Yogi Rules!!

OH, yes he does!!

My little Westie, Yogi,  

RULES our home!

If you've been reading my blog for awhile,

you've seem a zillion photos of him.

He has a bed on my sewing table

 in front of the window looking out over the deck.

In every room in the house,

he gets the BEST sleep.

And he's so darn cute

when he sleeps,

I'm always taking his picture,

when he is asleep!

And he LOVES to sleep.

Especially on quilts!

In any season...

in any and all positions...

any time of the day or night!!

I Heart him beyond measure!

I mean, come ON!!

Does it get any CUTER

than this guy???

I think NOT!!

I HEART both these guys

to heaven and back!!  :-)

(SewCalGal is doing a "Pets On Quilts" show.

So, be sure to go over there and check them out!!)

Do You Love to Organize?

I DO!  I HEART organizing! 

I just LOVE those organizer stores.

I can get lost in them for HOURS!!

But I found this really cool organizer

at my local Michael's! 

And this week it's already

 on sale for 40% off,

so no coupon needed!!

Ain't it COOL???

It's made for scrapbookers,
but it's perfect for quilters, too!

As I turned this puppy around and

started filling up all the

sections and little drawers,

 I was amazed at all the
gadgets and tools we quilters
accumulate! LOTS!!

OK, so be honest, how many pairs of
scissors do you own???

Of course, I must have a space

 for my TV/DVD remotes...

gotta have my chick flicks on

while sewing!  :-)

OK, so, waddaudink??

Oh, and guess what

I'm working on...

There was a BIG clue

in one of the previous photos!

Just Can't throw Them Out!

I had every intention of cleaning

 up the mess of scraps leftover

from making myJuly Schnibble quilt

 and then trying out my new Accuquilt Go! 

It was made with 2 packs of charm squares from the Moda Verna line.  I had a pile of leftover 1" X 5" strips from each of the charm squares

and also a pile of tri-pieced strips cut off from the border tri-rail fence blocks.  I just reallllly heart these fabrics, so I just couldn't throw them out.

Sooooo, I got to thinkin'...

(scary, huh?)

If I sewed the tri-strips together

and made 9 patches and sewed the

1" wide strips together, I might be able

 to make a scrappy Verna purse!!

I also had some leftover strips of the background polkadot fabric.  I came up with the combined piece shown above.  I ironed on 2 layers of fusible fleece and quilted them all together with a simple meander and soft pastel variegated thread.  I then used it to cut out a lining piece in the same shape.  I also had  extra 9 patches so I made two lined pockets

I used one of the sets of pieced strips

 to make 2 padded handles.

So, taaaaaa daaaaaa!  Meet my

Scrappy Verna Purse!

Don't you just LOVE making stuff from

 bits and bobs of leftovers that some

 folks would have just thrown away??

I used a crazy paisley scrap from my stash to line it!

Sooooo, waddaudink?????