Gloating and Finishing

Okay, first the gloat. Because really, this is such a good gloat.

I'm sure everyone's knows about Melly & Me (and if you don't, what are you waiting for? Go check them out!). And, if you're familiar with them, then you know that they came out with a new book.



Would you just look at all the fabulousness inside this book?



Go here to see bigger and better pictures.

Have you guessed yet? I won a copy of that book! Yes! Me! Can you believe it? Well, I couldn't. When I looked at the winning post and saw the name Michelle I was sure that it wasn't "me" Michelle, because we know there are so many Michelle's out there. But then I put my cursor on the name and guess which Michelle it was? Me Michelle. MichelleSews' Michelle. I seriously had to check 3 or 4 times just to make sure it was really me. Then I had to email Melly & Me just to make sure it was really me. Because really. I was the winner of such a fabulous book? Out of over 250 entries? And not just a book - oh no! A signed copy of the book. Ah, bliss.

Okay, I'll stop gloating. For now.

As for the finishing. I joined the Placemat Quilt Swap on Flickr. My partner is the wonderful Marit of Quilt It. She has done some fabulous things and I was so excited to get her as a partner. She asked for something summery, and I hope I succeeded in making her that. I can only post a sneak peak since I have to get it in the mail to her before I can show it. Here's the sneak peak.



The fabrics that I used in it are from Malka Dubrawsky of A Stitch in Dye. It was one of those serendipitous moments when I was on the computer at the right time, right after she had listed some scraps and fabric squares for sale on Etsy. Okay, okay. Maybe spending far too much time on the computer had a litle to do with it, too. HOWEVER, in this case all the computer time apent was totally worth it! The fabrics were really fun to work with.

Okay, off to try to get some more things finished. I hope summer is treating everyone well.

No Mojo May

Okay, I kind of didn't have much sewing mojo going on in May, so I didn't post. Also, the emotional roller coaster of teenagedom has been a bit much for me lately. Excuses, excuses. I'm full of them lately.

I have managed to get a few things done. I got my blocks done for the Three by Three Swap that Anina is hosting. I was lucky enough to get in (and didn't have to worry about an invite, thank goodness).


I was so happy that I got into this swap, since I just love the way my 9 patch quilt turned out (although I still need to quilt that baby), and would love to have another 9 patch quilt.

I also got some strips cut for the Quilt Along hosted by the Old Red Barn Co. I'm not going to officially "enter" the Old Red Barn contest, but I thought the quilt looked like a fun project.



These are Flirt by Robyn Pandolph fabrics. I fell in love with them and was lucky enough to get a lot of them at half off. Not everybody loved them as much as I did, apparently.

I've also been doing some knitting. I started a February Lady Sweater (Ravelry link), because Carrie suggested it. And she was right on. I'm loving it. I hope to get it finished soon.

I also met up with my girlfriend in early May and knit up this set for her.


I won the bag pattern from Marie at Permission to Unwind. It's such a cute pattern and knit up so fast. My girlfriend loved it.

And, because so many of you loved the alligator in my last post, I thought I'd post a picture that proves just how close we could get to them.


That's my baby in the picture. And no, I did not take this picture. I didn't even know about the picture until I was looking through the pictures on the camera and saw this one. Her older brother took the picture because he wanted to show how close you could get to the alligators. I just love my children.