Gratitude and Giving

Thank you for all of the birthday wishes. Thank you too for all of the excitement and passion for the Flat Stanley project! I am so lucky I have friends like you! Alex and I have been smiling and giggling at all of the photographs that we've received. So far, Flat Stanley has visited, Malta, Canada and local places like New York City and Pittsburgh. He's having lots of fun!

Flat Stanley with the Stanley Cup [Anne Walizer]

My boys have given me lots of love for my birthday too. Don't you love the Blue Dog painting? How about my new iPod holder made out of Crayola clay? Cool, right? They're so Martha!

Another goody popped into my e-mail box today too! This is the cover of a new book that will be out in September 2011. Sew The Perfect Gift is a compilation of a lot of amazing designs for gift-giving. Karen, from Martingale, sent this along a nice birthday present. I've seen a bit of the proofs and the projects look wonderful! Guess who's project is on the cover? Thank you Martingale for the awesome birthday gift!

With the receipt of all of these gifts, I believe that one has to give. Tonight I am excited to let you know that we have the winners of the Quilt Album software. Congratulations everyone! Becky, my winner, please e-mail me your mailing address here. Thanks for participating in this fun blog hop!

March 29
Rachel Griffin http://www.psiquilt.com/ 
winner – sandi 
http://alegacyofstitches.blogspot.com/ 
Benita Skinner http://www.victorianaquiltdesigns.com/VictorianaQuilters/311QA.htm 
winner – Janet B

March 30
Linda Lum deBono  http://www.lindalumdebono.blogspot.com/ 
winner – Becky [The Quilting Booklady]
Vanessa Christenson http://www.vanessachristenson.com/
winner – Evelene S

March 31
Geta Grama http://cadouri-din-inima.blogspot.com/ 
winner – Connie http://conniekresin.blogspot.com/
Michele Foster  http://quiltinggallery.com/ 
winner – Kristi V

April 1
John Adams http://www.quiltdad.com/ 
winner – Andrea http://iliketoroar.blogspot.com/
Pat Sloan  http://www.patsloan.typepad.com 
winner – Lee Ann L

xo, L

Happenings

The past week has been very much like the insane weather that we've been having. All of this has ccontributed to absolute mayhem in our household. First, we've had about 5 or  6 snow days in the past two weeks plus the Martin Luther King holiday. Talk about schedules turned topsy turvy. Then, deadlines happened so fast and furious. I think that I worked too hard and got sick. So, now I hope to be back on track.

Gung hey fat choi! Today is Chinese New Year!!! It's the year of the rabbit! I gave the kids their red envelopes this morning and this origami rabbit just before they went to school. We'll have a nice dinner tonight. If I get enough time, I will make them each a fortune cookie. What fortune would you like to receive? Enjoy the festivities and Gung Hey Fat Choi!

The first exciting thing that will I can talk about is my project for Aurifil's Designer of the Month. I am Miss February and I've got two little goodies for you to make. Little A is proudly holding one of the designs. Cute! I know that you'll love it. Here's a peek at the second project. Then when you make one and post it to their Flickr account, you will have the chance to win some thread!!

I have some projects in the current Christmas 365 that are fun. Check out the latest issue. It is on the newsstands now.  Better yet, get a subscription because I have a ton of projects coming up in the next issue too.

Thanks to everyone who has joined our little yo-yo challenge. I'm so excited to see your designs!  We have about 20 or so people committed to this fun challenge. I thought that it would be fun to show you a couple of the yo-yo projects that I have designed in the past.

Tot Stuff [Leisure Arts]

iQuilt [Leisure Arts]

I designed this for another Leisure Arts publication. My kids put the Pokemon stuffie there to show you how large those yo-yos are. I had fun designing this one.

So here's the basics of our yo-yo challenge.

Deadline is March 5.
I've started a Flickr group. Post a photo of your finished project on or after March 5. [I hope that I set this up right! Let me know if I didn't.]
You must use a minimum of 3 yo-yos in your design.
You can make or re-purpose anything you want [try to keep it clean - had to say it, sorry!]
When commenting, please be nice. We are here to have fun. It is not a design contest!!

Now, I just need to clean up this mess! See you soon!

xo, L