followers schmollowers

i have a request from my bleeps (bloggy peeps) cute name, no? i figure if twitter peeps can be tweeps, bloggy peeps can be bleeps! remember you heard it here first!! ok.ok. my request is for followers. i have a goal of doubling my followers over the weekend. i started at 75 friday evening. i am hoping to to reach 150 followers by dinner time mon. will you help me? please follow my blog. i will be doing a giveaway as a thank you. i am not sure what yet, but i do work at a quilt shop....it will definitely include a pincushion. the pic is of two unfilled pincushions i have recently made. it wouldnt necessarily be one of these but it will be adorable, i promise. if you have become a follower this weekend, just leave a comment saying so.
tanky!

civil war bitties

i finally got my civil war bitties put together. i will be doing a cream thin border then the blue that i used for the cornerstones as a bigger outer border. unless anyone has any better ideas??? thoughts on quilting this thing? without the borders its 10 x13.5", with them it will be 14.25" x 17.5". the blocks are 3" finished, and i out 1/2" finished sashing on

progress: log cabin block swap

i realized i hadnt been putting up my log cabins as they came in. shame on me. here they are all together. i have 52 blocks from 3 months of swaps. crazy, huh??
i think in my head i was imagining a 15x17 layout. not sure if it will get that big or not. i was kind of hoping to have it to cuddle under this winter...
thanks go out to scott, julie, lish, marilyn, colleen, leila and lori. please tell me if i forgot anyone. i will try to remember to add links next time im on a puter.
if you would like to join in our madness, we swap monthly at block swap on flickr.

36 log cabins

a few months back a bunch of flickr folks decided they loved wee log cabins. loved them so much in fact we decided to have a group for swapping them. each month we sign up, and make 3 cabinnies, as we like to call them, for each person participating. last month i was naughty and didnt get mine out before the end of the month. so i had to make double this month...36! these will be going out this week. cute, no? oh! they are 3.5" in case your wondering.

im so embarrassed

a friend on twitter threw down a challenge last tuesday to show our messy sewing rooms. i said mine was the worst. she contended hers was. we both have chaos undoubtedly!!! i am so embarrassed to show this pic, but maybe it will make me clean up again.
this leads me to the question....are you a messy sewist or a tidy one? do you make messes and then have to do a major clean up? if you are a messy sewist, does it hinder your creativity to be surrounded by mess or does it encourage the process?
i am messy and i know it hinders me.when it is clean and everything put in its place i feel renewed and want to sew up a storm. when its cluttered, i feel claustrophobic and dont even want to be in there.
do tell, and if you are daring enough....show us pix!

jaquelines album quilt BOM

jaquelines album quilt BOM, originally uploaded by chickenfoot.

when i saw these quilts blocks hanging in the classroom at pieceful gathering a couple weeks ago i knew i had to take the BOM class. the blocks arent the usual size. they are a petite 9". i am a bit overwhelmed by it all, but i think im up for the challenge. there is a gorgeous border too but its not on the board. wish me luck! oh and i picked up some 3" english paper piecing triangles too. a hand project to work on this fall, as i have organized a hiking and handsewing morning every week (no we wont be doing both at the same time sillys)

winnings from fat quarter shop for #talknt on twitter

winnings from fat quarter shop for #talknt on twitter, originally uploaded by chickenfoot.

im one of those twitter people. i really enjoy twitter because a lot of the people i know from other social media are on there so its a way of extending my ability to "visit" with them. one of my favorite things on twitter is tweetchats. every tuesday @caraquilts hosts #talknt (talkin tuesday). we get together and answer questions and pretty much just yak our heads off. conversations can be so fast its hard to keep up. super fun. one of the perks of the evening is that cara pulls a name to win a prize. see those 4!!! charm packs there? i won them this week. the fat quarter shop was the sponsor. and oh my i had such a hard time choosing. in the end, i had to check out the new batik charms and etchings by 3 sisters. come join the fun. tuesdays from 8-10. just use the hashtag talknt .