The "Artfull" Bra!

Breast Cancer Awareness

"The Artfull" Bra spectacular brought to you by Quilter's of South Carolina!

Quilter's of South Carolina have created a one-of-a kind show of BRAS for Breast Cancer Awareness, the Artfull bra. The exhibit consists of forty-nine original works of art which are unique, entertaining, humorous and beautiful. All created to make the public aware of breast cancer. See more of the bras here.http://www.quiltersofsc.org/ click on the Artfull Bra Headline.
You have got to see them for yourself, I'm sure you will be just as amazed as I was.

Check out some of my favorites: The Nursing Bra

The Sports Bra

Monkey Business

How About Them Melons!!

I think my favorite is the Nursing Bra, what's yours?

100, Let's have a Giveway!

Wow! how exciting. I can't believe this is my 100th post. Let's have a GIVEAWAY to celebrate this milestone!! When I got to work on Tuesday the girl's had surprised me with my quilt patterns, all done and packaged up. One little thing though, they decided to change the name to Shannon's Quilt. They weren't quite sure on the name we had decided on last week. I thought it was kind of original but they thought we should keep it clean in the quilt shop! That's ok with me though. So in honor of the release of this fun quilt I am sponsoring a giveaway, so if you like to sew and ( if you don't sew and you still)want in on it leave me a comment. The giveaway bundle will include the pattern and 10 skinny quarters to get you on your way to making this adorable quilt. I'll be drawing a name on the 2nd of February so don't wait to long. This is the finished pattern, packaged and ready to sell.

Thanks to the gal's at the Corn Wagon for helping me with this project. And to my wonderful husband who thinks my first love is my sewing machine, not true. He has always been very supportive in all my endeavors. Thanks Stuart, you will always come first. Thanks to my kids and grandkids for always being on the receiving end of my projects. They are always the ones to get the firsts of everything I make. I don't hear to much complaining going on though! Also thanks to my friends and family for letting me create for them too. All of you are my inspiration to keep doing what I love "SEW" much, "SEWING"!!

A little lost!

What is this box and why is it hiding in the corner of the entertainment center? And what is this wire and masking tape doing following the floor and floorboards?

Is that wire following the kitchen floor too? It's going up the bar post, what the heck?


Oh my it's the old reliable laptop. Why you ask? We didn't think we'd miss using the computer that much, well you guessed it. We did! We had to take the computer apart downstairs for the remodeling job that's going on. I told Stuart I'd be ok without it, come to find out he couldn't do it either. He's so smart, this is our make do computer station for a little while.

I think you could say we both missed checking our e-mails and we missed seeing the blogs of family and friends. And needless to say I missed blogging for a day or two. So I'm back, thanks Stuart for thinking of such a great idea, you've always been the smart one of the two of us!

A new blogger!

Please welcome Angie to the blogging world. Angie has joined the Whitehouse clan as Jacob's girlfriend. What a pleasure it is for us to have such a fun spirited red head in the house. I think we talked her into blogging so we could keep track of the fun things her and Jacob are doing in Idaho. She is now on my sidebar as a regular I will be visiting. Check out her cute blog.

It's finished!

Is is ok to brag a little bit? I finished the quilt I was working on last week. It turned out just the way I had visioned it. I did this quilt with the raw edge applique method, all the seams on the dresden are sewn on the outside and then I attached it to the foundation peice by machine. After it is washed all the seams will be frayed just a touch. The girl's at the Corn Wagon thought it was just as cute as I did. They liked it so well they wanted me to get it quilted and bound in time to take to the Winterfest Retreat up at Daniels Summit this next weekend. So Ramona quilted it Thursday while I was at work and I got it bound and washed on Saturday. Thursday I spend the day at work making up the kits for the quilt. It just needed a name so we came up with the name of Dresden In The Raw! What do you think of the name? Funny huh?

Marsha and Mary Ann will be hanging this up in the Corn Wagon booth at the retreat, the kits will be going as well. I hope everyone likes it and buys the kits. We will also have the kits at the store. Stop in and see me and the quilt at the Corn Wagon as soon as it gets back from traveling.

Here's a close up of the raw edges after the quilt was washed and dried, and the bottom picture is the finished quilt. Ok, have I bragged enough about the quilt? Pretty cute if I do say so myself. Who's the designer? ME, ME, ME! I'm very proud of it can you tell?

Let's make bags!

Scrap bags that is! These fun pincushion, scrap bag combo are what's on the agenda for my Simply Sewing 101 class on February 10th. The bags are pecfect for the arm of your favorite sewing chair or on top of your sewing machine or cabinet. They have a small pocket inside for your seam ripper, needles and thread. There's even a leash for your scissors so you don't have to be looking for them again. These would make great gifts for the sewing or crafting enthusiast.

I just love the convience of this bag, everything is at your finger tips. These can be made from just 2 cordinating fat quarters or 2, 1/3 yard cuts of fabric or better yet your SCRAPS! What a great way to use up some of those scraps stacking up. If you think you might be interested, come join us at Simply Sewing 101. I'm always happy to see new faces there. Contact me either by phone or my e-mail, oohsaahsw@aol.com to let me know your coming.

Legal Again!

Happy Birthday Kaitlyn Jane, your legal again. Didn't you just turn 16 and was getting your Drivers License? Now your 21!! What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, let's go! jk Hope your birthday was an extra special one. We had a girl's day out Friday to help Kaitlyn celebrate. We met at the Italian Place for lunch, and then went to the spa to use our gift certificates we got for Christmas. On the way we had a few minutes so we stopped at Rocket Rebellion a cute new store in Spanish Fork, it carries alot of fun new and old vintage items. Jan and I had a good time reflecting on some of the things they carry. It took us back to our childhood days. We had Kaitlyn and Kira laughing as we talked about the good old days. You need to check this store out when your in town if you want a good laugh. Kaitlyn and her birthday gifts. Last May I helped her and her sister in law, Tori peice a quilt together. The pattern they used was Turning Twenty, to bad it wasn't called Turning 21!! They both did a great job on them. Kaitlyn got hers all done and it's been at my house since waiting to be quilted, so for a surprise I had it quilted and then I bound it for her. She was pleased with the end result.

Look how cute this is, the colors just fit Kaitlyn's personality. She's caught the sewing bug, she can't wait to get started on the kit I gave her for Christmas.

Everyone needs a Cadillac bag! This would of been up my mom's alley, she drove the nicest Caddies for along time. I don't know Kira, it's just not you! Sorry.

Kaitlyn checking out the dresses at Rocket Rebellion, they all looked like something Lucy would wear. They were quite commical and fun to look at. It's to bad we didn't take before and after pictures at the spa. This is the only picture I got as I was in having a wonderful massage. There is four different packages included on our certificates. Kira had her hair colored and trimmed, Kaitlyn had a manicure and Jan had a skin analysis and a facial. Next month we will rotate packages. It's fun to be pampered just a little bit!

The after affect is smiles for everyone.