Color My World

This last week I've been working really hard in my sewing studio organizing fabric, purging and I'm still not near finished.  I've made headway, though, so that counts for something, I suppose.  :)   I've had fabric in my cabinets that I've had since the early nineties.  Do I get rid of it?  Will it come back in style?  I don't know.  What do you do? Help me out on this, okay?  I haven't organized that yet.  It's in the cabinets with doors, so kinda hidden away.  I saved all of that fabric for last.  I'm a bit OCD when it comes to folding my fabric and organizing it.  It all has to be folded the exact same way, and I divide it in several ways.  Alot of it is by colors.  Some is by designers if I have the whole (or part)line that I plan to do something with.  Others are divided by projects that I intend to make.  Then there are others (like my teacups and roses) that I've been picking fabric up for years so that I can make a special quilt with it....so those are all together.  It may not make sense, but it does to me, and I guess that's what matters, right?  I even have my scraps organized, but I'll talk about that on another post. 

Color makes me happy, so I thought I'd show you a bit of what I've been doing.  I hope you enjoy!  (all pictures should be clickable for a closer view)

Here are most all of my solids.  I see in the picture that they aren't straight, so I'll have to definitely do something about that.  OCD?  yep, just a tad.  lol

This shelf is divided by my solids on the top shelf and my stripes, polka dots, animal prints and pinks on the second shelf. Retro, feedsack, fabrics for projects and ladybugs are on the third shelf. Sampler fabric and fabric lines that are together for small quilts, etc. are on the fourth shelf, and on the bottom some of my red toile storage boxes,  miscellaneous fabric and some lavender and purples.

Top shelf is my Bliss line (I LOVE me some Bliss!), my jelly rolls and fabric that go with the jelly rolls, some charm packs (can you tell I love jelly rolls and charm packs?  Yeah buddy! ) Then the rest of my solids that wouldn't fit on the other top shelf are next.  The next two shelves are specific lines of fabrics or fabrics that I've put together to make quilts.  The next shelf you will see my large selection of teacup and roses fabrics.   The other two stacks that are on that shelf are all sewing/quilting themed fabric.  I love to collect that, too.  Makes precious totes!  The bottom shelf is floral fabrics and whimsicals.

These are obviously organized by color, another small quilt pulled and some prints.  The red basket holds my starch, spray glue for basting, and other ironing supplies. 

Okay, there ya go.  You've now seen part of one wall of my sewing studio.  As I work on each side, I'll post more and THEN will post the whole room.  I have so many things in my head that I want to start.  Then I get on these stupid cleaning/organizing jags, and poof.  BUT, I have to say that I've found fabric that I had forgotten I had, and I've pulled out a PILE that I'm getting rid of.  Purging, ya know.  Simplify.  My goal for this year.  Besides, I can't work when my sewing table is a pig sty.  Oink  It drives me nuts. (OCD again)

I hope y'all have a most wonderful weekend doing what you love with who you love.  Thank you so much for stopping by.  I love all my "old faithfuls" and all my new friends, too.  It's so much fun to follow you back to your blog and see what you're up to.  I DO try to reply to your posts, (except when there is a giveaway  - one coming up very soon!), but sometimes I don't do so good.  I have good intentions, though.  It makes my day to hear from you and know that you've stopped by for a visit!

Love and hugs from Texas,



I'm a woman on a mission

Okay....after my last post I literally stayed up all night last night YouTubing.  I looked at any and everything I could find from loading quilts,  installing the q-bot, which is already done, and lots more.  There are still more to look at, but my brain is on overload right now.

I think I said last time that I'm a mule.  Well, I totally am.  All someone has to do is tell me I can't do something, and I WILL prove them wrong (although that hasn't happened with losing weight yet..hmmmm).  Along with that is that I'm a frustrated perfectionist.  That means that so many times I'm afraid to try something for fear of doing it wrong or not good enough.  I've ALWAYS been that way.  My hubby tells me all the time that the only way to learn something is to jump right in.  He also tells me that the quilting police will NOT be showing up, so just go for it.  I know he's right.  It's just me.  I AM working on it, though.

Anywho, not much to share, but wanted to let you know that I WILL learn this, but I still would welcome any help, tips or whatever that you might have.

