Have you seen......

Hi, all!

Have YOU seen my quilt photos?  I am so-o-o-o depressed - a friend of mine, Hillary, finished her very first quilt this week and I took pictures of it to share for Sew & Tell Friday - but they are missing from my cell phone memory!  Where did they go???  I'm guessing they're probably cavorting with the three socks that have been missing from the laundry for a couple of weeks now - laughing at me behind my back!

Hopefully I can get some more pictures of Hillary's quilt this weekend - she did a fabulous job and it deserves to be shown off!  In the meantime, I can't show pictures of the only things I've finished this week, as they are Christmas presents (someone else's, not mine - I'm still in denial!)  Maybe I'll post a picture tomorrow of what will probably become my own Christmas present - the four new tires for my car that I'm headed off to have put on!

So on the thought of "have you seen", have you seen the new Harry Potter movie yet?  What did you think?

And another "have you seen" - have you seen the picture of George Harrison on Apple's website these days?  (He's the one on the far left...)  How did we manage to miss him back in the 70's?  What a hottie!!

Have a wonderful day - it's Friday!!!!

Sarah

PS - be sure to go check out the new fabric giveaway on Strandz - Allison Anderson's blog!

My name is Sarah, and I am in Denial!

Hi, all!

Well, it's official - I'm admitting that I am in denial!  I actually caught myself turning around and walking the other direction today in a store when I overheard someone start to say how many days it was until Christmas!  

I did actually buy a little Christmas present or two today, but I haven't even begun the hard core shopping or sewing.   I've got a couple of commission jobs to get out of the way (hopefully this weekend!) and then I'm buckling in for Christmas sewing!

So  - are you in denial too, or are you one  of those people who've got their Christmas shopping all done, wrapped, and ready to deliver at Thanksgiving dinner?

Later!

Sarah

Win Yourself A Neighborhood!

Hi, all!

My friend Beth over at Love Laugh Quilt had a great idea the other 

day while she was nursing a migraine (go figure - I can't have an idea this good on a good day!) You can read her whole post here, but the 

general gist of it is that since we are all neighbors in Blogland, 

wouldn't it be fun to make a "neighborhood quilt" showing 

our neighborhood? Here, in her own words....

How can I celebrate this awesome place???

Have a party??

Sounds a bit difficult.

I know!!

We can build a quilty neighborhood.

Here's my idea.

Let's all make a 12" square house block.

Any kind of house.

A fabric house, of course.

Write your blog address on your house.

If you don't have a blog...no problem. Just your name will do.

I know the non-bloggers love our neighborhood too. Right?

I will collect these houses and some lucky winners

will be able to make a blogland quilt with them!!!

And hopefully share the pictures of the finished quilts with all of us!

Since I'm running the show, I guess I'm out of the running/winning. :(

I will collect houses until Jan. 1.

I will send each winner 9 to 12 house blocks.

The number of winners will obviously depend on

how many of you send in a house. :)

So - a challenge, and a chance to win!  I'm going to join her, and I hope you will too!  Leave Beth a comment on her blogpost (but if you leave one here, I'll let her know too!)  And the best part?  If life happens (and it happens to all of us, at one time or another) and you can't get your block made, it's not the end of the world!  So it's a low-level commitment - but it could be a lot of fun!

I've been thinking about my block, and what might be a part of my house - I might incorporate some stripes, to represent the Stripe Challenge I participated in this summer (also over at Beth's blog!).  It might have some of my favorite Marimekko-like flower fabric growing in the garden.  It might have a boat for my husband!  It might have a clothesline with little quilts on it to represent all the ministry quilts we've made this year....  The possibilities are endless, and it will be so much fun to make!  

So - - - in the words of Mr. Rogers.......

Won't you please, 

Won't you please, 

Please won't you be my neighbor? 

Later!

Sarah