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Market bag and pattern winners

 

Thank-you all so much for your enthusiasm for the market bag!  Your sweet comments made my day and THANK-YOU from the bottom of my heart for those that purchased the pattern!

Here are the winners:

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

46
18
36
14
49
77

Timestamp: 2009-07-13 02:06:16 UTC

The first five won a pdf file of the pattern. 

They are:

#46- Joby14

#18- Nancy *(Nancy, will you please get in touch with me, I don't seem to have your email)

#36- Becky

#14- Amy @ parkcitygirl

#49- Misty.Creek

And the person who won the actual market bag I made for the photoshoot is #77,  congratulations Karen!

I'll be in touch with you all!

 

Market bag pattern and giveaways

I am sew excited I finally did it!  I have my first pattern for sale! 

Introducing........ the Market Bag!

  

And it's now available for purchase through paypal on my sidebar, or in my etsy shop. 

So many people have asked how to make this bag or have requested custom bags, so now you can make a Market Bag of your own! 

Now about the giveaway.  I'm going to give away 5 pdf files of this pattern AND the actual bag in the top photo, totaling 6 lucky winners!

But really, everyone is a winner.  Because during the giveaway, I'm offering the pattern up for only $3.50.  Just through the giveaway time.  It will go to it's normal price of $5 next Sunday June 12th at 8pm MST.  (If you purchase the pattern during the giveaway and win a copy, I will reimburse you.) 

 

 

It's easy to enter, and to get extra entries!

1.  For one entry, if you don't crochet, leave me a comment telling me what color of bag you will make when you learn (or ask your dearest crocheting friend to make for you)!  If you already crochet, leave a comment telling me who taught you how to crochet and and how long you have been crocheting. 

2.  For a second entry, post about this giveaway on your blog and then come back here and leave another comment saying so.

3.  For a third entry, subscribe to sewtakeahike and come back and leave another comment letting me know.

I'll leave this post open for comments until Sunday July 12 at 8pm MST and will share the winners on Monday July 13th which will be chosen randomly.

Good luck to you all!

Penny

p.s.  This quilt is coming along nicely, so make sure you check back for the *possible* (wink wink) quilt giveaway!

 

the storyteller completed and colorful crochet

 

Thank-you all for your sweet comments about this quilt in my last post!  You all made my day!

This last week, I've had limited use of the computer while my husbands parents have been visiting.  Since my sewing/computer room switches to a guest room when we have company, I have not been keeping up on all your blogs as much as I like, but I will be back visiting soon! 

To prepare for their visit, we moved my serger table and fabric shelf (which has wheels, thank-God!) out and moved the bed in. 

 

They were gracious enough to allow me to use their room for sewing, and I am happy to have the storyteller completed.  The quilting is random, including top stitching around each flower and center and free motion eiffel towers and flowers.  Here's a close up of one of the eiffel towers.  You have to look close since it's white on white.

 

I wanted this quilt to have lots of dimension, meaning there will be some things that pop out, but some things will have to be "found".

I didn't know what I was getting myself into when I finished the top and bottom with the points, but am happy with the way it ended up.  I did have to bind this quilt completely by hand, my first time ever doing that.  It was a little daunting at first, but flew by quickly as I made some progress.  I'm very happy that process is done :).

Alrighty then, I should be back to visiting you all within the next week, so until then, I hope your days are as sweet as these little flowers I'm crocheting for an afghan I'm making!  ***edited to add link for flower pattern.

the Alma apron and a sneak peek

A couple weeks ago while in Kansas visiting my folks, my mom pulled an apron out of a box and showed it to me.  She had picked it up at an estate sale or garage sale and really loved the fit.  When she tried to wear it to cook in though, the material was so thin that when she got something on it, it went right through and onto her clothes.  I brought the apron home, unpicked it, and with a few minor tweeks, came up with this apron which I am naming after my mom's mom, Alma.  (I wish I had taken a few pics of the original before I took it apart, but didn't)

 

 

I think one of the reasons my mom likes this apron so much is that it doesn't have to be tied, she just slips it over her head.

 

The crochet flowers on the pocket tops are from a pattern I made up a couple years ago.  I made a long strand of them and keep them in my sewing room to embellish with as the mood strikes.

 

I just got a phone call from my mom tonight and she received her apron and loves it!! 

In other areas of my sewing room, here's a sneak peek of a project I worked on this weekend

I've almost finished the top for this quilt and I'm making mainly from the jellyroll I won here and a few other odds and ends of fabric to lighten it up.  Some people might say I'm ruining it with the bright border, but I just cannot help myself! 