Thank you for stopping by and your comments.  They mean so much to me!

Hugs and love,

Q-Bot and Mega Quilter...... :(

Do any of you awesome quilters out there have a Mega Quilter and/or a Q-Bot?  Well, I do and I'm clueless.  I mean TOTALLY clueless.  I've had them both for awhile and never used them once.  NOT. ONE. TIME.  I don't even know how to load a quilt on it.  And the Q-Bot?  It might as well be from outer space - again, clueless.  I really think people should get lessons on them when they buy them from a shop like when you buy a sewing machine and get lessons.  I know they come with a DVD, but there is quite a bit more to it than that.  Afterall, they cost more than a LOT of sewing machines, so it would be nice to be taught how to use it.

I talked to a friend and she has both, too, but she said she doesn't use her Q-Bot that much as she really likes to do the free motion quilting herself.  I'm more of a "show me" sort of learner, where there are so many lucky ones that can just read an instruction manual and fly a plane.  Unfortunately there are no "show me" people around here to help me out.  Gosh, what a waste of money for me.  :(

I have this horrible guilt when I look at it.  It rolls it's eyes at me...calls me stupid....says neener neener....it doesn't like me.  I can feel it.   I guess my only choice right now is to try to find something on that UTube thingee (there is everything on there) and see if I can figure out the rest.  If not...well I guess I'll just sell it. Or kick it. Actually that's what I'd rather do anyway (sell it not kick it LOL).  I could use the room and the money.  But...I'm just stubborn enough that I don't want it thinking it defeated me.  I'm kinda like that.  I think people like that are called mules?

Anywho, I was just wondering if any of you had any wonderful inspiration, some hints or tips, etc., that might make this doable for me.   I'll send you all my stash ( I lie).  I'll send you all three of my dogs (they don't eat much  HAHAHAHAHAHA).  I'll send you my bills.  I will totally make it worth your while, as you can see.  Wanna be my Q-Bot Mega Quilter buddy?   We could call it the QBMQ club.  Yeah..that sounds good. 

"Quit looking at me that way".   It's looking at me again.  grrrr....

Hugs and love from Texas,

And the winner is......

Thanks to Mr. Generator, he pulled out number 11.  Number 11 would be Julie from Myler Musings !  Congratulations, Julie!  If you would please email me with your snail mail address, I'll get the information to Natasha at SkyeReeve Fabrics so she can send the lovely fabrics on to you. :) Woohooo!  Enjoy!

Happy week, everybody~

Love and hugs,

I Won!

I'm just so excited!  I signed up for Edgar's blogoversary giveaway a few weeks back, and got an email from him telling me that I won.  I almost didn't even sign up because there were so many that did, I didn't think I'd have a snowball's chance in hell of winning.  Well I did and this is what dear Edgar sent me.  I'm still happy dancing!

He stitched this awesome piece for me from Blackbird Designs, which is one of my most favorite designers, and mounted it on a box.  PERFECT stitching and finishing, which is not unusual from Edgar.  He always does beautiful work.  You should check out his blog and see all the pretties he does.  I adore his header!
But...... that is not all!  He filled the inside of the box with all kinds of wonderful goodies.  Here is a picture of the inside.  :)

Pretty awesome, wouldn't you say?  He knows I love my tea, and I LOVE fat quarters, I collect thimbles (how did you know that, Edgar), a wonderful magnet that says San Francisco, some stitching needles and WDW threads in colors I didn't have.  The card he sent is just beautiful.  I would say I got majorly spoiled.  Ya think?  Thank you so much, Edgar for a wonderful giveaway gift!  I love everything.  :)

I will announce the winner of my giveaway this evening, so there is still time to enter if you are interested.  Aren't giveaway's fun!

Enjoy your Sunday, and be sure and check back later for our winner!

Hugs and love from Texas,

It's Giveaway time again!

