Sunday, July 29, 2012

Late Night Edition: Free Kindle Book!

It’s just after 11pm here in Hershey and I can’t sleep. I can’t sew anymore either --- eyes are going bleary, but I can’t sleep!

I’ve caught up on email, I’ve wandered through facebook.

My suitcases are all packed for departure in the morning --- so in the mean time what else is there to do but browse for freebies?

Murder Half Baked by Kathleen Delaney is free tonight in the Amazon Kindle store!


Genre: Mystery/Humor

Book Description:

A dead man in the cemetery, another in the bakery. Ellen McKenzie has to find the killer soon… before another death puts a stop to her wedding.

The groom is Dan Dunham, Santa Louisa’s Chief of Police. The guest list is growing and Ellen’s dreams of a small, intimate candlelight ceremony are rapidly disappearing.

A major distraction is Ellen’s quest to find a new building for Grace House, a halfway house for needy women. Then she finds old Dr. Sadler dead in the cemetery, his head bashed in by the arm of a marble angel.

Every suspect is connected to Grace House. After it goes up in flames, all the residents, including one new-born, move in with Ellen and Dan. Will Ellen and Dan ever solve the murders and get their lives back?

I just downloaded it, and it was still free, but double check before clicking that it is still free for you ---

Night Night, everyone!

Did I, Or Didn’t I?

I walked past this lovely “Bel Air” two-toned 301 Beauty 3 days in a row .

I kept thinking someone was going to snatch her up --- but no one did!

Isn’t she purty????

And ---

Well ---

Yes, I did!

iPhone-o-Gram!! Still Sewing!!!

We are the die hards!

We are the ones who took on the challenge of an extra full day class on Sunday!

We will continue all the way to the end of the day!

And we will rise to quilt again tomorrow!!

Tumelo Trails in Hershey!

Someone somewhere chose the right class for the right day!

I had several ladies for ALL classes Thursday, Friday & Saturday – that’s THREE BIG QUILTS started in one weekend….oy!

Can you imagine the cutting! My hats off to them…..and I can understand why by the third day we were all moving just a bit slower….LOL!!

Yesterday was just a sew at your own pace day ----we made 9 patches in the morning. We did half square triangles and started putting blocks together by afternoon…no rush, no worries…just sew up that fabric! The blocks were turning out so good in all the various color ways they chose to be working with.

I don’t know about you --- but I love seeing students get all comfortable within their own corners of organized chaos! Do you see all the various 9 patch parts just waiting to be mixed, matched, and assembeled on this table? Whooowhooo! This makes me want to sit down and sew for myself!

Yes – they came with scraps all neatly organized, but within a very short span of time we had strip explosions:

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Oh goodness! I think even those BIG HONKING HUGE SCISSORS would get lost in these piles!

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Uhuh! Will she be able to fit all this back into that bag? They’ve FLUFFED to twice their original size!

Sometimes simple blocks are just the ticket after two previous days of power sewing and late night girlfriend time ---and we’ve got lots to show for our day yesterday!

Today? Another Smith Mountain Morning Workshop!

For those asking, Smith Mountain Morning is found in Scraps & Shirttails II and can be ordered by clicking the book cover found in the left side bar <-------

Have a great Sunday, everyone!

Saturday, July 28, 2012

iPhone-o-Gram! Evening Fun!!

Show and tell hysteria is just about to start! We are lining up and ready to go.

Here I am with the funny ladies, Norma Campbell & Mimi Dietrich!!

Whoowhooo! It's a hot night in Hershey!

iPhone-o-Gram! Let's Sew!!

Tumelo Trail us the project today and the strips and squares and triangles are flying!!

This is a test to see of smaller pic sizes will upload.

Yes, I cropped, emailed to myself, in the smaller pixel size--resaved the pic from email.

Here we go!!