<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:41:59 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>AccuQuilt</category><category>Sew Fun Quilts</category><category>Go Cutter</category><category>Free Giveaway</category><category>AccuQuilt GO cutter</category><category>quilts</category><category>AccuQuilt GO bloggers</category><category>cats</category><category>Etsy</category><category>jelly rolls</category><category>Charm squares</category><category>free give away</category><category>Moda</category><category>EBAY Store</category><category>Facebook</category><category>Tied Together Bee</category><category>Quiltsy team</category><category>batik fabrics</category><category>birthday</category><category>my Etsy shop</category><category>quilting</category><category>30&#39;s Reproduction Fabrics</category><category>Christmas Dolly quilts</category><category>Twitter</category><category>Valentine</category><category>bags</category><category>fabrics</category><category>fat quarters</category><category>raggy quilt</category><category>5 inch charms</category><category>Sew Cal Gal</category><category>baby quilt</category><category>batik table runner</category><category>fabric</category><category>scraps</category><category>thread</category><category>Alex Anderson</category><category>Christmas</category><category>Embroidery Library</category><category>FMQ</category><category>Princess</category><category>Red Hat Society</category><category>Roxie</category><category>UFO</category><category>fabric fat quarters</category><category>giveaway</category><category>sisters</category><category>2 1/2&quot; squares</category><category>Braveheart</category><category>Ebay</category><category>Fabrics n Quilts</category><category>Halloween</category><category>Pink</category><category>QCG Red Tag Sale</category><category>San Antonio</category><category>Shop Hop</category><category>fabric strips</category><category>glass beads</category><category>mug rugs</category><category>purse</category><category>Angel BOM</category><category>Christmas quilt squares</category><category>Dolly quilts</category><category>GO Baby</category><category>Leah Day</category><category>P and B Textiles</category><category>Quiltsy Team Blog</category><category>Sewfunquilts</category><category>Table Runner</category><category>Totes</category><category>Vacation</category><category>appliques</category><category>beach</category><category>buttons</category><category>chocolate</category><category>cosmetic bags</category><category>flowers</category><category>hearts</category><category>horse</category><category>kitchen</category><category>messes</category><category>patchework tote</category><category>prizes</category><category>quiltsyteam</category><category>socks</category><category>tumbler blocks</category><category>watercolor squares</category><category>yellow</category><category>zipper bags</category><category>2011 Pets on Quilts</category><category>2012 Golden Quilter Awards</category><category>22 Free Patterns Picture</category><category>3 giveaway winners</category><category>A little of this and a little of that</category><category>America</category><category>Angels</category><category>Barn Block contest</category><category>Beach Kitties</category><category>Black Friday Sale</category><category>Bluebonnet Trail Shop Hop 2012</category><category>Bravheart</category><category>Chinese Coin Quilt</category><category>D9P blocks</category><category>Disappearing 4 Patch blocks</category><category>Dr. Seuss</category><category>Drunkard&#39;s Path</category><category>EQ7</category><category>Electric Quilt</category><category>Elizabeth Ann Fabric line</category><category>Embroidery</category><category>Fabric diet</category><category>GSAQG quilt show</category><category>Go Winner</category><category>Golden Quilter Awards 2011</category><category>HST</category><category>Happy New Year</category><category>Houston Quilt show</category><category>Icicles Ornaments with  Rhinestones</category><category>International Quilting Day</category><category>Janome 6500</category><category>Kerrville Quilt Show</category><category>Kitty</category><category>Kitty City Quilt</category><category>Love Bird Tweet</category><category>Making messes</category><category>Michael Miller</category><category>Mr. GO</category><category>October Giveaway</category><category>Pat Sloan</category><category>Pattern</category><category>Quilt Bee</category><category>Quilt Sandwich</category><category>Quiltsy Team Treasuries</category><category>Red Tag Sale</category><category>Rose of Sharon</category><category>San Francisco</category><category>Sandy Gervais</category><category>Scott</category><category>Sew Cal Gal Insisghts</category><category>Sew Fun Quilts Etsy Shop.</category><category>Sewing Tweets Design</category><category>Sewing room explosion</category><category>Snack Mats</category><category>St. Patricks Day</category><category>Star BOM</category><category>Sudoku</category><category>Sunbonnet Sue</category><category>Susan G. Komen Foundation</category><category>The Quilt Show</category><category>Tote</category><category>UFO&#39;S</category><category>Winner</category><category>aqua</category><category>basting</category><category>batiks</category><category>blogging</category><category>blue</category><category>cotton</category><category>dining room</category><category>elastic</category><category>exercise</category><category>fabric stash</category><category>fleece</category><category>flying geese</category><category>gifts</category><category>knitting</category><category>leaves</category><category>machine embroidery</category><category>makeover</category><category>mini quilts</category><category>minky</category><category>needle</category><category>organization</category><category>paint</category><category>party</category><category>patchwork tote</category><category>pillow cases</category><category>porch</category><category>projects</category><category>quilt</category><category>raggy quilts</category><category>red</category><category>rubber fingers</category><category>sewing expo</category><category>shopping</category><category>slippers</category><category>snowflakes</category><category>stippling</category><category>supervisors</category><category>thanksgiving</category><category>tiny quilts</category><category>turkey</category><category>vote</category><category>winter</category><category>100 followers</category><category>2 1/2&quot; strips</category><category>2011</category><category>3 Times the Charm</category><category>4 inch squares</category><category>50&#39;s</category><category>9 patch block</category><category>APQS</category><category>AccuQuilt sale</category><category>Accuquilt Tour</category><category>Alcatraz</category><category>America Freedom</category><category>Aurifil</category><category>BIG surprise Giveaway</category><category>BOM&#39;s</category><category>Baby Lock</category><category>BeDazzled Quilt</category><category>Beam and Read</category><category>Big sister</category><category>Black Friday</category><category>Blocks for Sandy victims</category><category>Blogspot.</category><category>Blue Bonnet Trail</category><category>Blue Bonnet Trail Shop Hop</category><category>Bobbin Washers</category><category>Books</category><category>Brannock  Patek</category><category>Breat Cancer Awareness</category><category>Butterflies</category><category>Butterflies in My Garden</category><category>CT Publishing</category><category>Camp Quilt Along</category><category>Candle Mats</category><category>Candy</category><category>Canton Village Quiltworks</category><category>Castle</category><category>Castroville Tx.</category><category>Cat Fabric</category><category>Chocolate cake</category><category>Christmas  Snowflakes</category><category>Christmas Bits Pieces Quilt Kit</category><category>Christmas Tree Scavenger Hunt</category><category>Christmas early shopper</category><category>Christmas fabrics</category><category>Christmas jean bag</category><category>Cindy Losekamp</category><category>Colorway Fabric Squares</category><category>Communion table runner</category><category>Crab</category><category>Crochet  dishcloth dresses</category><category>Custom Order</category><category>Cutting squares</category><category>Cyber Monday</category><category>Daisies</category><category>Deal of the Day</category><category>December</category><category>Devil</category><category>Double Wedding Ring</category><category>Downtown Fremont NE</category><category>Doxie Rescue</category><category>Dunkards path</category><category>Early Shopper12</category><category>Easter Egg Hunt</category><category>Easy Peasy Binding Tutorial</category><category>Easy Peasy Layering Quilt Sandwich Tutorial</category><category>Ebay Auction</category><category>Etsy Shop</category><category>Fabric &#39;n Friends Quilt Shop</category><category>Fabric Scraps</category><category>Fabric ala Carte</category><category>Fabric.com</category><category>Fabrics &#39;n Friends Quilt Shop</category><category>Fair Oaks Country Club</category><category>Farm Snack Mats</category><category>Fed Ex</category><category>Flag Day</category><category>Flag waving</category><category>Flour Sack embroidered dishtowels</category><category>Fons and Porter</category><category>Free Motion Quilt Project</category><category>Fun Friday</category><category>GO die</category><category>Giddy</category><category>Giveaway winners</category><category>God</category><category>Grandmother&#39;s Flower Garden</category><category>Handwork</category><category>Hoffman fabrics</category><category>Hottie Handyman</category><category>Hurricane Sandy Quilt Blocks</category><category>IHAN</category><category>In and Out Burgers</category><category>It&#39;s a Hoot</category><category>Janome</category><category>JansQuilts</category><category>Joel Dewberry</category><category>July 18th</category><category>Karen Jones</category><category>Keurig</category><category>King</category><category>Kwik Clips</category><category>Kwik Klip</category><category>LOVE</category><category>Labor Day</category><category>Leaves falling</category><category>Lee Nakamoto</category><category>Leftovers</category><category>Lily Pad Quilting</category><category>Lovey Quilts</category><category>Machingers</category><category>Manzanita fabrics</category><category>March</category><category>Marjorie&#39;s Blog</category><category>MaryEllens Best Press Spray</category><category>Me and My Sister Designs</category><category>Memories by the Yard</category><category>Men Quilt Too</category><category>Mike</category><category>Milestone</category><category>Military</category><category>Miss Sew and Sew</category><category>Mug Rugs.