Projects, Projects and More Projects....

Hi Friends!

I have been working on many different things over the past few weeks so I have not been able to sit down and write a post here. 
So here is what I've been working towards.

Been working in the flower beds. 

Got a little distracted by the moon one night. God's creations are spectacular.

On my walk back from taking the moon picture. It amazes me! 

Now what have I been sewing you say? I did have two roll ups in my stash so I took one and put it together to make a baby quilt for my niece who is due in October. I am now waiting for thread to come from Superior Threads so I can quilt it. 

Speaking of Superior Threads you might or might not have seen that they started their Instagram account. The first thing they did was share a picture and ask people to share it on your feed and you needed to tag two of your followers and you could win a $10.00 gift certificate.

Well guess what?

I won! So I signed up for their newsletter and in the newsletter they were having a sale for the month of July if you buy some of their "Try Me" threads you could get them 50% off if you entered "tryme" code in the box.

So if you do the try me on say the Master Piece thread. The thread is reg. priced at $8.99 a spool if you buy it as a try me special you can get it for $5.40 and then if you put the "tryme" code in the box at check out it cost you just $2.70 that is 70% off!!!! 

You can only buy 5 spools of any given thread as a Try Me thread and they get to pick the colors.

So I ordered 5 of mater piece thread and 5 of king tut. I used the code and my gift certificate that I won. That is 10 spools of thread and with shipping it was $21.00!!!!! WOW!!

And I found out through Superiors Twitter feed that they just released a new app.

It is an inventory app. to help you keep up with what thread and needles you have in your stash. It is pre-loaded with Superior thread colors and needles. I don't find anywhere that you can add any other brands of thread or needles. This app is Free.

So I talked about making a dress for myself in the last post I did on here. 

This is what I picked out. McCall's #6741

This is as far as I have gotten.

I didn't have enough fabric for the body of the dress as well as the lining. I had to find something in my stash that would work and I did. It is a solid and it is very close to the color of the dress.

I am doing view A. It has a different color band at the bottom of the dress. This is the fabric that I choose for the band.

And this is what started all of this.

 This is a post on Instagram by Michael Miller Fabrics at market. I like the purple dress that she is wearing especially the collar but the Aqua dress in the background That Fabric is what I love!!!! That is how I get myself into making things that I have never made before. Ahhh Instagram you are going to be the death of me!!

For example: Bonnie Hunter posted this!

So guess what I have been reading?!

It was free over the weekend. So I'm 87% done with this book already.

She also "Reposted" this:

I had no idea she had these books out. Does anyone have these books? I would love to know what you think of them.

Went over to Spoonflower and created some fabric so I could make some quilt labels.

I think I am going to use a different font the next time maybe even a different picture. I'm not real impressed with these but I paid for them so I will use them.

Everyone seemed to be having a 4th of July sale so I got some goodies!

These charms were really what I was after but....

If you are paying shipping you might as well get your monies worth. These are 5" charms by Robert Kaufman the name of the line is London Calling. This is a Lawn Fabric.

Here is what I have planned for them:

I'll tell you more about this project when I get further along on it.

Well I know it was a long one and I did not put all the other personal things I have been doing. But you all have heard about the bird and gardens plenty so I will stick with sewing and quilting for today.

If you have time comment and tell me a little about what you have been doing over the past few weeks. I love to hear from you all. 

It may be a while before I can get back here hubby comes home tomorrow YEAH Finally! I missed him.

Linking up with:

Design Wall Monday @ Patchwork Times

Anything Goes Monday @ Stitch by Stitch

Fabric Tuesday @ Quilt Story

Sew and Tell @ I Have To Say

Linky Tuesday @ Free Motion by the River

Work In Progress Wednesday @ Freshly Pieced

Let's Bee Social @ Sew Fresh Quilts

Needle and Thread Thursday @ My Quilt Infatuation

Finish it up Friday @ Crazy Mom Quilts

Can I Get a Whoop Whoop @ Confessions of a Fabric Addict

Show it off Saturday @ Sew Can She

Hope you all have a wonderful and quilty week.

Hugs and best stitches to you,

a.k.a. Mrs. Sew & Sew