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I HAVE A FINISH!! - Happy Garden (king sized)

Doesn't happen often, but feels oh so good when it does.  You can see King's Happy Garden is all done now!

 

--A LITTLE SHOPPING--

I finally committed to a bigger cutting mat.  The little blue one (just about fits a fat quarter) is that one I have used all this time.  It's a great brand and I had no complaints other than it was on the smallish side. 

So, I decided it was time to graduate and went for the biggest one my sewing table would accomodate.  I don't remember the size of it the top of my head, but it's huge!  Where was this when I was trying to cut fabric for my king size?  Can't wait to slice into a huge piece of fabric!

I also took advantage of a moving sale that In Color Order was having.  Have you seen her selection of vintage sheets?  I couldn't figure out what I wanted exactly, so I decided to get one of her Grab bags of Vintage Sheets.  This is 10 fat quarters!!  So exciting!!

I was also excited to open a box from Canton Village Quilt Works!

I got 1/4 yards of (from left to right) Disco Flower - Hot Pink, Saturday - Brown, Zig Zag Stripe - Lavender, Lollies - Peach, Delhi Blooms - Grass.  The last one on the very right is Bellflower - Orange and I got a bit more of that one *love*

I also splurged on a Kona Cotton Denim Fat Quarter Bundle... which is the starting point for a quilt for Mr. Happy.  Can you believe after all this time I still haven't make a special quilt for him?  Time to fix that. 

And he put a request in that he gets it by October (before it gets really cold), so front and center this one goes. 

So much for this being a Christmas gift. 

--GETTING ORGANIZED--

All that shopping made me realize that it was time to get things back into an organized fashion.  So, Sammy and I set out to seperate fabrics by size, color, and make sure they were neat and folded. 

It took a lot of time to do it all, but I had my trusty helper at my side who stayed awake... for most of it.

The results... make me want to dive into this drawer all the time.  I had no idea that I had large scraps of all the colors of the rainbow.  Pretty cool, right?  I still need to snap a picture of my larger fabric pieces... yes, I did the mini-bolt thing.

--NEW PROJECTS--

Simple Blue-Gray {still needs a proper name}

Ok... enough of shopping and organizing.  I am one of those that needs to have busy hands.  And so, I started the mister's quilt last night.

Am I the only one that finds it hard to open one of these pre-cut bundle things?  It's just so pretty.

Ok, one more look for good measure and then I tore into it!

I ironed all the fat quarters and then set out to start cutting.  Just loving the blue-gray combo!

And, I'm not quite ready to show you my plan yet, but here is a distant hint. 

Yes, these are the scraps from cutting a few pieces.  I warned you the hint was distant.

 --STALLED--

X Marks the Spot

As soon as I get the batting, then this will get sandwiched, quilted, and binding.

{Insert Name Here}: Bottled Rainbows {ticker tape quilt-along}

I am looking froward to getting back to this one, but decided I needed a finish, so this one was put aside. 

Crewel Spring Flowers

Nada -- poor pretty flowers.

Katie Fiber Art

No action here.

You Can Sew-a-thon!!

You haven't heard of it??... check it out here or read about our first project (Strawberry Pincushion).

This Week's Work in Progress (WiP) Stats:

Last WiP Wednesday Total: 6
New Projects: 1 (added the blue-gray quilt for Mr. Happy)

Finished Projects: 1 (King's Happy Garden)
Total WiP's: 6 (strangely still the same as last time)

日本のための多くの愛
Much love for Japan

Must interrupt this broadcast

I twittered... or is it tweeted....

well what I mean, is that I have mentioned that I was going to NYC for a class this week and I have to interrupt what I was planning for you this evening for something much more important.

You guessed it.

I am that predictable.

Cupcakes!


Crumbs to be specific.

Not the crumbs left after I gobbled a cupcake down.

but Crumbs the Bake Shop.

Here is a shot of how beautiful it looked!

I was practically tickled silly when I found out there was a cupcake palace on the way back to the train station!

Yes, cupcake Palace!

It was a bit more difficult to pay super close attention... all my class breaks were spent day dreaming about what flavors I should get!

Here are sweets that had me absolutely salivating...



Ummm... yes I'll have two of all of them! Seriously how the heck do you choose with all these crazy flavors?



Nope, no clue how to choose... how many should I get... Ahhhh! I want them all~



Please can I have them all? I think I can carry about 42 of them pretty easily! And I can surely eat about 15 of these a day!



SCREAM!! Margarita? Shu-up! Nu-eh. Must have one of these....

And look closely... it has salt around the rim. I could just drink one up right now!

So, I narrowed. and narrowed. and himmed. and hawwed.


I ended up taking six... count them;

one, two, three, four, five, only six cupcakes came home with me.

*sigh*

too many cupcakes, not enough room in the fridge!

My lovely six new friends and I skipped on down to the train. (ok, we didn't really skip, but I think I was surely skipping inside!)

And we had a lovely ride home.

The whole time I was thinking about how much I wanted to gobble them all down all at once.

It's hard enough picking out which ones to take home.. how the heck am I going to pick which one to eat first?To be honest, I'm just proud that all six made it home -- so I can share with Mr. Happy.

I'm so lucky to have a guy to share my cupcake obsession with! More to come on how they taste.

(uh huh, I just ate one. you knew I wouldn't last much longer. I split the the Reeses PB cupcake with Mr. Happy... and WOW the frosting is fluffy, the cake is moist, it all compliments each other and I'm thinking it's the best cuppy I've had yet. Do you think the other 5 will survive the night?)