</category><category>National Quilt Month</category><category>National Quilting Day</category><category>National Quilting Month</category><category>Nebraska</category><category>New Years Resolutions</category><category>Nikon Camera</category><category>No mistakes in quilting...only opportunities.</category><category>Nook Color</category><category>Over the Rainbow</category><category>Over the Rainbow Quilt</category><category>Pacifica</category><category>Patches the Clown</category><category>Patsy Thompson</category><category>Pier 39</category><category>Pigtales and Quilts</category><category>Pink Lemonade</category><category>Poinsettias</category><category>Practice?</category><category>Presidential Election</category><category>Pumpkin patch</category><category>Purses</category><category>QOV stars</category><category>Question for you</category><category>Quilters Club of America</category><category>Quilters Delight</category><category>Quilting bees</category><category>Quilting.</category><category>Quilts of Valor</category><category>Raggedy Ann rag quilt</category><category>Red Hat Sisters</category><category>Redwork</category><category>Resting</category><category>Ricky Tims</category><category>Roxie.</category><category>Rubies and Garnets</category><category>Sally</category><category>Samsung Droid phone</category><category>Samsung Note 10.1 tablet</category><category>Sarah Vedeler</category><category>Scarecrows</category><category>Sea Breezes Quilt</category><category>September 2011</category><category>Serenity Landscapes</category><category>Seventh Heaven Quilt Shop</category><category>Sew Dang Cute</category><category>Sewfunquilts Etsy Shop</category><category>Sewing</category><category>Sharing</category><category>Shopping Spree</category><category>Show Quilt</category><category>Silver Sneakers</category><category>Snow</category><category>Snowmen</category><category>Snowmen fabric</category><category>Spectrum Club</category><category>Spring</category><category>Spurs</category><category>Stars</category><category>Steam Iron</category><category>Steve Nabity</category><category>Storm</category><category>Storque</category><category>Strip cutters.</category><category>Sulky basting Spray</category><category>Sun Bonnet Sue</category><category>Supreme Glider</category><category>Supreme Slider</category><category>Teddy Bears</category><category>Tessie Textile</category><category>Texas Bluebonnets</category><category>Thank you.</category><category>That Purple Thang</category><category>That Quilt Show</category><category>The Big Foot</category><category>The Fat Quarter Shop</category><category>The Little Foot</category><category>Toys</category><category>Trash</category><category>Travleing Stash Suitcase</category><category>Treasury West</category><category>Trees with red leaves</category><category>Tumblers</category><category>Valances</category><category>Valentine&#39;s Day</category><category>Valentines</category><category>Vampirecraftin&#39;</category><category>Veggie Hunter</category><category>Vesuvius Mama</category><category>Vesuvius Mama&#39;s Blog</category><category>Voting for Santa</category><category>W.I.P.&#39;s</category><category>W.I.P.s</category><category>WIP</category><category>WIP Wednesdays</category><category>WIP&#39;s Wednesdays</category><category>Wedding Quilt Blocks</category><category>Winter Wonderland Scavenger Hunt</category><category>Witches</category><category>World of Quilts Daily</category><category>World of Quilts Daily Paper</category><category>avatar</category><category>bali pops</category><category>batting</category><category>bejeweledquiltsbybarb</category><category>birthday cards</category><category>black and white</category><category>black and white 5&quot; squares</category><category>bloggin</category><category>business cards</category><category>c</category><category>camera</category><category>cars</category><category>chain piecing</category><category>charity quilt</category><category>charm pack</category><category>clear vinyl bags</category><category>coasters</category><category>coffee</category><category>comment</category><category>computer fixed remotely</category><category>contrasting fabric</category><category>cosmetic pouches</category><category>costumes</category><category>covers.</category><category>curtains</category><category>curvy S circles</category><category>denim</category><category>dinosaur quilt</category><category>disposer</category><category>dog pillows</category><category>dress</category><category>elephants</category><category>embroidery pillow cases.</category><category>embroidery quilt blocks</category><category>energy</category><category>fabric Christmas tree ornaments</category><category>fabric cutters</category><category>fabric samples</category><category>feedsacks</category><category>finished top</category><category>floral fabrics</category><category>free fat quarters</category><category>fruits</category><category>gadgets</category><category>gardening</category><category>giraffes</category><category>graphics</category><category>green</category><category>gym</category><category>hacked</category><category>hand beading</category><category>hand embroidery</category><category>hexagons</category><category>hide and seek</category><category>home decor fabrics</category><category>journals</category><category>keyboards</category><category>kitchen flooring</category><category>knitted dish cloths</category><category>laundry room</category><category>leftover fabrics</category><category>meandering</category><category>meandering loopy loop</category><category>monkeys</category><category>my hands</category><category>names</category><category>organize</category><category>pantry</category><category>passwords</category><category>pictures</category><category>pieces</category><category>pillows</category><category>pins</category><category>placemats</category><category>play</category><category>pool</category><category>practice</category><category>production sewing</category><category>purple</category><category>purse organizers</category><category>quilt kits</category><category>quilt police</category><category>quilt squares</category><category>quilt strips</category><category>remnants</category><category>research</category><category>run and play</category><category>safety pins</category><category>sale</category><category>sandbox</category><category>scarves</category><category>scissors</category><category>serenstitches</category><category>serger</category><category>servant</category><category>sewing stuff</category><category>small quilts</category><category>snowmen pattern</category><category>spyware</category><category>stairs</category><category>stitches</category><category>storage solution</category><category>storing</category><category>string quilts</category><category>strip piecing</category><category>surprise</category><category>swimming</category><category>table toppers</category><category>tigers</category><category>time</category><category>tote bag</category><category>trap/spay/release</category><category>triangles</category><category>tulips</category><category>turquoise</category><category>veggies</category><category>virus</category><category>voting</category><category>wallet</category><category>wallets</category><category>wallhanging</category><category>winners</category><category>yellow 5&quot; squares</category><category>yo-yo&#39;s</category><category>yo-yos</category><category>zebra stripe</category><category>zipper pouches</category><category>zipper pulls</category><title>SEW FUN QUILTS</title><description></description><link>http://sewfunquilts-sewmeow.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (sewfunquilts)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>443</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-6306724948858819242</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 17:41:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-03-16T12:41:17.541-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">batik fabrics</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Chinese Coin Quilt</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">International Quilting Day</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">National Quilting Day</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">WIP</category><title>Just Had to do it!</title><atom:summary type="text">Just had to do it!