First of all, Happy Mother's Day to all of the mom's out there.  I hope your day is special.  :) My son and family live far away and my mom passed away two years ago, so it will just be a quiet day at home with my hubby.  I always get a bit down on this day, but I just may spend it at the sewing machine!  Maybe that will cheer me up.  :)

We have a new fabric shop that is sponsoring a wonderful giveaway for us, and I think you'll like it!  In case you haven't visited SkyeReve Fabrics, you will need to pop on over and see what Natasha has in store for you (click on link or there is a link button on my sidebar).  If you hurry, she has a Mother's day sale going on that ends on Monday, May 9th.  She also has another great deal going on until the end of May.  Every time you make a purchase at her shop, your name goes in the pot for a $50.00 credit to her website!    I just love the name of her shop.  She says it's the middle names of her precious daughters.  :)

Would you like to see what one lucky winner will walk away with?  Okay, well here ya go....

Pretty?  Well, you will get a HALF YARD of each of these fabrics!  That is SEVEN half yard pieces!  This is the Honey Child green and blue bundle by Jennifer Paganelli.  I just love these colors together. 

Naturally we have to have a few things for you to do to enter.  It's only fair, ya know?  I mean....just sayin'...  Natasha is wonderful enough to give these wonderful fabrics to a lucky winner, so we at least have to make it worth her while.  No worries, though.  It's all easy peasey!

Please make each of your entries a separate comment and ONLY on this post.  If you do them all together, Mr. Random generator doesn't know that, so you aren't getting credit for all of your entries.  :)  Also, PLEASE PLEASE make sure that I have a way to get in touch with you.  If I can't, then I will have to do another drawing.  :(

You don't have to do ALL of these, but of course, the more you do, the more chances you get.   You DO have to be a follower of my blog, though, and "like" Skye Reve Fabrics on Facebook if you have an account.  Other than that, the rest are optional.

1.  Be a follower of my blog and make a comment telling me so. 
2.  "Like" SkyeReve Fabrics on Facebook and leave her a comment saying you came from here and then come back here and tell me in a comment (for Mr. Generator man).
3.  Post about this giveaway on your blog and come back and comment about it.
4.  Post about this on your Facebook page and come back and comment about it.
5.  Go over to SkyeReve Fabrics, check out Natasha's favorite picks, and come back and tell us which one you like the best.
6.  If you won this beautiful fabric, what would you make with it?  Leave a comment and let us know. 

That's it!  No asking for your first born, your bank account number or how much you weigh (nevah happen on THIS blog!  LOL)  This giveaway starts now and will end on next Sunday, May 15th.  I will announce it here and also email the winner.

Good luck to each of you and again, enjoy your day tomorrow!  Hugs to each of you that are so faithful to visit me and comment and to all my new friends, too!  You just can't know how much it means to me.  Please come back often!

Hugs and love from Texas,

Come back, come back......

I don't understand.  My mojo just flew out the window.  I saw it leave.  Poof.  Gone. Outta here.  I don't WANT it to be gone.  I WANT to WANT to stitch and quilt and sew and all those cool beans things, but it's not happening.  Does this ever happen to you?  If it does, what do you do to get it back?  I have all these new pretties that I want to "play with", but I can't focus or get motivated.  MOTIVATE ME!!  If you do, I will send you all my stash!  (I lie, BTW) LOL  Well, maybe not all my stash, but I think if you come back real soon, you'll see that we are having another giveaway.  VERY SOON!  So, be thinking of ways to motivate me because that will be one of the ways to enter.  ;)

See ya soon!!!

Love and hugs from DRY Texas,

We have a winner!! WOOHOOOO!!!!

This was such a fun giveaway, and I do thank Shawna from 1Choice4Quilting for her generous prize!  I hope y'all will visit her and take advantage of her great prices and wonderful sales. 

Sooooo I won't make you wait any longer.  The winner was chosen using Random.org.  Out of 261 comments the winning comment is:


Number 10!  Vivian!

Vivian said...


"Hi Again,
I've posted on my blog, I don't know how much traffic I get but every little bit helps!"

April 25, 2011 11:22:00 PM CDT

Vivian, please email me with your snail mail address and the jelly roll that you for sure want, and I'll get the info over to Shawna ASAP.  I hope you enjoy your jelly roll!  :)

Have a wonderful Monday, everyone.  I'll be back this week with some more to share...and another giveaway is coming soon!

Hugs and love from Texas,