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I have a friend, Vickie, who blogs at Vixens Den. She has entered the CSN Stores Big Bad Bedroom Breakup contest for a $10,000 bedroom makeover. She has made it to the top 86 finalists and needs our help to make her the winner.

Vickie and her family have had a rough couple of years yet she is always looking at the bright side. I would love to see her win this beautiful bedroom makeover.

Please go to #2-Vickie in Escondido, or click on the picture above, and click on the picture of her bedroom. On the next page, click the 5th star. If you don’t belong to Facebook, click #2-Vickie in Escondido to vote.
Thanks so much for your help.

This is the picture you will need to look for and click on.

Voting is open until September 10th, so tell everyone you know!

I am so excited! I sold two of my latest creations.

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I got rid of the virus on my laptop but I think the browser is so old that it isn’t compatible to loading pictures. Sigh. I still can’t show you the pictures of my new bags. Hmmm, I think I will email them to myself and load them from here, my desktop. Oh the things we go through to accommodate our very persnickety computers. LOL

I am making bags with this Maywood Studio and Bonnie Sullivan fabric, Maid of Honor. I have three bags in the works in this blue. I want to sew!!! But, I have a virus on my laptop and have found instructions on how to remove it. It sounds very involved. If you don’t see me in a few days, please send help. I can’t post pictures of my bags until I get the laptop fixed. I just want to sew.

I have not seen my sister, Grace, online very much the past week and now I know why! Look at her grand-daughter modeling her new back pack.

Grace used cute flip flop fabric with a coordinating stripe. The pattern is Stitchin’ Sister’s “Back in a Snap”. It is a drawstring bag that features a “Snap Happy” pocket formed using a carpenter’s metal measuring tape!

I bought a measuring tape at the dollar store the same day as Grace. I better get busy! LOL

Let me know if you are interested in having Grace make a back pack for you.

While visiting our son and daughter in-law, we took a little road trip to a quaint town near St. Louis, Missouri. St. Charles is a nice place to visit with its brick streets and small shops. I even found a quilt shop!

Here I am waving at you from the steps of Patches Etc.


This store had buttons! I don’t think I have seen so many buttons in one shop.

I bought an apron over at Apron Frenzy just before Christmas. It was so pretty and well made that I hung it on my wall as a Christmas decoration and forgot to wear it while cooking!

My friend, Vixen, creates the most beautiful aprons and is having an awesome sale at Apron Frenzy.

If you order all three of her awesome 4th of July Snoopy aprons before 5pm PST TODAY, she will include overnight delivery (for Saturday, just in time for your 4th of July celebration) at no extra charge, you just pay the regular S&H and she will pick up the difference for overnight service! Plus she is giving you the sale price on these three aprons (total value of $84.93) for just $67.94. That is a savings of 20% off retail!

You better hurry. Her supply is limited and at these prices, they won’t last long.

I took the advice of one of my favorite readers, Mountain Woman, and searched for horse fabric. This is what I found and made into a bowtucks bag. It has tons of pockets and closes with a zipper. Let me know if you are interested in purchasing.

Have you ever looked at a fabric and thought you just had to make something from it? That is what happened when I saw this pretty fabric. I made a bowtucks bag.

I have been away from blogging for awhile because my sister has been visiting. We have been sewing a little but mostly we have been drinking coffee, eating meals my daughter fixes and visiting quilt shops. Here is a dress that only took my sister three days to make. It is not that the dress is hard, she kept getting interrupted by our shopping trips!

My sister, Grace, has been making these pillow case styled dresses for her friend’s daughters and her own grand daughters. They are so cute yet easy to make.

Photo provided by Babylock
You may have heard about The Pillowcase Project. The Pillowcase Project is an effort to provide new dresses for 700+ girls in Uganda. It has been a terrific project.

Now, Baby Lock is helping the Pillowcase Project by asking you to create a dress for a child. You can also help the Pillowcase Project simply by clicking Like on their Facebook page. For every new friend who likes their page from now through July 31st, they’ll donate a pillowcase to the project!