I have been MIA for a couple of months due to some serious surgery, and am finally getting some of my energy back....yippee!!&amp;nbsp; Thanks to all of&amp;nbsp;my wonderful friends who sent me cards, FQ&#39;s, emails, texts &amp;amp; well wishes.&amp;nbsp; It really did help me to know you cared.

So....that said... and today being National Quilting Day I just had to come on here and wish </atom:summary><link>http://sewfunquilts-sewmeow.blogspot.com/2013/03/just-had-to-do-it.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (sewfunquilts)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOJku36_7zXYNix_hOiGzrgn3TYITaZpPtno7YkKmLb6NpFwCvoj12DIu0Kvdf3Y_k2jxDOR148soxGO6dgeJXIXMrX7RL-4ssK63h7-gdXySmgxCT0knIylji1tbXyKFCeEFmeygTNE8/s72-c/DSCN2472.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>39</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-935959698312723491</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-01-07T12:04:38.382-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">covers.</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">keyboards</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">quilting</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Quiltsy team</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Samsung Note 10.1 tablet</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Toys</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Valentines</category><title>Love is in the Air!</title><atom:summary type="text">and not because Valentine&#39;s Day is coming......

I&#39;ve wanted a tablet for about a year now, and thought I&#39;d wait to see the new Surface by Microsoft &#39;cause it looks so light and the &quot;click on&quot; keyboard really appealed to me.&amp;nbsp; So, I started doing research on tablets a couple months ago and passed on the Surface RT, went to the Surface Pro, but found out it was way TOO COSTLY for my budget.

