Simply Sewing 101

Oh my goodness I just saw that this is my 301 blog entry. I was going to have a little contest when I hit 300 which would have been my last entry. So keep reading to find out the surprise at the end of this entry.
To all of my Simply Sewing girls, class this month won't be until the last week of April. Please mark April 28th on your calendars. Something to be aware of is the time, I have changed it to 6:00 instead of 7:00. For this months project we are making these fun jewelry pouches. Wouldn't these make a great Mother's Day gift. You could tuck a piece of jewelry down inside one of the pockets. And what Mom doesn't like jewelry? This jewelry pouch is a circular bag with 8 interior pockets, perfect for carrying earrings and rings. The center of the pouch is padded and holds bracelets and watchs. The drawstrings hold the bag closed. The supply lists will be ready for pick up after April 12th. Can't wait to see you all.
Now for the fun give away honoring my 300 post. Leave me a comment on what your favorite piece of jewelry is(besides your wedding ring) and the story behind it, then let me know that you have put me in your followers list. I see some of you have already added me and I would love to be able to see where you all come from and to read all about your happenings on your blogs. The lucky winner will win one of these great bags and also a little something to go in it! I will draw a name next Wednesday, April 7th and I will post it before I go away for the weekend to the Super Spring Retreat in Ephraim.

March Bag Class

Wow, was this bag a popular one. I had 10 ladies in my March 18th class. A little scrunched, but boy that doesn't stop us from having a good time.

It was fun having these two ladies with us. These are long time friends of mine. I think they might be hooked on bags. Jana Lee Williams and Maureen Erickson sewing their very first bags.

It was hard getting everyone together for a group picture, no one wanted to stop long enough for that or some of them had already gone home. Here are a few of the finished bags. I might add they all finished their bags that evening.

I'm teaching this bag again tomorrow night, April 1st. I think I have 3 openings left if you want to come join in on the fun. It's April Fool's Day. Hum, what kind of prank can I pull on my Bag Lady friends?

It's Spring, Kind Of!

My third quilt of the year. So far I'm staying caught up on my quilt of the month goal. Here is the finished Liliana, isn't she beautiful. This is a pattern from Crazy Old Ladies and I made it from the popular Verna line from Kate Spain. Don't you love the jumbo ric-rac? It's my favorite thing on the quilt. It's just shouting spring to me, whenever it get's here!
Hey if you like this quilt and want to learn the technique of putting it together, I will be teaching it in St. George the last weekend of June. Get your girlfriends together and schedule a little get away. It might be a little warm but Dave's Bernina has great air conditioning, I hope!

Girl's Day Fun!

It's been awhile since we have gotten together for a Girl's Day. While Angie was here on her spring break from school we gathered at Kira's to make these fun Easter eggs. We had lots of fun painting, laughing, decopauging, and eating a delicious sandwich from the Italian Place. Kira, Angie, Myself and Kaitlyn
McKinley was even in on all the action.

Karas and Grandma

Angie and Thayne goofing off with my camera. As you can see they all turned out really cute. We had an "EGG"-cellant day.

Block #3

I'm still on track with the Jelly Roll Sew Along. Block #3 was a very simple one. Hope some of you have joined. It's alot of fun looking at the different blocks in the Flickr group. And the prizes she is giving away are terriffic.

This is what I call fun!

In honor of NQD (National Quilt Day) Abbey Lane Quilts is having a fun give away. You should check it out for yourself. They are being awfully generous with the gifts they are giving away. I might add, there are l ot's of chances to be picked in this one. I had the opportuntity to meet these great ladies at work last Saturday afternoon. Come to find out they have a quilt featured in the same QUILT Magazine(that's the name of it, Quilt)that I found my last Bag Ladies bag from. They were commenting how great the bag was, they asked for the pattern and I told them where they could find it. Then we all came to the conclusion that their quilt just happened to be in there too. Funny how things bring quilters together. I had them autograph my copy. Thanks for the friendship ladies. Then later in the week I had a comment from them on one of my posts. And did you see the Kate Spain commented on my Verna post. She is so sweet to take the time to look at all those post. Have I mentioned lately that I love to sew, and meeting great designers like these makes it all worthwhile.

NQD

Happy National Quilting Day to all my quilting buddies that follow this blog. I hope you are all sewing on one or more quilts today. You better go shopping too, because alot of your quilting shops are having fantastic sales today in honor of our special day.

Everyday is quilt day for me, how about you?

Happy Sewing, Shannon