Just picked up my sewing machine from the "spa". She is oiled, greased, tuned up, and ready to get back to work. Yay!!!

Sew much to do...

It is slow going for the Route 66 quilt.  I can only work on it when my husband is sleeping or in another room.  I have the blocks bordered twice, so I just need the third border on and then I'll just have to piece it all together.  I'll post pics when the blocks are finished. 

So my fabric stashes are overflowing and I really need to get sewing to have all this stuff ready for Christmas.  Tomorrow my sewing machine is going for a spa day (a.k.a. tune up and check up!).  Here is what is on my list of things to do:

1.  Route 66 quilt
2. Backing of wine quilt
3. Woods / Canoe quilt
4. Motorcycle Snowdudes quilt
5. Kitty Quilt

I'm sure I forgot some projects but I definitely have sew much to do! 

Gettin' my kicks...

Okay so I'm not traveling down the Mother Road of Route 66, but my Route 66 fabric did come in the mail today!  Last summer when we drove to Vegas, we drove on Route 66 for a few miles and visited this awesome roadside diner.  My husband and I are planning on driving Route 66 from Chicago to Santa Monica next summer...the whole stretch!  I thought I would make him a Route 66 quilt for Christmas. 

A few fabric designers make Route 66 fabric but I think they are older lines of fabric and I really couldn't find coordinating fabric.  So I shopped around the fabric shops by my house and online and found fabric that goes together well.  I am not really working off a pattern - just a sketch I drew about what I want it to look like.  The hubby is still off work due to his surgery so I might have to wait to start this quilt (or wait until he's asleep!)

Recycled T-Shirt Bag!

Okay I saw this Pepsi commercial with this little girl who makes recycled t-shirt bags and I just had to look it up.  I found the full story here at Pepsi.com.   If you know anything about Chicago, you know there is a fierce baseball rivalry between the Southside Sox and the Northside Cubs.  Now being a diehard Sox fan, I would normally NEVER post anything with Cubs but it is my best friend's birthday next week so I decided to try and make her a Cubs t-shirt bag...

They are so fan and easy to make!

Friendship is like wine, it gets better with age...

A wine quilt made for a Christmas gift for our good friends...what do ya think?!?

Cute little drawstring bag

I found this link that shows you how to make a very simple drawstring bag.  I am going to try and make one tonight.  Definitely an awesome blog to check out!!!

(Not so) Wordless Wednesday...a few minutes early

Okay, so I found some fabric sales...