</atom:summary><link>http://sewfunquilts-sewmeow.blogspot.com/2013/01/love-is-in-air.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (sewfunquilts)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIEj-lu4QYhLv4UCsFREZpXQ0JGHi5V5JjLexhzDFMghP1dfCo1JXwENic0Xv53GOokLwr6HC_kyQOiFIoejDkE8N7J5Qn_7x5PPHsSgEYAuWFeXePtMO6sp2K89nXu2N1ji1oniBlFLk/s72-c/DSCN2441.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>9</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-1559190451478275152</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:27:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-01-09T12:53:08.739-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">computer fixed remotely</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Cutting squares</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Fabric Scraps</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">messes</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">organization</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Quilting.</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Quiltsy team</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Sewing</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">string quilts</category><title>Trying to Clean Up Messes</title><atom:summary type="text">The New Year and January always brings with it many goals and so many things I want to do.&amp;nbsp; What about you?


Messes!&amp;nbsp; especially messes in my sewing room!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Arrrrrgh!
There was really no way I could start or finish up any of my sewing/quilting projects until I tackled this mess.











So, while my expert computer guy was cleaning up and fixing my computer remotely, I </atom:summary><link>http://sewfunquilts-sewmeow.blogspot.com/2013/01/trying-to-clean-up-messes.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (sewfunquilts)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVhUxrLeB7YPXClIH3W7lDxXw-8daiR9bym8Gs8X7lrfEZMBKaPbFT9YWOT0TvWqfaxWsHBe4Nf8YPBBsI_8hGWNzlLPMAMgTyr191werJvHB7f8o_kL0EOfutT9JgIbYvZii85Pd7c30/s72-c/DSCN2429.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>18</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-412314749412731147</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 19:03:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-01-03T13:03:06.481-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Christmas</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Fair Oaks Country Club</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Red Hat Sisters</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Red Hat Society</category><title>Christmas with my Red Hat Sisters!</title><atom:summary type="text">First of all......

Happy New Year to Everyone!
Whew! I got that over!&amp;nbsp; NO, I&#39;m not going to talk about my plans for 2013, nor about New Year&#39;s Resolutions.&amp;nbsp; 

I promised my Red Hat sisters that I would blog and share about our Christmas party.....so have to keep my promise to them. 

Our Chapter of The Red Hat Society is called Rubies and Garnets and is one of the first chapters formed</atom:summary><link>http://sewfunquilts-sewmeow.blogspot.com/2013/01/christmas-with-my-red-hat-sisters.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (sewfunquilts)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSMnNTh-URN_lickf_gA1bo0tUqNlEASWXE_v4MzS4vuv_hA06UawmAsD1hlyBBqG-zuHwcnBwZskg-Cwc62W-4a5FWpNb3dc99FI72oymo4syyv4P4CoKAIyokfASHcgtg3TsxiqMBfY/s72-c/DSCN2412.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-2756022516415901538</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:41:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-12-06T08:41:32.249-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Leaves falling</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Poinsettias</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Snow</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Trees with red leaves</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">winter</category><title>Are You Sure It&#39;s December?</title><atom:summary type="text">Do ya&#39;ll remember the commercial with the old lady saying......&quot;Where&#39;s the Beef&quot;?&amp;nbsp; Well, I&#39;m saying............where&#39;s Winter in Southern Texas?&amp;nbsp; 

Are you sure it&#39;s December?&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Here&#39;s what I saw in front of my house yesterday.






We&#39;ve had such warm days in San Antonio that some of the trees are late in changing colors and dropping their leaves.







Here&#39;s&amp;nbsp;a </atom:summary><link>http://sewfunquilts-sewmeow.blogspot.com/2012/12/are-you-sure-its-december.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (sewfunquilts)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxiSqHDIjyIeyVb77Ixc8grPdqvJj7ubCsobHC5oKyjts5dS6h3KbwH8SVQQR-Kz2GLuJt5Nhql6xcIvgz6BRXVZzKRIinCK7GAAayCzmgNssTD6GQN1nntTyztXwK7-G4bHgUA-iZaiU/s72-c/DSCN2392.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>5</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-5235320612753749150</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 21:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-12-05T09:21:09.583-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Karen Jones</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">quilting</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Quilting bees</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Quiltsy team</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Quiltsy Team Blog</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Sew Fun Quilts</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Tessie Textile</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">World of Quilts Daily Paper</category><title>Hear Ye!  Hear Ye!  Read All About It!</title><atom:summary type="text">What picture comes to your mind when you think of quilters?&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Do you see the big oak tree with several ladies sitting under its shade, a pitcher of lemonade on a table close by...all working on a patchwork quilt...sewing each stitch by hand...sharing all the &quot;newsy gossip&quot;???





This &quot;picture&quot; of quilters from years gone by is similar to our current quilt bees and quilt guilds </atom:summary><link>http://sewfunquilts-sewmeow.blogspot.com/2012/12/hear-ye-hear-ye-read-all-about-it.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (sewfunquilts)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcqLOLYe2DTDRz6sn9OvaM71HKiVewAZkTQtH-BwajBF-JEvU8EqCOBZrtwZdjbtDZn7U9uez01P98Re2btstZ77X6-w9LYvjdIbshEF00SbGSVZ_Nj4mtY-i7rtRcuB8EgHUH2_vmAFM/s72-c/QltBee.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>6</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-7893030660593433596</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:24:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-12-04T14:24:43.184-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Candle Mats</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fabric stash</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">mug rugs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">quiltsyteam</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Sewfunquilts Etsy Shop</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">snowflakes</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Snowmen fabric</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Table Runner</category><title>Snowing in San Antonio, Tx</title><atom:summary type="text">No, it&#39;s not really snowing in San Antonio..........but I can dream, can&#39;t I?

