I didn't win anything so I had to buy!!!

You know I participated in the Go Ahead and Show Some Love blog hop and my day was Valentine's Day, right?  Well, I really enjoyed the hop and I enjoyed seeing what everybody made and all the tutorials but.....I didn't win anything!  Nothing, nada, zip....so, I had to buy all the goodies and gadgets that I saw that I just couldn't live without! Yeah, that's right, I couldn't stand it, I broke down.  I ordered me two new dies, the 3 1/2" Drunkard's Path die and the 3 1/2" half square triangle die. I was really good because I didn't buy the 7" Drunkard's Path die too. I decided I would try out the smaller one first before I bought both...  I saw two projects I wanted to do with the Drunkard's Path die last week and one project using the triangle die but I'll use this one alot, I know.  I also ordered a pattern and some fabric and a new knitting book.  I'm not through either, there's a new ruler I'm going to get too....I just have to remember the website I saw it on and I'll get that one too.  I have been so good the last six months so I don't feel guilty at all.  Well, not too guilty but I can handle it!  Ok, gotta go find that website, til next time, happy sewing, Linda

Show Some Love Blog Hop Winner!

Hello, everyone, I'm sorry, I forgot to announce my winner yesterday for my tablerunner kit.  I got so busy looking at all the blogs and sewing, I just didn't remember.  I hope you enjoyed the blog hop, I know I did.  I guess I didn't win anything because no one has emailed me, darn!  You know what that means, I have to buy all the items I saw that I lusted after!!!!  Oh my, there will be a dent in the old checking account next week from my quilting purchases.  LOL, I sure enjoyed  the hop and I can't wait to make the projects I saw.  I hope you found some inspiration and learned some things along the way too!  Ok, for my lucky winner, of the kit I created for the tablerunner, Lee Ann L of the blog, Unfocused!  Lee Ann, if you'll send me your snail mail address, I'll stick your kit in the mail to you.  Thank you to all for entering and I hope you come back to see me soon.  til next time, happy sewing!  Linda

Last but not least, the final day for the Show Some Love Blog Hop!

Well, here it is, the last day for this Red/White/Valentine/Accuquilt blog hop!  It's been a great week and I've enjoyed seeing what everyone in the hop had to show!  Great tutorials and giveaways too.  Here's the last three bloggers:

• Stacey (Driving Miss Stacey) ...a great big Lady of the Lake red and white quilt.  It's beautiful! 
• Tracey (The Peony Teacup) ...she's done a sweet little mug rug and tablerunner too. So cute, you'll want to make both of them for your sweetheart! 
• Paulette (Sweet P Quilting and Creations)...a wonderful little quilt Winding Ways quilt. Oh my, another one I've always wanted to make. 

What's a girl to do?  So many lovely things I want to make and not enough time.  What to choose first?!  The good thing about this hop is that I know the Go Cutter will make so much better time of cutting that I can get these projects done alot quicker.  I have entered all the giveaways and I'm hoping to win  but I've put all the dies on my list so I can buy them if I don't win them.  Go check out these lovely bloggers and see what great projects they are showing and be sure and enter their giveaways. 
I have posted the whole week’s agenda just in case you may have missed someone…there’s still time to hop on over. Be sure and enter my giveaway too. I was on Valentine's Day so be sure and comment on that day so you can be eligible for my drawing. Good luck and happy hopping and sewing!

February 13th

• Marjorie (Marjorie Busby, quilter)
• Ariane (Ariane's Crafts)

February 14th

• Connie (Quilting by the River)
• Linda (Living 4 Quilting) (that's me!-go enter my giveaway!)

February 15th

• Lisa Marie (Scraps of Life)
• Marilyn (North Hills Quilters)

February 16th

• Alicia (Heirloom Quilting)
• Marjorie (Marjorie's Busy Corner)

February 17th

• Sharon (Crazee Corners)
• Jacque (Lilypad Quilting)

February 18th

• Stacey (Driving Miss Stacey)
• Tracey (The Peony Teacup)
• Paulette (Sweet P Quilting and Creations)

Some more Show Some Love Blog Hoppers!

