July OMG: Brown Bear, Brown Bear

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Anybody remember Beanie Babies?? I think my mom bought our girls every single one when they were little! I have a HUGE tote of them and have gradually re-purposed them into "story baskets" for when our grand-guy visits. He has so much fun pulling each animal out of the basket as we turn the page to "read". He lines them all up and once the story is finished, like any preschool boy I guess, begins to throw them back into the basket as if he himself were a pro basketball player. 

 I scowered the internet to find whatever fabric I could from this 2008 Eric Carle Brown Bear line and as my July OMG  I'm ready to move this from my stash, into a finished lap quilt for us to enjoy.

Grands grow way too fast don't ya think.
Note: This will be my eighth stash busting project for the year. YAH!!! We are going on vacation together at the end of the month. I'd love to get another picture of the three of us on our new quilt.
Stay tuned.

A New Applique Project...

Inspired from the book: Applique with Attitude from Piece O'Cake Designs, I put together this fun little applique wall hanging today. I've been missing applique sewing and even though my wool project is allllmmmmoooossst finished and I really should focus on that,  I just don't feel like sewing with wool when it's summer. This one is light and cool to sew and provides the perfect hand sewing I've been craving during my morning coffee on the patio.

 Once bordered it will finish into a fun 30"x 36" wall hanging. I'm also going to make this a project that allows me to play with some of my free motion quilting ideas and hopefully begin to build my confidence in that area of quilting too. So, that's what I've been up to as I begin to enjoy my summer break. Stay tuned for more soon....

Also...LOTS going on here at the ol' blog.

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Thanks to everyone who participated in our Eye Spy Swap.

Piggy Bank Savers...mark your calendars for July 6th...as that's when we empty and count our quilty savings for the year. I think I'm going to beat hubby this year!

June OMG: Bee Happy Progress

I set out to continue to be intentional about using projects in my stash this year, so I tackled my  Lori Holt's Bee Happy! applique blocks this month as my June OMG. I wanted to make some obvious progress in getting more of these blocks done.

I went from this: 

...to this: (Obvious progress right!)

I think I did good! I will continue to work on this one in-between other projects with the motivation to have it done and quilted by the end of my summer break. I also crossed an eye-spy quilt off my list this month and got another quilt's binding done. I appreciate Patty's OMG as it rejuvenated this project which provides the perfect summer sewing for me .

Also...LOTS going on here at the ol' blog.

Click HERE to participate in my Tuesday Archives Give-Away.

Thanks to everyone who participated in our Eye Spy Swap.

Piggy Bank Savers...mark your calendars for July 6th...as that's when we empty and count our quilty savings for the year. I think I'm going to beat hubby this year!

Don't Miss Out!

I'm so grateful to have had the opportunity to work with our local middle schoolers as a teacher of one of their Summer Discovery Camps. 

Sorry for the blurry picture.

June has been such a great month and the past two weeks teaching camp have been especially rewarding. But now I get to look forward to the rest of my summer with no obligaitons and some rejunating sewing and down time. I'm ready.  

And boy! There's a lot going on right now here at the ol' blog:

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Click HERE to participate as we celebrate our 200th Tuesday Archives Linky.

For all you who participated in our Eye Spy Swap, 

next week I'll be sorting and getting some happy mail on it's way to you. 

THANK YOU to everyone for being so timely in your sending packages.

 Everyone who signed up for our 5th Annual Pirggy Bank Saving Money for Quilting Challenge.

mark your calendars for July 6th as that's when we'll count our savings and post about our quilty purchases. I think I'm going to beat hubby this year!!!

Gotta' love Summer!

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Tuesday Archives #200: A Give-Away!

Hello! Hello! and Happy Tuesday Archives! 

The linky party that let's you rejuvinate OLD blogging posts.

A little over four years ago, this linky party started.

 When I click back and review our first linky parties, I'm amazed at the variety of topics we have covered. You can check out all our past linky topics right HERE in our Tuesday Archives Directory.

I'm also reflective on how blogging and participation has changed over the years. Participation in our linky party has decreased immensely, mostly from what I have observed to be a parrallel decrease in people who have chosen to continue blogging. But ya know what, I love the opportunity to rejuvinate and visits our old blogging posts. I enjoy the community the few of us continue to maintain with eachother. So let's keep this linky going! 

This week we celebrate our 200th linky party with three opportunities to win 

a $25.00 Gift Certificate to Fat Quarter Club.

1. Share our Tuesday Archives Button on your blog if you haven't already 

and give the ol' linky a "shout out" on your blog and invite your readers to join us.

Comment to let me know you've done so.

2. Share YOUR blog's home page in today's linky party for a 2nd entry. 

Let today's linky gather our blogging community of friends and quilters.

If ya meet someone new, think about "following" their blog.

 

3. Finally, for a third entry, come back and visit eachother's blogs this week 

and comment to let them know how they have inspired you. 

The Give-Away will remain open until I announce the winnner at next week's Tuesday Archives!