Living&amp;nbsp;here is wonderful in the wintertime, but my heart always longs for the glistening sparkling crystals on fresh snow.
So it is that I&#39;m always&amp;nbsp; looking for Christmas prints that have snowmen on them, or snowflakes, with&amp;nbsp;glitter resembling the glistening sparkles.&amp;nbsp; Here&#39;s the post where I first </atom:summary><link>http://sewfunquilts-sewmeow.blogspot.com/2012/12/snowing-in-san-antonio-tx.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (sewfunquilts)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcgGECd-hb2zc9Ts5FC5uYaBB8YpITs-sVsjj1_ba3VzGnw8i8P_SikeskfHo2ND5IPdLpfJ8OXACtq5vc6Wab5UK22G8VAeqN9CNUebuV6DfeeIxTLl_QYnmQyOrrNAE-J6pp33EnI70/s72-c/DSCN2373.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-5122734050711224646</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-11-30T09:26:24.732-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">AccuQuilt sale</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Christmas fabrics</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">mug rugs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Quiltsy team</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">snowflakes</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Snowmen</category><title>Just Had To!</title><atom:summary type="text">
I love snowmen and always look forward to seeing the new Christmas&amp;nbsp;prints in the fabric stores with fat, happy snowmen all over them.&amp;nbsp; I don&#39;t know why, but maybe growing up in Colorado and playing in the snow has something to do with it.

Just had to buy these fabrics the other day.&amp;nbsp; Yes, I just had to!&amp;nbsp; Did I need them?&amp;nbsp; Golly no, not really.&amp;nbsp; Did I want them?&amp;</atom:summary><link>http://sewfunquilts-sewmeow.blogspot.com/2012/11/just-had-to.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (sewfunquilts)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMqKl_L5ItxkbbgNirFOB3Jym-doVXBUC7ZYG49dbxBSKgwgvsTezx1pGh-Uy13hYYi14AXscy6e1KyPko_LL4xoyG4hejxn-vTLqKsPHZXYdwSu0hjyWVMma2idk9Se-jAeOxSPeXyPU/s72-c/DSCN2334.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>10</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-7716114104169301817</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-11-28T11:16:38.589-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">BIG surprise Giveaway</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Christmas jean bag</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Quiltsy team</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Sew Fun Quilts</category><title>Busy Times!</title><atom:summary type="text">I&#39;ve been a little busier than normal since Thanksgiving, and I&#39;m sorry for not posting.&amp;nbsp; 

My oldest sister had total hip replacement surgery yesterday, so was playing chauffeur for her the last week or so to all the Pre-Op appointments, errands, groceries, etc.&amp;nbsp; She is in horrendous pain,&amp;nbsp;but surgery went well.m&amp;nbsp; Now comes the physical therapy for her...learning to walk with</atom:summary><link>http://sewfunquilts-sewmeow.blogspot.com/2012/11/busy-times.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (sewfunquilts)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRvJ4nC-kQ4-qxeB_agukLBLKeXa819ovXYesPe6EF2vuClgMzxt5QW6sPUiFBfJrwfWNwKq5ZAdsoWj6a8BzKD-bH9wqTmsN-mcAAdiT0ZlTraBggeLTENy_EcCe78nV1kTZzvt81Lac/s72-c/HPIM9864.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>5</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-3369436636807476694</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 16:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-11-22T10:15:28.377-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">America</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Military</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">my hands</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">quiltsyteam</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">thanksgiving</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">turkey</category><title>Happy Thanksgiving!</title><atom:summary type="text">
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!&amp;nbsp; 





Today is a day to reflect, be thankful, enjoy family and friends and eat like there&#39;s no tomorrow!&amp;nbsp; 

I&#39;m thankful for so many things.....but #1 this year......


I&#39;m thankful to be an American and to have

our freedoms﻿...thanks to our Military.



and #2....



I&#39;m thankful for my hands......





I hope you are all are enjoying your day and </atom:summary><link>http://sewfunquilts-sewmeow.blogspot.com/2012/11/happy-thanksgiving.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (sewfunquilts)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWA61Jce0mIKDz-iiPQA9CiXObO5Xc909R0IC9mAnJ7uxDwaKYSpxJEs6xU5PU6rXz_1DivQ-um6cj1Yut4S0NNKCNEhQVXsU8FyB7ToLtXSv9gxK6ZC9b8gYqu-lWg7wV_7wggqEkpyk/s72-c/turkey.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-2870727848061921336</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-11-19T05:00:08.632-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">AccuQuilt GO cutter</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Black Friday</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Christmas early shopper</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Cyber Monday</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Early Shopper12</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Etsy Shop</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">jelly rolls</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Sew Fun Quilts</category><title>Are You an Early Shopper?</title><atom:summary type="text">I don&#39;t know if this turkey is saying &quot;Hi&quot; or waving goodbye........













Are You an Early Shopper??











