the way they look growing in my yard (the ones in the flower box not the dandelion's) and how they look when I pick them for my table. I grew up with a grandpa who had MANY roses bushes....a whole garden full with a little stone walkway winding through it. He always gave me roses to take home every time I visited him. I was spoiled...I know it...I grew up having fresh roses in my room all summer long. The good kind of roses that smell wonderful. Someday I will have a garden like that when I have the time to commit to. Right now I have about 15 bushes that grow strong and smell fabulous but I miss the garden path and the look of that cute English garden he grew....it's just not the same with a row of bushes that grow next to the house. (My husband likes he green yarn and won't let me dig up much of it....yet!)

So to fill my days with flowers I have a new book called "Fresh Cut Flowers"

It's a cute little book with 6 embroidery projects all about flowers. Just what we need right now since winter doesn't want to go away yet.

There is a pincushion~

A small wall hanging~

A table runner~

 A treat bag so you can share home made goodies with your friends~

A towel to brighten up the kitchen~

A trimming for a pillow case....see the roses? Love them!

And since I already confessed my bag obsession....I have to show you my new bag book.

There is a tote with a large front pocket that uses a pretty stripe for the center of the pocket~

A tote that uses charm squares for the bottom edge~

A small wristlet for on the go~

 A cellphone/Ipod holder~

And a tote that is perfect for the weekend with a zipper top~ (It uses the cute new fabric candy squares from Moda fabrics.)

So you can see that I love flowers and bags...I don't think you can ever have enough of either one. How about you? What are your favorite things?

Because these are my newest books, I would like to give some away. So if you leave me a comment here on the blog between now and next Tuesday (February 26th) I will draw three names and those luck people will receive a copy of each book.

Have a great day!