Anyway, THIS MAY OR MAY NOT BE A QUILT I'M GIVING AWAY

wink wink 

when I'm finished.  Here's another angle just in case you need convincing

 

to be continued........

fruit of our 8 hour drive

from our home to see my parents last weekend.  Firstly, I finished this baby blanket made of bamboo fibre, so soft and cuddly, which I will be listing in etsy.

 

You can get a lot done in 16 hours while driving in a car. 

And take a look at this!  

 

My L-man (endearing name given to my husband by my best friend which will be how I refer to him from now on.  I've struggled with what to call him since calling him "my husband" or by his name seems so unimaginative) figured this bike out quickly and was having a ball on it in no time.  My nephew designed and built it similarly to a bike called a "swing bike" that was produced in the 50's or 60's.  Twas so much fun to watch them ride around on it.

 

This is Josh, the brains behind the bike.  Love that paint job!

It was so nice to see my family again and as we drove away to come back home, my heart was already missing them!

summer-ish

And I'm crocheting.  hmm.  I found this awesome block pattern via crochet pattern central, which took me to this site.  In order to get the pattern, you have to commit to sending her at least one block you have crocheted so she can put them together to make charity afghans.  How cool is that?  I picked up nine different colors of this bamboo yarn (thanks to a friend for tipping me off that they were on sale!) at Hobby Lobby, and plan to make 9 squares for a baby afghan.  I love the way it's turning out!  The next block is a combo of pink, green and white.

 

So I'm thinking that for the time being, I'm going to start posting just once a week on my blog.  I've found it harder and harder recently to make myself get on the computer but I still want to stay connected.  It's so hard to divide up my time with all the things I want to do.  What's that you say?  You've never had a problem like that? :)

See you next week!

the robins are back!

 

    

Well, I guess they have actually been back for a couple weeks now.  They gather in the crabapple trees when there is snow on the ground and eat the fruit that is still holding onto the trees.  It seems a little weird to me that a bird that feeds mainly on worms would be in Colorado in January, but what do I know?  We also have a woodpecker (which looks like this) that looks for bugs on our deck, in January.  Good thing I'm not the little birdie traffic controller, they'd all starve.

Click here for this little birdie pattern!

quick and random

 

His name is Fozzy.  The nick-names consist of but are not limited to Fozzy bear, Foz man, Foz, and Pretty Boy.  He had baggy sleepy eyes today so he was Magoo then. 

 

He likes to sleep with his little tush in the strangest positions.

 

The Bernat "pink tidy tote" pattern I finished up and sewed a lining into yesterday.  I love this tote bag!

And lastly, I was tagged a couple weeks ago by Amy for a photo challenge.  Here are the "rules"

Go to your fourth photo file.
post the fourth photo.
explain the photo.
Pass it on to four people.

Here is the photo (which was taken with my iphone, so it's not real clear):

 

 

Almost exactly one year ago I made this hibiscus for a friend of mine's daughter to hang her clip-on earrings.  Not nearly as cool as Amy's mountain view from her kitchen, but it is what it is!

Please consider yourself tagged!

~Penny

my habits of late

                                                               

As of late, my sewing room has been transformed back into a guest bedroom for my husband's parents, so my sewing habits have mostly been put on a back burner with the exception of a few custom orders.  I have however, been crocheting some and recently finished this scarf.  I used MKcarrol's Anne lace scarf pattern and added my own touch with the flowers.  I know it's kind of springy/summery, but I couldn't help myself, I'm addicted to color I think.  Combining all sorts of color is how I create, but when it comes to my wardrobe, it mainly consists of dark brown and black.  Hmmm, interesting.  Anyway, the pattern is very easy and I will definitely be making more of these.  I finished the base scarf in a matter of 2 hours and just kinda winged it with the flowers until the scarf looked happy.

To keep this post short and sweet, I'm going to leave you all with a few links to some new to me blogs out there that I have connected with through the little beauty giveaway. 

• It was love at first sight when I clicked on The Vintage Magpie!
• Anna at Around the Quilt block made me cry with this post
• Three little purls has some fabulous knitting skills
• Rachel at p.s. i quilt has done some beautiful work
• blisscountrylife is so fun!
• crazy mom quilts turned my head with this project
• 4 the loves of is a peaceful place to visit
• I love this selvedge bookmark at tallgrassprariestudio
• and two pink possums hooked me with the name of her blog

Blog hopping is so much fun! 

making me smile

                                                                                                               

                                                                                                         

This pillow I made yesterday with fabric from here.  The back is an olive colored crushed velvet, ummm, so cuddley soft!

                                                                                                            

                                                                                             

Have a great weekend, it's supposed to be beautiful here, I cannot wait!

~Penny