Hercules! Hercules!

Remember this bag? Well I stopped by Rachel's blog today, and saw that it had been chosen as a finalist in the Wearables category! I spent the next 5 minutes being giddy and doing the Nutty Professor "Hercules!" clap to myself in my cubicle.

Please go vote for me if you think my bag is worthy! And maybe do the clap....changing the chant from "Her-cu-les!" to "Vote-for-me!"...LOL!

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Celebrate Color

I love big bags. And I've been itching to make a new fall bag to go with a wallet I bought the other day using a sweet Groupon deal I stumbled across. So after Michelle bought a copy of my Wristlet pattern the other day, I went snooping around in her Etsy shop and found this pattern. It was love at first sight. Big slouchy bag meets big slouchy redhead. And to give me an extra push, I saw Rachel's post about the Celebrate Color project - FUN!

It didn't take me long to find the gloriously Fall-colored Echino Story print for the exterior, and I decided to pair it with some seasonally appropriate chocolate corduroy I picked up at Joann's. I love corduroy. It makes me think of my grandpa because he always called corduroy pants "whistle pants" :)

So here's to my favorite season of the year...to having a new home with a porch where I can set carved pumpkins and hand out candy to sticky little fingers...to holiday baking and apple cider...to crisp breezes and crunchy leaves under bike tires.

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F is for Friends

If it weren't for my friend Angela, I wouldn't have entered this block in the Block Party Contest...

...and won this sweet, sweet stack of fabrics (plus a mystery pattern)...

Also, is it weird that I watched that episode of Spongebob when I was in high school (and it's the only episode I've ever seen), but I still remember the words to the song verbatim? I think they might need to investigate that show for signs of brainwashing tactics....

Thanks Angela :)

F is for Friends who do stuff together.

U is for You and me.

N is for Anywhere and anytime at all.

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Quilt Story Block Party

I'm running late...as usual...so here I am posting my submissions for the Block Party mere hours before the deadline! There are three categories (Traditional, Modern and Creative), and rules dictate that you can submit a block to each one. It's up to your discretion to decide which category you think your blocks fall into :)

Here's what I'm entering in each category:

TRADITIONAL
This was one of two blocks I made for my partner's mug rug in the first round of the Mug Rug Swap. I used Jennifer Paganelli's free DWR pattern and shrunk it on a copier by 50%.

MODERN

I just finished this one the other day for Samilou in the Quilting Divas Mini Sampler Bee! It's an original pattern inspired by this block.

CREATIVE

And this block is the oldest of the bunch! I made it last August for janesfabrics in the 3rd quarter of the 3x6 Bee. It might possibly be my favorite block I've ever made :)  The pattern was designed by Aneela Hoey of comfortstitching.

If you want to check out all the entries in the contest so far, click here!

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