Counting Sheep!

I’ve been counting sheep!  Lots of them!   So all you woolies out there, three of you have won a pattern of your choice. So smart you are!  Wool= sheep = lamb!

And now you get to choose!  Any pattern.  Even a block of the month. 

 

If your name is listed below, send me an email with your pattern choice and your significant information (address etc.) and I’ll send you the pattern of your choice! 

 

1. Luvtoquilt who said:

I am enjoying this project so much -- I just can't wait for the fifth of each month to arrive -- you are so creative! Given your love of animals, my guess is that this month we will have a woolly lamb or sheep. 

 

    2. CarrieP who said:

Can't wait for the 5th. I am going to guess a     little lamb.

 

     3. Annelies Dease who said: Hmmm.....maybe a lamb???? Hope I am right, because I LOVE your patterns!!! XXX Annie

Congratulations ladies!  Have fun picking out your pattern!

Are you ready to make your own little lamb?  Block 7 is on my web site and ready to go!  Be patient if you can’t download it right away.  Try again again later or click on Crafts4me and you’ll find the pattern there also!

Crafts4me offers the embellishment kit (they offer ALL of my embellishment kits).  A Tisket, A Tasket is on backorder so be sure to click “notify me” to find out when they are in stock.

And for all of my redwork fans…embroider away! This block is so much fun!!!

And I didn’t forget the woolies out there!  How could I?  All  those “prims”, those of you who LOVE wool, in dark colors!  Follow the flock…it’s led by that someone over at…

 

…Cottons N’ Wool.   Hummmm, wonder how she gets that darn pattern so early? 

Hope you all read my newsletter today!  Happy 5th of July (and 4th too!).

Hugs,

 

Anne

Creativity

Creativity never ceases to amaze me. It’s what makes the world so much fun! If you haven’t been over to my Flickr group lately, stop by! You will not believe your eyes! These quilters are so CREATIVE! I’ve linked a few photos from the group. There are pages and pages of amazing blocks! Just click on the photos below, or the Flickr link above and you're in for a treat!

From France

Bienvenue

The French have such a creative style…and their language is naturally so romantic. A welcome sign for guests and friends from Lhise!

And from Smorielorrie, the cutest kitchen towel ever with ric rac trim too!

…and just look at the detail put into these blocks below from Cat-530…each and every one so special! You can see how “international” this group is!

And now we begin the countdown to July 5th! Hummm wonder what the July block looks like? Here’s a few hints:

1. I used a piece of cream wool in the appliqué version.
2. The wool is outside of the basket.

Leave a comment, guess correctly what I’ve used the snow wool for, and you’ll be automatically entered into a drawing to win a Bunny Hill pattern of your choice!

Have a great 4th! I’ll see you all on the 5th!

Hugs,

Anne

20,017 Comments For One Giveaway!

Can you imagine?  It’s true!  When The Pioneer Woman does a giveaway, she gets between 10,000 and 20.000 comments.  Check out her June 23rd cooking post.  Me,not having a clue, actually entered one of her giveaways.  She divided  it into 3 groups,  my comment was something like number 401.  Great I thought!  First one in the third group. Here I am I shouted and waved my arms right in front of my computer.  I was sure one of the three pink Kitchenaid mixers she was giving away was mine!

Ha! Did my jaw drop!  Over 10,000 comments in that one and #401 was swallowed  by the random number generator.

Over in photography she was giving away more things.  I figured out that to read all those comments you would have to start at dawn and go on for days.  Days of nothing but reading comments.  Strange how my mind even thinks of something like that.  LOL! 

She won the 2009 Blogger Awards for best blog and if you haven’t visited you should!  

And now to the point of this post, finally! It’s true I really want that mixer, but you can learn so much from her photography posts!  Read them, take out your camera and follow along!  I did!  Had no idea you could move the focus point around on a camera.  You can! Check out the photo of my pencil drawer!  I focused on the glass knob…the rest of the photo is blurry on purpose! 

Next time I’ll focus on some eyes or a quilt block or something exciting for you!   For now I hope you enjoy her blog.  She has great photos, recipes and garden and decorating tips. 

Back soon,  thinking about that mixer.  Should I use a credit card? 

Hugs,

 

Anne

Windows Live Writer

I’ve been blogging for over two years and just found this program about 6 months ago! If you haven’t tired it I highly recommend it. It’s called Windows Live Writer and it opens up all sorts of creative things for bloggers. Like what?

Like an album of photos arranged in any order you like! If you click on the picture it opens up a different screen showing all the photos. Click the back arrow to return to my post. Mooch is my poster girl for the purpose of this demo…

View Full Album

Or, let’s say you want to show a map of a city or location you’re blogging about….you can do it!

San Francisco, California

Or, you can insert a table with pictures! Just make sure the size of the table isn’t larger than 375 to 400 width for blogger.

How to make a carry me bag from a Honey Bun Roll	Chelsea loves to sew but she wants to go to bed!
Time to add that Timtex!	A finished bag!

Or you can insert pictures and make them FANCY! I make sure all my photos are around 375 width and they work just fine.

Windows Live Writer is like using Microsoft Word. It’s so great! You can save your post in draft form, or publish whenever you’re ready. Just set the publish date for your choice!

When you sign up you will have lots of choices of different things to add. I suggest just selecting Live Writer for now. You can always go back and add more when ready. Here you go. Sign up, give your blog address and you’ll be ready. You’ll have to play with it to figure it out...

Windows Live

Have a great weekend!

Anne