Thank you, Melissa!!

I have to say 

that I am pretty blessed.

Through blogging, I have met a great friend.

Melissa of 100 Billion Stars

She continually inspires me to think outside the box.

I'm such a rule follower that it's hard for me to

'color outside the lines' 

so to speak.

But reading Melissa's blog inspires me

to get a little crazy.

(Plus she is a huge animal lover like myself)

Though I 'm not ready to post any of my craziness yet,

I can show you what she sent me in the mail!

All these lovely Sis Boom scraps to welcome me to

Sis Boom Sisterhood!!

I just purchased

Girl's World by Jennifer Paganelli

(of Sis Boom).

Now, mind you, I don't have any little girls,

but this book was too cute to pass up!

And I do have little nieces I can sew for as well.

Hopefully, I will one day have granddaughters too.

But I had to take a picture of the book with all the luscious scraps

Melissa sent to me.

What a nice surprise!!  Melissa, you completely made my day!

Here's something I whipped up last night from some of the scraps.

I'm not quite sold on the button yet.  

I think because it's a bit off center.

We'll see if I keep it.

And I realized I needed something

trustworthy to guard all this precious fabric

when I'm not in my sewing room.

Lucky for me, the book had a pattern for this cute little gal.

And of course, she had to be pink

and made out of Sis Boom fabric that I recently purchased.

So what girl isn't complete without her bling?

That keeps her on her toes while she guards all the fabric.

She is stationed on the shelf to keep watch.

I think thieves will be afraid of her, should they come in and try and steal my fabric.

She is rough and tough.

What should I name her?

I took a picture of her on my phone and sent it to my sister and my cousin.

They both want a guard dog now.

I did make them each one, but since this post is dedicated to Sis Boom,

and the dogs are made out of other material from my stash,

they will be posted at a later date.

:o)

I will end this post with a picture of the opposite side of the pillow I made from

the fabric Melissa sent me along with my dog.

Now if you're interested in learning more about Sis Boom

you can click here.

Trust me, you will get hooked.

This is all so scrumptious

that you will have a  hard time saying, "NO".

Check out stores in Etsy

if you would like to purchase

the fabrics.  Just search either Sis Boom,

or Jennifer Paganelli and you'll get all kinds of stores

to lure you in.

I purchased Girl's World from Amazon, if you're interested.

It truly is a great book.  Beautifully designed,

great patterns and pages among pages of inspiration!

Melissa,

Thank you for just being you.

I think you are pretty darn awesome.

Until the next adventure!

xoxo

Cindy

PS  

This posting was not sponsored by anyone.

This is my own free will review.

I'm kind of like that.

When I believe in something,

I just share it with no expectation.

It's kind of one of those things that makes the world go round

in an old fashioned way.

:o)

Doll Quilt, Sewing Room & Corn!

Did you think I fell off the face of the earth?

Almost!

LOL

 It seems to never stop being busy.

But I know I need to just stop

and s.l.o.w. down.

First, I have to post my doll quilt that I received

from Wendy.  I absolutely LOVE this

and I love the fact that she made it to match my sewing room.

This swap was sponsored by Christine at

Once Upon a Quilt.

Thank you, Christine, for hosting such a fun & fabulous swap!

And thank you, Wendy, for this amazing quilt!

I don't believe I ever posted pictures from my "almost" finished

sewing room.  I still have a few things in mind, but I'll show you

what I current have going on with this.

My sewing area:

My cutting table:

My fabric center.

Okay...fabric is here and in baskets all over the room.

But, fortunately, pictures can hide what you don't want

the world to see...if you angle your camera right.

LOL

And more storage, and of course,

exercise ball information,

cause a girls gotta look good!

It's hanging on my closet door...

...in hopes that one day....

I'll do it
*wink*

And what girl's room isn't complete without

an amazing selection of chic flicks to watch while she's creating.

There are very few flicks I'll purchase at full price.

Normally, I wait for them to go on the $5 rack at WalMart.

Yeah...I can be cheap.

But these....I am on the waiting list for each new movie that comes out:

GO TEAM EDWARD!!!

Can y'all wait for November for the first movie from Breaking Dawn?

I CAN'T!!!

(Okay..I'm from Iowa, but every now and then, my southern accent comes out from my previous life)

LOL

So I missed getting in the drawing for Rachel's (from PS I Quilt) giveaway on her

synchronized square quilt along, but I have done all of her quilt along's 

and didn't want to be left out of this one.  So here's my finished quilt top.

If you notice, on the chair, is the Postage Stamp quilt from Rachel's last quilt along.

My sweet cousin, Mary, quilted it for me and she did an AWESOME job.

I just have to put the binding on it and it's finished!  :o)

And now on to the corn.

(Have you ever seen the movie, Children of the Corn?  Yeah...freaky!)

My most wonderful friend, Julie S. has a brother

that grew some sweet corn.  This stuff tastes AMAZING!

And take note of the time on my oven clock.

That is PM.

I was up until almost 2:00 AM freezing corn.

But it was SO worth it.

It's  THAT good!

Thank you, Julie!

And here's a handy trick I learned from a website I found. 

I highly recommend checking this website out 

if you're preparing your own stash of homegrown goodies!

And how did I cut it off the cob?  Well, my husband thinks

I need to get one of the fancy schmancy corn cob cutters,

but I'm all about saving space.

Okay...Okay....those of you that know me

understand that I am a bit of a hoarder,

 BUT I'm working on that.  :o)

So, I use this to get the kernels off the cob whenever I freeze corn:

Yep...my good 'ol electric knife.

Great stress reliever. 

:o)

And here is the start of the finished product.

When all was said and done, I ended up with 26 quart bags to put in the freezer.

Life is good.

I hope all is going well in your life.

Until the next adventure....

xoxo

Cindy