It seems lots of stores, businesses, and online shopping places are in a hurry for your Christmas shopping dollars this year and offering early shopper sales.
Last week I started grumbling bah-hum-bug about it and then realized&amp;nbsp; ...&quot;hey, wait a minute....I&#39;ve got an online </atom:summary><link>http://sewfunquilts-sewmeow.blogspot.com/2012/11/are-you-early-shopper.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (sewfunquilts)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvbTZT0VOGcJYSx8jePr27dni4ktMlmdg15RMYz1H8-78bmdzanA41aJ5FzX8qZBYKgUaz6l3DEhLi0dQMdwbBfYyC4HocZFx1Kf38MH5P7WzURIKw6XllYLawD6PrvYG0rSylboyzz18/s72-c/turkey05.gif" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>5</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-8144572191415215262</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2012 15:31:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-11-18T09:31:55.335-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">coffee</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Giveaway winners</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Keurig</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">shopping</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Travleing Stash Suitcase</category><title>Giveaway Winner and a Little Shopping!</title><atom:summary type="text">Before we get to the winners of my latest Giveaway, let&#39;s talk about shopping.&amp;nbsp; 

Do you like to shop?&amp;nbsp; Well.....I don&#39;t!&amp;nbsp; I&#39;m not your typical shopper and actually don&#39;t like it at all;&amp;nbsp; it&#39;s tiring, it&#39;s time consuming, it takes me away from my sewing, and it&#39;s costly!

I stopped drinking coffee in the mornings about two years ago and switched to English Breakfast black tea.</atom:summary><link>http://sewfunquilts-sewmeow.blogspot.com/2012/11/giveaway-winner-and-little-shopping.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (sewfunquilts)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi337tUW_V3FIl2BOVo78nyw-K1PMZcw9WOFT0C4wqGtz4pHvu0zYeAbJp1c_603N13LRXULQHDlwvBeBtjJqYKvmKjkKcpdwXGeyEPJ5wBFgtarxdUm3k94e0KztfizlBzYb2VkKdeq6E/s72-c/DSCN2341.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>9</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-7834208105691514323</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2012 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-11-17T08:32:14.866-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">3 Times the Charm</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Books</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Colorway Fabric Squares</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Me and My Sister Designs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Quiltsy team</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Sew Fun Quilts</category><title>Some Fun Inspiration! </title><atom:summary type="text">This book looks like fun if you love Charm Packs.&amp;nbsp; Who doesn&#39;t?

It&#39;s called 3 Times the Charm! by Me and My Sister Designs, published by Leisure Arts Publications.&amp;nbsp;

It&#39;s all about some new quick and easy projects using charm squares.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I wonder if some of my Colorway Fabric Squares in my Etsy Shop, along with some Kona white cotton would do the trick??




If you have some </atom:summary><link>http://sewfunquilts-sewmeow.blogspot.com/2012/11/some-fun-inspiration.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (sewfunquilts)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsTeaqeBb4nNX_19-HGyHEtFg7svp-PctT_J3hjOHH0m_CbFJ_SeuBP-cLuyhDfkYHBfT7ub43X3I0qmkfefxJuwcm4hAUgFDeYWJsEnaHHjENFF1UE0E85F1nTaRh_UWIP-6nADUmOO8/s72-c/DSCN2335.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-8536664790763213977</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-11-16T13:08:06.745-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">contrasting fabric</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Disappearing 4 Patch blocks</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Hurricane Sandy Quilt Blocks</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Quiltsy team</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Vesuvius Mama&#39;s Blog</category><title>Lesson Learned ....Again!</title><atom:summary type="text">If you&#39;re a regular following of my blog, you probably saw my post here about Vesuvius Mama&#39;s Blog (Erin) and the fact that she is coordinating a block project, along with her quilt guild for the Sandy Hurricane Victims!&amp;nbsp; I shared Erin&#39;s blog post with several friends, and posted it on facebook.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 

Here&#39;s the blocks I&#39;m sending to her today:


The fabrics for these do not show </atom:summary><link>http://sewfunquilts-sewmeow.blogspot.com/2012/11/lesson-learned-again.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (sewfunquilts)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixeK3590asvyUP5wdVuIqbnrA55lmFVzYVU9clLbeIWXsDJ959AQ3w9hW_q-53Ot7oE3lAWB_3xAGzmQoYDYBkQwRD1sVGTxT2cDilGgFuUmzhe7DiraaJBHtmsiHaIc2i8VmV_i9YYAU/s72-c/DSCN2332.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-4774044133425327984</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2012 18:37:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-11-10T12:37:48.140-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">3 giveaway winners</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Beam and Read</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Christmas Bits Pieces Quilt Kit</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Christmas quilt squares</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Facebook</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Free Giveaway</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Quiltsy team</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Sew Cal Gal Insisghts</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Twitter</category><title>A Little Saturday Fun! and a Giveaway!</title><atom:summary type="text">












My gosh...the days just whizz by for me, and it&#39;s been a busy week and just going to get busier the closer we get to Christmas.&amp;nbsp; Are you getting ready?&amp;nbsp; Well...maybe I can help you with this new giveaway today....keep reading.&amp;nbsp;

I was checking my&amp;nbsp;email this morning and went to Sew Cal Gal&#39;s Blog and saw that I was the winner from her Friday fun giveaway!&amp;nbsp; Yay</atom:summary><link>http://sewfunquilts-sewmeow.blogspot.com/2012/11/a-little-saturday-fun-and-giveaway.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (sewfunquilts)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgscd09no-8MF0hB286hqHPKS7oP3S_UuFX7_EIM7tbRL1XWi9OlbyMt1YMJsPr8x6tG1XBZ7tEG-QXKORzdULopU7iw34MfGIiZWErRRVur5L1-5gBtA35ub_0mOuouqUXAMh4XvxJ50E/s72-c/beam+%2526+read+light.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>50</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-8379207820700599417</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:12:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-11-06T15:12:07.102-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">America Freedom</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Flag waving</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Presidential Election</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Quiltsy team</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">voting</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Voting for Santa</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">World of Quilts Daily</category><title>Did you vote today?</title><atom:summary type="text">Lots of Flag Waving today! 