February 17th
Today's bloggers are:

Sharon from Craizee Corners and Jacque from Lilypad Quilting. Wow, they both have great tutorials to share with you.   Sharon has a great dresden plate hot pad that is so cute and Jacque has two wonderful projects for you to see.  Oh my, I'm going to have to get busy for sure and make all the great things I've seen this week!  I'm so feeling all the love from this hop!

I just recently found both of these bloggers thanks to this wonderful blog hop and they both have alot to teach and share. I'm so glad I participated in this. It's been fun and I've met just such nice people. I hope I'm not repeating myself but I've just been blown away this week at all the talent.  I'm so loving this red/white/Valentine/Accuquilt hop!  Go check out these two bloggers and get busy sewing! Hugs, Linda

February 16th, here's the bloggers for Thursday...

• Alicia (Heirloom Quilting)...she's working on a beautiful Drunkard's Path quilt...OMG, it's wonderful, go see it!  She's got  some of the blocks done and I just love them.  I'm definitely going to have to get the Drunkard's Path Die.  Go see what she's got going and comment so you'll be in her drawing.

• Marjorie (Marjorie's Busy Corner)  Oh, she has some cute circle projects!  I like both of those too. I have seen so many cute things on this hop.  I'll have to use my next paycheck to buy all the dies I don't have. Oh my! Be sure and comment on hers too, she has a drawing. 

Don't forget to comment on my Valentine's Day drawing two posts back. I have a drawing too. Good luck!

Show Some Love Blog Hop

Ok, don't forget about the Show Some Love Blog Hop....

(If you click on their names, you can go to the post quicker)
Today is Marilyn at North Hills Quilter, she has been making Drunkard's Path quilts and they are all wonderful!!!  I love the drunkard's path block but I have only made one little quilt out of it.  It wasn't using a die and it wasn't the easiest quilt I've ever done either. I want to win the die or buy one (if I don't win)  and try it out to see if it's easier.  Marilyn makes it look so easy.  Go check her out. 

The other blog that's for today is Lisa Marie from Scraps of Life. She made the cutest little heart quilt using her square dies.  I made one a little like this a few weeks ago so you know I like hers!! She also made a cute tablerunner too.  Go show some love to her too. 

This hop has been so much fun for me. I've met some new to me blogs and I've even learned some good stuff about Accuquilt dies.  Of course, it has made me want to buy every die that I don't have already, but  we won't discuss that!  Anyway, go check on these blogs and leave some comments so you will be entered into their wonderful drawings too.  Til next time, happy sewing!  Linda

Oh, don't forget to go to my post from yesterday (Valentine's day) and leave a comment to be in on my drawing too.  Good luck!

Happy Valentine's Day and the Show Some Love Blog Hop

Today is my day of the Show Some Love Blog Hop. I have been working on several things and have been enjoying myself alot with the red and white.  I  haven't made a tutorial for you as these are not my ideas. These are all things I've run across over the internet the last few months that I like and wanted to share. 

I thought long and hard about what I wanted to do. I knew I wanted to do hearts for Valentine's Day. This first thing I'm going to show you can be customized for any season or holiday.  If you have a special fabric you don't want to cut into or you need a quick and easy gift,  this is perfect for it. I saw this pattern first on Youtube. It was before Christmas, but I had so many other things going at the time that I didn't do anything with it. Like all of you,  I browse blogs, Youtube, websites, Pinterest and Facebook for all things quilting.  I saw this one again on a blog I follow and decided it was perfect for my Valentine project.  Like I said, it can be used for any holiday and any fabric.  I found some cute Valentine fabric and my Go Heart Die and made this cute tablerunner. 

