February "Alongs" & Contests

Lots of things happening in the internet sewing world right now. Check it out:

Sew, Mama, Sew! is hosting The Great SMS Pillow Contest this month as well as daily pillow inspiration posts.

It's not too late to join in the Blogger's Block-a-palooza quilt along--start here at Quilt Dad's blog post! Check out the schedule here for the event happening through March.

Moda Bake Shop's monthly contest for March, April, and May! Use one of their "recipes" and show your stuff for some goodies!

And check out all these quilt alongs...Round #10 coming up from Old Red Barn Co.? I'm gonna need to get crackin' to catch up with 1 through 9 !!

Go have some fun with others!

Remembering the Challenger

January 28, 1986. 25 years.

I remember.

I was in a High School classroom watching the live feed...and continued watching afterwards.

Oddly, my husband and I were reminiscing only just recently about "historical events" throughout our lives.

This was one we remembered...even 25 years later...

I remember.

Yahoo News slideshow.

Fog...

I see it--

Feel it--

Smell it--

Hear it.

I am in it.

Where are you?

WIP: Storage Boxes

Here's a sneak peek of a DOUBLE WIP: the Fabric Storage Boxes themselves and the organization they will help with in my craft room!

If you are looking to make some fabric storage boxes of your own, here's a few links for you to browse through:

the purl bee--Molly's Sketchbook: Sewn Stash Baskets...LINK.

Pink Penguin--Tutorial: Fabric Basket...LINK.

The Stitchin' Chicken--Tutorial: Fabric Bucket/Basket...LINK.

SewMamaSew!--Fabric Boxes links...LINK.

And if you have storage crates already and need liners:

Laura Gunn--The Undercover CrateTM (pdf)...LINK. 

French Press Sleeve

A lovely little birthday gift for a lovely co-worker!

A Hot Java French Press Insulating Sleeve by Mary Lane Brown via Moda Bake Shop. LINK



Martin Luther King Jr to Me

"...the solid rock of brotherhood."

"...meeting physical force with soul force."

"We cannot walk alone."

"I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together."

"And when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, 'Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!'"

nuff said.

Complete: Living Room Pillows

Remember my previous post, here, about being 3/4's pillow complete? I am now ALL FOUR complete! :)

The final pillow is done. Complete with fun free-motion quilting...I'll get the hang of it I hope.

After doing this pillow size though...I'm not ready for a WHOLE QUILT. I was a little stressed in the shoulders so will need to do some training for a quilt lol!