Today is the BIG Presidential Election voting day and everywhere you go and everywhere you look, someone is talking about&amp;nbsp;the candidates and&amp;nbsp;voting in this election;&amp;nbsp;with all&amp;nbsp;of us&amp;nbsp;anxiously waiting for the results tonight.&amp;nbsp; In the meantime, I thought it would be fun to share something lighter. 

A quilting friend of mine on&amp;nbsp;our</atom:summary><link>http://sewfunquilts-sewmeow.blogspot.com/2012/11/did-you-vote-today.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (sewfunquilts)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGIYLZuqzAVqL5C5YKzGc7fXI8X-qcZyKfMcyL_gCIB5FQOOpL1R2XJBwxTEQN-K0G-czCu9JKfKWSJjFqbJqOdOb_mSLJpIqFyCEuSFlLe1MnyfQTp4TKOD4m0R6_PEHLI1psaJYT03k/s72-c/sparkling-usa-flag%5B1%5D.gif" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-6964217630191697032</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-11-05T05:00:17.292-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">FMQ</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">glass beads</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">my Etsy shop</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">zipper bags</category><title>Same Project...Different Day!</title><atom:summary type="text">When I start a new project, I always think...&quot;ok..I&#39;ll have this done by ....??&quot; but never seem to give myself enough time.&amp;nbsp; I think I could meet those projected dates if I didn&#39;t have other things to do...like computer time, grocery shopping, cooking, cleaning a bit, laundry,&amp;nbsp;errands and cat messes, etc.

No more excuses!&amp;nbsp; Here&#39;s the update on the &quot;Zipper Bags Project&quot;.&amp;nbsp; 


</atom:summary><link>http://sewfunquilts-sewmeow.blogspot.com/2012/11/same-projectdifferent-day.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (sewfunquilts)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKmkHzYQ2w01NNCJEEU-5uy-JF3WTbhZ2HYLISpFE3SbX7S8ZU2KbjwjDY0wjcGs-2iY9VlE3CdkSCLbeYDYTDZMSLYItJjeglV5Noc43T37n113dBbcTS7tgM8XC35aShe0Iu2-TF1I4/s72-c/DSCN2245.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-8044369188928334709</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:44:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-11-06T23:15:07.859-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Blocks for Sandy victims</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Disappearing 4 Patch blocks</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Vesuvius Mama</category><title>Quilt Blocks for Sandy Victims</title><atom:summary type="text">Calling all quilters to help make quilt blocks for the victims of Sandy!


So heart wrenching to see all the loss as a result of Sandy&#39;s wrath.&amp;nbsp; I have been feeling totally helpless and wanting to find someone that was coordinating making quilts for the victims.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Hurray!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I have found just that person!&amp;nbsp; Erin at Vesuvius Mama Blog.&amp;nbsp; 

Go visit her blog here&amp;</atom:summary><link>http://sewfunquilts-sewmeow.blogspot.com/2012/11/quilt-blocks-for-sandy-victims.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (sewfunquilts)</author><thr:total>6</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-992122981151879378</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 18:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-10-31T13:14:01.839-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">cats</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">production sewing</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Quiltsy Team Blog</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">WIP Wednesdays</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">zipper bags</category><title>More........</title><atom:summary type="text">Happy Halloween! 



I&#39;m making More.....&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; No, not s&#39;Mores!&amp;nbsp; 

More zipper bags......

with the help of of one of my supervisors watching me closely....naturally.





I like for the outside fabrics for the bags&amp;nbsp;to be&amp;nbsp;quilted with cotton batting.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Easy, peasy simple FMQ is the way I do it. 






Loopy loops on this one.





For sewing things&amp;nbsp;like this I</atom:summary><link>http://sewfunquilts-sewmeow.blogspot.com/2012/10/more.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (sewfunquilts)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtTFaAo1Q3am_5zY1a6YuBPsj099-_UyCgQt9ZUK7sN3_tCbbKhtXq8Z8HBInY1F_sZiaN5VLqOXrJi7dy3LQsRPsnIiyO3E_mLOX-hzqOpGPhHgBmFK-lGa44dWv8APO9CJBNLP4JL4Y/s72-c/DSCN2215.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-8277775514288846917</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 19:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-10-29T14:50:11.518-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">cosmetic pouches</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">floral fabrics</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">glass beads</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Sew Fun Quilts Etsy Shop.</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">zipper bags</category><title>Bloomin&#39; All Around Me</title><atom:summary type="text">Winter might be on it&#39;s way, but I&#39;ve got flowers &quot;Bloomin&#39; All Around Me&quot; in my sewing room.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I&#39;m making zipper bags - cosmetic bags - gadget pouches; all different colors, and sizes.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; These zipper bags have been selling pretty good in my ETSY shop, so I&#39;m making more of them. 





I love to pull out scraps of floral prints, find coordinating fabrics for the linings,</atom:summary><link>http://sewfunquilts-sewmeow.blogspot.com/2012/10/bloomin-all-around-me.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (sewfunquilts)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhilh-4uEQgKcpS-3GQ91z8IBCjMLL22jy03Vhcz5exeVBG-mWt9fPUTr8dduQ7PRYrKcBbzJxDfbBAPpB1l3iz0f-cmtUOVYHTXA96LLOV_mePTrF7V-JmoYLzK0gh0V20mTTonrdeqlA/s72-c/DSCN2210.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>5</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-3085371045504490952</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2012 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-10-26T05:00:01.888-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fabric Christmas tree ornaments</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Sew Fun Quilts Etsy Shop.</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Snack Mats</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">That Purple Thang</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">The Big Foot</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">The Little Foot</category><title>Do You Have One?</title><atom:summary type="text">Since&amp;nbsp;I finished all of&amp;nbsp;the Farm Animals snack mats in my last post,&amp;nbsp; I&#39;ve been making these......





