New Blog and things....

I've added a new blog to my  list of things to do.  Ha!!  Like I didn't have enough!  You can visit it here, and I've named it:

Insanely Cheap Quilting

This blog will contain (at least this is the plan for now) only pictures of the quilts as I finish them.  After several request to see pictures of finished quilts from potential new friends (others call them customers) I decided to put them all in one spot. I copied them from this blog, so at this time you can't click on the pic for a larger picture.  I will try to replace as many as possible so we can all get a closer look. 

I was sooooooooo lucky to get my sweet (most of the time) daughter home on Saturday from Indy.  She had an amazing run of good luck.  Long story short - left late, stood up brother for breakfast, cried, wallet left at school, cried, Evan took over, cried, met Evan's roommate at DQ with wallet, flew to airport (in a car) arrived 45 minutes before takeoff (before checking in), cried, got to front of line, held up airplane, got on plane, taxied over Philly, deverted to Manchester, NH, her final destination.  She was the only one on the plane that was happy to go to Manchester.  Talk about luck!!

We decorated the two trees, fire in fireplace, and had eggnog.  What a great weekend we all had.  It's good to have most of the kids home for Christmas and that's all I wanted for Christmas this year, was for us to be together.

House that we have been trying to get, listed to go on the auction block today, cancelled on Friday.  This morning I've got to try to find the details, wish me luck.  We've been trying to get this house since last spring.  Keep your fingers crossed that all will fall into place for us.  Without this place I'm not sure what we are going to do.

Okay, if I don't post anymore before Christmas, I am wishing you all a Very Merry Christmas!  I hope you get to spend time with your families and loved ones, that is the true meaning of the season!

Thanks for checking on me,
hugs,
joanne

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Quilts

Here are a couple of quilts that I have finished and have been returned to their delightful owners.  I love doing the quilting for you ladies! 

Lynn in NH

Katherine in IL

I  really like the first quilt of Katherines, Jeff liked the second one.  Just goes to show you the variety in people's selections.

I've got one quilt in my posession that belongs to Sue in IN.  Not sure when I'll get to it.  With the holidays drawing near, I'll be doing other things prepairing for the holidays.  Let me know if you are in need of having a quilt done after the first of the year.

Thanks for checking on me,
hugs,
joanne

love to hear what you've got to say............

New Music!

Enjoy the Christmas music as you surf the web.  I'll be back soon to post, took me all morning to create the music.  Hope you enjoy it!

thanks for checking on me,
hugs,
joanne

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And the winners are.....

Whew!!  Took me an hour but here are the winners...... Congratulations goes out to:

 Simply Sara

&

cafeeclectic

Simply Sara requested package #2,  cafeeclectic will receive package #1.

Thanks to all of you wonderful ladies who participated in the SewMamaSew Blog Giveaway Day!  It was a blast and I look forward to doing it again next time!

Thanks for checking on me,
hugs,
joanne

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It sure is fun to WIN!!

Can you say "Cupcake Heaven?".  Keep reading......

Beware!!  You will spend at least an hour at bake it pretty blog.  Amanda has some of the coolest baking ideas for your holiday guest.  She makes it all look so easy and better yet amazingly beautiful.  I won this:

There is a huge problem with this cute little box of wonderful cupcake liners....they are waaay tooo cute to use.  I keep taking them out and looking at them.  My boys think I have lost my mind!  Yep, long ago.

Now, you can have your very own cute little box of adorable cupcake liners, just visit Amanda at her shop.  You are going to find all of the little accessories you need to make the best cupcakes ever!  She has done a great job of covering all of the special occassions.  Drop by, tell her you saw it here!  Her blog is fantastic!

Thanks for checking on me!

Hugs,

joanne

love to hear what you've got to say...............

Winners & Quilting

Oh my goodness!!  I can't believe the reponse to the fun giveaway that I just had!!  Welcome to all of my new followers hope you find my blog fun and interesting!  I've got 11 pages of comments to count, assign numbers and then the magic moment.

Okay, I did get some quilting done this weekend, and I'm hoping for some good afternoon light to take a pic of this quilt.  I have to return it to the owner today, so picture will be posted!  The quilt is absolutely amazing!!  It's  Christmas/wedding gift. A new friend of mine put this quilt together using EQ6 to design the quilt and the colors from the wedding to choose the fabrics!  OMG!  This quilt is amazing, so stay tuned!

I also have a couple of pictures of quilts that I did for Katherine.  Her quilts are wonderful. Interesting, I like one better than the other, and hubbie's choices were completely opposite of mine.  Wonder what you will think.

Okay, off to count....have a great day, and check back soon!

Thanks for checking on me,
hugs,
joanne

love to hear what you've got to say...............

Everyone Wins!!

Remember the post about free quilting that I posted on October 1, 2009?  Well, we managed to get the quilt finished and raise $100 in cash, and the quilt sold for over $250!  I really was pleased with the results of the quilt. 

The winner of the free quilting goes to Becky H, Noblesville, IN.

That's not all folks!!  Because this whole experience touched so many people I will do an RAK,  for each one of you who participated.  I'm not sure what it will be, but sometime when you least expect it, I will RAK you for helping out with my very special project.  It could be half price quilting, paying for return shipping, who knows.  Micki, since you live over the ocean, how about some fun fq's?  So you all need to stay in touch!!

Again, I can't begin to thank you for helping with this project, the quilt touch so many hearts you will never know.

Hugs to all these wonderful women!!
joanne

love to hear what you've got to say.............