Here's two links that show a tutorial for the little table runner.  Both are easy to follow, one might be better for you than the other but they are both good.  Sew We Quilt website has a step by step tutorial that was really good but  Utah State has this one and it is good too. Youtube also has some tutorials on it but I can't find the link right now.  I made the tabletunner using the basic directions but I added the Die cut Hearts  to it and sewed around them using various stitches on my machine.   Just add some flowers and candy and your table will be ready for your sweethearts to admire!  If you  leave me a comment below, you will be entered into a drawing for a kit to make one like this.  Just sew up, iron on the hearts, stitch around them and add the buttons.  Next year, you will be ready for Valentine's Day too. The drawing will close on Friday, Feb 17th and I will let you know the winner on Saturday morning.

I made two other things for Valentine's Day too. I love Valentine's Day because I like hearts, red fabric, chocolate and  I especially like those little heart candies with sayings on them....Be Mine, I Love You, Sunshine, True Love, Let's Kiss, etc....you remember those, right?    Valentine's Day is a special loving day and I always look forward to it.  Now I have some wallhangings to put up and decorate my house with for this special day.

I went on the Accuquilt website and downloaded this free pattern and made this sweet wallhanging.  You don't have to have an Accuquilt Go Cutter to get their patterns.  You just have to join the website,  but that's free too.  They have so many cute patterns and such great ideas.  Click here and it will take you to the Accuquilt website where you can get the pattern below...This pattern is called Heart of my Heart and I think it is so cute.

This last little wallhanging was inspired from another blog that I follow, A Sentimental Quilter.  I like Civil War fabric and history and I was reading her blog and thinking when can I get to this little quilt?  She has a monthly small quilt challenge and this month was a broken dishes quilt.  I wanted to make it but I was so involved with the red and white, I just didn't see how I could work it in. Then, she showed it in red and white!!!Woo hoo, that was all I needed. I'll make this one again in Civil War fabric but for now, here's my red and white Valentine quilt. 

 I used some of my left over red and white fabrics and one of my left over heart cut-outs to make this little jewel.  Here's a link to Kathleen Tracy's blog.  She is an author,quilt pattern designer and blogger and she has a Yahoo group that follows her too.  I love it when a plan comes together.  I still have some red and white fabric and I still want to make some more little projects and a red and white bag or two but this is all I could manage by my February 14th deadline.  I hope you have gotten a few ideas or at least enjoyed seeing what I have done for this special day.  Please remember to comment so you will be entered for the tablerunner and go over and see what Connie is doing today too.  She was the other person on the blog hop for today.  Here's a link to her blog so you can hop over there easier...have fun and happy hopping and I hope you have a special Valentine's  Day with your sweethearts. til next time....Linda

Exciting News: GO! Ahead and Show Some Love Blog Hop

 Coming in February!!!! Save the dates and visit these fun blogs.  It's the next Accuquilt blog hop, and the theme is:  Go! Ahead and Show Some Love Blog Hop, and there are going to be lots of projects, tutorials, and maybe some giveaways, too! Since it's being done in the sweetest month or I call it the love month, we will all be focusing on red and white. Yes, more red is coming up along with hearts and valentines and of course, chocolate! Yum, yum!

If you'd like to know who will be posting in our hop, click on the graphic in the right-hand sidebar, and you'll be able to see SewCalGal's post and the list of bloggers.  Jacque (Lilypad Quilting) created the cute artwork for this blog hop. Thanks, Jacque, this is so cute!!!!

Also, thanks to Paulette (Sweet P Quilting) for twisting our arms, I mean coordinating this upcoming blog hop...  

   I love using my tools, my friends know that I'm a gadget girl and one of my favorite tools is my AccuQuilt Go.  I don't use it to it's full advantage but that's what this is all about, learning, sharing and having fun!   I'm very lucky, my day to show what I've got going on is Valentine's Day, February 14th!  I do have to share the day with Connie (Quilting by the River), but I don't mind sharing!!!!  So, click on the red badge on the side and see who else is playing and mark your calenders to visit each one of us on our special days. 

Don't forget to come join the fun in our upcoming GO! Ahead and Show Some Love Blog Hop! I think you'll have fun and find some ideas to create some really sweet projects too.