&amp;nbsp;little Christmas fabric pillow tree ornaments....33 of them for my ETSY Shop.


I&#39;ve been a Quilting &quot;Notions Junkie&quot; since I first started quilting.&amp;nbsp; So, I&#39;ve got every little gadget, gizmo thing you can think of that helps me with my sewing and quilting.&amp;nbsp; Some </atom:summary><link>http://sewfunquilts-sewmeow.blogspot.com/2012/10/do-you-have-one.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (sewfunquilts)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMy8m8dP3C2giJvn87-fLKcpaYafK9iHhabYH46siLr7unJNvNsu3Ay0iXaPryAF6KxaWO7FpkCIbQjD1vevhWO9uFqmMQLvxWam1_QXtc1fbHLrjwa6F0SctrkG0ssRLwsh91vrNcWiE/s72-c/DSCN2200.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-401230416888245005</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-10-24T05:00:04.840-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">curvy S circles</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Farm Snack Mats</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">FMQ</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">meandering loopy loop</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">my Etsy shop</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">practice</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">quiltsyteam</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">stippling</category><title>More FMQ Fun!</title><atom:summary type="text">A while ago I shared some of my FMQ (free motion quilting) practice pieces and if you missed that&amp;nbsp;post you can see it here. 

Time is always in short supply around here&amp;nbsp;so I decided to&amp;nbsp;stop practicing and start quilting&amp;nbsp;all 12 of&amp;nbsp;the Farm Animals&amp;nbsp;snack mats with FMQ and just GO for it! 








I did&amp;nbsp;some basic stippling.......














and some meandering </atom:summary><link>http://sewfunquilts-sewmeow.blogspot.com/2012/10/more-fmq-fun.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (sewfunquilts)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm-22SRhrBxYc_tCmvF_uFTJQce4D1JE2y82n3oCzXna-VOJ0wr_k7LT3WQo0H1d67e8Na1O8uH60elNXclXGA8tkdXYGcCFABSjDqr06wypuUS-BCMEfgNZSqIZXAX_wnBAblsjulA1I/s72-c/DSCN2173.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-1537651789334734774</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-10-23T06:00:11.233-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">clear vinyl bags</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fabric stash</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">serenstitches</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">storage solution</category><title>Storing (Hiding?) Your Stash!</title><atom:summary type="text">If you need more ways and places to store (hide?)&amp;nbsp;you fabric stash, I&#39;ve found the answer!

The last time I bought a blanket it came in one of those big heavy&amp;nbsp;zipper plastic bags.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Boy, those are wonderful for storing quilts, blankets, afghans, heavy winter jackets, etc.

But, by far the best thing I use these for is to store my ETSY Shop quilted items in them.&amp;nbsp; Keeps </atom:summary><link>http://sewfunquilts-sewmeow.blogspot.com/2012/10/storing-hiding-your-stash.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (sewfunquilts)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhePk2JS8VyItsmy-2I8g_GXZsLR2bfmd2aaHM_PR1s0AXDwYozZ8Emg_FCA-ztI1uJbBwzKAzCBZlbQgzc4yobRyad3ydu45vdS8JDeUQql0CYaWebS-iszksmjpjQevsyUvzB4He0Hl8/s72-c/DSCN2193.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-6816675555380766545</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-10-18T06:00:15.382-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">embroidery pillow cases.</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">embroidery quilt blocks</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Handwork</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">knitted dish cloths</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">yo-yos</category><title>Can&#39;t Just Sit!</title><atom:summary type="text">When I&#39;m not quilting I like different kinds of hand work.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I just can&#39;t sit in my chair and do nothing......I get too antsy and think I&#39;m wasting time.&amp;nbsp; So,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;here lately I&#39;ve&amp;nbsp;been&amp;nbsp;doing some simple knitting with cotton yarn making dish cloths.&amp;nbsp; I love these dish cloths; they last and last, they rinse clean and don&#39;t get all yucky.&amp;nbsp; Some of these will</atom:summary><link>http://sewfunquilts-sewmeow.blogspot.com/2012/10/cant-just-sit.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (sewfunquilts)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbDiwF0YblriR7WmoNOXJ1n-YZkLalqJFYTXKfcXndXA6p0BvPTjziXRb-sTXgt7icYN5yst7_reISngcBfZD3PfU8-MiDSeyBz4LfrgEp7y0siDFaSs0GIRBvCFoyg5MwbiXQg2O7ETs/s72-c/DSCN2130.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984655965246691167.post-1590385319491748993</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-10-17T06:00:07.209-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Beach Kitties</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">giveaway</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">JansQuilts</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Sew Cal Gal Insisghts</category><title>WINNER and.. another GREAT GIVEAWAY! </title><atom:summary type="text">The winner of last week&#39;s FREE Giveaway was&amp;nbsp; picked by my random generator...(my sister in WY).....scroll down a bit further for the winner.




Where&#39;s the pictures?&amp;nbsp; I don&#39;t like posts without pictures, so&amp;nbsp;I&#39;ll just share a quilt called Beach Kitties&amp;nbsp;I made&amp;nbsp;quite a while ago.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I still have this one and everytime I look at it......I smile.&amp;nbsp; Nothing better</atom:summary><link>http://sewfunquilts-sewmeow.blogspot.com/2012/10/winner-and-another-great-giveaway.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (sewfunquilts)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFu7VEfu5dEbLeopK1Joy-rVhlwb_QPhptbe5eFHWlLuQrF6PRf3NslStp0L1LmkHUd7_OxO36Cu7w84ZVHHxyTTG4I7R0SiRQaeOw5vuGxC26ftRxhGms_R7cNTLPgnm-_BaHGM73SpM/s72-c/HPIM7813.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></item></channel></rss>