Winner(s)

Wow!  Lots of people like whimsical, novelty fabric, I guess!  245 comments!  And what nice comments, to boot.  I loved reading each and every one, and seeing where you hale from.
I decided to choose two winners because I have quite a bit of the green and white animal print.
So random number generator (sorry, I did not copy and paste it) chose number:
150: Pam from England, so, congrats, Pam, you win a half-yard of each print.

And then I randomly chose:
Victoria from Ohio to win a half-yard of the animal print.
Thanks, everybody!  Please visit me from to time.  I know I will be visiting many of you as I was quite intrigued reading your comments and checking out your blogs.  

I'm a late Sew Mama...

but better late than not at all.  I'm giving some fabric away:

The colors are more vivid than shown here, but I'm offering up three half yards:

1) Odyssea by Momo for moda; 2) Merry Mushrooms by Windham; and 3) Jackie Shapiro, Animal Stencil, also by Windham.  

All you need to do is leave a comment.  Tell me what State/Country you hale from.  If you'd like to tarry with me when I post, you are most certainly welcome, but it's not necessary to win.   

And don't forget to check out all the other giveaways at http://sewmamasew.com/blog2/

Good luck!  I will announce and email the winner by the 27th.  

Till then, may you bless and be blessed!

~ Jodi ~

* I WILL ship internationally!  (I forgot to mention that!)

Two steps forward...

three steps back.

You may be tired of seeing this quilt.  I had it all pin-basted but could not make any headway in quilting it on my home sewing machine.  I attempted twice and ended up using Jack, the ripper.  The pins are now all out, the three layers are separated and folded up, and I hope to bring it to a long-arm quilter tomorrow for a custom quilting job.
What are you up these days?  I hope you are getting more sewing in than I am.  Enjoy your Sunday!
                                                           ~ Jodi ~

Pretty win!

I won these FQs from a sweet blogger in Georgia (USA).  I love them all!  Thanks so much, http://wont-to-bequilter.blogspot.com/.

Have a great day, my blogging friends.

~ Jodi ~  

Photo-laden post...

my niece asked if I would make a baby quilt for her boyfriend's sister's baby, so, I did:

Here's the tutorial from http://www.dontcallmebetsy.com/2011/11/sweet-girlie-charm-square-quilt.html   It was quick and easy.  I made an additional one, too, and let my niece choose which one she liked better.  I'll show the one she didn't choose when it's all done.

I thought FMQing was appropriate and didn't try to make the flowers and hearts perfect so it would look like a child drew them.  I think I succeeded!

On a side note, I love the name of her blog, "don't call me betsy".  I work with someone whose name is Mary Beth and SHE says, "Don't call me Mary Beth!"  So, what does she go by?  Betsy!  Just a small example of how we are all so different in this world, and we need to respect each other and embrace our individuality.

Have a great weekend!

~ Jodi ~